The Animatrix(2003)

series - first aired/released 2003-03-21 - audience 7.9

Directed by Andrew R. Jones, Kōji Morimoto, Mahiro Maeda, Peter Chung, Shinichiro Watanabe, Takeshi Koike, Yoshiaki Kawajiri

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.