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The Animatrix

The 2003 anthology of nine animated Matrix shorts.

The Animatrix is a 2003 animated anthology produced by the Wachowskis, collecting nine short films. Some fill in the backstory of the films and others tell side stories. Warner Home Video released it on June 3, 2003.

Quick Facts

Director
  • Andy Jones
  • Mahiro Maeda
  • Shinichirō Watanabe
  • Yoshiaki Kawajiri
  • Takeshi Koike
  • Kōji Morimoto
  • Peter Chung
Writer
  • The Wachowskis
  • Mahiro Maeda
  • Shinichirō Watanabe
  • Yoshiaki Kawajiri
  • Kōji Morimoto
  • Peter Chung
Music
Don Davis; Junkie XL
Animator
  • Square Pictures
  • Madhouse
  • Studio 4°C
  • DNA Productions
Studio
Village Roadshow Pictures; NPV Entertainment
Distributor
Warner Home Video
Released
3 June 2003
Runtime
102 minutes

Facts from the source article.

Ties to the films and games

Its shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance, Program and Kid's Story. Final Flight of the Osiris ends with Jue dropping a package into a mailbox inside the Matrix just before the Osiris is destroyed, which sets up the opening of the game Enter the Matrix.

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