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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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The Animatrix (2003) -- In the world of a Samurai training program, Cis, a soldier of Zion, must choose between love and his comrades of the real world.
The Animatrix (2003) -- The crew of the Osiris must relay a message to the rebel city of Zion. The sentinels are on their way...Prelude to The Matrix.
The Animatrix (2003) -- A small group of rebels has captured a sentient robot and proceeds to program it to act as an ally for their cause.

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Writers:
Andy Wachowski (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
3 June 2003 (USA) more
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Cast

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Akio Ôtsuka ... Thadeus (voice)

Clayton Watson ... Michael Karl Popper AKA The Kid (segment "Kid's Story") (voice)
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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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Also Known As:
Animatrix (Finland) [fi]
Animatrix (France) [fr]
Animatrix (Argentina) [es]
Animatrix (Germany) [de]
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Runtime:
102 min
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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:
Revealing mistakes: The word "scanning" is misspelled as "scaning" on a monitor. more
Quotes:
The Instructor: Only the most exceptional humans become aware of the matrix. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Anime: Drawing a Revolution (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
WHO AM I (ANIMATRIX EDIT) more

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14 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
Animatrix or Matrixime, 10 June 2003
Author: HyperPup from United States

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.

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