1. An animated poster system, comprising: a simulation panel comprising a poster portion, wherein the poster portion comprises a cast resin in which a sheet configured to act as an illumination surface is positioned; a projector configured to project an image onto a first side of the simulation panel so as to illuminate the sheet such that the image is reproduced on the sheet; and an image server in communication with the projector and comprising a non-transitory, machine-readable medium storing data representative of the image, and the data is such that the image reproduced on the sheet contains animated image elements, thereby creating an appearance of an animated poster on the poster portion; and wherein the sheet is translucent with respect to light corresponding to the projected image.