The Animatrix

• 7.187 Animation
• 2003-05-09
• 102 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Keanu Reeves (Thomas "Neo" Anderson (voice)) Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity (voice)) Clayton Watson (The Kid (voice)) Pamela Adlon (Jue ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Manabu ("Beyond") (voice)) Melinda Clarke (Alexa ("Matriculated") (voice)) John DiMaggio (Crew Man ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Kaiser ("Program") (voice)) Kevin Michael Richardson (Thadeus ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Cop ("Kid's Story") / Agent #2 ("World Record")) Tom Kenny (Operator ("Final Flight of Osiris")) Rick Gomez (Pilot ("Final Flight of Osiris")) Tara Strong (Crew Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Nurse ("World Record") / Misha ("Beyond"))

Director:

Peter Chung Yoshiaki Kawajiri Takeshi Koike Mahiro Maeda Koji Morimoto Shinichiro Watanabe Andrew R. Jones

Writer:

Lilly Wachowski Lana Wachowski Yoshiaki Kawajiri Koji Morimoto Shinichiro Watanabe Peter Chung