Anima

Anima may refer to:

Animation

• Ánima Estudios, a Mexican animation studio founded in 2002
• Córdoba International Animation Festival – ANIMA, in Argentina

Religion and philosophy

• Animism, the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence
• Anima, the Latin term for the "animating principle" and the Latin translation of the Greek psyche
  • On the Soul (De anima), Aristotle's treatise on the soul
  • Soul, the incorporeal essence of a living being in many religious, philosophical, and mythological traditions
  • Spirit, the vital principle or animating force within all living things
• Anima and animus, expressions of the unconscious or true inner self of an individual in Carl Jung's school of analytical psychology

Places

• Anima, Togo, village in the Doufelgou Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo

Nature

• Gum anima or gum animae, a kind of gum or resin

People

Given name

• Anima Anandkumar, professor of computing
• Anima Choudhury (born 1953), singer from India
• Anima Patil-Sabale, Indian Software and Aerospace Engineer
• Anima Roy, Bangladeshi academic and Rabindra Sangeet singer
• Anima Wilson, Ghanaian politician

Surname

• William Bona Anima (died 1110), medieval archbishop of Rouen

Books

• Anima (novel), a 1972 novel by Marie Buchanan

Films

• Anima – Symphonie phantastique, a 1981 Austrian experimental film based on Berlioz' symphony
• Anima (2003 film), a 2003 American short film
• Ánima, a 2018 Mexican film directed by Kuno Becker with Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Javier Díaz Dueñas
• Anima, a 1998 film with George Bartenieff
• Anima (2019 film), a 2019 short film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Games

• Anima (Final Fantasy X), an aeon in the video games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2
• Anima (Fire Emblem), a magic style based around fire, thunder, and wind in the Fire Emblem video game series
• Anima (role-playing game), a table-top pen & paper role-playing game franchise

Manga/comics

• Anima (webcomic), an 18-chapter webcomic by Singapore writer Johnny Tay
• Anima (comics), a 15-issue comic book published by DC Comics
• +Anima, a 2001 manga series by Natsumi Mukai
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA, a light novel based on the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise

Music

• Anima (chorus), a children's chorus based near Chicago, Illinois
• Anima (ensemble), a Brazilian chamber music ensemble
• Anima, 1970s German duo on Ohr
• Anima (band), an alternative rock band from Turkey
• Aenima (band), Portuguese band
• Anima Sound System, a Hungarian electronic band

Albums

• Anima (Nightmare album), full-length studio album
• Ænima, a 1996 album by rock band Tool, named partly in reference to Jung's concept of anima
• Anima (Vladislav Delay album), 2001
• Anima (Thom Yorke album), 2019
• Anima, (it), album by Riccardo Cocciante 1974
• "Anima", (it) single by Romina Falconi
• Anima Animus, 1999 album by The Creatures
• "Anima", 2020 single by Reona

Other uses

• Anima (organization), Danish animal-rights organization
• Anima (play), an Italian play

See also

• Anima Mundi (disambiguation)
• Animas (disambiguation)
• Las Animas (disambiguation)
• Vitalism
• All pages with titles beginning with Anima
• All pages with titles containing anima