walking animations for 2d sprites?

I am trying to make and animate my 2d sprites to walk. The game I am developing is a 3rd person type ((survival horror)) style game. The characters in it are sprites, but the environments are 3d. I have front, back, side, bottom, and top view sprites. They are all parented to the front view sprite((on a plane)). Is there any way I can move them by animator? I need them to both move there position, and have walking animations. Can anybody help me?