Japan Synopsis
“Free your mind.”
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.
Audience Engagement
1,429 audience reviews — more than 98% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 89th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Animatrix. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Animation + Science Fiction in Japan
314 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Animatrix itself).
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
★ 8.3 · 1997
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
★ 8.3 · 2021
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran 2
★ 8.2 · 2019
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
★ 8.0 · 2013
Date A Live: Mayuri Judgment
★ 8.0 · 2015
The 2002–2004 Japan Window
The Animatrix holds position #92 of 263 Japan films in the 2002–2004 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Animatrix premiered alongside 84 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 84 other Japan films in 2003.
The 1510th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Animatrix, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- short compilation · 2
- matrix · 1
- action hero · 25
- artificial intelligence (a.i.) · 21
- virtual reality · 13
- supernatural power · 11
- hacker · 9
- alternate reality · 6
- anime · 711
- martial arts · 369
- adult animation · 101
- cyberpunk · 48
- dystopia · 45
- post-apocalyptic future · 44
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,717 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (63rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,246 of 2,532 (top 49%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Silver Pictures, Madhouse, Warner Bros. Pictures, Digital Network Animation, STUDIO4℃ |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | May 9, 2003 |
| IMDb | tt0328832 |
| Official Site | www.warnerbros.com |