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.

Cast

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

as Neo ("Kid's Story") (voice)

Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss

as Trinity ("Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story") (voice)

Clayton Watson

Clayton Watson

as The Kid ("Kid's Story") (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon

as Jue ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Manabu ("Beyond") (voice)

Melinda Clarke

Melinda Clarke

as Alexa ("Matriculated") (voice)

John DiMaggio

John DiMaggio

as Crew Man ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Kaiser ("Program") (voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson

Kevin Michael Richardson

as Thadeus ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Cop ("Kid's Story") / Agent #2 ("World Record")

Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny

as Operator ("Final Flight of Osiris")

Rick Gomez

Rick Gomez

as Pilot ("Final Flight of Osiris")

Tara Strong

Tara Strong

as Crew Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Nurse ("World Record") / Misha ("Beyond")

Reviews

NeoBrowser

Featuring nine animated shorts set in and around The Matrix, written and directed by the cream of Japanese anime creators, with the Wachowski brothers' blessing, The Animatrix arrives with a weight of expectation similar to Reloaded. However, while it's visually sublime - a magical mystery tour o...

GenerationofSwine

Ooooh, yeah, I just ripped into Revolutions for breaking from the way The Matrix and Reloaded looked and now... the Animatrix. And I'm not going to do the same thing. All the segments looked a little different, which I liked. But this comes along and it sort of fills in the backstory of the Ma...

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