Beyond (The Animatrix)

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Beyond is a short film that is one of nine Animatrix films. Beyond is directed by Koji Morimoto (of Mind Game and Akira fame).

Contents 1 Plot synopsis 2 Voice actors 3 See also 4 Notes

[edit] Plot synopsis

Beyond deals with a group of kids who stumble across an amalgamation of spatial anomalies within a dilapidated and abandoned building, indicatively somewhere in Japan. The kids learn to exploit the major glitch in the Matrix for their own enjoyment, through several areas which seem to defy real world physics. Glass bottles reassemble after being shattered, broken lightbulbs that flicker briefly (during which they seem perfectly intact), a door which opens to nothingness, and a feather that moves peculiarly through the air. There is a large open space in the middle where they take turns jumping off a high point, freefalling towards the ground yet somehow stopping just inches before impact; this proves amusing and they seem unbothered by the inherent strangeness. The activity seems to be painless, although one boy starts to nosebleed even though he didn't actually hit anything. Soon enough, the agents come to the abandoned building, finding the kids and the main character (older, around 17) inside.

The agents come with a team of people in masks and rubber suits hoping to clean up this "glitch". The story ends when the girl and the kids are outside of the previously haunted house that is now abandoned - they take a look inside and the house is no longer there, converted into a parking lot. The girl spots the floating can, from one of the previous glitches, which is no longer floating. She picks it up and cuts her finger on the opened lid of the can, blood dripping.

[edit] Voice actors

• Hedy Burress — Yoko
• Pamela Segall — Manabu
• Kath Soucie — Pudgy/Masa/Sara
• Tara Strong — Misha
• Matt McKenzie — Agent
• Dwight Schultz — Townsperson/Police Officer/Exterminators
• Tress MacNeille — Housewife/Kenny
• Jill Talley — Townsperson
• Jack Fletcher — Townsperson
• Julia Fletcher — Townsperson

[edit] See also

• Simulated reality

[edit] Notes

The Matrix series
Films	The Matrix  • The Matrix Reloaded  • The Matrix Revolutions
The Animatrix	Final Flight of the Osiris • The Second Renaissance • Kid's Story • Program • World Record • Beyond • A Detective Story • Matriculated
Soundtracks	The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score • The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture • The Matrix Reloaded: The Album The Matrix Revolutions: Music From The Motion Picture • The Animatrix: The Album • Enter The Matrix: Original Soundtrack From The Videogame
Games	Enter the Matrix • The Matrix Online • The Matrix: Path of Neo
Characters	Neo • Trinity • Morpheus • Agent Smith • Agents • Oracle • Architect • Niobe • Merovingian • Persephone • Sati • Seraph • Twins • Deus Ex Machina • Minor human characters • Programs and machines
Locations	The Matrix • Mega City • Club Hel • Mobil Ave • Zero One (Machine City) • Zion • List of ships in the Matrix series
Cast and crew	Wachowski brothers • Keanu Reeves • Laurence Fishburne • Carrie-Anne Moss • Hugo Weaving • Jada Pinkett Smith • Owen Paterson • John Gaeta • Geof Darrow • Steve Skroce
Other topics	The Matrix Comics • Thematic motifs • Matrix digital rain • The Matrix character names • The Matrix Revisited • The Ultimate Matrix Collection • Matrix cell phone • Bluepill • Redpill
Related topics	Bullet time • Cyberpunk • Digitalism • The Hero's Journey • Martial arts film • Simulated reality • Virtual reality • The Official Matrix Exhibit • Cadillac CTS
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