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The Animatrix
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.
2003 · Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri · 102 min · Animation · Science Fiction · 11 frames
Tagline
Free your mind.
Crew
- Written by: Shinichiro Watanabe, Kōji Morimoto, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Peter Chung
- Edited by: Christopher S. Capp
- Music: Don Davis, Machine Head, Photek
- Produced by: Hiroaki Takeuchi, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Phil Oosterhouse
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Neo ("Kid's Story") (voice)
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity ("Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story") (voice)
- Clayton Watson as The Kid ("Kid's Story") (voice)
- Pamela Adlon as Jue ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Manabu ("Beyond") (voice)
- Melinda Clarke as Alexa ("Matriculated") (voice)
- John DiMaggio as Crew Man ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Kaiser ("Program") (voice)
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Thadeus ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Cop ("Kid's Story") / Agent #2 ("World Record")
- Tom Kenny as Operator ("Final Flight of Osiris")
- Rick Gomez as Pilot ("Final Flight of Osiris")
- Tara Strong as Crew Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Nurse ("World Record") / Misha ("Beyond")
Production
- Country: Japan, United States of America, South Korea
- Language: English, Japanese
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures, Square USA
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $68,000,000
- Themes: martial arts, artificial intelligence (a.i.), hacker, virtual reality, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, anthology, cyberpunk, adult animation, multiple storylines
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