title: ImportError: cannot import name 'animation' (matplotlib + python 3.8.5)
body: <p>Why doesnt matplotlib imported with python 3.8.5 work?</p>
  <p>Im running anaconda version 3 which is 64 bit. The error im getting is:</p>
  <p>Matplotlib is installed with version 3.3.2:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Using cached matplotlib-3.3.2-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl (8.5 MB)</p>
  </blockquote>
  <pre><code>Python 3.8.5 (default, Sep  3 2020, 21:29:08) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] :: Ana
  conda, Inc. on win32
  Type &quot;help&quot;, &quot;copyright&quot;, &quot;credits&quot; or &quot;license&quot; for more information.
  &gt;&gt;&gt; import matplotlib
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File &quot;&lt;stdin&gt;&quot;, line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
    File &quot;C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\site-packages\mat
  plotlib\__init__.py&quot;, line 139, in &lt;module&gt;
      from . import cbook, rcsetup
    File &quot;C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\site-packages\mat
  plotlib\rcsetup.py&quot;, line 26, in &lt;module&gt;
      from matplotlib import animation, cbook
  ImportError: cannot import name 'animation' from partially initialized module 'm
  atplotlib' (most likely due to a circular import) (C:\Users\Administrator\AppDat
  a\Roaming\Python\Python38\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py)
  </code></pre>