Hi Mark,
Sorry about the inconvenience caused.
We have analyzed the reported issue "Chart axes are animating in, when we change the IsVisible property in chart from false to true" and we are able to reproduce the issue. We have logged a defect report for the issue and the fix for the issue is estimated to be available in our Service Pack release, which is scheduled to roll out by the end of this month.
Please let us know if you have any other queries.
Thanks,
Manivannan.E