I was reading an article about loan words and came across anime(Anime アニメ ----
animation). I later talked with one of my Japanese-speaking friends, and he
did not recognize the word anime, he recognized animation. Is their a
difference in the two word and how would i refer to the media?

Here is the website for the [article](https://www.thoughtco.com/most-common-
loan-words-in-japanese-2027852) thank you for your help :) -
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Anime or Animation?
Although they might be interchangeable recently, **Animation** is regarded as
full-animation like Disney, whereas **Anime** is regarded as the limited
animation was developed in Japan in reaction to the realism of Disney’s
animation to keep production time and costs down.

Summary from the reference: No.2 and No.3.

According to an article from a magazine "ケトル", Osamu Tezuka, one of the most
famous cartoonists in Japan, was dreaming of making an animation film like
Disney. Although it was too expensive for Tezuka as an individual to make such
a full animation film since it required more than 100 staff and several
million dollars as a budget.So when he was asked to make an animation for
weekly 30 minutes television programme, he was trying to reduce the number of
images in one movie and restrict essential motion such as the mouth, hands and
so on. Ιt had 10 times fewer images than 30 minutes full-animation like
Disney. Because it was a surprisingly small number of images in one animation
at that time, he called it **「これはアニメーションでなく、アニメだ」** Also, he was not content
with a short animation like Tom and Jerry which was popular then and simply
playing gag and action. For 30-minutes, it was possible for him to make an
animation based on a dramatic story and it was luckily acclaimed by the
audience and became what is now called **アニメ**.

References:

  1. Full animation: Cornell University Literature and Media in Japan Glossary. (You can see a bit of a full animation making) <https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/asian3318/Full+Animation>
  2. _「アニメーション」が「アニメ」に 「鉄腕アトム」がもたらした功績: 太田出版ケトルニュース_

<http://www.ohtabooks.com/qjkettle/news/2017/03/03094617.html>

  3. _手塚治虫が説明した「アニメ」と「アニメーション」の違いとは: 太田出版ケトルニュース_ <http://www.ohtabooks.com/qjkettle/news/2017/03/09111933.html>
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