Hi Michael,
Thanks for your interest in Syncfusion Products.
The issue 'animated gif image in BitmapNode is not animated' reported by you is suspected to be a feature.Please create an DT incident for your query so that we can update with the fix for this issue.
You can create the DT incident from the following link.
http://www.syncfusion.com/account/dashboardIn the interests of maintaining confidentiality, we have a policy of not sharing patches or otherwise proprietary customer specific information in the public Forum.
Regards,
Pandi Murugan A