I found a plugin that lets me replace the enemy sprite with an animated side view battler and it seems to be compatible but I cannot figure out how to turn the animation back on for the player . 

nope. the side view is what is used for the "back" sprite, and the animation is forcibly stopped

I think I worded it wrong.  Is it possible to unstop it? My goal is to have an animated back view as well as an animated enemy. The plugin I'm using assigns an sv actor in place of the enemy sprite.