<entry id="2094125" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2848383</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>アバン</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>アヴァン</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2027540">アバンタイトル</xref>
<misc>&abbr;</misc>
<lsource xml:lang="fre">avant</lsource>
<gloss>material before the opening credits in a film, anime, etc.</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2021-02-22 23:44:10" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Ilkka Kuusisto</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>This abbreviation is very common nowadays, probably more common than the full word. It’s used in the industry and in normal discourse, in both formal and informal contexts.

Definition copied from: https://www.edrdg.org/jmdictdb/cgi-bin/entr.py?svc=jmdict&amp;sid=&amp;q=2027540.1</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>An interview with a Akiyuki Shinbo: http://www.style.fm/log/02_topics/top050228a.html
「１話のアバンに出てくる紫陽花の花は、ＣＧで描いたんですか。」

An explanation of the term on Toon Boom’s website: https://blog.toonboom.com/ja/-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3-%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AF-
%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%80%E5%88%9D%E3%81%AB%E6%B5%81%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E7%B5%90%E6%A7%8B%E5%A5%A5%E6%B7%B1%E3%81%84%E3%82%93%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99
「アニメ好きの皆様は、「アバン」もしくは「アバンタイトル」という言葉を一度は耳にしたことがあるかもしれません。」

Various animators, PR accounts, and fans using the abbreviation together with 原画: https://twitter.com/search?q=%E3%82%A2%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%20%E5%8E%9F%E7%94%BB&amp;src=typed_query</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-02-23 01:36:07" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3
アバン	41694
アヴァン	3977</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;アヴァン&lt;/reb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-02-23 02:37:32" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Zero-length UTF8 character crept in.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -14 +14 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;material before the opening credits in a film, anime, etc.​&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;material before the opening credits in a film, anime, etc.&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-02-24 00:29:08" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nicolas Maia</upd_name>
<upd_refs>wiki</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+&lt;lsource xml:lang="fre"&gt;avant&lt;/lsource&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-02-24 02:34:22" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>