The Animatrix

Directed by

Written by

The Wachowskis
Mahiro Maeda
Shinichirō Watanabe
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Kōji Morimoto
Peter Chung

Produced byThe Wachowskis Segment producers

Michael Arias
Hiroaki Takeuchi
Eiko Tanaka

Music by

Animation by

Production
companies

Village Roadshow Pictures
NPV Entertainment

Distributed byWarner Home Video

Release date

June 3, 2003 (2003-06-03)

Running time

102 minutesCountries

United States
South Korea
Japan

Languages

English
Japanese

The Animatrix (Japanese: アニマトリックス, Hepburn: Animatorikkusu) is a 2003 adult animated science fiction anthology film produced by the Wachowskis. It includes nine animated short films, some of which provide backstory for The Matrix film series, while others present side stories. The Animatrix was released by Warner Home Video on June 3, 2003.