diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/AbstractMedia.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/AbstractMedia.java
index 217d4319..b50a71b6 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/AbstractMedia.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/AbstractMedia.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMedia
     /**
      * Initialize the media.
      */
-    protected final void init (AbstractMediaManager manager)
+    public final void init (AbstractMediaManager manager)
     {
         _mgr = manager;
         init();
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/animation/AnimationSprite.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/animation/AnimationSprite.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f74da1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/animation/AnimationSprite.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package com.threerings.media.animation;
+
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.Rectangle;
+
+import com.threerings.media.AbstractMediaManager;
+import com.threerings.media.MediaPanel;
+import com.threerings.media.sprite.Sprite;
+import com.threerings.media.animation.Animation;
+import com.threerings.media.animation.AnimationAdapter;
+import com.threerings.media.animation.AnimationObserver;
+
+/**
+ * A Sprite that wraps an animation so that a sequence of frames can be easily
+ *  moved around the screen.  Animations embedded here should not be added
+ *  directly to a media panel as this sprite will manage them.  If the enclosed
+ *  animation completes, we remove the sprite from the media panel, since the
+ *  animation would normally do that itself.
+ */
+public class AnimationSprite extends Sprite
+{
+    public AnimationSprite (Animation anim, MediaPanel owner)
+    {
+        super();
+        _anim = anim;
+        _owner = owner;
+    }
+
+    public void init ()
+    {
+        _anim.init(_mgr);
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void tick (long tickStamp)
+    {
+        super.tick(tickStamp);
+        _anim.tick(tickStamp);
+
+        if (_anim.isFinished()) {
+            _anim.willFinish(tickStamp);
+            _owner.removeSprite(AnimationSprite.this);
+            _anim.didFinish(tickStamp);
+        } else {
+            _bounds = (Rectangle)_anim.getBounds().clone();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited.
+    public void setLocation (int x, int y)
+    {
+        _anim.setLocation(x, y);
+        super.setLocation(x, y);
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void willStart (long tickStamp)
+    {
+        super.willStart(tickStamp);
+        _anim.willStart(tickStamp);
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void paint (Graphics2D gfx) {
+        // Nothing to paint for ourselves.
+
+        _anim.paint(gfx);
+    }
+
+    protected Animation _anim;
+    protected MediaPanel _owner;
+}