What is the Japanese word for anime?
Anime is technically the Japanese word.
The word began as "animation" from English. When it went over to
Japan, the word condensed to "anime" (because Japanese like to
condense words). The word began to be used for what we know anime
today as.
Then, the Japanese animations, now called "anime" crossed over
to the US and other countries.
Therefore, Anime is technically Japanese, but also English
:P