The Animatrix

2003 PG-13 1h 42m

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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.

Director Koji Morimoto

Writers

Shinichiro Watanabe Koji Morimoto Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Stars

Keanu Reeves Carrie-Anne Moss Clayton Watson

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")

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Dane A. Davis

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

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")

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)

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GenerationofSwine 11 Jan 2023

10/10

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 tha...

NeoBrowser 20 Jul 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 a...