diff --git a/examples/symba_chambers_2013/aescattermovie.py b/examples/symba_chambers_2013/aescattermovie.py
index 859aae87d..858327cb1 100755
--- a/examples/symba_chambers_2013/aescattermovie.py
+++ b/examples/symba_chambers_2013/aescattermovie.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def __init__(self, ds, param):
         self.ax.set_xlim(xmin, xmax)
         self.ax.set_ylim(ymin, ymax)
         fig.add_axes(self.ax)
-        self.ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, self.update, interval=1, frames=nframes, init_func=self.setup_plot, blit=True)
+        self.ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, self.update, interval=1, frames=nframes, init_func=self.setup_plot, blit=False)
         self.ani.save('aescatter.mp4', fps=30, dpi=300, extra_args=['-vcodec', 'mpeg4'])
         print('Finished writing aescattter.mp4')
 
diff --git a/examples/symba_clement_2018/aescattermovie.py b/examples/symba_clement_2018/aescattermovie.py
index 45acd2ae1..67db91503 100755
--- a/examples/symba_clement_2018/aescattermovie.py
+++ b/examples/symba_clement_2018/aescattermovie.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def __init__(self, ds, param):
         self.ax.set_xlim(xmin, xmax)
         self.ax.set_ylim(ymin, ymax)
         fig.add_axes(self.ax)
-        self.ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, self.update, interval=1, frames=nframes, init_func=self.setup_plot, blit=True)
+        self.ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, self.update, interval=1, frames=nframes, init_func=self.setup_plot, blit=False)
         self.ani.save('aescatter.mp4', fps=30, dpi=300, extra_args=['-vcodec', 'mpeg4'])
         print('Finished writing aescattter.mp4')
 
diff --git a/examples/symba_mars_disk/aescattermovie.py b/examples/symba_mars_disk/aescattermovie.py
index a1f994681..f8e29dc9a 100755
--- a/examples/symba_mars_disk/aescattermovie.py
+++ b/examples/symba_mars_disk/aescattermovie.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def __init__(self, ds, param):
         self.ax.set_xlim(xmin, xmax)
         self.ax.set_ylim(ymin, ymax)
         fig.add_axes(self.ax)
-        self.ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, self.update, interval=1, frames=nframes, init_func=self.setup_plot, blit=True)
+        self.ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, self.update, interval=1, frames=nframes, init_func=self.setup_plot, blit=False)
         self.ani.save('aescatter.mp4', fps=30, dpi=300, extra_args=['-vcodec', 'mpeg4'])
         print('Finished writing aescattter.mp4')