I've never watched any of the Animatrix films, but I have seen the movie trilogy plenty of times. Without providing too many spoilers, how does the Animatrix series relate to the storyline of the Matrix film trilogy?
asked Feb 3, 2011 at 20:52
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I'm curious, are you asking about their purpose, or their existence relative to in-universe canon?– JeffCommented Feb 3, 2011 at 21:43
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just tales from the same setting, an optional description of the world, imho very interesting– www0z0kCommented Feb 4, 2011 at 13:18
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@Jeff existence relative to the Matrix film trilogy universe– Brenton TaylorCommented Feb 4, 2011 at 13:19
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2They are canon - they all happened as seen, and in the same universe as the trilogy.– JeffCommented Feb 4, 2011 at 18:24
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They are context movies.
It means that you won't find any direct relation (With the exception of "Kid's Story" and "The Last Flight of the Osiris") with the movies.
The main point of the Animatrix is to explain the context in which the movies lie.
I think that the movies are good to watch if you want to know more about the Matrix world, but if you are expecting something shocking or movie related, you will be disappointed.
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14Some of them have better writing than the Matrix 2 and 3 movies. Commented Feb 11, 2011 at 15:07
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@Mark Rogers I agree, especially "The Second Renaissance" chapters.– EllesaCommented May 27, 2012 at 12:32
Animatrix is an anthology of short films expanding upon the mythology of the Matrix world. Most of them act as interludes or prequels to the movie The Matrix, and were intended to be filler between the runaway success of The Matrix and the release of The Matrix Reloaded.
They're interesting if only for understanding why the machines are doing the things they're doing to the humans, but that information is later explained in some detail in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions anyway.
Before the Matrix Reloaded released, WB announced a multi-media exploration of the universe. In addition to the Movie, they released a video game (Enter the Matrix), a graphic novel, and the Animatrix. The idea being that any individual element would be a complete experience on its own but that when experienced as a whole give a fuller picture.
Enter the Matrix has you play as Niobe or Ghost from the Logos and happens concurrent to the events of Matrix reloaded. In fact there are a number of scenes where cross-over happens. For example, there is a scene where you are racing a car through the city in an attempt to reach and help Morpheus. When Morpheus falls of the truck in the highway scene, it's onto the car Niobe was driving.
The Animatrix (as someone pointed out) serves as a direct leadup to Matrix Reloaded with Last Flight of the Osiris (animated by Square Enix) in which the crew of the Osiris makes the drop that Morpheus goes to retrieve at the start of the movie.
I've never read the Graphic Novel but I'm assuming it has some nice tie in to the movie as well.
answered Jun 25, 2013 at 18:56
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1Last Flight makes the drop that Niobe and Ghost retrieve at the beginning of Enter the Matrix. Niobe calls an emergency meeting of all fielded Zion captains, to tell them the news of what was in the drop. That's the beginning of Reloaded.– acolyteCommented Jun 25, 2013 at 19:58
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You're right LOL I forgot about that relation. The opening level of Enter is Niobe retrieving the drop. Commented Jun 25, 2013 at 20:18