# Ask Epic Anything: Animation & Cinematics | June 21st, 2023 at 10AM EST

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**Created:** [June 14, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ask-epic-anything-animation-cinematics-june-21st-2023-at-10am-est/1199295 "2023-06-14T18:51:59Z")\
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> [@Wertandrew](#):
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> - A sequencer does not keep state if an animation is set to play on a character, any idea why (keep state is on)?

While the Cinematic Sequence Device has a checkbox to restore store, this isn't an override as each track have their own keep/restore state property. This can be found by right mouse clicking on the track/section in the timeline and changing the "When Finished" property

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