 "Animation" was recorded during a busy time for Anderson when he was collaborating with Vangelis and Mike Oldfield and exploring new age and electropop.As with the previous album "Song of Seven", several well-known musicians were involved in "Animation", including Simon Phillips, David Sancious, Jack Bruce and Morris Pert.The album was produced by producer Neil Kernon who had worked with acts such as Daryl Hall and John Oates and was released on vinyl but no CD version was published until 2006, when a limited edition CD re-release of the album with two bonus tracks was issued by Opio Media.