Animated Tokens

When an animated sprite/gif/etc is placed in "Use Selected Token" it displays the animation in the box; likewise, the same image will be animated in the Initiative Tracker… but how do you make these images animate on the map?

Roll20 does not currently support animated gifs or tokens as far as I am aware.

Is there a reason why it is animated on Handouts and Turn Trackers but not the table, or was that an oversight?

I believe it has to do with how Canvas renders the image. To borrow from fellow mod Kristin, who understands this better than I: "... the reason we don't currently have animated GIFs support in Roll20 is how the tabletop is rendered. When the screen refreshes, it displays what is essentially one giant image. It first processes all the visible graphic elements and how they're layered atop one another. Then it creates a single flat image from this and displays it on your screen. Presently if you upload an animated GIF file, you'll only ever see the first frame of the animation. Back when we had the old render engine, there were bizarre events that would happen when you transformed an animated GIF in Roll20 - the transformation manipulations only affect the first frame but not for the rest of them for example."