The Animatrix
Free your mind.
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.
- Director
- Peter Chung
- Worldwide
- $68M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
30 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
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.
Where to watch
Streaming
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Animatrix returned 13.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $68M
- Release date
- May 9, 2003
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- NR
- Language
- English, Japanese
- Country
- Japan, South Korea
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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