var app = angular.module('anim', []);

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.name = 'World';
  $scope.value=0;
  $scope.update = function(){
    $scope.value =  $scope.value + 1;
  };
});

app.directive('ticker', function() {
    return {
        link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
          var threshold;
          
          var last, deferTimer;
          threshold = 800;
          scope.$watch(attrs.ticker, function(val, oldVal) {
                if(val === oldVal) return;
               var flickr = function(element){
                  element.fadeOut(200);
                element.fadeIn(200);
                element.fadeOut(200);
                element.fadeIn(200); 
               }
               //Throttle excessive updates
              var now = +new Date(), args = arguments;
              if (last && now < last + threshold) {
                // hold on to it
                clearTimeout(deferTimer);
                deferTimer = setTimeout(function () {
                  last = now;
                  flickr(element)
                }, threshold);
              } else {
                last = now;
                flickr(element);
              }
            });
        }
    }
}
);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="anim">

  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
    <script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script data-require="jquery@1.9.1" data-semver="1.9.1" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.js"></script>
    <script data-require="angular.js@1.0.x" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.8/angular.min.js" data-semver="1.0.8"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
  </head>

  <body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
    <p>Hello {{name}}!</p>
      <button ng-click="update()">Update Value</button>
      Value Is <span ng-bind="value" class="textStyle" ticker="value"></span>
  </body>
</html>
/* Put your css in here */

.textStyle {
  font-weight: bolder;
  font-size: 45px;  
}
Animate a element on model change.