
The series
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.
Episodes
Season 1 · 9 episodes · 2003
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Episode 121 Mar 20039m
Final Flight of the Osiris
Immediately before the events of The Matrix Reloaded, the crew of the hovercraft Osiris discovers a quarter of a million sentinels drilling through the surface of the earth towards the last human city of Zion. But can the Osiris survive lo…
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Episode 24 Feb 20039m
The Second Renaissance Part I
Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2.
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Episode 36 May 20039m
The Second Renaissance Part II
The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies.
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Episode 43 Jun 20039m
Kid's Story
A high school student is haunted by thoughts of "The Matrix" and a person named "Neo."
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Episode 53 Jun 20037m
Program
Cis and Duo discuss leaving the real world while during a samurai sword fight.
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Episode 63 May 20038m
World Record
A record-breaking competitive runner begins to stretch the limits of the Matrix.
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Episode 73 Jun 200313m
Beyond
While looking for her cat, a young woman and some kids find an abandoned building where strange things happen and the rules of physics don't always apply.
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Episode 84 Apr 200310m
A Detective Story
A private detective is hired to find the elusive computer hacker "Trinity."
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Episode 93 Jun 200316m
Matriculated
The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side.