bash function to print an ascii animation. takes a directory as an argument. prints the contents of each file in the directory, in sequence.

bash_ascii_animation.sh

#!/bin/bash
# hash bang bin bash! 

function ascii_anim() {

  if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
      echo 'Please specify a directory.'
      return
  fi

  DIR=$1
  SLEEP=0.1;
  TLINES=$(wc -l < $(find $DIR -type f | head -n 1))
  FILES=$DIR/*

  for f in $FILES
  do
    tput cub $COLUMNS
    cat $f
    sleep $SLEEP
    tput cuu $TLINES
  done

  tput cud $TLINES
  echo ""

}

The frames are as follows:

~/ascii_danya/frame1.txt

 ________________________________________
(________________________________________)
(_________________________________________)
(_________________________________________)
(_________________________________________)
(_________________________________________)

~/ascii_danya/frame2.txt

 _____    _________     __________  _____
(_____)  (_________)   (__________)(_____)
(______)(___________)_ (_________)(_______)
(______)(_____________)(_______)  (_______)
(______)(______________________)  (_______)
(_____) (______________________)  (_______)

~/ascii_danya/frame3.txt

 _____    _____   _     __________  _____
(_____)  (_____) (_)   (__________)(_____)
(______)(_______)(__)_ (_________)(_______)
(______)(_______)(_)(_)(_______)  (_______)
(______)(_______)(_)  (________)  (_)   (_)
(_____) (_______)(_)   (_______)  (_)   (_)

~/ascii_danya/frame4.txt

 _____    _____   _     ____     _  _____
(_____)  (_____) (_)   (____)   (_)(_____)
(_)  (_)(_)___(_)(__)_ (_____)_(_)(_)___(_)
(_)  (_)(_______)(_)(_)(_______)  (_______)
(_)__(_)(_______)(_)  (________)  (_)   (_)
(_____) (_______)(_)   (_______)  (_)   (_)

~/ascii_danya/frame5.txt

 _____    _____   _     _  _     _  _____
(_____)  (_____) (_)   (_)(_)   (_)(_____)
(_)  (_)(_)___(_)(__)_ (_) (_)_(_)(_)___(_)
(_)  (_)(_______)(_)(_)(_)   (_)  (_______)
(_)__(_)(_)   (_)(_)  (__)   (_)  (_)   (_)
(_____) (_)   (_)(_)   (_)   (_)  (_)   (_)