Nine short animated films that share the general theme of the war between humanity and artificial intelligence.
In "Final Flight of the Osiris," the crew of a hovercraft must get a message back to Zion and battle an armada of Sentinels along the way.
As the genesis of the film "The Matrix," "The Second Renaissance-Parts I and II" serve as a guided tour and history of the Matrix.… mehr
In "Kid's Story," a high school boy gets a personalized invitation from Neo to escape the Matrix.
"Program" features a simulated Samurai training program in which a soldier of Zion is forced to chose between love and her comrades in the real world.
In "World Record," a world-record holding sprinter breaks out of the Matrix.
The quiet town of "Beyond" features a bug in the system--in the form of an abandoned mansion.
"A Detective Story" finds a hard-boiled detective tracking cyber-criminal Trinity through the looking glass.
And in "Matriculated," a small group of rebels capture a sentient robot and proceed to program it as an ally for their cause.
There are 2 sets of English subtitles. When Japanese soundtrack is selected, the English subtitles are literal translation of the Japanese audio.
At least episodes "Program", "World Record", "Beyond" and "A Detective Story" appear to be animated for Japanese audio. Episodes "Second Renaissance parts 1 & 2" seem to be animated for Japanese audio, but translated from an English script and then dubbed in English based on the original script.
Extras:
"Visions 1-9" The Shorts (with Play All) (110:58)
- "Final Flight of the Osiris"
- "The Second Renaissance Part I"
- "The Second Renaissance Part II"
- "Kid's Story"
- "Program"
- "World Record"
- "Beyond"
- "A Detective Story"
- "Matriculated"
"Voices" - audio commentaries
- Audio Commentary by Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri on "Program"
- Audio Commentary by Director Mahiro Maeda on "The Second Renaissance Part 1"
- Audio Commentary by Director Mahiro Maeda on "The Second Renaissance Part 2"
- Audio Commentary by Director Takeshi Kokie on "World Record"
"Scrolls to Screen: The History and Culture of Anime" featurette (22:21)
"Creators" (text)
- Directors
-- Peter Chung
-- Andy Jones
-- Yoshiaki Kawajiri
-- Takeshi Koike
-- Mahiro Maeda
-- Koji Morimoto
-- shinichiro Watanabe
- Segment Producers
-- Michael Arias
-- Hiroaki Takeuchi
-- Eiko Tanaka
"Execution" featurettes (with Play All) (55:11)
- "Making The Second Renaissance Parts 1 And 2" featurette (9:45)
- "Making The Program" featurette (6:13)
- "Making World Record" featurette (7:25)
- "Making Kid's Story And Detective Story" featurette (9:42)
- "Making Beyond" featurette (8:48)
- "Making Matriculated" featurette (6:46)
- "Making Final Flight of the Osiris" featurette (6:39)
"Enter The Matrix: In The Making" preview (2:51) weniger