Matplotlib Create Animation From Array of Frames - matplotlib

I am currently working in Jupyter Notebooks and I have an array of matplotlib scatter plots that I would like to animate and create a gif or video of.
Is this possible? Or would I need to save each of the 16+ plots as images and work from there?
Thank you!

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I first used PyPlot which I was happy with but I had to be able to change the angle on a 3D plots (in that case using surface) so I now use Plots directly with the camera speficication. I would like to remove the background on a 3D plot.
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works fine.
When using Plots, I tried the following :
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and then my code for the surface, and it does not change the output.
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I tried after updating every package and it still does not work.
Does anyone have an idea about what would the problem be please?
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The entire code is fairly large to post here. But I am using
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Though it is possible to plot a map with matplotlib and then overlay with my contour plot, the choices of map sources are limited. It would be easier to export the contour plot in a shapefile and loaded in QGIS with a customized map.
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I am using matplotlib for visualisation. I need 3d visualisation and also the animations in my visualisation. I have searched about the 3d visualisation and animation in matplotlib but get nothing useful information. Is it possible or not to use matplotlib for 3d visuallisation and animations. What are the links that I can study about it ?
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Here is what I, probably most of people, use for python numpy plotting.
For 2D figure plotting, use matplotlib.
For 3D surface and volume plotting, use mayavi.
Both of them come with their own approaches of animating plots. Nevertheless, moviepy is a great alternative approach.