idle -> active idle animation

charge -> charging a boss attack (depends on the boss)
release -> releasing the boss attack

throw -> boss throwing an item/attack

specialStart -> a special boss attack animation (depends on the boss)
specialEnd -> a special boss attack ending animation

dashing -> dashing forward (while stages are parallaxing forward)

front -> moving right (usually a slide or a jump)
back -> moving back
hop -> moving up
drop -> moving down

down -> when down to 1 hp, the character gets knocked down, this leads into "downed"
downed -> the idle animation after they get downed and they are weak/unable to move
death -> as they are dieing, the last frames you see before the character disappears

spawn -> entering the game from off screen

cast01Start -> the first half of the 1st spellcast motion
cast01Mid -> the pose with delay time before either returning to idle, or going to cast02Start (if another spell is cast)
cast01End -> if no spell is cast, the animation to return to idle position

channel -> while firing a long duration spell, like focusing a laser beam