The Animatrix (2003) (V)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Directors:

Peter Chung
Andy Jones
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Writers:

Andy Wachowski (screenplay) &
Larry Wachowski (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

3 June 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Animation | Sci-Fi

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

The Matrix | Samurai | Simulation | Anime | Sequel

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

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)

Directed by
Peter Chung		(segment "Matriculated")
Andy Jones		(segment "Final Flight of the Osiris")
Yoshiaki Kawajiri		(segment "Program")
Takeshi Koike		(segment "World Record")
Mahiro Maeda		(segments "The Second Renaissance Part I" and "The Second Renaissance Part II")
Kôji Morimoto		(segment "Beyond") (as Koji Morimoto)
Shinichirô Watanabe		(segments "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story")

Writing credits
Andy Wachowski		(screenplay "The Matrix") (as The Wachowski Brothers) &
Larry Wachowski		(screenplay "The Matrix") (as The Wachowski Brothers)
Andy Wachowski		(written by) (segments "The Final Flight of the Osiris", "The Second Renaissance Part I", "The Second Renaissance Part II" and "Kid's Story") &
Larry Wachowski		(written by) (segments "The Final Flight of the Osiris", "The Second Renaissance Part I", "The Second Renaissance Part II" and "Kid's Story")
Yoshiaki Kawajiri		(written by) (segments "Program" and "World Record")
Kôji Morimoto		(written by) (segment "Beyond") (as Koji Morimoto)
Shinichirô Watanabe		(written by) (segment "A Detective Story")
Peter Chung		(written by) (segment "Matriculated")

Produced by
Michael Arias	....	producer
Spencer Lamm	....	producer
Phil Oosterhouse	....	associate producer
Steve Richards	....	co-producer
Joel Silver	....	executive producer
Andy Wachowski	....	producer
Larry Wachowski	....	producer

Original Music by
Don Davis
Machine Head
Photek

Film Editing by
Christopher S. Capp		(segment "Final Flight of the Osiris, The")

Casting by
Jack Fletcher

Costume Design by
Veronique Garcia

Production Management
Jessica Alan	....	post-production supervisor

Sound Department
Richard Adrian	....	sound effects designer
Thom Brennan	....	supervising foley editor
William R. Dean	....	assistant sound editor
Paul Hackner	....	assistant sound editor
Michael Edward Johnson	....	sound effects designer
Eddie Kim	....	sound effects designer
Andrew Lackey	....	sound effects editor
Eric Lewis	....	assistant dialogue recordist
Noel McIntosh	....	adr assistant
Joe Milner	....	sound re-recording mixer (except "Final Flight of the Osiris")
James Azizi Penny	....	group adr
Eryne Prine	....	sound editor
David S. DiPietro	....	group adr (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Kevin Bjorke	....	3D render/light pipeline supervision: final flight of the osiris
Sergio Garcia Abad	....	senior modeler (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris, The")
Kory Juul	....	lighting artist & digital compositor (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris, The")
Takumi Kimura	....	lead lighting artist
Greg Lev	....	lead lighting artist
Bo Mosley	....	modeling and texturing supervisor: SquareUSA (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris, The")
Adam Moura	....	lighter & compositor: SquareUSA
Jake Rowell	....	digital character artist
Suan Ching Tan	....	modeler
Suan Ching Tan	....	texture artist
Joanne Thiel	....	visual effects
Roger Kupelian	....	conceptual artist (uncredited)

Music Department
Dino Herrmann	....	composer: additional music
Junkie XL	....	composer: additional score
Mark Kilian	....	composer: additional music
Larry Mah	....	music scoring mixer
Christopher Mann	....	composer: additional music (as Chris Neilman)
Rupert Parkes	....	composer: additional music
Julie Pearce	....	music editor
David Sherr	....	orchestra contractor
David Sherr	....	orchestrator
Kip Smedley	....	assistant to composer
Jed Smith	....	programmer: music audio

Other crew
Jack Fletcher	....	voice director
Anthony Weintraub	....	additional dialogue
Anthony Weintraub	....	story consultant

Production Companies

• DNA (segment "Matriculated")
• Mad House (segments "Program" and "World Record")
• Silver Pictures
• Square USA (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris, The")
• Studio 4°C (segments "Second Renaissance Part 1, The" "Second Renaissance Part 2, The", "Kid's Story", "Beyond" and "Detective Story")
• Village Roadshow Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. (2003) (Argentina) (all media)
• Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Danetracks  sound design and editorial
• IMAGICA Corp. of America  image post-production
• Warner Home Video  soundtrack

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Finland:K-15 | 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

Company:

DNA

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)

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The word "scanning" is misspelled as "scaning" on a monitor.

Quotes:

Cis: I won't look away from the truth, I can't!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

Animatrix or Matrixime

Being a long time viewer of Anime and Anime Collecting, I found myself very intruigued by the notion of an "all Matrix inspired animation project", and having seen many anime anthologies (Robot Carnival, Neo Tokyo, etc.), I knew it was a sketchy territory to say the least. Most anthologies are hit and miss but this one for me was mostly a hit. Gladly, I was not dissapointed at all. All the stories became not just history to the Matrix world but poignant, frightening, disturbing and scintillating drama that takes the blasted landscape of the machine run Earth into a landscape of incalculable possiblities. The idea of the Matrix having its stylistic touches taken from anime makes this disc an even more appropriate and evolutionary step. Bravo to all who got this project together, because expanding the scope and vison of your work to honor its concepts was pure genious. Lucas could learn a thing by this.