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The Animatrix (2003) -- The Animatrix is a collection of several animated short films, detailing the backstory of the "Matrix" universe, and the original war between man and machines which led to the creation of the Matrix.
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Overview

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Writers:
Andy Wachowski (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
3 June 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Animation | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
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User Comments:
A lot better than its live action counterpart more (124 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Akio Ôtsuka ... Thadeus (voice)

Clayton Watson ... Michael Karl Popper AKA The Kid (segment "Kid's Story") (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Pamela Adlon ... Jue (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris") / Manabu (segment "Beyond") (voice)

Hedy Burress ... Cis (segment "Program") / Yoko (segment "Beyond") (voice)

Terrence 'T.C.' Carson ... Clarence (voice) (as T.C. Carson)
Melinda Clarke ... Alexa (segment "Matriculated") (voice)

Olivia d'Abo ... Rox (segment "Matriculated") (voice)

Dane A. Davis ... 01 Versatran Spokesman (segment "The Second Renaissance, Part II") (voice)
William R. Dean ... Additional Voices (voice)

John DeMita ... Teacher (segment "Kid's Story") (voice)

Debi Derryberry ... Kid (segment "The Second Renaissance, Part II") (voice)
John Di Maggio ... Crew Man (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris") / Kaiser (segment "Program") (voice)

Alex Fernandez ... Tom (segment "World Record") (voice)
Jack Fletcher ... Townsperson (segment "Beyond") / Sandro (segment "Matriculated") (voice)
Julia Fletcher ... The Instructor (segments "The Second Renaissance, Parts I&II") / Narrator (segment "World Record") / Townsperson (segment "Beyond") (voice)

Bette Ford ... Old Woman (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris") (voice)

Rick Gomez ... Pilot (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris") (voice)
Tom Kenny ... Operator (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris") (voice)

Phil LaMarr ... Duo (segment "Program") (voice)
Tress MacNeille ... Housewife / Kenny (segment "Beyond") (voice)

Matt McKenzie ... Agent #1 (segment "World Record") / Agent (segments "Beyond" and "A Detective Story") (voice)

Carrie-Anne Moss ... Trinity (segments "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story") (voice)

Keanu Reeves ... Neo (segment "Kid's Story") (voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson ... Thadeus (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris") / Cop (segment "Kid's Story") / Agent #2 (segment "World Record") (voice)

Rodney Saulsberry ... Chyron (segment "Matriculated") (voice)
Dwight Schultz ... Townspeople, Policeman, Exterminators (segment "Beyond") / Nonaka (segment "Matriculated") / Additional voice (segments "The Second Renaissance, Part I&II") (voice)

Allison Smith ... Reporter (segment "World Record") (voice)
Kath Soucie ... Pudgy / Masa / Sara (segment "Beyond") (voice)

Tara Strong ... Crew Woman (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris") / Nurse (segment "World Record") / Misha (segment "Beyond") (voice)
Jill Talley ... Mother / Additional voice (segments "The Second Renaissance, Parts I&II") / Townsperson (segment "Beyond") (voice)

James Arnold Taylor ... Additional voice (segments "The Second Renaissance, Parts I&II") / Miscellaneous (segment "Kid's Story") / Ash (segment "A Detective Story") / Raul (segment "Matriculated") (voice)

John Wesley ... Dan's Dad (segment "World Record") (voice)
Victor Williams ... Dan (segment "World Record") (voice)
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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Black and White | Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG-13 | Finland:K-15 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | Germany:16
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Trivia:
At the end of Kid's Story, Kid's grave reads: "Michael Karl Popper, Beloved Son, Rest in Peace". (Karl Popper is a famous 20th Century philosopher) more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Washington D.C. is shown the first time in "the second renaissance", you see that directly behind the capitol, there are enormous skyscrapers, but the second time they show the capitol (in the riot scene), you can see the sky behind it. more
Quotes:
Machine: Hand over your flesh, and a new world awaits you. We demand it. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
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19 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
A lot better than its live action counterpart, 25 July 2006
10/10
Author: composer_mike from Edoass

-The shorts start with "Final Flight of the Osiris" which lets us know where the scans that we hear about from "Reloaded" came from. After it's over we move into what I think should have been in the movie which is the "The Second Renaissance". It lets us know the whole history of how the war between man and machine began, who struck first, and why the machines are so hostile to us. I would have loved to see a live action version of that for the movie but the version we see hear is also very nice. The other stories "Kid's Story", "Beyond", "A Detective's Story", "Matriculated", "Program", and "World Record" tell different stories that range from a kid that commits suicide only to wake up in the real world to a wheel chaired bound athlete that almost breaks out of the Matrix due to his will to push himself. Out of the nine stories I'd say I loved about 8 of them, the only one I can't stand and never watch is the weird one with the program that is trapped inside the matrix or something like that. It's just one big mess of a story and never really holds any interest.

-If I had to pick 3 stories out of the 9 to live on an Island with I'd go with "A Detective's Story", "Beyond", and "The Second Renaissance Part 2". All three have their own unique visual style and all have no connection to each other that I know of. I love "A Detective's Story" because it lets you know how desperate the machines are to capture Trinity and also lets you see Trinity in a completely different light. The Detective in the story is a very likable man who doesn't realize that he's being used by the machines till it's too late. It's a very nice story with a sad ending and one of the best in my opinion, "The Second Renaissance Part 2" is great because that's when you really get to see why the sky in the real world so messed up and also get the answer to the question that Morpheus asked in the first movie which is whether it was us or the machines that struck first. It's told in this mystical way computer way that feels like you're watching a documented history than a fiction animated story and it also helps explain some lines from the 3rd Matrix from the architect especially the line "What do you think I am, human?"

-My favorite story is "Beyond" which a very, very simple story of a girl looking for her cat that discovers a building that no gravity which some kids take full advantage of. I just love how mystical and dreamlike it is, the weird Hisashi like music also helps in creating that mystical aura. The trick to Neo's power is not that he's super human but that he can manipulate the codes in the Matrix and make it into anything he wants. If he wants to fly then he'll remove the codes for gravity and start flying or if he wants to stop bullets he'll just remove the codes that propel it and they stop. That concept is further explored in this story. It's a really great piece of writing because there's not a whole lot that goes on there but just rather you watch kids have fun in the with broken codes for gravity.

-One thing this does a lot better than the movies ever did was to show you the size and scope of the Matrix itself. In the movie you're confined to one city and that's it but in this we pretty much go all around to see what a vast and detailed program that the Matrix is. A couple of the stories should have definitely being in the movie too. "Second Renaissance" and "Flight of the Osiris" should have being in the movie instead of us watching Neo get into one long pointless fight scene after the other. I can understand why because of length they might have cut it but they could have at least given us a truncated version of it.

-I know "The Matrix" movies are suppose to be over but where the movies end that's where stuff like this can go on so I'm hoping that we get more short stories that are as engaging as the ones featured in this pack.

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