noun
clay animation; claymation
Refers to stop-motion animation using clay figures. The term is a direct loan from English and is used in the same way.
このクレイアニメはとてもよくできている。
This clay animation is very well made.
彼はクレイアニメの制作に10年かけた。
He spent ten years making the clay animation.
Variant with interpunct; less common but sometimes used for clarity.
A broader term for stop-motion animation, which includes clay animation as a subset.
Loanword from English 'clay animation'.