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Nine short animated films that share the general theme of the war between humanity and artificial intelligence. In "Final Flight of the Osiris," the crew of a hovercraft must get a message back to Zion and battle an armada of Sentinels along the way. As the genesis of the film "The Matrix," "The Second Renaissance-Parts I and II" serve as a guided tour and history of the Matrix. In "Kid's Story," a high school boy gets a personalized invitation from Neo to escape the Matrix. "Program" features a simulated Samurai training program in which a soldier of Zion is forced to chose between love and her comrades in the real world. In "World Record," a world-record holding sprinter breaks out of the Matrix. The quiet town of "Beyond" features a bug in the system--in the form of an abandoned mansion. "A Detective Story" finds a hard-boiled detective tracking cyber-criminal Trinity through the looking glass. And in "Matriculated," a small group of rebels capture a sentient robot and proceed to program it as an ally for their cause.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This DVD and CD box set combines the Animatrix a series of 9, 15-minute long episodes and the fantastic CD/soundtrack from the series. The programmes focus on telling the story behind the Matrix and go some way to answering some question raised by both of the movies currently released.
For example the first two episodes, The Second Renaissance parts I and II depicts the events before the first film; The Matrix. It tells of the rising of the machines and the creation of the matrix.
Another instalment shows the events before the second film; The Matrix Reloaded in which the Osiris is forced to make a dead drop in the matrix, risking their lives in the process to ensure the safety of Zion.
A different guest director directs each episode and therefore each has a varying style from the others. The Final Flight of the Osiris for example uses computer generated graphics whilst The Second Renaissance parts I and II are animated in the normal fashion.
For any die-hard fan of the Matrix this is a must have as it explains a lot of the back-story and answers many questions that you left the cinema pondering.
For example the first two episodes, The Second Renaissance parts I and II depicts the events before the first film; The Matrix. It tells of the rising of the machines and the creation of the matrix.
Another instalment shows the events before the second film; The Matrix Reloaded in which the Osiris is forced to make a dead drop in the matrix, risking their lives in the process to ensure the safety of Zion.
A different guest director directs each episode and therefore each has a varying style from the others. The Final Flight of the Osiris for example uses computer generated graphics whilst The Second Renaissance parts I and II are animated in the normal fashion.
For any die-hard fan of the Matrix this is a must have as it explains a lot of the back-story and answers many questions that you left the cinema pondering.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
A series of 9 short stories that weave into the matirx world. Beautifully animated using various animation from CGI through to cell shading. Picture is full 1080P with a multi channel Dolby TrueHD English audio as well as Multi channel Dolby digital Brazillian Portuguese, French, Italian and Latin Spanish. A whole raft of ectras include the making of each short and a scrolls to screen extra that look briefly at the history and culture of Anime.
Excellent Blu Ray running in at 1 hour 40 minutes
Excellent Blu Ray running in at 1 hour 40 minutes
28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
(Disclaimer: I'm an Anime fan)
This is a disappointing DVD boxset. But not in the way you're thinking. From the first sequence of 'Final Flight of the Osiris' through to the final snippets in 'The making of...', you realise that not only is there a lot more freedom when making 9 minutes of film, this is also what the 'Matrix' concept is suited to.
Quite honestly, this shows up 'Reloaded' to be what it really was. Overly long, pretentious, and rushed. It lacked so many of the little touchs that are just cramed into every short episode on this disc. It wasn't cohesive. It's just disappointing that the new live action film doesn't come close to this standard...
But this DVD is where the Matrix comes to life.
It's not hurt by some cutting edge FX (Photorealistic Square through to stunningly artistic 'Kids Story'), great score, and strong pacing. Nor by it's A and B list Anime directors. In fact, I think this is perhaps the Wachowskis finest hour.
The second disc in this set is the soundtrack to the movie. Once again, I was expecting this to be the standard add-on material that often accompanies these boxsets. It's not. Many of the tracks are excellent, with only the occasional 'flaw' in an otherwise stunning album. However, it's quite serious House and 'Drum and Bass' music. If that's not your cup'o'tea, then stick with £12.00 single disc edition.
I loved it. Perhaps you will too.
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THIS is more like it
The idea of the Matrix is so full of potential and could be taken in so many, many directions. The movies decided to go in the direction of pretension but the Animatrix goes... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Inspector Gadget
A must have for any anime fan
At this price if you like anime(or just creative animation)just buy it. You will find segments you can watch many times over and still find the images very impressive and magical.
Published 17 months ago by rob hill
Compra obrigatória para fãs de Matrix
Alguns consideram as animações de Matrix melhores que o Reloaded e o Revolutions. Particularmente acho que todos formam um belo conjunto. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Colecionador BR
Animatrix
The cd album is pretty good and the short animations are fantastic for fans of the style! I loved it!
Published on 26 Feb 2010 by Sara Francesco
Anime Tribute like no other
This disc is amazing. Ignoring the fact that its the matrix which is now fringed by teenagers and adults alike after the horrific sequels. This box set is incredible. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2009 by Mr. Kyle S. Donnelly
amazing blu-ray cd, MUST HAVE ITEM!!
This Cd is just super! I have been watching anime since 1995, And i Recomend this Cd to everyone, Amazing Quality, Great Extra Videos!
Published on 29 Aug 2009 by Tchanturia Nino
awesome
brillant stuff i really enjoyed i guess it might only appeal to matrix fans only but
Published on 31 Jan 2005 by M. Osborne
An excellent insight into the world of the matrix
This DVD allows you to truly understand the intricate details of how the matrix works and answers a good few questions,that every matrix fan has on their mind. Read more
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