d3pie shows a smooth load effect by default. This example shows up to turn it off (and apparently, how to set really, really ugly colours for each pie segment).
var pie = new d3pie("pie", {
header: {
title: {
text: "No load animation!"
}
},
effects: {
load: {
effect: "none"
}
},
data: {
content: [
{ label: "Chickens", value: 5, color: "#00ff00" },
{ label: "Elephants", value: 8, color: "#0000ff" },
{ label: "Java", value: 2, color: "#ff0000" }
]
}
});