diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/SkeletonAnimation.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/SkeletonAnimation.cs
index 00e37f4a0..b8479b016 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/SkeletonAnimation.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/SkeletonAnimation.cs
@@ -104,39 +104,25 @@ public class SkeletonAnimation : SkeletonRenderer, ISkeletonAnimation {
 	public bool loop;
 
 	/// <summary>
-	/// The rate at which animations progress over time. 1 means 100%. 0.5 means 50%.
-	/// AnimationState and TrackEntry also have their own timeScale. These are combined multiplicatively.</summary>
+	/// The rate at which animations progress over time. 1 means 100%. 0.5 means 50%.</summary>
+	/// <remarks>AnimationState and TrackEntry also have their own timeScale. These are combined multiplicatively.</remarks>
 	#if UNITY_5
 	[Tooltip("The rate at which animations progress over time. 1 means 100%. 0.5 means 50%.")]
 	#endif
 	public float timeScale = 1;
 
-	#region AutoReset
-	/**
-	[Tooltip("Setting this to true makes the SkeletonAnimation behave similar to Spine editor. New animations will not inherit the pose from a previous animation. If you need to intermittently and programmatically pose your skeleton, leave this false.")]
-	[SerializeField]
-	protected bool autoReset = false;
-
-	/// <summary>
-	/// Setting this to true makes the SkeletonAnimation behave similar to Spine editor. 
-	/// New animations will not inherit the pose from a previous animation. 
-	/// If you need to intermittently and programmatically pose your skeleton, leave this false.</summary>
-	public bool AutoReset {
-		get { return this.autoReset; }
-		set {
-			if (!autoReset && value) {
-				state.Start -= HandleNewAnimationAutoreset;	// make sure there isn't a double-subscription.
-				state.Start += HandleNewAnimationAutoreset;
-			}
-			autoReset = value;
-		}
+	#region Runtime Instantiation
+	/// <summary>Adds and prepares a SkeletonAnimation component to a GameObject at runtime.</summary>
+	/// <returns>The newly instantiated SkeletonAnimation</returns>
+	public static SkeletonAnimation AddToGameObject (GameObject gameObject, SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset) {
+		return SkeletonRenderer.AddSpineComponent<SkeletonAnimation>(gameObject, skeletonDataAsset);
 	}
 
-	protected virtual void HandleNewAnimationAutoreset (Spine.AnimationState state, int trackIndex) {
-		if (!autoReset) return;
-		if (skeleton != null) skeleton.SetToSetupPose();
+	/// <summary>Instantiates a new UnityEngine.GameObject and adds a prepared SkeletonAnimation component to it.</summary>
+	/// <returns>The newly instantiated SkeletonAnimation component.</returns>
+	public static SkeletonAnimation NewSkeletonAnimationGameObject (SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset) {
+		return SkeletonRenderer.NewSpineGameObject<SkeletonAnimation>(skeletonDataAsset);
 	}
-	*/
 	#endregion
 
 	public override void Reset () {
@@ -146,12 +132,6 @@ public class SkeletonAnimation : SkeletonRenderer, ISkeletonAnimation {
 
 		state = new Spine.AnimationState(skeletonDataAsset.GetAnimationStateData());
 
-		/*
-		if (autoReset) {
-			state.Start += HandleNewAnimationAutoreset;
-		}
-		*/
-
 		if (_animationName != null && _animationName.Length > 0) {
 			state.SetAnimation(0, _animationName, loop);
 			Update(0);
@@ -185,4 +165,5 @@ public class SkeletonAnimation : SkeletonRenderer, ISkeletonAnimation {
 			_UpdateComplete(this);
 		}
 	}
+		
 }
diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/SkeletonRenderer.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/SkeletonRenderer.cs
index aad0dcaf8..5a2109e4e 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/SkeletonRenderer.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/SkeletonRenderer.cs
@@ -76,6 +76,25 @@ public class SkeletonRenderer : MonoBehaviour {
 	private readonly ExposedList<Submesh> submeshes = new ExposedList<Submesh>();
 	private SkeletonUtilitySubmeshRenderer[] submeshRenderers;
 
+	#region Runtime Instantiation
+	/// <summary>Add and prepare a Spine component that derives from SkeletonRenderer to a GameObject at runtime.</summary>
+	/// <typeparam name="T">T should be SkeletonRenderer or any of its derived classes.</typeparam>
+	public static T AddSpineComponent<T> (GameObject gameObject, SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset) where T : SkeletonRenderer {
+		var c = gameObject.AddComponent<T>();
+
+		if (skeletonDataAsset != null) {
+			c.skeletonDataAsset = skeletonDataAsset;
+			c.Reset(); // Method signature will change.
+		}
+
+		return c;
+	}
+
+	public static T NewSpineGameObject<T> (SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset) where T : SkeletonRenderer {
+		return SkeletonRenderer.AddSpineComponent<T>(new GameObject("New Spine GameObject"), skeletonDataAsset);
+	}
+	#endregion
+
 	public virtual void Awake () {
 		Reset();
 	}