async def sendAnimation(self, chat_id, animation,
                            duration=None,
                            width=None,
                            height=None,
                            thumb=None,
                            caption=None,
                            parse_mode=None,
                            disable_notification=None,
                            reply_to_message_id=None,
                            reply_markup=None):
        """
        See: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendanimation

        :param animation: Same as ``photo`` in :meth:`amanobot.aio.Bot.sendPhoto`
        """
        p = _strip(locals(), more=['animation'])
        return await self._api_request_with_file('sendAnimation', _rectify(p), 'animation', animation)