The Animatrix

Dive into a mesmerizing world where reality blurs with the virtual, revealing the hidden battles of humanity.

Critics broadly praised the anthology's visual inventiveness and ambitious expansion of Matrix mythology, while finding its stories uneven and frequently downbeat.

• Nine separately directed shorts expand the Matrix mythology through machine history, resistance missions, simulations, and individual awakenings.
• Several segments center on characters discovering glitches, escaping the Matrix, or transforming a machine through a human-designed virtual environment.
• The shorts depict war between humanity and artificial intelligence, telepresence, machine domination, hackers, and post-apocalyptic resistance.
• The production moves across multiple anime approaches, from sleek digital action to painterly, surreal, historical, and noir-inflected imagery.

• Love, Death & Robotsanthology science fiction animation exploring artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and dystopian futures through varied visual styles
• Ghost in the Shellcyberpunk anime with philosophical questions about humanity, technology, and constructed reality
• Memoriesambitious animated science fiction anthology blending action, metaphysics, and radically different artistic approaches
• Neo Tokyoanime anthology of technologically driven dystopian stories with intense action and existential themes

Directors

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

Release Date

2003-05-09

Runtime

102 min

Rating

7.2 / 10 (1871)

What is The Animatrix about?

Nine anime visions illuminate the Matrix universe through machine history, human resistance, virtual rebellion, and radically contrasting cyberpunk styles.

What is The Animatrix like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Animatrix as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.

Is The Animatrix violent?

Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Animatrix as graphic.

What did critics think of The Animatrix?

Critics broadly praised the anthology's visual inventiveness and ambitious expansion of Matrix mythology, while finding its stories uneven and frequently downbeat.

Which films are like The Animatrix?

Films with a similar feel include Love, Death & Robots, Ghost in the Shell, Memories, and Neo Tokyo.

How long is The Animatrix?

The Animatrix runs 102 minutes.

Where can I watch The Animatrix?

In United States, The Animatrix is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home.