Editing Anime (section)

== Etymology ==
As a type of [[animation]], anime is an art form that comprises many [[genre]]s found in other mediums; it is sometimes mistakenly classified as a genre itself.{{sfn|Poitras|2000|p=7}} In Japanese, the term ''anime'' is used to refer to all animated works, regardless of style or origin.<ref>{{cite web|year=2007 |title=Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga - Education Kit |url=http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/__data/page/9842/Tezuka_Kit_1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830033821/http://artgallery.nsw.gov.au/__data/page/9842/Tezuka_Kit_1.pdf <!--DASHBot--> |archive-date=30 August 2007 |access-date=28 October 2007 |publisher=Art Gallery New South Wales}}</ref> English-language dictionaries typically define ''anime'' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|n|ɪ|m|eɪ}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Anime - Meaning |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/anime |access-date=4 July 2019 |work=[[Cambridge English Dictionary]] |archive-date=July 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702192632/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/anime |url-status=live }}</ref> as "a style of Japanese animation"<ref name="lexico">{{cite web |title=Anime |url=https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/anime |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303181402/https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/anime |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2020 |website=[[Lexico]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |access-date=7 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> or as "a style of animation originating in Japan".<ref>{{cite web |title=Anime |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anime |publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]] |access-date=7 September 2020 |language=en |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202013521/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anime |url-status=live }}</ref> Other definitions are based on origin, making production in Japan a requisite for a work to be considered "anime".<ref name="anna">{{cite web |title=Lexicon - Anime |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=45 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830144913/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=45 |archive-date=August 30, 2020 |access-date=12 September 2020 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>

The etymology of the term ''anime'' is disputed. The English word "animation" is written in Japanese ''[[katakana]]'' as {{lang|ja|アニメーション}} ({{transliteration|ja|Hepburn|animēshon}}) and as {{lang|ja|アニメ}} ({{transliteration|ja|Hepburn|anime}}, {{IPA|ja|a.ɲi.me|pron|Anime.ogg}}) in its shortened form.<ref name=anna /> Some sources claim that the term is derived from the French term for animation {{lang|fr|dessin animé}} ("cartoon", literally 'animated drawing'),<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard W.|last=Kroon|title=A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms|publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]]|year=2010|isbn=978-0-7864-5740-3|page=48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HjmNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48|access-date=May 15, 2023|archive-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515215928/https://books.google.com/books?id=HjmNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48|url-status=live}}</ref> but others believe this to be a myth derived from the popularity of anime in France in the late 1970s and 1980s.<ref name=anna/>

In English, ''anime''—when used as a common [[noun]]—normally functions as a [[mass noun]]. (For example: "Do you watch anime?" or "How much anime have you watched?")<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|dictionary=[[American Heritage Dictionary]] |edition=4th |title=Anime}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anime |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/anime |website=[[Dictionary.com]] Unabridged (v 1.1) |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214659/https://www.dictionary.com/browse/anime |url-status=live }}</ref> As with a few other Japanese words, such as ''[[saké]]'' and ''[[Pokémon]]'', English texts sometimes spell ''anime'' as ''animé'' (as in French), with an [[acute accent]] over the final ''e'', to cue the reader to pronounce the letter, not to leave it silent as English orthography may suggest. Prior to the widespread use of ''anime'', the term ''Japanimation'', a [[portmanteau]] of [[Japan]] and animation, was prevalent throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In the mid-1980s, the term ''anime'' began to supplant ''Japanimation'';{{sfn|Patten|2004|pp=85–86}} in general, the latter term now only appears in period works where it is used to distinguish and identify Japanese animation.{{sfn|Patten|2004|pp=69–70}}