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The Animatrix

8.0 / 10 · 2 votes

2003

1 season

9 episodes

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.

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Cast

Kevin Michael Richardson

Tara Strong

Matt McKenzie

Julia Fletcher

Carrie-Anne Moss

Hedy Burress

James Arnold Taylor

Tom Kenny

John DiMaggio

Bette Ford

Rick Gomez

Clayton Watson

Seasons

1.Final Flight of the Osiris
21-03-20039 min
Immediately before the events of The Matrix Reloaded, the crew of the hovercraft Osiris discovers a quarter of a million sentinels drilling through the surface of the earth towards...
2.The Second Renaissance Part I
04-02-20039 min
Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2.
3.The Second Renaissance Part II
06-05-20039 min
The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies.
4.Kid's Story
03-06-20039 min
A high school student is haunted by thoughts of "The Matrix" and a person named "Neo."
5.Program
03-06-20037 min
Cis and Duo discuss leaving the real world while during a samurai sword fight.
6.World Record
03-05-20038 min
A record-breaking competitive runner begins to stretch the limits of the Matrix.
7.Beyond
03-06-200313 min
While looking for her cat, a young woman and some kids find an abandoned building where strange things happen and the rules of physics don't always apply.
8.A Detective Story
04-04-200310 min
A private detective is hired to find the elusive computer hacker "Trinity."
9.Matriculated
03-06-200316 min
The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side.

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