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The Animatrix
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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.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Final Flight of the OsirisMarch 21, 2003—Immediately before the events of The Matrix Reloaded, the crew of the hovercraft Osiris discovers a quarter of a million sentinels drilling - S01E02
The Second Renaissance Part IFebruary 4, 2003—Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2. - S01E03
The Second Renaissance Part IIMay 6, 2003—The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies. - S01E04
Kid's StoryJune 3, 2003—A high school student is haunted by thoughts of "The Matrix" and a person named "Neo." - S01E05
ProgramJune 3, 2003—Cis and Duo discuss leaving the real world while during a samurai sword fight. - S01E06
World RecordMay 3, 2003—A record-breaking competitive runner begins to stretch the limits of the Matrix. - S01E07
BeyondJune 3, 2003—While looking for her cat, a young woman and some kids find an abandoned building where strange things happen and the rules of physics don't - S01E08
A Detective StoryApril 4, 2003—A private detective is hired to find the elusive computer hacker "Trinity." - S01E09
MatriculatedJune 3, 2003—The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side.