September 29, 2024 12:21 pm
There are not many cyberpunk anime out there, and this one is particularly good.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Matrix by the Wachowskis, an inventive creative duo who not only drew inspiration from Japanese animation, but also sanctioned an ambitious anime almanac about the era of victorious simulation.
During a promotional tour of Japan, the Wachowskis thought to themselves, "Why not consolidate the success of The Matrix, which is becoming a franchise, with the help of an anime almanac?" and that's how The Animatrix was born.
The Animatrix Was Created by The Best Anime Masters
Without Japanese animation, Neo's adventures would have been very different: it's not a secret that the creators of The Matrix were inspired by Ghost in the Shell and other cyberpunk anime titles.
The Animatrix gathered only the best anime masters of the time. Experienced animator Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichiro Watanabe; visionary Peter Chung, whose futuristic hairstyles immortalized the Aeon Flux vibe.
The rising star Mahiro Maeda, who worked within the walls of Ghibli, industry veteran Koji Morimoto, who directed Magnetic Rose in the triptych Memories, and ambitious animator Takeshi Koike, who would direct Redline six years later, as well as special effects master Andy Jones, who would soon win an Oscar for Avatar.
What Is The Animatrix About?
A collection of nine short stories allows you to learn something new about the world of The Matrix and look at it with new eyes. A schoolboy suspects that the world around him is unreal. A private detective chases Trinity and comes to the same conclusion. Teenagers have fun defying gravity in an abandoned house where the simulation has not yet been repaired.
A man and woman in an Edo-era setting practice martial arts and discuss which is better: living a lie without suspicion or fighting deception without much hope of success. The crew of the Osiris, briefly mentioned in Reloaded, heroically confronts a host of Guardians and delivers a message to Zion about the impending threat. Each episode has its own style, palette and mood.
The Animatrix Expands the World of The Matrix
The addition to the franchise will be a revelation for few people – at best, a field for experiments that expand the boundaries of the Matrix universe. The plot of The Animatrix has a certain repetition: the motives of escape, the duel of the antipodes, the fine line between virtuality and reality, human and cybernetic, which we have already seen in the original films.
The Animatrix offers almost no revolutionary ideas, but it does stylishly repackage the topics and imagery of cyberpunk, sci-fi, noir, and other favorite Wachowski genres.
There are not many cyberpunk anime out there, and this one is particularly good.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Matrix by the Wachowskis, an inventive creative duo who not only drew inspiration from Japanese animation, but also sanctioned an ambitious anime almanac about the era of victorious simulation.
During a promotional tour of Japan, the Wachowskis thought to themselves, "Why not consolidate the success of The Matrix, which is becoming a franchise, with the help of an anime almanac?" and that's how The Animatrix was born.
The Animatrix Was Created by The Best Anime Masters
Without Japanese animation, Neo's adventures would have been very different: it's not a secret that the creators of The Matrix were inspired by Ghost in the Shell and other cyberpunk anime titles.
The Animatrix gathered only the best anime masters of the time. Experienced animator Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichiro Watanabe; visionary Peter Chung, whose futuristic hairstyles immortalized the Aeon Flux vibe.
The rising star Mahiro Maeda, who worked within the walls of Ghibli, industry veteran Koji Morimoto, who directed Magnetic Rose in the triptych Memories, and ambitious animator Takeshi Koike, who would direct Redline six years later, as well as special effects master Andy Jones, who would soon win an Oscar for Avatar.
What Is The Animatrix About?
A collection of nine short stories allows you to learn something new about the world of The Matrix and look at it with new eyes. A schoolboy suspects that the world around him is unreal. A private detective chases Trinity and comes to the same conclusion. Teenagers have fun defying gravity in an abandoned house where the simulation has not yet been repaired.
A man and woman in an Edo-era setting practice martial arts and discuss which is better: living a lie without suspicion or fighting deception without much hope of success. The crew of the Osiris, briefly mentioned in Reloaded, heroically confronts a host of Guardians and delivers a message to Zion about the impending threat. Each episode has its own style, palette and mood.
The Animatrix Expands the World of The Matrix
The addition to the franchise will be a revelation for few people – at best, a field for experiments that expand the boundaries of the Matrix universe. The plot of The Animatrix has a certain repetition: the motives of escape, the duel of the antipodes, the fine line between virtuality and reality, human and cybernetic, which we have already seen in the original films.
The Animatrix offers almost no revolutionary ideas, but it does stylishly repackage the topics and imagery of cyberpunk, sci-fi, noir, and other favorite Wachowski genres.
