An animation control apparatus has: an interpolation component information creating unit (14) that interpolates first and second component information included respectively in first and second keyframe information acquired by an animation controller (13), to create interpolation component information expressing an interpolation screen component; a rendering time period computing unit (16) that calculates a rendering time period required in a rendering process for displaying the interpolation screen component on a display unit (2); a rendering determination unit (15) that determines, based on the rendering time period, whether or not the rendering process for displaying the interpolation screen component on the display unit (2) is completed by a second rendering start time included in the second keyframe information; and a display controller (18) that waits without performing the rendering process for displaying the interpolation screen component on the display unit (2), when determination is made that the rendering process is not completed by the second rendering start time, and then starts a rendering process for displaying a screen component expressed by the second component information, on the display unit (2), when the second rendering start time is reached.