Editing The Animatrix (section)

== Release ==
[[File:The-animatrix-poster.jpeg|thumb|left|The home video release poster]]
Four of the films were originally released on the series' official website; one (''Final Flight of the Osiris'') was shown in cinemas with the film ''[[Dreamcatcher (2003 film)|Dreamcatcher]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Boyle|first=Alan|date=March 26, 2003|title=Short films flesh out 'Matrix' saga|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3078970|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127181108/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3078970|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2021|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref> The others first appeared with the [[VHS]] and DVD release of all nine shorts on June 3, 2003. The DVD also includes the following special features:
* A documentary on Japanese animation. The on-screen title is ''Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime'', but in the DVD menu and packaging, and on the series' official website, it is referred to as ''Scrolls to Screen: The History and Culture of Anime''.
* Seven featurettes with director profiles, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage of each of the films.
* [[Audio commentary|Audio commentaries]] on ''World Record'', ''Program'', and both parts of ''The Second Renaissance''.
* A trailer for the video game ''[[Enter the Matrix]]''.

Shortly after the home video release, the film was exhibited on June 14, 2003, in New York City at the New York-Tokyo Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.newyork-tokyo.com/nytff/index_flash.html |title=NEW YORK - TOKYO FILM FESTIVAL |access-date=2008-02-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219211621/http://archive.newyork-tokyo.com/nytff/index_flash.html |archive-date=February 19, 2008  }}</ref>

It was broadcast on [[Adult Swim]] on April 17, 2004 (to promote the DVD release of ''[[The Matrix: Revolutions|The Matrix Revolutions]]'') and again on its [[Toonami]] programming block on December 19, 2021 (to promote ''[[The Matrix: Resurrections|The Matrix Resurrections]]'') (albeit with edits done to remove nudity and gory violence in ''The Second Renaissance Parts 1 and 2''), and has received airplay on [[Teletoon (Canada)|Teletoon]] several months after its American broadcast. In the UK, ''Final Flight of the Osiris'' was broadcast on [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] just before the DVD release, along with ''The Second Renaissance Parts 1 and 2'', ''Kid's Story'' and ''World Record'' broadcast after the DVD release.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

In May 2006, ''The Animatrix'' was aired in Latin America and in Spain by Cartoon Network on Toonami.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

''The Animatrix'' was also screened in select cinemas around the world for a short period of time, a week or two before the sequel ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'', as a promotional event.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

One day before the release of ''The Matrix Reloaded'' on cinemas, the Brazilian television channel [[Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão|SBT]] aired ''Final Flight of the Osiris'' after airing ''[[The Matrix]]'' to promote the film. The same thing happened with French television channel [[France 2]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

The cinema release order for ''The Animatrix'' (at least in Australia), and its sequencing in a subsequent release on [[HBO Max]], differed from the DVD release, placing the ''Final Flight of the Osiris'' last instead of first. The cinema release-order:

# ''The Second Renaissance, Part I'' (June 3, 2003)
# ''The Second Renaissance, Part II'' (June 7, 2003)
# ''Kid's Story'' (June 14, 2003)
# ''Program'' (June 21, 2003)
# ''World Record'' (July 5, 2003)
# ''Beyond'' (July 12, 2003)
# ''A Detective Story'' (August 30, 2003)
# ''Matriculated'' (September 20, 2003)
# ''Final Flight of the Osiris'' (September 27, 2003){{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

To coincide with the [[Blu-ray]] edition of ''The Ultimate Matrix Collection'', ''The Animatrix'' was also presented for the first time in high definition. The film was released along with the trilogy on October 14, 2008.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

''The Animatrix'' saw a one night only screening in 35mm at New York City's [[Japan Society (Manhattan)|Japan Society]] on May 27, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last=Regev|first=Nir|date=May 18, 2022|url=https://thenaturalaristocrat.com/2022/05/18/japan-society-nyc-to-screen-the-animatrix-on-may-27-2022/ |title=Japan Society NYC to screen The Animatrix on May 27, 2022|website=The Natural Aristocrat}}</ref>