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The Animatrix (OAV)

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©2003 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.


Related anime:
    (The) Matrix Comics (U.S. manga)
Contains:
    Beyond (OAV)
    Detective Story (OAV)
    (The) Final Flight of the Osiris (OAV)
    Kid's Story (OAV)
    Matriculated (OAV)
    Program (OAV)
    Second Renaissance (OAV) (parts 1 & 2)
    World Record (OAV)

Alternative title:
アニマトリックス (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: The Animatrix represents more than three years of collaboration between the Wachowski Brothers and animation artists at studios in Japan, Korea, and the U.S. So, what is The Animatrix. It is a series of nine feature-film-quality short animated films. All of The Animatrix is deeply rooted in the world of the Matrix films. Viewers of The Animatrix will learn the origins of characters familiar from the Matrix films, learn of the genesis of the Matrix itself, as well as meet new characters in original stories inter-woven with the fabric of The Matrix feature films.
User Ratings: 2583 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 145 votes (dub:84, sub:50, ?:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:7
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 375 votes (dub:202, sub:137, ?:13, edit.dub:5, others:18
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 German dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 French edited dub
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian edited dub
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 637 votes (dub:347, sub:244, ?:11, edit.dub:6, raw:4, others:25
9 Spanish subtitled
4 Spanish dubbed
4 Italian dubbed
3 German dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Good: 704 votes (dub:409, sub:240, ?:17, edit.dub:9, others:29
6 Spanish dubbed
5 Portuguese subtitled
4 German dubbed
3 Russian dubbed
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 373 votes (dub:215, sub:132, ?:12, edit.dub:4, raw:2, others:8
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 So-so: 151 votes (dub:93, sub:46, ?:5, edit.dub:2, others:5
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Not really good: 79 votes (dub:47, sub:29, ?:1, others:2
1 German dubbed
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Weak: 53 votes (dub:32, sub:15, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Bad: 37 votes (dub:18, sub:17, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 16 votes (dub:10, sub:6)
 Worst ever: 13 votes (dub:8, sub:3, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
Seen in part or in whole by 5523 users, rank: #106 (of 5564)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.126 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7681, rank: #1879 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 7.088 (Good), rank: #1821 (of 5553) (seen all: 7.15 / seen some: 6.30 / won't finish: 4.46)
Bayesian estimate: 7.090 (Good), rank: #1631 (of 4228)
Number of episodes: 9
Episode titles: We have 9
Vintage:
2003-06-03
2004-04-17 (U.S. TV Broadcast - [adultswim])
Release dates: We have 1
Official website:
The Animatrix
The Matrix
Links: We have 1
Comment:
Based on the blockbuster movie "The Matrix", The Animatrix is composed of 9 shorts created by renowned anime directors.
Review:
The Animatrix (Jun 4, 2003)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Producer:
Eiko Tanaka (all eps)
Hiroaki Takeuchi (all eps)
Michael Arias (all eps)
(none)
Japanese companies
(none)
English staff
English cast
Original creator:
Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski

Additional Dialogue: Anthony Weintraub (all eps)
Story Editor: Anthony Weintraub (all eps)
(none)
English companies
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director:
Jose Luis Angulo (Spain dub)
Oscar Flores (Mexican dub)
Translation: Gregorio Galindo (Spain dub)
(none)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio:
Suite Sync de Mexico (Mexican dub)
Tecnison, S.A. (Spain dub)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Portuguese cast
(none)
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