ヤシガニ

ヤ

シ

ガ

ニ

Meanings

1

coconut crab

usually written using kana alone

A large terrestrial hermit crab (Birgus latro) known for climbing coconut trees.

ヤシガニはヤシの実みを割わって食たべることで知しられている。
The coconut crab is known for cracking open and eating coconuts.

2

horribly drawn animated TV show

Only with reading ヤシガニ

Slang used in anime/manga fandom, derived from the reading ヤシガニ and the cross-reference 作画崩壊 (animation quality collapse).

See also: 作画崩壊

あのアニメ、作さく画ががひどすぎてヤシガニって呼よばれてるよ。
That anime's art is so bad it's being called a 'coconut crab'.