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No, not Japanese animation porn. That would be hentai. Anime is short for Japanese animation, but isn't porn. Anime began at the start of the 20th century, 1917. The first talkie anime is Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka. The first anime film was Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors, in 1944. It represents most, if not all, of fiction in Japan. They come with voice actors for the non-Japanese versions, and seiyuu with Japanese. The abbreviation emerged in 1970. Usually, the anime comes after the manga.
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