Animate-X is a universal animation framework based on LDM, designed for various character types (collectively termed X), including humanoid characters. This framework enhances motion representation by introducing pose indicators, allowing for a more comprehensive capture of motion patterns from driving videos. The primary advantages of Animate-X include in-depth modeling of motion and the ability to understand motion patterns in driving videos, applying them flexibly to target characters. Additionally, Animate-X introduces the Animated Anthropomorphic Benchmark (A2Bench) to evaluate its performance on universal and widely applicable animated images.