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Beyond

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Beyond

2003

0h 13m

7.3(153 votes)

Science Fiction

Animation

Overview

While looking for her cat, a young woman and some kids find an abandoned building where strange things happen and the rules of physics don't always apply. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Hedy Burress

Hedy Burress

Yoko (voice)

Tress MacNeille

Tress MacNeille

Housewife / Kenny (voice)

Kath Soucie

Kath Soucie

Pudgy / Masa / Sara (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon

Manabu (voice)

Tara Strong

Tara Strong

Misha (voice)

Jill Talley

Jill Talley

Townspeople, Policemen, and Exterminators (voice)

Jack Fletcher

Jack Fletcher

Townspeople, Policemen, and Exterminators (voice)

Julia Fletcher

Julia Fletcher

Townspeople, Policemen, and Exterminators (voice)

Dwight Schultz

Dwight Schultz

Townspeople, Policemen, and Exterminators (voice)

Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny

Townspeople, Policemen, and Exterminators (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Kōji Morimoto
Written by: Kōji Morimoto

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