title: Spyder Python Animation not working
body: <p>I'm working on a python project using spyder from anaconda and I am trying to get the animation function working.</p>
  
  <p>I found a basic animation example here: <a href="http://matplotlib.org/1.4.1/examples/animation/basic_example.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://matplotlib.org/1.4.1/examples/animation/basic_example.html</a>
  and tried to make it work.</p>
  
  <p>However when I run it, nothing happens both in the Python and iPython console.</p>
  
  <p>I found this answer: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35856079/animation-from-matplotlib-not-working-in-spyder">Animation from matplotlib not working in spyder</a> However, changing the preferences does not do anything and typing in %matplotlib qt returns: No module named qt4.</p>
  
  <p>Spyder Version: 3.1.0
  Running on MacOS Sierra</p>