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The Animatrix

The Animatrix

7,2 /10 (1,773 Votes)
2003 EN 102 min

Overview

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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Release date

09/05/2003

Votes

1,773

Popularity

4.8

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

102 min

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$68,000,000

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Neo ("Kid's Story") (voice)

Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss

Trinity ("Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story") (voice)

Clayton Watson

Clayton Watson

The Kid ("Kid's Story") (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon

Jue ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Manabu ("Beyond") (voice)

Melinda Clarke

Melinda Clarke

Alexa ("Matriculated") (voice)

John DiMaggio

John DiMaggio

Crew Man ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Kaiser ("Program") (voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson

Kevin Michael Richardson

Thadeus ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Cop ("Kid's Story") / Agent #2 ("World Record")

Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny

Operator ("Final Flight of Osiris")

Rick Gomez

Rick Gomez

Pilot ("Final Flight of Osiris")

Tara Strong

Tara Strong

Crew Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Nurse ("World Record") / Misha ("Beyond")

Bette Ford

Bette Ford

Old Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris")

Julia Fletcher

Julia Fletcher

The Instructor ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II") / Narrator ("World Record")

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Dane A. Davis

01 Versatran Spokesman ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II")

Debi Derryberry

Debi Derryberry

Kid ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II")

Jill Talley

Jill Talley

Mother ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II")

Dwight Schultz

Dwight Schultz

Additional Voices ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II") / Monaka ("Matriculated")

James Arnold Taylor

James Arnold Taylor

Additional Voices ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II") / Ash ("A Detective Story") / Raul ("Matriculated")

John DeMita

John DeMita

Teacher ("Kid's Story")

Hedy Burress

Hedy Burress

Cis ("Program") / Yoko ("Beyond")

Phil LaMarr

Phil LaMarr

Duo ("Program")

Victor Williams

Victor Williams

Dan ("World Record")

John Wesley

John Wesley

Dan's Dad ("World Record")

Alex Fernandez

Alex Fernandez

Tom ("World Record")

Allison Smith

Allison Smith

Reporter ("World Record")

Matt McKenzie

Matt McKenzie

Agent #1 ("World Record") / Agent ("Beyond") / Agent ("A Detective Story")

Tress MacNeille

Tress MacNeille

Housewife ("Beyond") / Kenny ("Beyond")

Kath Soucie

Kath Soucie

Pudgy ("Beyond") / Masa ("Beyond") / Sara ("Beyond")

Terrence 'T.C.' Carson

Terrence 'T.C.' Carson

Clarence ("A Detective Story")

Rodney Saulsberry

Rodney Saulsberry

Chyron ("Matriculated")

Olivia D'Abo

Olivia D'Abo

Rox ("Matriculated")

Jack Fletcher

Jack Fletcher

Sandro ("Matriculated")

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Thadeus (voice)

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NeoBrowser

2013-07-20

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 an overwhelming number of downbeat endings, which place it far from the cathartic exhilaration of the original movie. The Wachowskis themselves penned The Second Renaissance Part 1, a beautifully de…

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GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

2023-01-11

⭐ 10

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 that Sci-Fi geekdom was loving it and they had to really explain a history so that the geeks like me had something to sink our teeth into and argue about at the comic book store on Wednesday nights. A…

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