The Animatrix 4/16 6pm eastern

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The Animatrix
Released June 2003

April 16th 3pm pacific/6 pm eastern
Running time 90 minutes
Storyline

Anthology of nine short anime (Japanese animation) films tied in to the 1999 blockbuster “The Matrix” and its sequels. “Final Flight of the Osiris”: The crew of the hovercraft Osiris attempt to warn their city of an imminent attack. “The Second Renaissance, Parts 1 & 2”: The story behind the war between man and the machines, how mankind scorched the sky, and the creation of the Matrix. “Kid’s Story”: A teenager is contacted by Neo, and manages to escape the Matrix. “Program”: Two warriors battle in a samurai training simulation when one decides to betray his crewmates and re-enter the Matrix. “World Record”: A champion sprinter manages to break free of the Matrix by sheer physical effort during a record attempt. “Beyond”: A young girl searching for her cat discovers a haunted house caused by a glitch in the system. “A Detective Story”: Private investigator Ash tracks a hacker named Trinity through the looking glass…

Directed by

Peter Chung (segment “Matriculated”)

Andy Jones (segment “Final Flight of the Osiris”)

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (segment “Program”)

Takeshi Koike (segment “World Record”)

Mahiro Maeda (segments “The Second Renaissance Part I” and “The Second Renaissance Part II”)

Kôji Morimoto (segment “Beyond”) (as Koji Morimoto)

Shinichirô Watanabe (segments “Kid’s Story” and “A Detective Story”)

Writing credits

Andy Wachowski (screenplay “The Matrix”) (as The Wachowski Brothers) &

Lana Wachowski (screenplay “The Matrix”) (as The Wachowski Brothers)

Andy Wachowski (written by) (segments “The Final Flight of the Osiris”, “The Second Renaissance Part I”, “The Second Renaissance Part II” and “Kid’s Story”)

Lana Wachowski (written by) (segments “The Final Flight of the Osiris”, “The Second Renaissance Part I”, “The Second Renaissance Part II” and “Kid’s Story”) (as Larry Wachowski)

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (written by) (segments “Program” and “World Record”)

Kôji Morimoto (written by) (segment “Beyond”) (as Koji Morimoto)

Shinichirô Watanabe (written by) (segment “A Detective Story”)

Peter Chung (written by) (segment “Matriculated”)

#2

Osiris is one of my favorites.

#3

2003? Already been 8 years?

#4

Huh. The dudes head and body looked off just then.

#5

Eight years! Eight! Years! Eight years! :smiley:

#6

Guess I’m spoiled by Avatar. The animation doesn’t look as good now.

#7

Oh crap. :eek:

Is that Michael Jai White? The toon guy looks like and sorta sounds like him?

#8

Lol. Nice pull.

#9

I think so.

#10

I’ve always loved her landing.

#11

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724656/
Kevin Michael Richardson

#12

Many of the other segments kinda bore me.

Just waiting for Programme now.

#13

Robots building a pyramid.

Subtle. :rolleyes:

#14

Wasn’t lost on me. d:

#15

The wheels of capitalism are greased with the blood of the workers.

#16

Republicans must have loved them. No robot unions.

#17

“The leaders of men, their power waning…”

Yeah, that wouldn’t last long. :frowning:

#18

This segment is very clear on one thing: Humans are dicks. :mad:

#19

The robots should have constructed rings of power. d:

Weird. My disc started part 2.

#20

In The Matrix, Morpheus says that no one knows who struck first.

That was optimistic, at best. :mad: