The Animatrix

Movie

2003

1h 42m

PG-13

English

Animation, Science Fiction, Action

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7.5

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The Animatrix

PG-13

Movie

2003

1h 42m

English

Animation, Science Fiction, Action

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.

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Cast

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Keanu Reeves

Thomas "Neo" Anderson (voice)

Carrie-Anne Moss

Trinity (voice)

Clayton Watson

The Kid (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Jue ("Final Flight of the Osiris") ...

Melinda Clarke

Alexa ("Matriculated") (voice)

John DiMaggio

Crew Man ("Final Flight of the Osir...

Kevin Michael Richardson

Thadeus ("Final Flight of Osiris") ...

Tom Kenny

Operator ("Final Flight of Osiris")

Rick Gomez

Pilot ("Final Flight of Osiris")

Tara Strong

Crew Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris...

Bette Ford

Old Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris"...

Julia Fletcher

The Instructor ("The Second Renaiss...

Dane A. Davis

01 Versatran Spokesman ("The Second...

Debi Derryberry

Kid ("The Second Renaissance Part I...

Jill Talley

Mother ("The Second Renaissance Par...

Dwight Schultz

Additional Voices ("The Second Rena...

James Arnold Taylor

Additional Voices ("The Second Rena...

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 (...

Directed By: Mahiro Maeda (2 Episodes), Andrew R. Jones (1 Episode), + 6 more

Written By: Lilly Wachowski (Original Story), Lana Wachowski (4 Episodes), + 8 more

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dunpealhunter says...

14 years ago

The Animatrix is a great collection of short anime movies from a few of the best anime directors that ever existed. I especially liked The Second Renaissance and The Final Flight of the Osiris. The Wachowski brothers (brother and sister these days) got a lot of their inspiration from anime's like for instance the movie Ghost in the Shell. The fact that they agreed to produce and write some of the scripts was an homage to anime's they saw over the years before The Matrix.

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JC230 says...

3 years ago

Easily the best Matrix thing I’ve seen yet. The visuals, minus the last two shorts, outpace anything in the live action ones, and it’s more interesting and thought provoking in slices than the live action ones are in hours.

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jarvis-8243417 says...

4 years ago

The animated prequel anthology to The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix, is a jumbled mess that doesn’t add much to the mythology of the series. Consisting of 9 shorts, different aspects of the Matrix are explored. But for the most part the stories are just inferior versions of what was already done in the first Matrix film. Some of the animation styles are interesting, but they also make for a disparate vision of the Matrix universe. Unfortunately, The Animatrix fails to give any real insight or depth to the series, and instead just creates more confusion and ambiguity.

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Idek says...

3 years ago

Most of these short films are great at introducing you to the depths of the Matrix universe. Various styles of animation also let us know how rich the range of this genre is.

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frohikey

8/10 6 years ago

A mixed bag of short stories. Some are excellent, some are a little bit worse.

Final Flight of the Osiris - made by Square. Back in 2003 it looked very impressive. Now that level of CG is outdated as hell. Story is like a retelling a snippet for the original movies. Nothing original.

The Secon More

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SkinnyFilmBuff

7/10 3 years ago

I don't think it's really fair to compare a collection of short films to feature length films. Specifically, I think the difficulty of creating 90-120 minutes of compelling and cohesive story is exponentially higher than creating 5-10 minute vignettes. I think this increased difficulty is largely More

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NeoBrowser

4 days ago

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 o More

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GenerationofSwine

4 days ago

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 Ma More

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