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The Animatrix Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2003 - 2003
Episode 1
Final Flight of the Osiris
15 mins
The hovercraft Osiris tries to elude sentinels and the machines in this animated chapter spawned from "The Matrix." Voices include Kevin Michael Richardson.
Episode 2
Second Renaissance
15 mins
Part 1 of two. An exploration of the genesis and history of the Matrix. Written by Andy and Larry Wachowski.
Episode 3
Second Renaissance
15 mins
Conclusion. Exploring the history of the Matrix. Written by Andy and Larry Wachowski.
Episode 4
Kid's Story
15 mins
Neo helps a high-school boy escape the Matrix. Written by Andy and Larry Wachowski.
Episode 5
Program
15 mins
A soldier of Zion must choose between the real world and love in a simulated realm.
Episode 6
World Record
15 mins
A conditioned sprinter tries to break free from the Matrix.
Episode 7
Beyond
15 mins
YOKO discovers a mystical mansion.
Episode 8
A Detective Story
15 mins
Written by Shinichiro Watanabe, the creative force behind Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, A Detective Story is the second segment of the Animatrix series of animated shorts. Styled like a film noir, the story follows a hard-edged detective named Ash, who's hired to track down the identity of a hacker that goes by the alias Trinity. He soon learns that other detectives have failed at this task, winding up dead, missing, or insane, but he eventually achieves a level of contact with the mysterious person - and finds out who he was working for. We learn that agents had bugged him to find the elusive target he was chasing, and when he comes face to face with her, he can see why.
Episode 9
Matriculated
15 mins
Part of the Animatrix series of animated shorts set in the universe of the Wachowski brothers' The Matrix, Matriculated is the work of animator Peter Chung, one of the creators of the popular MTV animated action series Aeon Flux. Set outside the Matrix at a human resistance base, the short tells the story of a group of humans who attempt to reprogram a sentient robot to join them in their fight against the machines. Mindy Clarke and Olivia D'Abo are among those who provide voices.