In a theme of mine I've got:
div.anythingSlider-Foo .forward {
right: -70px;
}
div.anythingSlider-Foo .back {
left: -70px;
}
However the following code from jquery.anythingslider.js
lines 646/647:
base.$forward.stop(true,true).delay(t1).animate({ right: sign * base.$arrowWidth, opacity: op }, o.animationTime/2);
base.$back.stop(true,true).delay(t1).animate({ left: sign * base.$arrowWidth, opacity: op }, o.animationTime/2);
Which animate to 0 or (arrowWidth) respectively, only supporting the default theme's "left: 0" and "right: 0" on .forward and .backward elements.