User blog comment:VanirExplosion/Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul releases on Blu-ray & DVD in Japan September 25th./@comment-24411065-20200605212243/@comment-24411065-20200606102937

Well you're not supposed to stare at something over and over on loop. The point of the gif would be to show the object in motion to see its effects which can be conveyed better in animation than a still image.