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Released in 2003, Animatrix is a nine story science fiction anthology that expands upon the setting of the Matrix films and games. These stories take place before, during, and possibly even after the events of all the movies. The creators of the Matrix films and games, Wachowski siblings, were directly involved with the anthology. The Wascowskis also contracted animation studios that were behind such seminal films such as Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Aeon Flux, and Final Fantasy: Spirits Within.


Each story is authored and animated by a different animation studio giving each story its own very distinct style; sometimes a style wholly apart from the styling present in the Matrix films. These styles were vehicles for stories and narrative directions that explore the Matrix setting in new ways. General designs may remain similar but it seems each story was given a very wide margin in how to interpret the Matrix universe. Stories range from samurai in feudal Japan, a noir detective story, and whispered about places people aren’t supposed to know about in a forgotten part of a town…

Animatrix sits at 7.4 out of 10 on IMDB, 78% out of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and 76% on trakt.tv… a movie site that none of you have heard of that’s very similar to both IMDB and Tomatoes but with a wider selection of films.

Is the Animatrix a solid entry that expands the lore and world of the Matrix setting or is it a collection of stories that fail to capture the spirit of the source material?

**Sources**

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Animatrix/

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328832/

Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/animatrix/