About
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.
Box Office
$68.0M
Budget
$5.0M
Return
13.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 3, 2003
Theaters
1
Directors
Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Mahiro Maeda, Shinichiro Watanabe, Takeshi Koike, Peter Chung, Kōji Morimoto, Andrew R. Jones
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures, Square USA, STUDIO4℃, Madhouse, D N A
Quotes
See all →The Choice of Machines and Reality
Matriculated
Alexa: Will it...? Do you think it will convert?Nonaka: To convert is its choice to make.Alexa: Do you think we ought to reprogram it?Nonaka: No. We can't make slaves of them.Alexa: Because that would be simpler.Nonaka: We won't beat the machines by making them our slaves. Better to let them join us by choice.Alexa: Make them believe the right choice is the one we want.Nonaka: All right. Yes, machines are tools. They're made to be used. It's their nature.Alexa: To be slaves.Nonaka: That's why we show them a better world, why they convert.Alexa: But that world we show them isn't real.Nonaka: It doesn't matter.Alexa: I'm afraid they'll figure out that we've made up the thing in our heads.Nonaka: They can't tell the difference. To an artificial mind, all reality is virtual. How do they know that the real world isn't just another simulation? How do you?Alexa: I know I m not dreaming now because I know what its like being in a dream.Nonaka: So dreaming lets you know that reality exists?Alexa: No. Just that my mind exists. I don't know about the rest.].]
[Nonaka and Alexa talk of converting an intelligent machine to help them; </nowiki>Allusion to [[René Descartes|Cogito, ergo sum]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →
Keanu Reeves
Neo ("Kid's Story") (voice)
C
Carrie-Anne Moss
Trinity ("Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story") (voice)
C
Clayton Watson
The Kid ("Kid's Story") (voice)
P
Pamela Adlon
Jue ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Manabu ("Beyond") (voice)
M
Melinda Clarke
Alexa ("Matriculated") (voice)
J
John DiMaggio
Crew Man ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Kaiser ("Program") (voice)
K
Kevin Michael Richardson
Thadeus ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Cop ("Kid's Story") / Agent #2 ("World Record")
T
Tom Kenny
Operator ("Final Flight of Osiris")
R
Rick Gomez
Pilot ("Final Flight of Osiris")
T
Tara Strong
Crew Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris") / Nurse ("World Record") / Misha ("Beyond")
B
Bette Ford
Old Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris")
J
Julia Fletcher
The Instructor ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II") / Narrator ("World Record")
D
Dane A. Davis
01 Versatran Spokesman ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II")
D
Debi Derryberry
Kid ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II")
J
Jill Talley
Mother ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II")
D
Dwight Schultz
Additional Voices ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II") / Monaka ("Matriculated")
J
James Arnold Taylor
Additional Voices ("The Second Renaissance Part I & II") / Ash ("A Detective Story") / Raul ("Matriculated")
J
John DeMita
Teacher ("Kid's Story")
H
Hedy Burress
Cis ("Program") / Yoko ("Beyond")
P
Phil LaMarr
Duo ("Program")
