The Animatrix

The Wachowskis’ Matrix expanded into 9 anime shorts each diving deeper into parallel worlds. One glider crashes through a city skyline the others chase glitches in kid logic a detective chases a ghost a tunnel bends sideways. Directors push style to its limit a chase through inkblots a chase through loops a chase through a dollhouse.

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Shinichiro Watanabe directed The Animatrix in 2003. See Shinichiro Watanabe's full filmography, where to start with Shinichiro Watanabe, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shinichiro Watanabe.

The Animatrix was released in 2003 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.