Well if there is still confusion on how the anodes are wired, try this:
chip1:
q1 = r1
q2 = r2
q3 = r3
q4 = r4
q5 = r5
q6 = r6
q7 = r7
q8 = r8
chip2:
q1 = r9
q2 = r10
q3 = r11
q4 = r12
q5 = b1
q6 = b2
q7 = b3
q8 = b4
chip3:
q1 = b5
q2 = b6
q3 = b7
q4 = b8
q5 = b9
q6 = b10
q7 = b11
q8 = b12
chip4:
q1 = g1
q2 = g2
q3 = g3
q4 = g4
q5 = g5
q6 = g6
q7 = g7
q8 = g8
chip5:
q1 = g9
q2 = g10
q3 = g11
q4 = g12
q5 = //
q6 = //
q7 = //
q8 = //
I was just thinking that maybe that part about cycling the cathodes should be at the bottom of the loop, so you set up what you want the anodes to be set at at the beginning, then go and send out that info along with the first cathode, then it goes back to the top and the anodes info changes(or doesn't, depending on the pattern) then the bottom tells it to ground cathode 2 and so on, when it gets to the end, rinse and repeat. I'll give it a shot, but who knows what will happen.