The Animatrix

The Animatrix is a collection of nine CG and anime short films set in the world of The Matrix, partly written by the Wachowski brothers. Each short is directed by a different acclaimed anime director. It includes "The Second Renaissance" (the prequel to The Matrix), "Final Flight of the Osiris" (which sets the scene for both The Matrix Reloaded and Enter the Matrix), and the back story on The Kid ("Kid's Story") as well as 5 other shorts that reveal other mysteries of the Matrix world. The Animatrix also features voice actors who provided the voices for the English version of Square Enix's Final Fantasy X, who are James Arnold Taylor, John DiMaggio, and Hedy Burress.

The Animatrix was released on DVD by Warner Bros. on June 3, 2003. It was broadcast on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on December 26, 2004 and has received airplay on Teletoon several months after.

List of shorts in DVD play order

1. "Final Flight of the Osiris" (written by the Wachowski brothers, directed by Andy Jones)
2. "The Second Renaissance" Part 1 (written by the Wachowski brothers, directed by Mahiro Maeda)
3. "The Second Renaissance" Part 2 (written by the Wachowski brothers, directed by Mahiro Maeda)
4. "Kid's Story" (written by the Wachowski brothers, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe)
5. "Program" (directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri)
6. "World Record" (directed by Takeshi Koike)
7. "Beyond" (directed by Koji Morimoto)
8. "A Detective Story" (directed by Shinichiro Watanabe)
9. "Matriculated" (directed by Peter Chung)

External links

• The Animatrix website
• The Official Matrix website
• X-matrix.net - Home of the Final Matrix Exegesis
• The Animatrix at the Internet Movie Database

The Matrix Trilogy	The Matrix | The Matrix Reloaded | The Matrix Revolutions
The Animatrix	"Final Flight of the Osiris" | "The Second Renaissance" | "Kid's Story" | "Program" | "World Record" | "Beyond" | "A Detective Story" | "Matriculated"
Games	Enter The Matrix | The Matrix Online | The Matrix: Path of Neo
Main characters	Neo | Trinity | Morpheus | Agent Smith | The Agents | The Oracle
Secondary characters	Apoc | The Architect | Cypher | Dozer | Ghost | The Keymaker |The Kid | The Merovingian | Mouse | Niobe | Persephone | Rama Kandra | Sati | Seraph | Sparks | Switch | Tank | The Trainman | The Twins
Cast and crew	Wachowski brothers | Keanu Reeves | Laurence Fishburne | Carrie-Anne Moss | Hugo Weaving | Geof Darrow
Other topics	The Matrix character names | Matrix (fictional universe) | Original Soundtrack | The Matrix Revisited | The Ultimate Matrix Collection
Related articles	Bullet-time | Cyberpunk | Digitalism | Martial arts film | Messiahs in fiction and fantasy | Virtual reality

See also: The Animatrix, 2003, 2004, A Detective Story, Adult Swim, Agent Smith, Anime, Apoc