{"id":5806,"date":"2003-03-05T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-05T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/2003\/03\/05\/anime-added-to-the-dictionary\/"},"modified":"2003-03-05T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2003-03-05T15:14:00","slug":"anime-added-to-the-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/anime-added-to-the-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Anime&#8221; Added to the Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.m-w.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Merriam-Webster Dictionary<\/a> has officially acknowledged the word &#8220;anime,&#8221; with the entry:<\/p>\n<p>Main Entry: an\u00b7i\u00b7me<br \/>\nPronunciation: &#8216;a-n&#038;-&#8220;mA, &#8216;\u00e4-nE-<br \/>\nFunction: noun<br \/>\nEtymology: Japanese, animation, short for animEshiyon, from English<br \/>\nDate: 1988<br \/>\n: a style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters in action-filled plots often with fantastic or futuristic themes<\/p>\n<p>This entry potentially standardizes a number of facts:<\/p>\n<p>1) The word &#8220;anime&#8221; is not capitalized.<br \/>\n2) The word &#8220;anime&#8221; originates in English, not French, as some fans believe.<\/p>\n<p>However, the new dictionary entry does not clearly address or distinguish between animation created in Japan and animation created in emulation of Japanese artistic style.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsservice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anime News Service<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has officially acknowledged the word &#8220;anime,&#8221; with the entry: Main Entry: an\u00b7i\u00b7me Pronunciation: &#8216;a-n&#038;-&#8220;mA, &#8216;\u00e4-nE- Function: noun Etymology: Japanese, animation, short for animEshiyon, from English Date: 1988 : a style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters in action-filled plots often with fantastic or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}