The present invention enables relatively easy animation display without requiring a special resource, and facilitates easy generation of the animation. When an image to be displayed as animation is constructed with a background, leg, body and head, these images are distributed as a layer. For each layer,...http://www.google.de/patents/US7472910?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7472910 - Animation display apparatus, arcade game machine, control method and apparatus thereof, and storage medium