The Second Renaissance Part I (2003)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Mahiro Maeda

Writers:

Andy Wachowski (written by) &
Larry Wachowski (written by)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Short

Plot:

A tour is taken into the Zion archives, where the history of the real world and the rise of the machines is shown to viewers.

Plot Keywords:

Crushed Head | Assembly Line | Blood Splatter | Helicopter | Skull Crushing

Cast

Dane A. Davis	...	01 Versatran Spokesman (voice) (as Dane Davis)
Debi Derryberry	...	Kid (voice)
Julia Fletcher	...	The Instructor (voice)
Dwight Schultz	...	(voice)
Jill Talley	...	Mother (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	(voice)

Directed by
Mahiro Maeda

Writing credits
Andy Wachowski		(written by) &
Larry Wachowski		(written by)

Produced by
Eiko Tanaka	....	animation producer

Original Music by
Don Davis

Casting by
Jack Fletcher

Production Design by
Hideki Futamura

Art Direction by
Atsushi Morikawa

Sound Department
Michael Edward Johnson	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Akiko Saito	....	CG director

Animation Department
Hideki Futamura	....	animation director
Hideki Futamura	....	character designer
Mutsuko Kajigaya	....	inbetween animation supervisor
Keiko Kakuta	....	inbetween animator
Kazuya Kimura	....	inbetween animator
Mahiro Maeda	....	animation director
Mahiro Maeda	....	character designer
Mahiro Maeda	....	mechanical designer
Hideki Sekiguchi	....	inbetween animator
Masayuki Shibuya	....	inbetween animator
Yutaka Sumi	....	inbetween animator
Yuko Takahashi	....	inbetween animator
Akie Tsutsumi	....	inbetween animator
Keiko Watanabe	....	inbetween animator

Other crew
Jack Fletcher	....	voice director
Yoshikazu Miyao	....	additional mechanical designer
Range Murata	....	additional mechanical designer (as Renji Murata)

Production Companies

• Studio 4°C

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures

Other Companies

• Anime International Company (AIC)  in-between animation
• Anime Torotoro  in-between animation
• Anime World Osaka  in-between animation
• Animer  in-between animation
• Animespot  in-between animation
• Emaui  digital ink and paint
• Emaui  in-between animation
• Gainax  in-between animation
• Kino Production  in-between animation
• Mouse  in-between animation
• Nakamura Production  in-between animation
• Oh Production  in-between animation
• Radix  in-between animation
• Studio Boomerang  in-between animation
• Studio L  digital ink and paint
• Studio Mook  in-between animation
• Studio One Pack  in-between animation
• Studio Takuranke  in-between animation
• Tamazawa Dougasya  in-between animation
• Trace Studio M  digital ink and paint

Also Known As:

The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part 1 (USA) (series title)

Runtime:

9 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15

Company:

Studio 4°C

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

MARTENOT WAVES

Brilliant

along with it's partner, this is the greatest piece of animation ever created. the images and styles are amazing, and match perfectly with the story which is a brilliantly realistic reinterpretation of our own world, where is has been, and where it could go. quite affecting and sometimes painful to watch, it it a masterpiece of the visual art.