The Animatrix
Free your mind.
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance, Kid's Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story and Matriculated.
- 7.2
- 2003
- Released
- 1h 42m
Keanu Reeves
Neo ("Kid's Story") (voice)
Carrie-Anne Moss
Trinity ("Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story") (voice)
Clayton Watson
The Kid ("Kid's Story") (voice)
Pamela Adlon
Jue ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Manabu ("Beyond") (voice)
Melinda Clarke
Alexa ("Matriculated") (voice)
John DiMaggio
Crew Man ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Kaiser ("Program") (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson
Thadeus ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Cop ("Kid's Story") / Agent #2 ("World Record")
Tom Kenny
Operator ("Final Flight of Osiris")
Rick Gomez
Pilot ("Final Flight of Osiris")
Tara Strong
Crew Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Nurse ("World Record") / Misha ("Beyond")
Bette Ford
Old Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris")
Julia Fletcher
The Instructor ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II") / Narrator ("World Record")
Debi Derryberry
Kid ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II")
Jill Talley
Mother ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II")
Dwight Schultz
Additional Voices ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II") / Monaka ("Matriculated")
James Arnold Taylor
Additional Voices ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II") / Ash ("A Detective Story") / Raul ("Matriculated")
John DeMita
Teacher ("Kid's Story")
Hedy Burress
Cis ("Program") / Yoko ("Beyond")
Phil LaMarr
Duo ("Program")
Victor Williams
Dan ("World Record")
John Wesley
Dan's Dad ("World Record")
Alex Fernandez
Tom ("World Record")
Allison Smith
Reporter ("World Record")
Matt McKenzie
Agent #1 ("World Record") / Agent ("Beyond") / Agent ("A Detective Story")
Tress MacNeille
Housewife ("Beyond") / Kenny ("Beyond")
Kath Soucie
Pudgy ("Beyond") / Masa ("Beyond") / Sara ("Beyond")
Terrence 'T.C.' Carson
Clarence ("A Detective Story")
Rodney Saulsberry
Chyron ("Matriculated")
Olivia D'Abo
Rox ("Matriculated")
Jack Fletcher
Sandro ("Matriculated")
Akio Otsuka
Thadeus (voice)
Released
en
$5,000,000.00
$68,000,000.00
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- #artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- #hacker
- #virtual reality
- #dystopia
- #post-apocalyptic future
- #cyberpunk
- #adult animation
- #multiple storylines
- #alternative reality
- #matrix
- #short compilation
- #anime
- #action hero
- #supernatural power
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Ooooh, yeah, I just ripped into Revolutions for breaking from the way The Matrix and Reloaded looked and now... the Animatrix. And I'm not going to do the same thing. All the segments looked a little different, which I liked. But this comes along and it sort of fills in the backstory of the Matrix world. Almost like the, brothers at the time, sisters now looked at the Matrix and realized tha
Featuring nine animated shorts set in and around The Matrix, written and directed by the cream of Japanese anime creators, with the Wachowski brothers' blessing, The Animatrix arrives with a weight of expectation similar to Reloaded. However, while it's visually sublime - a magical mystery tour of animation styles- it doesn't fully deliver. Overall, the disc is debilitated by story issues and a