I keep seeing the word 'anime' in web sites and all.. any idea whatis it?

Basically a japanese cartoon
Anime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime)

There is anime and manga which is similar
These are some anime sketches
Anime Art (http://www.foxprints.com/candy/anime/)

And there are anime cartoons like Cowboy Bebop

Anime is japanese animation very popular nowadays.

Anime is Japanese Animation.
Examples: Inuyasha, Naruto, Sailor Moon, Trinity Blood, etc.

Anime is animated japanese cartoon, and manga is japanese comic books, I do both, by that, I mean I draw, I'm illustrating a book right now called Darkness in a Dragons Heart