diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e471b8d8be53..87388469caba 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ apt-run:  &apt-install
       graphviz \
       fonts-crosextra-carlito \
       fonts-freefont-otf \
-      fonts-humor-sans
+      fonts-humor-sans \
+      optipng
 
 fonts-run:  &fonts-install
   name: Install custom fonts
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 951eedc70f52..bc0c99e417ad 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf "$(SOURCEDIR)/savefig"
 	rm -rf "$(SOURCEDIR)/sphinxext/__pycache__"
 
+show:
+	@python -c "import webbrowser; webbrowser.open_new_tab('file://$(shell pwd)/build/html/index.html')"
+
 # Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
 # "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
 %: Makefile
diff --git a/doc/_static/mpl.css b/doc/_static/mpl.css
index ea03ce38be48..135f6fc52630 100644
--- a/doc/_static/mpl.css
+++ b/doc/_static/mpl.css
@@ -189,10 +189,6 @@ div.documentwrapper {
 }
 */
 
-div.clearer {
-    clear: both;
-}
-
 div.related h3 {
     display: none;
 }
diff --git a/doc/_templates/autosummary.rst b/doc/_templates/autosummary.rst
index 69a840b8af29..bf318f1d9aff 100644
--- a/doc/_templates/autosummary.rst
+++ b/doc/_templates/autosummary.rst
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@
    creates no example file for those (sphinx-gallery/sphinx-gallery#365)
 
 {% else %}
-.. include:: {{module}}.{{objname}}.examples
-
-.. raw:: html
-
-    <div class="clearer"></div>
+.. minigallery:: {{module}}.{{objname}}
+   :add-heading:
 
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/doc/_templates/function.rst b/doc/_templates/function.rst
index 4a7464080456..0b0e8480d332 100644
--- a/doc/_templates/function.rst
+++ b/doc/_templates/function.rst
@@ -5,8 +5,5 @@
 
 .. autofunction:: {{ objname }}
 
-.. include:: {{module}}.{{objname}}.examples
-
-.. raw:: html
-
-    <div class="clearer"></div>
\ No newline at end of file
+.. minigallery:: {{module}}.{{objname}}
+   :add-heading:
diff --git a/doc/api/animation_api.rst b/doc/api/animation_api.rst
index 89341db8d915..9486dfe289c7 100644
--- a/doc/api/animation_api.rst
+++ b/doc/api/animation_api.rst
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Examples
 
    ../gallery/animation/animate_decay
    ../gallery/animation/bayes_update
-   ../gallery/animation/double_pendulum_sgskip
+   ../gallery/animation/double_pendulum
    ../gallery/animation/animated_histogram
    ../gallery/animation/rain
    ../gallery/animation/random_walk
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 6ee72e51622b..5e4523212c05 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ def _check_dependencies():
     'within_subsection_order': gallery_order.subsectionorder,
     'remove_config_comments': True,
     'min_reported_time': 1,
+    'compress_images': ('thumbnails', 'images'),
+    'matplotlib_animations': True,
 }
 
 plot_gallery = 'True'
diff --git a/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst b/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst
index 551b25912d8a..857f6f8a350e 100644
--- a/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst
+++ b/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst
@@ -890,7 +890,9 @@ Miscellaneous
 Adding animations
 -----------------
 
-There is a Matplotlib Google/Gmail account with username ``mplgithub``
+Animations are scraped automatically by Sphinx-gallery. If this is not
+desired,
+there is also a Matplotlib Google/Gmail account with username ``mplgithub``
 which was used to setup the github account but can be used for other
 purposes, like hosting Google docs or Youtube videos.  You can embed a
 Matplotlib animation in the docs by first saving the animation as a
diff --git a/doc/matplotlibrc b/doc/matplotlibrc
index 5c623fc6862f..c29755d45455 100644
--- a/doc/matplotlibrc
+++ b/doc/matplotlibrc
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ backend            : Agg
 figure.figsize     : 5.5, 4.5 # figure size in inches
 savefig.dpi        : 80       # figure dots per inch
 docstring.hardcopy : True     # set this when you want to generate hardcopy docstring
+animation.embed_limit : 30    # allow embedded animations to be big
diff --git a/examples/animation/animated_histogram.py b/examples/animation/animated_histogram.py
index 42d314ab380d..c8c0911ef241 100644
--- a/examples/animation/animated_histogram.py
+++ b/examples/animation/animated_histogram.py
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ def animate(i):
 ax.set_xlim(left[0], right[-1])
 ax.set_ylim(bottom.min(), top.max())
 
-ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, 100, repeat=False, blit=True)
+ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, 50, repeat=False, blit=True)
 plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/animation/bayes_update.py b/examples/animation/bayes_update.py
index f77deea4376b..d1c43c71fa31 100644
--- a/examples/animation/bayes_update.py
+++ b/examples/animation/bayes_update.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def __init__(self, ax, prob=0.5):
 
         # Set up plot parameters
         self.ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
-        self.ax.set_ylim(0, 15)
+        self.ax.set_ylim(0, 10)
         self.ax.grid(True)
 
         # This vertical line represents the theoretical value, to
diff --git a/examples/animation/double_pendulum_sgskip.py b/examples/animation/double_pendulum.py
similarity index 95%
rename from examples/animation/double_pendulum_sgskip.py
rename to examples/animation/double_pendulum.py
index 1dac5e171a0a..117322013dc8 100644
--- a/examples/animation/double_pendulum_sgskip.py
+++ b/examples/animation/double_pendulum.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 L2 = 1.0  # length of pendulum 2 in m
 M1 = 1.0  # mass of pendulum 1 in kg
 M2 = 1.0  # mass of pendulum 2 in kg
+t_stop = 5  # how many seconds to simulate
 
 
 def derivs(state, t):
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def derivs(state, t):
 
 # create a time array from 0..100 sampled at 0.05 second steps
 dt = 0.05
-t = np.arange(0, 20, dt)
+t = np.arange(0, t_stop, dt)
 
 # th1 and th2 are the initial angles (degrees)
 # w10 and w20 are the initial angular velocities (degrees per second)
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ def derivs(state, t):
 x2 = L2*sin(y[:, 2]) + x1
 y2 = -L2*cos(y[:, 2]) + y1
 
-fig = plt.figure()
-ax = fig.add_subplot(111, autoscale_on=False, xlim=(-2, 2), ylim=(-2, 2))
+fig = plt.figure(figsize=(5, 4))
+ax = fig.add_subplot(111, autoscale_on=False, xlim=(-2, 2), ylim=(-2, 1))
 ax.set_aspect('equal')
 ax.grid()
 
diff --git a/examples/animation/dynamic_image.py b/examples/animation/dynamic_image.py
index 57d193ceae26..5543da039639 100644
--- a/examples/animation/dynamic_image.py
+++ b/examples/animation/dynamic_image.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import matplotlib.animation as animation
 
-fig = plt.figure()
+fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 
 
 def f(x, y):
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def f(x, y):
 
 x = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 120)
 y = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 100).reshape(-1, 1)
+
 # ims is a list of lists, each row is a list of artists to draw in the
 # current frame; here we are just animating one artist, the image, in
 # each frame
@@ -24,7 +25,9 @@ def f(x, y):
 for i in range(60):
     x += np.pi / 15.
     y += np.pi / 20.
-    im = plt.imshow(f(x, y), animated=True)
+    im = ax.imshow(f(x, y), animated=True)
+    if i == 0:
+        ax.imshow(f(x, y))  # show an initial one first
     ims.append([im])
 
 ani = animation.ArtistAnimation(fig, ims, interval=50, blit=True,
diff --git a/examples/animation/random_walk.py b/examples/animation/random_walk.py
index 07e4707517f2..2488f98b144c 100644
--- a/examples/animation/random_walk.py
+++ b/examples/animation/random_walk.py
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ def update_lines(num, data_lines, lines):
 
 # Creating the Animation object
 line_ani = animation.FuncAnimation(
-    fig, update_lines, 25, fargs=(data, lines), interval=50)
+    fig, update_lines, 50, fargs=(data, lines), interval=50)
 
 plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/animation/simple_anim.py b/examples/animation/simple_anim.py
index 173886e04c52..3bb3c4d952ba 100644
--- a/examples/animation/simple_anim.py
+++ b/examples/animation/simple_anim.py
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 
 
 def animate(i):
-    line.set_ydata(np.sin(x + i / 100))  # update the data.
+    line.set_ydata(np.sin(x + i / 50))  # update the data.
     return line,
 
 
 ani = animation.FuncAnimation(
-    fig, animate, interval=2, blit=True, save_count=50)
+    fig, animate, interval=20, blit=True, save_count=50)
 
 # To save the animation, use e.g.
 #
diff --git a/examples/animation/strip_chart.py b/examples/animation/strip_chart.py
index 2661e1927b97..5e3b8fea0d04 100644
--- a/examples/animation/strip_chart.py
+++ b/examples/animation/strip_chart.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def update(self, y):
         return self.line,
 
 
-def emitter(p=0.03):
+def emitter(p=0.1):
     """Return a random value in [0, 1) with probability p, else 0."""
     while True:
         v = np.random.rand(1)
@@ -48,15 +48,16 @@ def emitter(p=0.03):
         else:
             yield np.random.rand(1)
 
+
 # Fixing random state for reproducibility
-np.random.seed(19680801)
+np.random.seed(19680801 // 10)
 
 
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 scope = Scope(ax)
 
 # pass a generator in "emitter" to produce data for the update func
-ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, scope.update, emitter, interval=10,
+ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, scope.update, emitter, interval=50,
                               blit=True)
 
 plt.show()
diff --git a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
index 7168886419ec..df54a5bcbfc0 100644
--- a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ colorspacious
 ipython
 ipywidgets
 numpydoc>=0.8
-sphinx-gallery>=0.5
+sphinx-gallery>=0.7
 sphinx-copybutton
+scipy