The only Animatrix to fuse a separate, non-sci-fi genre with The Matrix to aesthetic and narrative success. Love the noir-styled visuals and hardboiled detective narration (not to mention the detective's badass cat), and it has the best bittersweet ending of the Animatrix shorts. It was cool to see Trinity (voiced by Carrie-Anne Moss and everything).

àjalas.... animatrix. Todas estàn sabrosas. La verdad se revela a un detective privado

Cool black

One of the few highlights from the disappointing "Animatrix" collection. Combining black-and-white noir with the Matrix story was an inspired idea, and it's well-executed by the world-class director Shinichiro Watanabe. He uses his typical mix of comedy, gritty action, and a constantly developing story. At its core, it's really very simple, and makes no sense when you think about it. (Why would they hire detectives to begin with?) But "decent" is a step above the other Animatrix shorts.

Watanabe doesn't disappoint, and this is one of the better parts of the Animatrix.

Matrix goes animated neo-noir. Best of all "Animatrix" bunch.

Probably my favorite of the Matrix anime shorts.

Decent.

This gets closer to the flavor of the original Matrix film than the other Animatrix shorts do, but it's adolescent, it has a non-ending, and it's ultimately rather silly

Actually not my favorite of the Animatrix shorts, but was a close 2nd. Anyone who likes The Matrix really owes it to themselves to see the Animatrix.

Finally, a short that deserves a mention out of the 'Animatrix' collection. Really good animation and a stable script that's great to follow for what it lasts.

Among the high points of the Animatrix.

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Cool black & white grainy animation style that fits with an interesting crime/mystery style story about Trinity from the Matrix.

I really think the Animatrix should be looked at as a whole, but this was a wonderful short with a fantastic film noir atmosphere.

Film noir meets The Matrix. I like the mix of old technology (the phone with the dial plate, the typewriter keyboard) and the digital age.

Definitely the best short out the Animatrix collection. It has a superb film noir atmosphere and fantastic animation. Certainly worth checking out.

Did the Animatrix really need to be broken up into all ten(?) segments?