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There are undoubtedly many enthusiastic fans of The Matrix here, and I’m sure all of you are soiling yourselves over the prospects of the fantastic looking new movies Reloaded and Revolutions hitting cinema screens later in the year. So how many of you are going to take the plunge and buy The Animatrix when it comes out on DVD on June 3rd? (That’s the region 1 version, and I’m not sure if that’s a definite date yet.)
What’s that…some of you may actually be interested in anime…
For those who don’t know about The Animatrix, it’s a series of nine short anime films utilising both regular animation and CG animation, and centring on various aspects of the Matrix world, where you’ll learn the origins of familiar characters, and learn more about the Matrix. Four of the stories were written by the Wachowski Brothers themselves, with the others developed by the anime directors. I saw the trailer and was impressed, but to be honest, if you’ve seen lots of anime, great stuff like this is ten a penny.
By the way, four of The Animatrix shorts will be streamed for free at http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/index_anime.html prior to the collection's DVD and video release so keep your eyes peeled.
The chances are that if you’re a fan of the Matrix franchise, you’ll want to get this great looking slice of Matrix anime, and for me, this could be the start of something great. You see, I’ve been a massive fan of anime for ages now, and I often try to convey how much bloody good stuff there is to see, but to no avail. However, with the huge popularity of The Matrix, this might get more ‘normal’ people interested in anime, as they’d buy The Animatrix, realise how darn good anime is, and might want to watch similar stuff that would appeal to fans of The Matrix.
I’m not sure if The Animatrix has a proposed UK release at the present time, but it’s pretty much a dead cert as The Matrix is so darned huge, but at the current time anime in the UK is pretty much non-existent or badly marketed. We get the odd DVD released here and there such as Metropolis, Princess Mononoke or a few second-rate TV shows, but compared to the American market, we don’t even exist. If you go to most region 1 DVD online stockists and view the anime section, the chances are you’ll see hundreds of DVDs on sale, with many titles released each week, but in the UK, we get nothing, with the available DVDs hidden away in the back of large shops like HMV next to the Kung Fu movies and the porn films. There are quite a few anime cartoons on regular TV nowadays, but they’re all crazy kiddie shows that pretty much all suck, and don’t really represent the best that anime has to offer.
As an example of how poorly treated we are in the UK with anime, take the film 'Spirited Away'. It’s a massively successful movie, but is yet to see the light of day here, even though it’s being shown at cinemas in Finland, Switzerland, Poland and even Slovenia!
So could The Animatrix be popular with UK people and be the start of something for anime in this country?
If you like The Animatrix would you be willing to see more great anime like it?
There’s a heck of a lot of great anime out there waiting to be discovered and watched that’s for sure.
I first became interested in anime back in the early nineties when Manga (the company) were releasing VHS titles on an almost weekly basis. When Manga were releasing the steady stream of anime, they sold the whole Japanese anime movement to the geeky sort of people who like shallow violence & sex. Films like Akira, Ghost in the Shell & Ninja Scroll were the big sellers mainly due to their extreme action, and were generally considered ‘the face of anime’, and therefore portrayed anime as ‘adult cartoons’. Channel 4 used to show many anime series at very late time slots, but again, these were only the most ultra violent anime shows like Fist of the North Star & Devil Man, so more family friendly or serious storytelling anime has never really had a look in here in the UK, and as such, anime has been shoehorned into being something it isn’t (violent porno cartoons for oddballs or geeks).
I suppose to many people it was a craze to be buying ‘mature’ cartoons, as most of the titles released years ago were slightly adult orientated, but to me it became a hobby I still enjoy today. I have seen some truly great anime films down the years, many rivalling live action films in terms of quality of plot and believable characters, plus there’s the amazing animation and gobsmacking action these films have.
As we all know, many people have misconceptions about videogames, dismissing them as violent things that rot your brain or children’s toys that don’t have any real value. There’s a similar misunderstanding with Japanese Anime.
Yes there are overly violent and disgusting movies with demons, guts, gratuitous nudity and rape, and yes there are zany films and TV shows like Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon. But, to dismiss anime and assume it’s all violent or crazy is short sighted, there are many intelligent action dramas like Patlabor 1, Patlabor 2, and the forthcoming Patlabor 3: WXIII, Appleseed, Metropolis, Wings of Honneamise, Spriggan and Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade that have fantastic animation and brilliant characters with no hint of madcap craziness or violence (well, Wolf Brigade & Spriggan are violent, but what the heck), there are great comedy adventure films like The Castle of Cagliostro and other Lupin The 3rd movies and TV shows, and other tremendous shows like Cowboy Bebop, Gunsmith Cats, Macross Plus, FLCL, Martian Successor Nadesico and Neon Genesis Evangelion (Cowboy Bebop in particular is a very special show indeed...download the first episode off of KaZaA and see what you think).
Studio Ghibli are a well known anime production studio who are probably best described as “The Nintendo of Anime”, led and influenced by Hayao Miyazaki (himself once described as the Walt Disney of Japan). Ghibli, like Nintendo, pride themselves on making anime films for all the family (see: http://www.nausicaa.net/ for more info). My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The Castle of Cagliostro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso are all fine examples of pure harmless fun for people of all ages, and come highly recommended if you want fun magical movies for all the family. Their most recent movie, the aforementioned Spirited Away, broke box office records when it opened in Japan, and recently won four ‘Annie’ animation awards, beating off competition from more established films like Ice Age, Lilo & Stitch and Monsters Inc.
Any person who believes the old anime stereotypes should watch those films to have a proper informed opinion and not be too hasty to judge anime on misled ideas or false impressions. Maybe with the potential success of The Animatrix, people will be more willing to explore the great world of anime and come to realise how exciting it is, and hopefully, more companies will see fit to release more anime here in the UK. There really is some great stuff out there to see, and it’s a shame that many people miss out on it.
As I’ve previously mentioned, anime releases in the UK are few and far between, so you have to really buy from online retailers. Most people nowadays have access to an all-region DVD player, so if you like The Animatrix, and want to see more great anime, do some research into some films/TV shows, get online and buy buy buy!
What’s that…some of you may actually be interested in anime…
For those who don’t know about The Animatrix, it’s a series of nine short anime films utilising both regular animation and CG animation, and centring on various aspects of the Matrix world, where you’ll learn the origins of familiar characters, and learn more about the Matrix. Four of the stories were written by the Wachowski Brothers themselves, with the others developed by the anime directors. I saw the trailer and was impressed, but to be honest, if you’ve seen lots of anime, great stuff like this is ten a penny.
By the way, four of The Animatrix shorts will be streamed for free at http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/index_anime.html prior to the collection's DVD and video release so keep your eyes peeled.
The chances are that if you’re a fan of the Matrix franchise, you’ll want to get this great looking slice of Matrix anime, and for me, this could be the start of something great. You see, I’ve been a massive fan of anime for ages now, and I often try to convey how much bloody good stuff there is to see, but to no avail. However, with the huge popularity of The Matrix, this might get more ‘normal’ people interested in anime, as they’d buy The Animatrix, realise how darn good anime is, and might want to watch similar stuff that would appeal to fans of The Matrix.
I’m not sure if The Animatrix has a proposed UK release at the present time, but it’s pretty much a dead cert as The Matrix is so darned huge, but at the current time anime in the UK is pretty much non-existent or badly marketed. We get the odd DVD released here and there such as Metropolis, Princess Mononoke or a few second-rate TV shows, but compared to the American market, we don’t even exist. If you go to most region 1 DVD online stockists and view the anime section, the chances are you’ll see hundreds of DVDs on sale, with many titles released each week, but in the UK, we get nothing, with the available DVDs hidden away in the back of large shops like HMV next to the Kung Fu movies and the porn films. There are quite a few anime cartoons on regular TV nowadays, but they’re all crazy kiddie shows that pretty much all suck, and don’t really represent the best that anime has to offer.
As an example of how poorly treated we are in the UK with anime, take the film 'Spirited Away'. It’s a massively successful movie, but is yet to see the light of day here, even though it’s being shown at cinemas in Finland, Switzerland, Poland and even Slovenia!
So could The Animatrix be popular with UK people and be the start of something for anime in this country?
If you like The Animatrix would you be willing to see more great anime like it?
There’s a heck of a lot of great anime out there waiting to be discovered and watched that’s for sure.
I first became interested in anime back in the early nineties when Manga (the company) were releasing VHS titles on an almost weekly basis. When Manga were releasing the steady stream of anime, they sold the whole Japanese anime movement to the geeky sort of people who like shallow violence & sex. Films like Akira, Ghost in the Shell & Ninja Scroll were the big sellers mainly due to their extreme action, and were generally considered ‘the face of anime’, and therefore portrayed anime as ‘adult cartoons’. Channel 4 used to show many anime series at very late time slots, but again, these were only the most ultra violent anime shows like Fist of the North Star & Devil Man, so more family friendly or serious storytelling anime has never really had a look in here in the UK, and as such, anime has been shoehorned into being something it isn’t (violent porno cartoons for oddballs or geeks).
I suppose to many people it was a craze to be buying ‘mature’ cartoons, as most of the titles released years ago were slightly adult orientated, but to me it became a hobby I still enjoy today. I have seen some truly great anime films down the years, many rivalling live action films in terms of quality of plot and believable characters, plus there’s the amazing animation and gobsmacking action these films have.
As we all know, many people have misconceptions about videogames, dismissing them as violent things that rot your brain or children’s toys that don’t have any real value. There’s a similar misunderstanding with Japanese Anime.
Yes there are overly violent and disgusting movies with demons, guts, gratuitous nudity and rape, and yes there are zany films and TV shows like Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon. But, to dismiss anime and assume it’s all violent or crazy is short sighted, there are many intelligent action dramas like Patlabor 1, Patlabor 2, and the forthcoming Patlabor 3: WXIII, Appleseed, Metropolis, Wings of Honneamise, Spriggan and Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade that have fantastic animation and brilliant characters with no hint of madcap craziness or violence (well, Wolf Brigade & Spriggan are violent, but what the heck), there are great comedy adventure films like The Castle of Cagliostro and other Lupin The 3rd movies and TV shows, and other tremendous shows like Cowboy Bebop, Gunsmith Cats, Macross Plus, FLCL, Martian Successor Nadesico and Neon Genesis Evangelion (Cowboy Bebop in particular is a very special show indeed...download the first episode off of KaZaA and see what you think).
Studio Ghibli are a well known anime production studio who are probably best described as “The Nintendo of Anime”, led and influenced by Hayao Miyazaki (himself once described as the Walt Disney of Japan). Ghibli, like Nintendo, pride themselves on making anime films for all the family (see: http://www.nausicaa.net/ for more info). My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The Castle of Cagliostro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso are all fine examples of pure harmless fun for people of all ages, and come highly recommended if you want fun magical movies for all the family. Their most recent movie, the aforementioned Spirited Away, broke box office records when it opened in Japan, and recently won four ‘Annie’ animation awards, beating off competition from more established films like Ice Age, Lilo & Stitch and Monsters Inc.
Any person who believes the old anime stereotypes should watch those films to have a proper informed opinion and not be too hasty to judge anime on misled ideas or false impressions. Maybe with the potential success of The Animatrix, people will be more willing to explore the great world of anime and come to realise how exciting it is, and hopefully, more companies will see fit to release more anime here in the UK. There really is some great stuff out there to see, and it’s a shame that many people miss out on it.
As I’ve previously mentioned, anime releases in the UK are few and far between, so you have to really buy from online retailers. Most people nowadays have access to an all-region DVD player, so if you like The Animatrix, and want to see more great anime, do some research into some films/TV shows, get online and buy buy buy!
Wasn't there an episode of it on that double disc Matrix DVD. I can't remember what it was called but they re-released the film with an extra DVD full of extras.
Dogtanian? I had a video of that, I really loved it but it was one of those gay videos where it leaves it at a cliffhanger and the next video would have the next episode/part.
I could never find another one. Damn it, I really hate those videos, why couldn’t they just stick a whole episode or two on it instead of leaving me in distress?
I could never find another one. Damn it, I really hate those videos, why couldn’t they just stick a whole episode or two on it instead of leaving me in distress?
I've watched the 1st one at the site.
I don't like it to be honest, something about anime just prevents me from enjoying the story.
It takes me back to watching Dogtanian and I keep expecting to see foxes in period costume being all "What?" and chasing Dog Muskateers.
http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/
I don't like it to be honest, something about anime just prevents me from enjoying the story.
It takes me back to watching Dogtanian and I keep expecting to see foxes in period costume being all "What?" and chasing Dog Muskateers.
http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/
There are undoubtedly many enthusiastic fans of The Matrix here, and I’m sure all of you are soiling yourselves over the prospects of the fantastic looking new movies Reloaded and Revolutions hitting cinema screens later in the year. So how many of you are going to take the plunge and buy The Animatrix when it comes out on DVD on June 3rd? (That’s the region 1 version, and I’m not sure if that’s a definite date yet.)
What’s that…some of you may actually be interested in anime…
For those who don’t know about The Animatrix, it’s a series of nine short anime films utilising both regular animation and CG animation, and centring on various aspects of the Matrix world, where you’ll learn the origins of familiar characters, and learn more about the Matrix. Four of the stories were written by the Wachowski Brothers themselves, with the others developed by the anime directors. I saw the trailer and was impressed, but to be honest, if you’ve seen lots of anime, great stuff like this is ten a penny.
By the way, four of The Animatrix shorts will be streamed for free at http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/index_anime.html prior to the collection's DVD and video release so keep your eyes peeled.
The chances are that if you’re a fan of the Matrix franchise, you’ll want to get this great looking slice of Matrix anime, and for me, this could be the start of something great. You see, I’ve been a massive fan of anime for ages now, and I often try to convey how much bloody good stuff there is to see, but to no avail. However, with the huge popularity of The Matrix, this might get more ‘normal’ people interested in anime, as they’d buy The Animatrix, realise how darn good anime is, and might want to watch similar stuff that would appeal to fans of The Matrix.
I’m not sure if The Animatrix has a proposed UK release at the present time, but it’s pretty much a dead cert as The Matrix is so darned huge, but at the current time anime in the UK is pretty much non-existent or badly marketed. We get the odd DVD released here and there such as Metropolis, Princess Mononoke or a few second-rate TV shows, but compared to the American market, we don’t even exist. If you go to most region 1 DVD online stockists and view the anime section, the chances are you’ll see hundreds of DVDs on sale, with many titles released each week, but in the UK, we get nothing, with the available DVDs hidden away in the back of large shops like HMV next to the Kung Fu movies and the porn films. There are quite a few anime cartoons on regular TV nowadays, but they’re all crazy kiddie shows that pretty much all suck, and don’t really represent the best that anime has to offer.
As an example of how poorly treated we are in the UK with anime, take the film 'Spirited Away'. It’s a massively successful movie, but is yet to see the light of day here, even though it’s being shown at cinemas in Finland, Switzerland, Poland and even Slovenia!
So could The Animatrix be popular with UK people and be the start of something for anime in this country?
If you like The Animatrix would you be willing to see more great anime like it?
There’s a heck of a lot of great anime out there waiting to be discovered and watched that’s for sure.
I first became interested in anime back in the early nineties when Manga (the company) were releasing VHS titles on an almost weekly basis. When Manga were releasing the steady stream of anime, they sold the whole Japanese anime movement to the geeky sort of people who like shallow violence & sex. Films like Akira, Ghost in the Shell & Ninja Scroll were the big sellers mainly due to their extreme action, and were generally considered ‘the face of anime’, and therefore portrayed anime as ‘adult cartoons’. Channel 4 used to show many anime series at very late time slots, but again, these were only the most ultra violent anime shows like Fist of the North Star & Devil Man, so more family friendly or serious storytelling anime has never really had a look in here in the UK, and as such, anime has been shoehorned into being something it isn’t (violent porno cartoons for oddballs or geeks).
I suppose to many people it was a craze to be buying ‘mature’ cartoons, as most of the titles released years ago were slightly adult orientated, but to me it became a hobby I still enjoy today. I have seen some truly great anime films down the years, many rivalling live action films in terms of quality of plot and believable characters, plus there’s the amazing animation and gobsmacking action these films have.
As we all know, many people have misconceptions about videogames, dismissing them as violent things that rot your brain or children’s toys that don’t have any real value. There’s a similar misunderstanding with Japanese Anime.
Yes there are overly violent and disgusting movies with demons, guts, gratuitous nudity and rape, and yes there are zany films and TV shows like Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon. But, to dismiss anime and assume it’s all violent or crazy is short sighted, there are many intelligent action dramas like Patlabor 1, Patlabor 2, and the forthcoming Patlabor 3: WXIII, Appleseed, Metropolis, Wings of Honneamise, Spriggan and Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade that have fantastic animation and brilliant characters with no hint of madcap craziness or violence (well, Wolf Brigade & Spriggan are violent, but what the heck), there are great comedy adventure films like The Castle of Cagliostro and other Lupin The 3rd movies and TV shows, and other tremendous shows like Cowboy Bebop, Gunsmith Cats, Macross Plus, FLCL, Martian Successor Nadesico and Neon Genesis Evangelion (Cowboy Bebop in particular is a very special show indeed...download the first episode off of KaZaA and see what you think).
Studio Ghibli are a well known anime production studio who are probably best described as “The Nintendo of Anime”, led and influenced by Hayao Miyazaki (himself once described as the Walt Disney of Japan). Ghibli, like Nintendo, pride themselves on making anime films for all the family (see: http://www.nausicaa.net/ for more info). My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The Castle of Cagliostro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso are all fine examples of pure harmless fun for people of all ages, and come highly recommended if you want fun magical movies for all the family. Their most recent movie, the aforementioned Spirited Away, broke box office records when it opened in Japan, and recently won four ‘Annie’ animation awards, beating off competition from more established films like Ice Age, Lilo & Stitch and Monsters Inc.
Any person who believes the old anime stereotypes should watch those films to have a proper informed opinion and not be too hasty to judge anime on misled ideas or false impressions. Maybe with the potential success of The Animatrix, people will be more willing to explore the great world of anime and come to realise how exciting it is, and hopefully, more companies will see fit to release more anime here in the UK. There really is some great stuff out there to see, and it’s a shame that many people miss out on it.
As I’ve previously mentioned, anime releases in the UK are few and far between, so you have to really buy from online retailers. Most people nowadays have access to an all-region DVD player, so if you like The Animatrix, and want to see more great anime, do some research into some films/TV shows, get online and buy buy buy!
What’s that…some of you may actually be interested in anime…
For those who don’t know about The Animatrix, it’s a series of nine short anime films utilising both regular animation and CG animation, and centring on various aspects of the Matrix world, where you’ll learn the origins of familiar characters, and learn more about the Matrix. Four of the stories were written by the Wachowski Brothers themselves, with the others developed by the anime directors. I saw the trailer and was impressed, but to be honest, if you’ve seen lots of anime, great stuff like this is ten a penny.
By the way, four of The Animatrix shorts will be streamed for free at http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/index_anime.html prior to the collection's DVD and video release so keep your eyes peeled.
The chances are that if you’re a fan of the Matrix franchise, you’ll want to get this great looking slice of Matrix anime, and for me, this could be the start of something great. You see, I’ve been a massive fan of anime for ages now, and I often try to convey how much bloody good stuff there is to see, but to no avail. However, with the huge popularity of The Matrix, this might get more ‘normal’ people interested in anime, as they’d buy The Animatrix, realise how darn good anime is, and might want to watch similar stuff that would appeal to fans of The Matrix.
I’m not sure if The Animatrix has a proposed UK release at the present time, but it’s pretty much a dead cert as The Matrix is so darned huge, but at the current time anime in the UK is pretty much non-existent or badly marketed. We get the odd DVD released here and there such as Metropolis, Princess Mononoke or a few second-rate TV shows, but compared to the American market, we don’t even exist. If you go to most region 1 DVD online stockists and view the anime section, the chances are you’ll see hundreds of DVDs on sale, with many titles released each week, but in the UK, we get nothing, with the available DVDs hidden away in the back of large shops like HMV next to the Kung Fu movies and the porn films. There are quite a few anime cartoons on regular TV nowadays, but they’re all crazy kiddie shows that pretty much all suck, and don’t really represent the best that anime has to offer.
As an example of how poorly treated we are in the UK with anime, take the film 'Spirited Away'. It’s a massively successful movie, but is yet to see the light of day here, even though it’s being shown at cinemas in Finland, Switzerland, Poland and even Slovenia!
So could The Animatrix be popular with UK people and be the start of something for anime in this country?
If you like The Animatrix would you be willing to see more great anime like it?
There’s a heck of a lot of great anime out there waiting to be discovered and watched that’s for sure.
I first became interested in anime back in the early nineties when Manga (the company) were releasing VHS titles on an almost weekly basis. When Manga were releasing the steady stream of anime, they sold the whole Japanese anime movement to the geeky sort of people who like shallow violence & sex. Films like Akira, Ghost in the Shell & Ninja Scroll were the big sellers mainly due to their extreme action, and were generally considered ‘the face of anime’, and therefore portrayed anime as ‘adult cartoons’. Channel 4 used to show many anime series at very late time slots, but again, these were only the most ultra violent anime shows like Fist of the North Star & Devil Man, so more family friendly or serious storytelling anime has never really had a look in here in the UK, and as such, anime has been shoehorned into being something it isn’t (violent porno cartoons for oddballs or geeks).
I suppose to many people it was a craze to be buying ‘mature’ cartoons, as most of the titles released years ago were slightly adult orientated, but to me it became a hobby I still enjoy today. I have seen some truly great anime films down the years, many rivalling live action films in terms of quality of plot and believable characters, plus there’s the amazing animation and gobsmacking action these films have.
As we all know, many people have misconceptions about videogames, dismissing them as violent things that rot your brain or children’s toys that don’t have any real value. There’s a similar misunderstanding with Japanese Anime.
Yes there are overly violent and disgusting movies with demons, guts, gratuitous nudity and rape, and yes there are zany films and TV shows like Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon. But, to dismiss anime and assume it’s all violent or crazy is short sighted, there are many intelligent action dramas like Patlabor 1, Patlabor 2, and the forthcoming Patlabor 3: WXIII, Appleseed, Metropolis, Wings of Honneamise, Spriggan and Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade that have fantastic animation and brilliant characters with no hint of madcap craziness or violence (well, Wolf Brigade & Spriggan are violent, but what the heck), there are great comedy adventure films like The Castle of Cagliostro and other Lupin The 3rd movies and TV shows, and other tremendous shows like Cowboy Bebop, Gunsmith Cats, Macross Plus, FLCL, Martian Successor Nadesico and Neon Genesis Evangelion (Cowboy Bebop in particular is a very special show indeed...download the first episode off of KaZaA and see what you think).
Studio Ghibli are a well known anime production studio who are probably best described as “The Nintendo of Anime”, led and influenced by Hayao Miyazaki (himself once described as the Walt Disney of Japan). Ghibli, like Nintendo, pride themselves on making anime films for all the family (see: http://www.nausicaa.net/ for more info). My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The Castle of Cagliostro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso are all fine examples of pure harmless fun for people of all ages, and come highly recommended if you want fun magical movies for all the family. Their most recent movie, the aforementioned Spirited Away, broke box office records when it opened in Japan, and recently won four ‘Annie’ animation awards, beating off competition from more established films like Ice Age, Lilo & Stitch and Monsters Inc.
Any person who believes the old anime stereotypes should watch those films to have a proper informed opinion and not be too hasty to judge anime on misled ideas or false impressions. Maybe with the potential success of The Animatrix, people will be more willing to explore the great world of anime and come to realise how exciting it is, and hopefully, more companies will see fit to release more anime here in the UK. There really is some great stuff out there to see, and it’s a shame that many people miss out on it.
As I’ve previously mentioned, anime releases in the UK are few and far between, so you have to really buy from online retailers. Most people nowadays have access to an all-region DVD player, so if you like The Animatrix, and want to see more great anime, do some research into some films/TV shows, get online and buy buy buy!