The Reanimatrix

The Reanimatrix was a thread created by James on April 4th, 2004, in what would be his first contribution to the OtakuBoards Anthology forum. The Reanimatrix was modeled after 2003’s collection of short anime films inspired by The Matrix mythos– The Animatrix. The Reanimatrix was intended to be a collection of short stories written by James, other members and actual authors who had an involvement with the Wachowski brothers’ series. Each story would shed a little light on some aspect of The Matrix.

James decided to create The Reanimatrix while he was in the planning process for an RPG entitled “The Matrix Revelations.” He was writing some basic stories related to the history of certain characters within the RPG. But as he was writing them, he decided to expand the concept to allow himself and other writers to create short stories that explained various events relating to The Matrix and its history. The Reanimatrix was meant to compliment “The Matrix Revelations” and enrich its plot. Members were given artistic freedom; their entries could be in the form of poetry, comic strips, narratives, diaries, etc. The only requirements members had to abide by was that their entries had to be short stories, original and related to the Matrix Universe.

The Reanimatrix was successful and long-running in comparison to many threads in OB Anthology, accruing 58 short stories. Many of the entries included artwork and unique formats. The last entry was written on August 24th, 2006.

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