The aim of this study was to describe the students’ and the teacher’s perception of the use of animation video in teaching writing procedure text, and to know the obstacle faced by students on the use of animation video in teaching writing procedure text. The data collecting procedure of this study was the interview. The interview was done with ten students and an English teacher of the ninth grade class at SMPN 16 Semarang. Then the researcher analyzed the data by adopting Matthew B. Miles and A. Michel Huberman, including the stages of data reduction, data display, and drawing the conclusion. The result of the study showed that the students and the teacher have a positive perception of the use of animation video in teaching writing procedure text. The animation video makes students to be enthusiastic and motivated to learn English, and it helps students improve their comprehension, wrtiting skill, and vocabulary. Moreover, the teacher stated that animation video makes the activity of the classroom run well. Besides, there is an obstacle faced by some students on the use of animation video in teaching writing procedure text. They need more time and clear video to understand the subject. It can be concluded that the students and the teacher give positive perception on the use of animation video even there is an obstacle faced by some students.