If you loved The Animatrix, try Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 has roughly 4.0× fewer votes than The Animatrix — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, and they sit in Animation / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Animatrix, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 is
You witness a power outage cascade across the West Coast. But the disruption is too precise, too total to be random. Watanabe draws on his anime expertise. The film lingers on the question of blame.

