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JETBLACK87



Joined: 14 Apr 2002
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 7:32 pm Reply with quote
it is up and it is awesome. better then the first. if you like the Matrix or action anime then you'de like this.

www.theanimatrix.com


P.S. sorry for sounding like an advertisement.
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CaineChapel



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 1:54 am Reply with quote
I didn't look but the animation style looks a lot like Ninja Scroll, same director or artist perhaps?
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Omnez



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:39 am Reply with quote
I'll have to check those out as soon as I can get them to work, it just keeps showing the broken picture, and I have quicktime....
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JETBLACK87



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:21 am Reply with quote
CaineChapel wrote:
I didn't look but the animation style looks a lot like Ninja Scroll, same director or artist perhaps?


YOSHIAKI KAWAJIRI


Kawajiri was a founding member of the animation studio Madhouse, where he made his feature directorial debut Lensman (1984).

He is best known to anime audiences as writer and director of the popular features Wicked City (1987), Ninja Scroll (1993), and most recently Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000).
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Judau



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:07 am Reply with quote
Animatrix looks like it will be good.. can't wait... Anime smile
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LordByronius
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:51 pm Reply with quote
SO WANTING TO SEE THE MATRIX SEQUALS RIGHT NOW.

These Animatrix things are excellent, though, and should tide me over 'til May just fine.
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v1cious



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:24 pm Reply with quote
who mande the first one? from the style it looks like Bones, or maybe studio Ghibi
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:39 pm Reply with quote
Byron: Don't forget the upcoming multi-platform game, 'Enter the Matrix" which has 30 minutes of extra footage filmed exclusively for the game.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:48 pm Reply with quote
Byron: Don't forget the upcoming multi-platform game, 'Enter the Matrix" which has 30 minutes of extra footage filmed exclusively for the game.
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Arc Ressiv



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:41 pm Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
who mande the first one? from the style it looks like Bones, or maybe studio Ghibi


Studio4°C


The Final Flight of the Osiris
Written by Andy and Larry Wachowski; Directed by Andy Jones
Animation and production design by Square USA, Inc.
Famous For: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

The Second Renaissance - Parts 1 and 2
Written by Andy and Larry Wachowski; Directed by Mahiro Maeda
Animation and production design by Studio4°C, Tokyo
Famous For: Blue Submarine No. 6

Kid's Story
Written by Andy and Larry Wachowski; Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe
Animation and production design by Studio4°C, Tokyo
Famous For: Cowboy Bebop

Program
Written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Animation and production design by Madhouse Studios, Tokyo
Famous For: Ninja Scroll; Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust; Wicked City ; X (Series not Movie)

World Record
Written by Yoshiaki Kawajiri; Directed by Takeshi Koike
Animation and production design by Madhouse Studios, Tokyo
Famous For: New Director (Mecha design in DNA² (TV))

Beyond
Written and directed by Koji Morimoto
Animation and production design by Studio4°C, Tokyo
Famous For: Akira; Memories: Magnetic Rose (one of the eps anyway); Jin-roh; Franken's Wheel

Detective Story
Written and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe
Animation and production design by Studio4°C, Tokyo
Famous For: Cowboy Bebop; Macross plus

Matriculated
Written and directed by Peter Chung
Animation and production design by DNA, Seoul
Famous For: Aeon Flux


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v1cious



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:51 pm Reply with quote
oh i see.

thank you
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Aaron White
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 12:00 am Reply with quote
The answer to the question "What Is the Matrix?" is: Philip K. Dick's ouvre, boiled down and injected into contemporary action movie format. Dick's estate should really get a royalty for this stuff.
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Zac
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 9:46 am Reply with quote
I thought the first Animatrix segment was genius on a level I hadn't seen yet in Hollywood. Brilliant science-fiction. The second one was dissapointing for me. Yeah, the animation was nice. The storyline though was pretty lame, I thought. It struck me as something I'd expect to see in a Matrix Roleplaying chat room on AOL. Pretty girl and super-powerful man duke it out while expressing their love for eachother.. yawn. It seemed like they were making what they thought Americans were expecting the Animatrix to be.. looks like Ninja Scroll, has elements of traditional Japan in it, but for the most part, it's just stylised combat sequences and utlra-violence. Here's hoping the next segment is as inspired as the first one was.

-Zac
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 12:17 pm Reply with quote
Zac: Sorry, but the first story's more cliche, because it went for the "killing robots out of prejudice which is a reference to the nazis" metaphor crap that's common in sci fi.
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radicaledward



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 2:00 pm Reply with quote
I think that we can expect the episodes to be a mixed bag ranging form extreamly good to mediocre at best. But overall the episodes should be helpful to shed light on the Matrix, and the questions that people have about it - which is the intent of the series. It would be nice if they explain why the 'bots don't show up in the modern world though - is it all internal programs?
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