diff --git a/tools/LayoutDump/Program.cs b/tools/LayoutDump/Program.cs
index 255917ff..38b8a2b0 100644
--- a/tools/LayoutDump/Program.cs
+++ b/tools/LayoutDump/Program.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,55 @@ if (root is null)
 Console.WriteLine($"layout 0x{ids[0]:X8}");
 Print(root, 0);
 
+int mediaAt = Array.IndexOf(args, "--media");
+if (mediaAt >= 0)
+{
+    // The RAW media sequence per state, straight off the LayoutDesc. ElementInfo
+    // keeps only the first image, so an animation is invisible above that level.
+    uint wanted = mediaAt + 1 < args.Length
+        ? Convert.ToUInt32(args[mediaAt + 1], 16)
+        : 0u;
+    // Layouts are not necessarily in Portal — go through the adapter, the same
+    // way LayoutImporter does.
+    var ld = adapter.Get<DatReaderWriter.DBObjs.LayoutDesc>(ids[0]);
+    if (ld is null)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine($"layout 0x{ids[0]:X8} not found");
+        return 2;
+    }
+
+    foreach (var top in ld.Elements)
+        Walk(top.Value);
+    return 0;
+
+    void Walk(DatReaderWriter.Types.ElementDesc d)
+    {
+        if (wanted == 0 || d.ElementId == wanted)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine($"element 0x{d.ElementId:X8}");
+            if (d.States.Count == 0)
+            {
+                // Raw descriptors only carry what THIS element overrides; states
+                // and their media usually come from the base element, and
+                // LayoutDesc::InqFullDesc @0x0069A520 resolves that chain.
+                // Following it here would mean reimplementing LayoutImporter's
+                // Resolve, so say so rather than imply the element has none.
+                Console.WriteLine(
+                    $"  (no states of its own — inherited from base 0x{d.BaseElement:X8};"
+                    + " raw media not resolved here)");
+            }
+            foreach (var st in d.States)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine($"  state {st.Key}: {st.Value.Media.Count} media");
+                foreach (var m in st.Value.Media)
+                    Console.WriteLine($"    {m.GetType().Name}");
+            }
+        }
+        foreach (var child in d.Children)
+            Walk(child.Value);
+    }
+}
+
 int resizeAt = Array.IndexOf(args, "--resize");
 if (resizeAt >= 0 && resizeAt + 2 < args.Length)
 {