Does that mean that it is IMPOSSIBLE to have a React functional component animate on update? I’ve read the guidance that the chart would need to be recreated on each update so that the animation would occur on first render, but I don’t know how to achieve this with a functional component.

Could this sandbox be modified to show the proper technique?
https://codesandbox.io/s/basic-column-chart-in-react-canvasjs-0gfv6?fontsize=14&hidenavigation=1&theme=dark