Beyond (2003) 7.4
A young girl and a group of children discover that an abandoned house contains a wonderous nature to it Director:Kôji MorimotoWriter:Kôji Morimoto |
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Beyond (2003) 7.4
A young girl and a group of children discover that an abandoned house contains a wonderous nature to it Director:Kôji MorimotoWriter:Kôji Morimoto |
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| Hedy Burress | ... |
Yoko
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| Tress MacNeille | ... |
Housewife /
Kenny
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| Kath Soucie | ... |
Pudgy /
Masa /
Sara
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| Pamela Adlon | ... |
Manabu
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| Tara Strong | ... |
Misha
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| Jill Talley | ... |
Townspeople /
Policemen /
Exterminators
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Jack Fletcher | ... |
Townspeople, Policemen, and Exterminators
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Julia Fletcher | ... |
Townspeople, Policemen, and Exterminators
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| Dwight Schultz | ... |
Townspeople, Policemen, and Exterminators
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| Tom Kenny | ... |
Townspeople /
Policemen /
Exterminators
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| Matt McKenzie | ... |
Agent
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Rie Machi | ... |
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Yoko's cat Yuki hasn't shown up for diner and this really concerns her as the cat never misses a meal. She starts looking, asking neighbors if they have seen the animal. Then, one boy mentions seeing Yuki around the 'Haunted House', further up in the city. It's a favorite playground of the boy's group of friends. Yoko soon finds out this isn't an ordinary place. Objects are disappearing, feathers turns into birds and gravity seems to be absent. But Yoko soon finds out the existence of the place is also known by a group of rather reckless people. Written by Arnoud Tiele (imdb@tiele.nl)
My absolute favorite Animatrix short.
A young girl called Yuki, living in a quiet, sunny corner of an unnamed Japanese city, can't find her cat and wanders through the alleyways where she encounters a group of boys. They take her to 'the haunted house' a bizarre place where objects float, the rules of physics seem to be broken, and where timelines apparently overlap.
Yuki and the kids don't realize that it's merely the Matrix breaking down in that particular city block. They have a wonderful defying gravity and investigating the mystery before the Agents show up and reconfigure the block back to 'normal'.
The animation is gorgeous, with bright, warm colors and a peaceful, ethereal score by Chris Neilman (which was left off the score CD, for some reason). There's also something hauntingly familiar about it. Could the Matrix be real?