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Re: What anime inspired "The Matrix?" [message #365460] Wed, 21 March 2018 09:46 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: momotsof27

On Sunday, February 20, 2000 at 10:00:00 AM UTC+2, Deb Nilsen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Just happened to see a making of the movie, "The Matrix," and one of the
> guys, I think he was a visual technician, said
> that the Wachowski Brothers were inspired by an anime film and wanted their
> film to look like it. Does anyone know
> what this film was?
>
> Deb

Hey, I know Neuormancer by William Gibson is a book from where Wachowskis took their inspiration. There is also a scene at the beginning of the first movie, where Neo is holding this exact book
Re: What anime inspired "The Matrix?" [message #365461 is a reply to message #365460] Wed, 21 March 2018 10:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Arne Luft is currently offline  Arne Luft
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On Sunday, February 20, 2000 at 10:00:00 AM UTC+2, Deb Nilsen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Just happened to see a making of the movie, "The Matrix," and one of the
> guys, I think he was a visual technician, said
> that the Wachowski Brothers were inspired by an anime film and wanted their
> film to look like it. Does anyone know
> what this film was?
>

Ghost in the Shell (1995)
https://youtu.be/AsIQ_kA77b4



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Influences

"Director Mamoru Oshii's 1995 animated film Ghost in the Shell was a
particularly strong influence;[8] producer Joel Silver has stated that
the Wachowskis first described their intentions for The Matrix by
showing him that anime and saying, "We wanna do that for real"...."
Re: What anime inspired "The Matrix?" [message #365686 is a reply to message #365460] Sun, 25 March 2018 18:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Travoltron is currently offline  Travoltron
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Re: What anime inspired "The Matrix?" [message #372153 is a reply to message #365686] Mon, 13 August 2018 22:14 Go to previous message
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Originally posted by: juan jose saviola

El domingo, 25 de marzo de 2018, 19:02:42 (UTC-3), Travoltron escribió:
> Megazone 23

Hello friends,

I asked myself the same question a little less than a week ago and I helped a video on YouTube that I found elsewhere that does not allow me to mention by the regalia of the forum, but he has a shortener I'll pass it on and if it does not help look at the related videos ...

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