diff --git a/Blarg.GameFramework/Blarg.GameFramework.csproj b/Blarg.GameFramework/Blarg.GameFramework.csproj
index cc0f5e3..c320851 100644
--- a/Blarg.GameFramework/Blarg.GameFramework.csproj
+++ b/Blarg.GameFramework/Blarg.GameFramework.csproj
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@
     <Compile Include="Graphics\Atlas\TextureAtlas.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Graphics\Atlas\CustomTextureAtlas.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Graphics\Atlas\AutoGridTextureAtlas.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Graphics\Atlas\TextureAtlasAnimator.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Graphics\Atlas\TextureAtlasTileAnimation.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\Portable\$(TargetFrameworkVersion)\Microsoft.Portable.CSharp.targets" />
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Blarg.GameFramework/Graphics/Atlas/TextureAtlasAnimator.cs b/Blarg.GameFramework/Graphics/Atlas/TextureAtlasAnimator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d18017f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Blarg.GameFramework/Graphics/Atlas/TextureAtlasAnimator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Blarg.GameFramework.Content;
+using Blarg.GameFramework.Support;
+
+namespace Blarg.GameFramework.Graphics.Atlas
+{
+	public class TextureAtlasAnimator : IDisposable
+	{
+		Dictionary<string, TextureAtlasTileAnimation> _animations;
+		ContentManager _contentManager;
+
+		public TextureAtlasAnimator()
+		{
+			_contentManager = Framework.Services.Get<ContentManager>();
+			if (_contentManager == null)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("Could not find ContentManager object.");
+
+			_animations = new Dictionary<string, TextureAtlasTileAnimation>();
+		}
+
+		public void AddSequence(string name, TextureAtlas atlas, int tileToBeAnimated, int start, int stop, float delay, bool loop)
+		{
+			if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
+				throw new ArgumentException("name");
+			if (atlas == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("atlas");
+			if (start >= atlas.NumTiles)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException();
+			if (stop >= atlas.NumTiles)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException();
+			if (start >= stop)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException();
+			if (tileToBeAnimated >= start && tileToBeAnimated <= stop)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException();
+
+			if (_animations.ContainsKey(name))
+				return;
+
+			var sequence = new TextureAtlasTileAnimation();
+			sequence.Atlas = atlas;
+			sequence.AnimatingIndex = tileToBeAnimated;
+			sequence.Start = start;
+			sequence.Stop = stop;
+			sequence.Delay = delay;
+			sequence.IsAnimating = true;
+			sequence.Loop = loop;
+			sequence.Frames = new Image[sequence.NumFrames];
+			sequence.Name = name;
+
+			sequence.Current = sequence.Start;
+			sequence.CurrentFrameTime = 0.0f;
+
+			// since we can't read a texture back from OpenGL after we've uploaded it
+			// (??? or can we somehow .. ?), we need to load the image again so that
+			// we can copy out the image data for tiles "start" to "stop"
+			string textureFilename = _contentManager.GetNameOf<Texture>(atlas.Texture);
+			if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(textureFilename))
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("Texture atlas is using a texture not loaded via ContentManager. Cannot automatically obtain backing Image asset.");
+			var textureImage = _contentManager.Get<Image>(textureFilename);
+			if (textureImage == null)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("Could not obtain backing Image asset for this texture atlas.");
+
+			// first, copy the original tile image that's at the "tileToBeAnimated" spot
+			// in the atlas texture so we can restore it back again if necessary
+			var originalTile = atlas.GetTile(sequence.AnimatingIndex);
+			sequence.OriginalAnimatingTile = new Image(textureImage, originalTile.Dimensions);
+
+			// copy each frame ("start" to "stop") from the source texture image
+			for (int i = 0; i < sequence.NumFrames; ++i)
+			{
+				var tile = atlas.GetTile(i + sequence.Start);
+				sequence.Frames[i] = new Image(textureImage, tile.Dimensions);
+			}
+
+			_animations.Add(name, sequence);
+		}
+
+		public void ResetSequence(string name)
+		{
+			if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
+				throw new ArgumentException("name");
+
+			var sequence = _animations.Get(name);
+			if (sequence == null)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("Sequence not found.");
+
+			sequence.IsAnimating = true;
+			sequence.Current = sequence.Start;
+			sequence.CurrentFrameTime = 0.0f;
+
+			UpdateTextureWithCurrentTileFrame(sequence);
+		}
+
+		public void StopSequence(string name, bool restoreOriginalTile = false)
+		{
+			if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
+				throw new ArgumentException("name");
+
+			var sequence = _animations.Get(name);
+			if (sequence == null)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("Sequence not found.");
+
+			sequence.IsAnimating = false;
+			sequence.Current = sequence.Stop;
+			sequence.CurrentFrameTime = 0.0f;
+
+			if (restoreOriginalTile)
+				RestoreTextureWithOriginalTile(sequence);
+			else
+				UpdateTextureWithCurrentTileFrame(sequence);
+		}
+
+		public void ToggleSequence(string name, bool enable)
+		{
+			if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
+				throw new ArgumentException("name");
+
+			var sequence = _animations.Get(name);
+			if (sequence == null)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("Sequence not found.");
+
+			sequence.IsAnimating = enable;
+			sequence.CurrentFrameTime = 0.0f;
+
+			UpdateTextureWithCurrentTileFrame(sequence);
+		}
+
+		public void OnUpdate(float delta)
+		{
+			foreach (var i in _animations)
+			{
+				var sequence = i.Value;
+
+				if (!sequence.IsAnimationFinished && sequence.IsAnimating)
+				{
+					sequence.CurrentFrameTime += delta;
+
+					if (sequence.CurrentFrameTime >= sequence.Delay)
+					{
+						// move to the next frame
+						sequence.CurrentFrameTime = 0.0f;
+
+						++sequence.Current;
+						if (sequence.Current > sequence.Stop)
+							sequence.Current = sequence.Start;
+
+						UpdateTextureWithCurrentTileFrame(sequence);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		public void OnNewContext()
+		{
+			foreach (var i in _animations)
+				UpdateTextureWithCurrentTileFrame(i.Value);
+		}
+
+		private void UpdateTextureWithCurrentTileFrame(TextureAtlasTileAnimation sequence)
+		{
+			int frameIndex = sequence.Current - sequence.Start;
+			var frameImage = sequence.Frames[frameIndex];
+			var tile = sequence.Atlas.GetTile(sequence.AnimatingIndex);
+
+			sequence.Atlas.Texture.Update(frameImage, tile.Dimensions.Left, tile.Dimensions.Top);
+		}
+
+		private void RestoreTextureWithOriginalTile(TextureAtlasTileAnimation sequence)
+		{
+			var tile = sequence.Atlas.GetTile(sequence.AnimatingIndex);
+			sequence.Atlas.Texture.Update(sequence.OriginalAnimatingTile, tile.Dimensions.Left, tile.Dimensions.Top);
+		}
+
+		public void Dispose()
+		{
+			foreach (var i in _animations)
+				RestoreTextureWithOriginalTile(i.Value);
+			_animations.Clear(); 
+		}
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/Blarg.GameFramework/Graphics/Atlas/TextureAtlasTileAnimation.cs b/Blarg.GameFramework/Graphics/Atlas/TextureAtlasTileAnimation.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad78285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Blarg.GameFramework/Graphics/Atlas/TextureAtlasTileAnimation.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Blarg.GameFramework.Graphics.Atlas
+{
+	internal class TextureAtlasTileAnimation
+	{
+		public TextureAtlas Atlas;
+		public int AnimatingIndex;
+		public int Start;
+		public int Stop;
+		public int Current;
+		public float Delay;
+		public float CurrentFrameTime;
+		public bool IsAnimating;
+		public bool Loop;
+		public Image OriginalAnimatingTile;
+		public Image[] Frames = null;
+		public string Name;
+
+		public int NumFrames
+		{
+			get { return Stop - Start + 1; }
+		}
+
+		public bool IsAnimationFinished
+		{
+			get { return (IsAnimating && !Loop && Current == Stop); }
+		}
+	}
+}
+