1980s: Japanese, shortened from animēshon, based on English animation."
"Some sources claim that anime derives from the French term for animation, dessin animé"
"The insistence on referring to original American art as Japanese "anime" or "manga" robs the work of its cultural identity."
"English-language dictionaries define anime as a "Japanese-style animated film or television entertainment" or as "a style of animation created in Japan."
"In Japan, the term anime refers to all forms of animation from around the world."
I was curious about the official term and looked it up... :]
While you watch Teen Titans, I sit for like 2 hours waiting for the newest Steven Universe but have to watch Teen Titans Go first......so many brain cells.....dead.....