art animation?

[fujioka asako]

I'm curious about the use of the term "art animation"... 
Is it used by English speakers? 
In Japanese, it refers to a category of hand-drawn/puppet/clay/traditional
animation differentiated from the more commercial and mainstream
entertainment anime. 
It sounds like Japanese conveniently borrowing and combining English words
(wasei-eigo) to mean something. 
Thanks for any advise. 
Fujioka Asako