noun
clay animation; claymation
Refers to stop-motion animation using clay figures. The term is a direct loanword from English.
このクレイアニメーションはとても手が込んでいる。
This clay animation is very elaborate.
彼はクレイアニメーションの制作に3年かけた。
He spent three years making the clay animation.
Variant with a middle dot; less common but still seen.
Stop-motion animation is a broader category; clay animation is a specific type using clay.
Borrowed from English 'clay animation'.