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

Basically a japanese cartoon
Anime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There is anime and manga which is similar
These are some anime sketches
Anime Art

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