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Plot summary
An anthology that fills in the history behind the Matrix. The machines' archives tell how humanity built a race of intelligent servants and then turned on it. The hovercraft Osiris finds a Sentinel army and carries a warning toward Zion. Michael Karl Popper, a teenager who believes something is wrong with the world, is warned by Neo that Agents are coming for him. Cis and Duo duel in a feudal Japan training simulation. Sprinter Dan Davis races again after his gold medal was taken from him. Yoko hunts for her cat in a run-down building where broken bottles reassemble and children float in midair. Private investigator Ash trails a hacker called Trinity. Rebels capture a machine scout and try to teach it compassion.
Cast
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- William R. Deanas (voice)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Animatrix (2003)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Development began when The Wachowskis were in Japan promoting the first Matrix film and met the creators of some of the anime films that had influenced their work; they wrote four of the Animatrix films but did not direct any of the animation.
- Jack Fletcher directed the English-language version and recruited voice actors from the game Final Fantasy X, among them Matt McKenzie, James Arnold Taylor, John DiMaggio and Tara Strong, while Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Clayton Watson voiced Neo, Trinity and Kid from the live-action films.
- It was broadcast on the U.S. television block Adult Swim on April 17, 2004 to promote the DVD release of The Matrix Revolutions, and on Toonami on December 19, 2021 to promote The Matrix Resurrections.
