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Second Episode of The Animatrix Released

murphyslawyer writes "The second episode of Animatrix is now available. Download it here"

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  1. The HQ variant for download. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    direct download (157MB)

    1. Re:The HQ variant for download. by sosedada · · Score: 5, Informative

      you can save yourself a few MB if you click the "DOWNLOAD FILE" box. They have compressed versions available

  2. How about a link? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
  3. Re:Download Format Question by Sgs-Cruz · · Score: 5, Informative

    Um, yes, because even if they can reduce this 150 MB file by, say, 8 megs, then if 100,000 people download it, that's 800 GB (using crappy hard-drive manufacturer base-10 definitions of GB because I'm too lazy right now to convert properly) of traffic they've just saved themselves. Impressive how it adds up when you're talking about popular downloads :)

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  4. Re:What is it? by sweetooth · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's the second installment of the animated Matrix movies. Four of which are going to be released free on the Internet and then all nine episodes will be released on Junk 3rd on DVD. The first episode was released in February, the second today, the next in April and the final episode in May. The first and last episodes are Part 1 and Part 2 of the same story. They deal with various stories taking place in the Matrix, or in the case of the first episode before the matrix.

    Check out all the info here.

    From the site:

    Springing forth from the world of THE MATRIX, THE ANIMATRIX DVD presents nine original short animated stories directed by preeminent anime directors.

    The directors are: Andy Jones (Final Flight of The Osiris), Mahiro Maeda (The Second Renaissance: Parts 1 and 2), Shinichiro Watanabe (Kid's Story, Detective Story), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Program), Takeshi Koike (World Record), Koji Morimoto (Beyond), Peter Chung (Matriculated).

    Four of the nine episodes were written by Larry and Andy Wachowski, and all of the episodes are grounded in the world of the THE MATRIX.

    DVD Special Features:

    * "Scrolls to Screen: The History and Culture of Anime" documentary
    * 7 featurettes with director profiles, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of each of the films
    * 4 audio commentaries
    * "Enter the Matrix" videogame trailer
    * Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
    * Widescreen Format [16x9 2.35:1]
    * Languages: English, Japanese
    * Subtitles: English, French, Spanish