[color=#333333]I'm searching for suggestions and resources on the possible ways to design a character animation system. I mean a system built on top of the graphics engine (as graphics engine I use Ogre3D, that provide an animation layer), and that's must be in contact with the logic of the game[color=#333333].
More in detail I'm searching about the action state mechines (or animation state machines), that is build on top of the animation pipeline already provided by the graphics engine. So, a state-driver animation interface for use by virtually all higher-level game code.

[color=#333333]It's for a sports title, maybe the question is non trivial.