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The Animatrix

by MichaelTieso on 6/16/15, 2:55 PM with 40 comments

  • by billyhoffman on 6/16/15, 4:11 PM

    "View Source" on this home page is a fun/terrible time capsule into web development in 2001.

    1- FRAMES!

    2- Table based layout

    3- Preloading image via JavaScript! In the <HEAD> no less! Screw start render time, we are doing this!

    4- Opening links in new pop-up windows. Ahh the days before tabs....

    5- Swapping images with onmouseover, like some kind of an animal

    6- Burning text into images to use a specific font

    7- Browser sniffing the navigator.appName object

  • by huxley on 6/16/15, 4:34 PM

    For anyone who liked the "Kid's Story" and "A Detective's Story" segments, those were done by Watanabe Shinichirō who directed Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, two amazing anime series.

  • by iMark on 6/16/15, 3:04 PM

    Digital archeology is going to be an interesting field sooner or later, sooner from the looks of this.

    It's amusing to see the video sizes - "Large bandwidth 640x272"

    My, how times have changed...

  • by robogimp on 6/16/15, 3:56 PM

    Internet old timer here, I watched these videos through this site on their release dates, AMA...

  • by DannoHung on 6/16/15, 4:56 PM

    Don't miss Neil Gaiman's contribution to the Matrix's folklore: http://www.voidspace.org.uk/cyberpunk/goliath.shtml

  • by hartator on 6/16/15, 4:25 PM

    Am I the only one who think that this page loads surprisingly good?

    I don't think a modern website with CSS3/HTML5 favored will load that perfect in 10 years.

  • by jasonkostempski on 6/16/15, 4:43 PM

    I've got these on DVD, they came in a box set [1] I got a long time ago. The Neo bust is on top of my work computer right now :)

    [1] http://www.amazon.com/Collection-Collectors-Revolutions-Revi...

  • by smacktoward on 6/16/15, 4:35 PM

    "We got both kinds of video: QuickTime AND Flash!"

    (For those who don't get the reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSZfUnCK5qk)

  • by VikingCoder on 6/16/15, 5:24 PM

    ...I'd love to see someone try to get "Final Flight of Osiris" to render in real time on UE4.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueiBYxI6Eqg

  • by NelsonMinar on 6/16/15, 4:15 PM

    May there be mercy on man and machine for their sins.

  • by ramgorur on 6/16/15, 10:53 PM

    the japnese katakana titles are fun to read

    the second rennaissance part 1: za sekando rune-sansu pāto 1

    program: puroguramu

    detective story: detekutebu sutōrī

    the second rennaissance part 2: za sekando rune-sansu pāto 2

  • by franze on 6/16/15, 3:02 PM

    sadly to videos don't work anymore (to download)

  • by aw3c2 on 6/16/15, 4:57 PM

    Hey DarkStarX1, you are shadowbanned and I don't see any reason in your post history so I post this in the hopes you see it.