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The Animatrix
The Animatrix

The Animatrix (2003)

72% User Rating
1h 42min
Animation
Science Fiction

"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.

Yoshiaki KawajiriDirector

Cast

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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")

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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)

Reviews (2)

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July 20, 2013

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 designed look at life pre-Matrix, using a faux newsreel style to chilling effect as the machines rise. Dark-edged, brutal and less smoothly styled, The Second Renaissance Part 2 shows those machines creating The Matrix. Program - the most truly manga-fied effort - is a love story set in Medieval Japan; artistically startling, but less profound than it thinks it is. An athlete breaks out of the Wachowskis' wonderland through sheer willpower in stylized short World Record. Bouquets for its strange, angular art; brickbats for a confusing story. A Kid's Story, on the other hand, is suffused with a dream-like quality, as Clayton Moore (who appears in Reloaded and Revolutions) tries to escape The Matrix with Neo's help. Until a climax which betrays the internal logic of The Matrix, Detective Story is by far the best of the shorts - a spot-on black-and-white noir about a detective enlisted to find Trinity. Beyond (a group of children exploit a glitch in The Matrix) is slight and atmospheric; while Matriculated (outside The Matrix, humans reprogram a machine) is a visually stunning, frankly hallucinogenic trip which out-Kubricks 2001. Lastly, The Final Flight Of The Osiris, the much-vaunted precursor to Reloaded: a triumph for CG photorealism, but the story is wafer-thin. Verdict - Though undeniably beautiful, 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. 3/5 - Empire Magazine

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