diff --git a/galleries/examples/mplot3d/rotate_axes3d_sgskip.py b/galleries/examples/mplot3d/rotate_axes3d_sgskip.py
index 76a3369a20d6..df4fa730646b 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/mplot3d/rotate_axes3d_sgskip.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/mplot3d/rotate_axes3d_sgskip.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 A very simple animation of a rotating 3D plot about all three axes.
 
-See :doc:`wire3d_animation_sgskip` for another example of animating a 3D plot.
+See :doc:`wire3d_animation` for another example of animating a 3D plot.
 
 (This example is skipped when building the documentation gallery because it
 intentionally takes a long time to run)
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
+from matplotlib import animation
 from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d
 
 fig = plt.figure()
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@
 ax.set_ylabel('y')
 ax.set_zlabel('z')
 
+
 # Rotate the axes and update
-for angle in range(0, 360*4 + 1):
+def animate(angle):
     # Normalize the angle to the range [-180, 180] for display
     angle_norm = (angle + 180) % 360 - 180
 
@@ -45,10 +47,12 @@
 
     # Update the axis view and title
     ax.view_init(elev, azim, roll)
-    plt.title('Elevation: %d°, Azimuth: %d°, Roll: %d°' % (elev, azim, roll))
+    ax.set_title(f'Elevation: {elev}°, Azimuth: {azim}°, Roll: {roll}°')
+
+
+ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, interval=25, frames=360*4)
 
-    plt.draw()
-    plt.pause(.001)
+plt.show()
 
 # %%
 # .. tags::
diff --git a/galleries/examples/mplot3d/wire3d_animation_sgskip.py b/galleries/examples/mplot3d/wire3d_animation.py
similarity index 60%
rename from galleries/examples/mplot3d/wire3d_animation_sgskip.py
rename to galleries/examples/mplot3d/wire3d_animation.py
index 903ff4918586..3104b35ffe8c 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/mplot3d/wire3d_animation_sgskip.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/mplot3d/wire3d_animation.py
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 ===========================
 
 A very simple "animation" of a 3D plot.  See also :doc:`rotate_axes3d_sgskip`.
-
-(This example is skipped when building the documentation gallery because it
-intentionally takes a long time to run.)
 """
 
 import time
@@ -14,6 +11,11 @@
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
 
+from matplotlib import animation
+
+FRAMES = 25
+FPS = 25
+
 fig = plt.figure()
 ax = fig.add_subplot(projection='3d')
 
@@ -28,17 +30,28 @@
 # Begin plotting.
 wframe = None
 tstart = time.time()
-for phi in np.linspace(0, 180. / np.pi, 100):
-    # If a line collection is already remove it before drawing.
+
+
+def animate(i):
+    global wframe
+    # If a line collection is already there, remove it before drawing.
     if wframe:
         wframe.remove()
     # Generate data.
+    phi = i / FRAMES * 2 * np.pi
     Z = np.cos(2 * np.pi * X + phi) * (1 - np.hypot(X, Y))
-    # Plot the new wireframe and pause briefly before continuing.
+    # Plot the new wireframe.
     wframe = ax.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=2, cstride=2)
-    plt.pause(.001)
+    if i == FRAMES - 1:  # Print FPS at the end of the loop.
+        global tstart
+        fps = FRAMES / (time.time() - tstart)
+        print(f'Expected FPS: {FPS}; Average FPS: {fps}')
+        tstart = time.time()
+
+
+ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, interval=1000 / FPS, frames=FRAMES)
 
-print('Average FPS: %f' % (100 / (time.time() - tstart)))
+plt.show()
 
 # %%
 # .. tags::