diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/common/qtapng-cmake.patch b/.github/workflows/scripts/common/qtapng-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d47ce008bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/common/qtapng-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index bace076..bfb1c66 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ endif ()
+ 
+ find_package(Qt${APNG_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Gui)
+ 
++set(CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK NEVER)
++find_package(PNG 1.6.40 REQUIRED)
++find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
++
+ add_subdirectory(src)
+ 
+ if(APNG_TESTS)
+diff --git a/cmake/FindZLib.cmake b/cmake/FindZLib.cmake
+deleted file mode 100644
+index f8e9220..0000000
+--- a/cmake/FindZLib.cmake
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1 +0,0 @@
+-add_library(ZLIB::ZLIB ALIAS zlibstatic) # use our zlib
+diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+index 697df95..0e89371 100644
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,2 +1 @@
+-add_subdirectory(3rdparty EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+ add_subdirectory(plugins)
+diff --git a/src/plugins/imageformats/apng/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/imageformats/apng/CMakeLists.txt
+index e1b3fd9..72164fb 100644
+--- a/src/plugins/imageformats/apng/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/plugins/imageformats/apng/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@ target_sources(ApngImagePlugin PRIVATE ${APNG_SOURCES})
+ target_link_libraries(ApngImagePlugin PRIVATE 
+   Qt${APNG_QT_VERSION}::Core
+   Qt${APNG_QT_VERSION}::Gui
+-  png_static
+-  zlibstatic
++  PNG::PNG
++  ZLIB::ZLIB
+ )
+ 
+-get_target_property(_png_include png_static INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+-target_include_directories(ApngImagePlugin PRIVATE ${_png_include})
+-
+ target_compile_definitions(ApngImagePlugin PRIVATE
+   QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
+   QT_ASCII_CAST_WARNINGS
+@@ -31,3 +28,10 @@ set_target_properties(ApngImagePlugin PROPERTIES
+   LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/plugins/imageformats"
+   LIBRARY_OUTPUT_NAME qapng
+ )
++
++install(TARGETS ApngImagePlugin DESTINATION "plugins/imageformats")
++
++if(WIN32 AND MSVC)
++  set_target_properties(ApngImagePlugin PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX d)
++  install(FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE:ApngImagePlugin> DESTINATION "plugins/imageformats" OPTIONAL)
++endif()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/build-dependencies-qt.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/build-dependencies-qt.sh
index e8b7ab5be1..df045f4602 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/build-dependencies-qt.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/build-dependencies-qt.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ LIBPNG=1.6.50
 LIBWEBP=1.6.0
 SDL=SDL3-3.2.22
 QT=6.9.2
+QTAPNG=1.3.0
 LZ4=1.10.0
 ZSTD=1.5.7
 KDDOCKWIDGETS=2.2.3
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ aadc97ea91f6ef078b0ae3a62bba69e008d9a7db19b34e4ac973b19b71b4217c  libjpeg-turbo-
 4df396518620a7aa3651443e87d1b2862e4e88cad135a8b93423e01706232307  libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz
 e4ab7009bf0629fd11982d4c2aa83964cf244cffba7347ecd39019a9e38c4564  libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz
 f29d00cbcee273c0a54f3f32f86bf5c595e8823a96b1d92a145aac40571ebfcc  $SDL.tar.gz
+687ddc0c7cb128a3ea58e159b5129252537c27ede0c32a93f11f03127f0c0165  libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz
 537512904744b35e232912055ccf8ec66d768639ff3abe5788d90d792ec5f48b  lz4-$LZ4.tar.gz
 eb33e51f49a15e023950cd7825ca74a4a2b43db8354825ac24fc1b7ee09e6fa3  zstd-$ZSTD.tar.gz
 44be9c9ecfe04129c4dea0a7e1b36ad476c9cc07c292016ac98e7b41514f2440  qtbase-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ d984cab8f26334aa1c15e5b8f0cd9f1b7c0c1289fe0b68c1c84ab469b75605a5  qtsvg-everywhe
 d8b7f7e8e970cc0b975205fd6d5832ea917ef3e751df69b97439c1cddd67a489  qttools-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
 c73bb6281ed365c0f954f4b1b6e1b13e1b3fefd94854f46fcd9a412f641f7ed6  qttranslations-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
 cad79806565568f12f9983fed69219416abcee9d5deef4abdfcf94aa2eef7781  qtwayland-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
+f1d3be3489f758efe1a8f12118a212febbe611aa670af32e0159fa3c1feab2a6  QtApng-$QTAPNG.tar.gz
 a8e4a25e5c2686fd36981e527ed05e451fcfc226bddf350f4e76181371190937  shaderc-$SHADERC.tar.gz
 9427deccbdf4bde6a269938df38c6bd75247493786a310d8d733a2c82065ef47  shaderc-glslang-$SHADERC_GLSLANG.tar.gz
 c2225a49c3d7efa5c4f4ce4a6b42081e6ea3daca376f3353d9d7c2722d77a28a  shaderc-spirv-headers-$SHADERC_SPIRVHEADERS.tar.gz
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ curl -L \
 	-O "https://github.com/ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace/archive/$LIBBACKTRACE.zip" \
 	-O "https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/releases/download/$LIBJPEGTURBO/libjpeg-turbo-$LIBJPEGTURBO.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng16/$LIBPNG/libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz" \
+	-O "https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng-apng/libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz" \
 	-O "https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://github.com/lz4/lz4/releases/download/v$LZ4/lz4-$LZ4.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://libsdl.org/release/$SDL.tar.gz" \
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ curl -L \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qttools-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qttranslations-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qtwayland-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
+	-o "QtApng-$QTAPNG.tar.gz" "https://github.com/jurplel/QtApng/archive/refs/tags/$QTAPNG.tar.gz" \
 	-o "shaderc-$SHADERC.tar.gz" "https://github.com/google/shaderc/archive/refs/tags/v$SHADERC.tar.gz" \
 	-o "shaderc-glslang-$SHADERC_GLSLANG.tar.gz" "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang/archive/$SHADERC_GLSLANG.tar.gz" \
 	-o "shaderc-spirv-headers-$SHADERC_SPIRVHEADERS.tar.gz" "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers/archive/$SHADERC_SPIRVHEADERS.tar.gz" \
@@ -99,7 +104,9 @@ cd ..
 echo "Building libpng..."
 rm -fr "libpng-$LIBPNG"
 tar xf "libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz"
+gunzip -d -f "libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz"
 cd "libpng-$LIBPNG"
+patch -p1 < "../libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch"
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$INSTALLDIR" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLDIR" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPNG_TESTS=OFF -DPNG_STATIC=OFF -DPNG_SHARED=ON -DPNG_TOOLS=OFF -B build -G Ninja
 cmake --build build --parallel
 ninja -C build install
@@ -250,6 +257,16 @@ cmake --build . --parallel
 ninja install
 cd ../../
 
+echo "Building Qt APNG..."
+rm -fr "QtApng-$QTAPNG"
+tar xf "QtApng-$QTAPNG.tar.gz"
+cd "QtApng-$QTAPNG"
+patch -p1 < "$SCRIPTDIR/../common/qtapng-cmake.patch"
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$INSTALLDIR" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLDIR" -B build -G Ninja
+cmake --build build --parallel
+ninja -C build install
+cd ..
+
 echo "Building KDDockWidgets..."
 rm -fr "KDDockWidgets-$KDDOCKWIDGETS"
 tar xf "KDDockWidgets-$KDDOCKWIDGETS.tar.gz"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/modules/26-libpng.json b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/modules/26-libpng.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97c47da265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/modules/26-libpng.json
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  "name": "libpng",
+  "buildsystem": "cmake-ninja",
+  "builddir": true,
+  "config-opts": [
+    "-DPNG_TESTS=OFF",
+    "-DPNG_STATIC=OFF",
+    "-DPNG_SHARED=ON",
+    "-DPNG_TOOLS=OFF"
+  ],
+  "build-options": {
+    "strip": true
+  },
+  "sources": [
+    {
+      "type": "archive",
+      "url": "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng16/1.6.50/libpng-1.6.50.tar.xz",
+      "sha256": "4df396518620a7aa3651443e87d1b2862e4e88cad135a8b93423e01706232307"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "file",
+      "url": "https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng-apng/libpng-1.6.50-apng.patch.gz",
+      "dest-filename": "libpng-1.6.50-apng.patch.gz",
+      "sha256": "687ddc0c7cb128a3ea58e159b5129252537c27ede0c32a93f11f03127f0c0165"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "shell",
+      "commands":
+      [
+          "gunzip -f libpng-1.6.50-apng.patch.gz",
+          "patch -p1  < \"libpng-1.6.50-apng.patch\""
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "cleanup": [
+    "/bin",
+    "/include",
+    "/lib/*.a",
+    "/lib/*.la",
+    "/lib/cmake",
+    "/lib/libpng",
+    "/lib/pkgconfig",
+    "/share/man"
+  ]
+}
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/modules/27-qtapng.json b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/modules/27-qtapng.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff23d55c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/modules/27-qtapng.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "name": "qtapng",
+  "buildsystem": "cmake-ninja",
+  "builddir": true,
+  "config-opts": [
+    "-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\"${FLATPAK_DEST}\""
+  ],
+  "build-options": {
+    "strip": true
+  },
+  "sources": [
+    {
+      "type": "git",
+      "url": "https://github.com/jurplel/QtApng.git",
+      "tag": "1.3.0",
+      "commit": "bd15516b281204e90ecd5b80b00d1274b062f5fc"
+    },
+    {
+        "type": "patch",
+        "path": "../../../common/qtapng-cmake.patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "cleanup": [
+    "/plugins"
+  ],
+  "post-install": [
+    "mv ${FLATPAK_DEST}/plugins/* ${FLATPAK_DEST}/bin/"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/net.pcsx2.PCSX2.json b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/net.pcsx2.PCSX2.json
index 1971394a35..e0d8556a59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/net.pcsx2.PCSX2.json
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/net.pcsx2.PCSX2.json
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
     "modules/23-kddockwidgets.json",
     "modules/24-plutovg.json",
     "modules/25-plutosvg.json",
+    "modules/26-libpng.json",
+    "modules/27-qtapng.json",
     {
       "name": "pcsx2",
       "buildsystem": "cmake-ninja",
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@
         "cxxflags": "",
         "cxxflags-override": true,
         "config-opts": [
+          "-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\"${FLATPAK_DEST}\"",
           "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
           "-DCMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION=ON",
           "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/lib/sdk/llvm18/bin/clang",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies-universal.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies-universal.sh
index 61122e4a20..8d42c5df16 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies-universal.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies-universal.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ LIBWEBP=1.6.0
 FFMPEG=6.0
 MOLTENVK=1.2.9
 QT=6.7.3
+QTAPNG=1.3.0
 KDDOCKWIDGETS=2.2.3
 PLUTOVG=1.3.0
 PLUTOSVG=0.0.7
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ eb33e51f49a15e023950cd7825ca74a4a2b43db8354825ac24fc1b7ee09e6fa3  zstd-$ZSTD.tar
 537512904744b35e232912055ccf8ec66d768639ff3abe5788d90d792ec5f48b  lz4-$LZ4.tar.gz
 4df396518620a7aa3651443e87d1b2862e4e88cad135a8b93423e01706232307  libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz
 e4ab7009bf0629fd11982d4c2aa83964cf244cffba7347ecd39019a9e38c4564  libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz
+687ddc0c7cb128a3ea58e159b5129252537c27ede0c32a93f11f03127f0c0165  libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz
 aadc97ea91f6ef078b0ae3a62bba69e008d9a7db19b34e4ac973b19b71b4217c  libjpeg-turbo-$LIBJPEGTURBO.tar.gz
 57be87c22d9b49c112b6d24bc67d42508660e6b718b3db89c44e47e289137082  ffmpeg-$FFMPEG.tar.xz
 f415a09385030c6510a936155ce211f617c31506db5fbc563e804345f1ecf56e  v$MOLTENVK.tar.gz
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ f415a09385030c6510a936155ce211f617c31506db5fbc563e804345f1ecf56e  v$MOLTENVK.tar
 40142cb71fb1e07ad612bc361b67f5d54cd9367f9979ae6b86124a064deda06b  qtsvg-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
 f03bb7df619cd9ac9dba110e30b7bcab5dd88eb8bdc9cc752563b4367233203f  qttools-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
 dcc762acac043b9bb5e4d369b6d6f53e0ecfcf76a408fe0db5f7ef071c9d6dc8  qttranslations-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
+f1d3be3489f758efe1a8f12118a212febbe611aa670af32e0159fa3c1feab2a6  QtApng-$QTAPNG.tar.gz
 a8e4a25e5c2686fd36981e527ed05e451fcfc226bddf350f4e76181371190937  shaderc-$SHADERC.tar.gz
 9427deccbdf4bde6a269938df38c6bd75247493786a310d8d733a2c82065ef47  shaderc-glslang-$SHADERC_GLSLANG.tar.gz
 c2225a49c3d7efa5c4f4ce4a6b42081e6ea3daca376f3353d9d7c2722d77a28a  shaderc-spirv-headers-$SHADERC_SPIRVHEADERS.tar.gz
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ curl -C - -L \
 	-O "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v$ZSTD/zstd-$ZSTD.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://github.com/lz4/lz4/releases/download/v$LZ4/lz4-$LZ4.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng16/$LIBPNG/libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz" \
+	-O "https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng-apng/libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz" \
 	-O "https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/releases/download/$LIBJPEGTURBO/libjpeg-turbo-$LIBJPEGTURBO.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-$FFMPEG.tar.xz" \
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ curl -C - -L \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qtsvg-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qttools-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qttranslations-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
+	-o "QtApng-$QTAPNG.tar.gz" "https://github.com/jurplel/QtApng/archive/refs/tags/$QTAPNG.tar.gz" \
 	-o "shaderc-$SHADERC.tar.gz" "https://github.com/google/shaderc/archive/refs/tags/v$SHADERC.tar.gz" \
 	-o "shaderc-glslang-$SHADERC_GLSLANG.tar.gz" "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang/archive/$SHADERC_GLSLANG.tar.gz" \
 	-o "shaderc-spirv-headers-$SHADERC_SPIRVHEADERS.tar.gz" "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers/archive/$SHADERC_SPIRVHEADERS.tar.gz" \
@@ -200,7 +205,9 @@ cd ..
 echo "Installing libpng..."
 rm -fr "libpng-$LIBPNG"
 tar xf "libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz"
+gunzip -d -f "libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz"
 cd "libpng-$LIBPNG"
+patch -p1 < "../libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch"
 cmake "${CMAKE_COMMON[@]}" "$CMAKE_ARCH_X64" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPNG_TESTS=OFF -DPNG_FRAMEWORK=OFF -B build
 make -C build "-j$NPROCS"
 cmake "${CMAKE_COMMON[@]}" "$CMAKE_ARCH_ARM64" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPNG_TESTS=OFF -DPNG_FRAMEWORK=OFF -DPNG_ARM_NEON=on -B build-arm64
@@ -369,6 +376,16 @@ make "-j$NPROCS"
 make install
 cd ../..
 
+echo "Building Qt APNG..."
+rm -fr "QtApng-$QTAPNG"
+tar xf "QtApng-$QTAPNG.tar.gz"
+cd "QtApng-$QTAPNG"
+patch -p1 < "$SCRIPTDIR/../common/qtapng-cmake.patch"
+cmake "${CMAKE_COMMON[@]}" "$CMAKE_ARCH_UNIVERSAL" -B build
+make -C build "-j$NPROCS"
+make -C build install
+cd ..
+
 echo "Building KDDockWidgets..."
 rm -fr "KDDockWidgets-$KDDOCKWIDGETS"
 tar xf "KDDockWidgets-$KDDOCKWIDGETS.tar.gz"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies.sh
index 022a0c61da..5dd6b7e4c3 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ LIBWEBP=1.6.0
 FFMPEG=6.0
 MOLTENVK=1.2.9
 QT=6.7.3
+QTAPNG=1.3.0
 KDDOCKWIDGETS=2.2.3
 PLUTOVG=1.3.0
 PLUTOSVG=0.0.7
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ eb33e51f49a15e023950cd7825ca74a4a2b43db8354825ac24fc1b7ee09e6fa3  zstd-$ZSTD.tar
 537512904744b35e232912055ccf8ec66d768639ff3abe5788d90d792ec5f48b  lz4-$LZ4.tar.gz
 4df396518620a7aa3651443e87d1b2862e4e88cad135a8b93423e01706232307  libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz
 e4ab7009bf0629fd11982d4c2aa83964cf244cffba7347ecd39019a9e38c4564  libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz
+687ddc0c7cb128a3ea58e159b5129252537c27ede0c32a93f11f03127f0c0165  libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz
 aadc97ea91f6ef078b0ae3a62bba69e008d9a7db19b34e4ac973b19b71b4217c  libjpeg-turbo-$LIBJPEGTURBO.tar.gz
 57be87c22d9b49c112b6d24bc67d42508660e6b718b3db89c44e47e289137082  ffmpeg-$FFMPEG.tar.xz
 f415a09385030c6510a936155ce211f617c31506db5fbc563e804345f1ecf56e  v$MOLTENVK.tar.gz
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ f415a09385030c6510a936155ce211f617c31506db5fbc563e804345f1ecf56e  v$MOLTENVK.tar
 40142cb71fb1e07ad612bc361b67f5d54cd9367f9979ae6b86124a064deda06b  qtsvg-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
 f03bb7df619cd9ac9dba110e30b7bcab5dd88eb8bdc9cc752563b4367233203f  qttools-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
 dcc762acac043b9bb5e4d369b6d6f53e0ecfcf76a408fe0db5f7ef071c9d6dc8  qttranslations-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
+f1d3be3489f758efe1a8f12118a212febbe611aa670af32e0159fa3c1feab2a6  QtApng-$QTAPNG.tar.gz
 a8e4a25e5c2686fd36981e527ed05e451fcfc226bddf350f4e76181371190937  shaderc-$SHADERC.tar.gz
 9427deccbdf4bde6a269938df38c6bd75247493786a310d8d733a2c82065ef47  shaderc-glslang-$SHADERC_GLSLANG.tar.gz
 c2225a49c3d7efa5c4f4ce4a6b42081e6ea3daca376f3353d9d7c2722d77a28a  shaderc-spirv-headers-$SHADERC_SPIRVHEADERS.tar.gz
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ curl -L \
 	-O "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v$ZSTD/zstd-$ZSTD.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://github.com/lz4/lz4/releases/download/v$LZ4/lz4-$LZ4.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng16/$LIBPNG/libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz" \
+	-O "https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng-apng/libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz" \
 	-O "https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/releases/download/$LIBJPEGTURBO/libjpeg-turbo-$LIBJPEGTURBO.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-$FFMPEG.tar.xz" \
@@ -97,6 +101,7 @@ curl -L \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qtsvg-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qttools-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qttranslations-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
+	-o "QtApng-$QTAPNG.tar.gz" "https://github.com/jurplel/QtApng/archive/refs/tags/$QTAPNG.tar.gz" \
 	-o "shaderc-$SHADERC.tar.gz" "https://github.com/google/shaderc/archive/refs/tags/v$SHADERC.tar.gz" \
 	-o "shaderc-glslang-$SHADERC_GLSLANG.tar.gz" "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang/archive/$SHADERC_GLSLANG.tar.gz" \
 	-o "shaderc-spirv-headers-$SHADERC_SPIRVHEADERS.tar.gz" "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers/archive/$SHADERC_SPIRVHEADERS.tar.gz" \
@@ -156,7 +161,9 @@ cd ..
 echo "Installing libpng..."
 rm -fr "libpng-$LIBPNG"
 tar xf "libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz"
+gunzip -d -f "libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz"
 cd "libpng-$LIBPNG"
+patch -p1 < "../libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch"
 cmake "${CMAKE_COMMON[@]}" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPNG_TESTS=OFF -DPNG_FRAMEWORK=OFF -B build
 make -C build "-j$NPROCS"
 make -C build install
@@ -331,6 +338,16 @@ make "-j$NPROCS"
 make install
 cd ../..
 
+echo "Building Qt APNG..."
+rm -fr "QtApng-$QTAPNG"
+tar xf "QtApng-$QTAPNG.tar.gz"
+cd "QtApng-$QTAPNG"
+patch -p1 < "$SCRIPTDIR/../common/qtapng-cmake.patch"
+cmake "${CMAKE_COMMON[@]}" -B build
+make -C build "-j$NPROCS"
+make -C build install
+cd ..
+
 echo "Building KDDockWidgets..."
 rm -fr "KDDockWidgets-$KDDOCKWIDGETS"
 tar xf "KDDockWidgets-$KDDOCKWIDGETS.tar.gz"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies-arm64.bat b/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies-arm64.bat
index cee3020411..1ba09c1660 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies-arm64.bat
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies-arm64.bat
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ set LIBJPEGTURBO=3.1.1
 set LIBPNG=1650
 set SDL=SDL3-3.2.22
 set QT=6.9.2
+set LIBPNGLONG=1.6.50
 set QTMINOR=6.9
+set QTAPNG=1.3.0
 set LZ4=1.10.0
 set WEBP=1.6.0
 set ZLIB=1.3.1
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ set SHADERC_SPIRVTOOLS=33e02568181e3312f49a3cf33df470bf96ef293a
 call :downloadfile "freetype-%FREETYPE%.tar.gz" https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/%FREETYPE%/freetype-%FREETYPE%.tar.gz/download 5c3a8e78f7b24c20b25b54ee575d6daa40007a5f4eea2845861c3409b3021747 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "harfbuzz-%HARFBUZZ%.zip" https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/archive/refs/tags/%HARFBUZZ%.zip 850cb5e38e21106c0abba86c5b73f8f74b9a32d7725505901d081080b0d3f0b3 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "lpng%LIBPNG%.zip" https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng/lpng1650.zip 4be6938313b08d5921f9dede13f2789b653c96f4f8595d92ff3f09c9320e51c7 || goto error
+call :downloadfile "lpng%LIBPNG%-apng.patch.gz" https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng-apng/libpng-%LIBPNGLONG%-apng.patch.gz 687ddc0c7cb128a3ea58e159b5129252537c27ede0c32a93f11f03127f0c0165 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "libjpeg-turbo-%LIBJPEGTURBO%.tar.gz" "https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/releases/download/%LIBJPEGTURBO%/libjpeg-turbo-%LIBJPEGTURBO%.tar.gz" aadc97ea91f6ef078b0ae3a62bba69e008d9a7db19b34e4ac973b19b71b4217c || goto error
 call :downloadfile "libwebp-%WEBP%.tar.gz" "https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/libwebp-%WEBP%.tar.gz" e4ab7009bf0629fd11982d4c2aa83964cf244cffba7347ecd39019a9e38c4564 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "%SDL%.zip" "https://libsdl.org/release/%SDL%.zip" 3d60068b1e5c83c66bb14c325dfef46f8fcc380735b4591de6f5e7b9738929d1 || goto error
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ call :downloadfile "qtimageformats-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" "https://download.qt
 call :downloadfile "qtsvg-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/%QTMINOR%/%QT%/submodules/qtsvg-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" af80bb671ea0f66c0036ce7041a56b0e550fc94fb88d2c77b5b6a3e33e42139b || goto error
 call :downloadfile "qttools-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/%QTMINOR%/%QT%/submodules/qttools-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" d2f4c7a4a12630e879702353f944f96a5d8e764771b5a5f04163334ad61b39db || goto error
 call :downloadfile "qttranslations-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/%QTMINOR%/%QT%/submodules/qttranslations-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" 3e168d1b081ee3a2175fe1bd97ad03bb40fe7ce38a37e99923a19f0e7ec4d81c || goto error
+call :downloadfile "QtApng-%QTAPNG%.zip" "https://github.com/jurplel/QtApng/archive/refs/tags/%QTAPNG%.zip" 5176082cdd468047a7eb1ec1f106b032f57df207aa318d559b29606b00d159ac || goto error
 call :downloadfile "lz4-%LZ4%.zip" "https://github.com/lz4/lz4/archive/refs/tags/v%LZ4%.zip" 3224b4c80f351f194984526ef396f6079bd6332dd9825c72ac0d7a37b3cdc565 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "zlib%ZLIBSHORT%.zip" "https://zlib.net/zlib%ZLIBSHORT%.zip" 72af66d44fcc14c22013b46b814d5d2514673dda3d115e64b690c1ad636e7b17 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "zstd-%ZSTD%.zip" "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/archive/refs/tags/v%ZSTD%.zip" 7897bc5d620580d9b7cd3539c44b59d78f3657d33663fe97a145e07b4ebd69a4 || goto error
@@ -107,7 +111,10 @@ cd .. || goto error
 echo Building libpng...
 rmdir /S /Q "lpng%LIBPNG%"
 %SEVENZIP% x "lpng%LIBPNG%.zip" || goto error
+rem apng not in released libpng yet
+%SEVENZIP% x "lpng%LIBPNG%-apng.patch.gz" -aoa || goto error
 cd "lpng%LIBPNG%" || goto error
+%PATCH% -p1 < "../libpng-%LIBPNGLONG%-apng.patch" || goto error
 cmake %ARM64TOOLCHAIN% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="%INSTALLDIR%" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%INSTALLDIR%" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPNG_TESTS=OFF -DPNG_STATIC=OFF -DPNG_SHARED=ON -DPNG_TOOLS=OFF -B build -G Ninja || goto error
 cmake --build build --parallel || goto error
 ninja -C build install || goto error
@@ -246,6 +253,22 @@ cmake --build . --parallel || goto error
 ninja install || goto error
 cd ..\.. || goto error
 
+if %DEBUG%==1 (
+  set QTAPNGBUILDSPEC=-DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Release;Debug" -DCMAKE_CROSS_CONFIGS=all -DCMAKE_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_DEFAULT_CONFIGS=all -G "Ninja Multi-Config"
+) else (
+  set QTAPNGBUILDSPEC=-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G Ninja
+)
+
+echo Building Qt APNG...
+rmdir /S /Q "QtApng-%QTAPNG%"
+%SEVENZIP% x "QtApng-%QTAPNG%.zip" || goto error
+cd "QtApng-%QTAPNG%" || goto error
+%PATCH% -p1 < "%SCRIPTDIR%\..\common\qtapng-cmake.patch" || goto error
+cmake -B build -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="%INSTALLDIR%" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%INSTALLDIR%" %FORCEPDB% %QTAPNGBUILDSPEC% || goto error
+cmake --build build --parallel || goto error
+ninja -C build install || goto error
+cd .. || goto error
+
 if %DEBUG%==1 (
   set KDDOCKWIDGETSBUILDSPEC=-DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Release;Debug" -DCMAKE_CROSS_CONFIGS=all -DCMAKE_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_DEFAULT_CONFIGS=all -G "Ninja Multi-Config"
 ) else (
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies.bat b/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies.bat
index c01cbca3aa..e0b848c06c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies.bat
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies.bat
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ set HARFBUZZ=11.2.0
 set LIBJPEGTURBO=3.1.1
 set LIBPNG=1650
 set SDL=SDL3-3.2.22
+set LIBPNGLONG=1.6.50
 set QT=6.9.2
 set QTMINOR=6.9
+set QTAPNG=1.3.0
 set LZ4=1.10.0
 set WEBP=1.6.0
 set ZLIB=1.3.1
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ set SHADERC_SPIRVTOOLS=33e02568181e3312f49a3cf33df470bf96ef293a
 call :downloadfile "freetype-%FREETYPE%.tar.gz" https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/%FREETYPE%/freetype-%FREETYPE%.tar.gz/download 5c3a8e78f7b24c20b25b54ee575d6daa40007a5f4eea2845861c3409b3021747 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "harfbuzz-%HARFBUZZ%.zip" https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/archive/refs/tags/%HARFBUZZ%.zip 850cb5e38e21106c0abba86c5b73f8f74b9a32d7725505901d081080b0d3f0b3 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "lpng%LIBPNG%.zip" https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng/lpng1650.zip 4be6938313b08d5921f9dede13f2789b653c96f4f8595d92ff3f09c9320e51c7 || goto error
+call :downloadfile "lpng%LIBPNG%-apng.patch.gz" https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng-apng/libpng-%LIBPNGLONG%-apng.patch.gz 687ddc0c7cb128a3ea58e159b5129252537c27ede0c32a93f11f03127f0c0165 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "libjpeg-turbo-%LIBJPEGTURBO%.tar.gz" "https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/releases/download/%LIBJPEGTURBO%/libjpeg-turbo-%LIBJPEGTURBO%.tar.gz" aadc97ea91f6ef078b0ae3a62bba69e008d9a7db19b34e4ac973b19b71b4217c || goto error
 call :downloadfile "libwebp-%WEBP%.tar.gz" "https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/libwebp-%WEBP%.tar.gz" e4ab7009bf0629fd11982d4c2aa83964cf244cffba7347ecd39019a9e38c4564 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "%SDL%.zip" "https://libsdl.org/release/%SDL%.zip" 3d60068b1e5c83c66bb14c325dfef46f8fcc380735b4591de6f5e7b9738929d1 || goto error
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ call :downloadfile "qtimageformats-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" "https://download.qt
 call :downloadfile "qtsvg-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/%QTMINOR%/%QT%/submodules/qtsvg-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" af80bb671ea0f66c0036ce7041a56b0e550fc94fb88d2c77b5b6a3e33e42139b || goto error
 call :downloadfile "qttools-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/%QTMINOR%/%QT%/submodules/qttools-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" d2f4c7a4a12630e879702353f944f96a5d8e764771b5a5f04163334ad61b39db || goto error
 call :downloadfile "qttranslations-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/%QTMINOR%/%QT%/submodules/qttranslations-everywhere-src-%QT%.zip" 3e168d1b081ee3a2175fe1bd97ad03bb40fe7ce38a37e99923a19f0e7ec4d81c || goto error
+call :downloadfile "QtApng-%QTAPNG%.zip" "https://github.com/jurplel/QtApng/archive/refs/tags/%QTAPNG%.zip" 5176082cdd468047a7eb1ec1f106b032f57df207aa318d559b29606b00d159ac || goto error
 call :downloadfile "lz4-%LZ4%.zip" "https://github.com/lz4/lz4/archive/refs/tags/v%LZ4%.zip" 3224b4c80f351f194984526ef396f6079bd6332dd9825c72ac0d7a37b3cdc565 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "zlib%ZLIBSHORT%.zip" "https://zlib.net/zlib%ZLIBSHORT%.zip" 72af66d44fcc14c22013b46b814d5d2514673dda3d115e64b690c1ad636e7b17 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "zstd-%ZSTD%.zip" "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/archive/refs/tags/v%ZSTD%.zip" 7897bc5d620580d9b7cd3539c44b59d78f3657d33663fe97a145e07b4ebd69a4 || goto error
@@ -104,7 +108,10 @@ cd .. || goto error
 echo Building libpng...
 rmdir /S /Q "lpng%LIBPNG%"
 %SEVENZIP% x "lpng%LIBPNG%.zip" || goto error
+rem apng not in released libpng yet
+%SEVENZIP% x "lpng%LIBPNG%-apng.patch.gz" -aoa || goto error
 cd "lpng%LIBPNG%" || goto error
+%PATCH% -p1 < "../libpng-%LIBPNGLONG%-apng.patch" || goto error
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="%INSTALLDIR%" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%INSTALLDIR%" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPNG_TESTS=OFF -DPNG_STATIC=OFF -DPNG_SHARED=ON -DPNG_TOOLS=OFF -B build -G Ninja || goto error
 cmake --build build --parallel || goto error
 ninja -C build install || goto error
@@ -247,6 +254,22 @@ cmake --build . --parallel || goto error
 ninja install || goto error
 cd ..\.. || goto error
 
+if %DEBUG%==1 (
+  set QTAPNGBUILDSPEC=-DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Release;Debug" -DCMAKE_CROSS_CONFIGS=all -DCMAKE_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_DEFAULT_CONFIGS=all -G "Ninja Multi-Config"
+) else (
+  set QTAPNGBUILDSPEC=-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G Ninja
+)
+
+echo Building Qt APNG...
+rmdir /S /Q "QtApng-%QTAPNG%"
+%SEVENZIP% x "QtApng-%QTAPNG%.zip" || goto error
+cd "QtApng-%QTAPNG%" || goto error
+%PATCH% -p1 < "%SCRIPTDIR%\..\common\qtapng-cmake.patch" || goto error
+cmake -B build -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="%INSTALLDIR%" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%INSTALLDIR%" %FORCEPDB% %QTAPNGBUILDSPEC% || goto error
+cmake --build build --parallel || goto error
+ninja -C build install || goto error
+cd .. || goto error
+
 if %DEBUG%==1 (
   set KDDOCKWIDGETSBUILDSPEC=-DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Release;Debug" -DCMAKE_CROSS_CONFIGS=all -DCMAKE_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_DEFAULT_CONFIGS=all -G "Ninja Multi-Config"
 ) else (
diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/GameList/GameListWidget.cpp b/pcsx2-qt/GameList/GameListWidget.cpp
index 1351265b3d..9809e0be9a 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/GameList/GameListWidget.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/GameList/GameListWidget.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,12 @@ void GameListWidget::setCustomBackground()
 	// Only try to create background if both 1. path and 2. setting are valid
 	if (!path.empty() && enabled)
 	{
-		QMovie* new_movie = new QMovie(QString::fromStdString(path), QByteArray(), this);
+		QMovie* new_movie;
+		if (Path::GetExtension(path) == "png")
+			// Use apng plugin
+			new_movie = new QMovie(QString::fromStdString(path), "apng" , this);
+		else
+			new_movie = new QMovie(QString::fromStdString(path), QByteArray(), this);
 		if (new_movie->isValid())
 			m_background_movie = new_movie;
 		else