the second beginning a it title explains and show u the beginning of the end for the human race . set long before the matrix exist and this short anime write by the wachowski show u the world that could lay infront of u in the not to distant future and set at the turn of the 21st century and the second renaissance delve into issue common with human behaviour while greed and power and control and vanity etc . the use of robot or artificial intellegence a slave or servents be common among science fiction or fantasy story . the second renaissance be no exeption to this concept and however instead of a simple man vs. machine layout and this story explain the struggle that the machine put up with and the struggle for acceptance in a world rule by human . where the matrix film show u the human perspective and these short animation tell both side of the story . the second renaissance part 1 plus 2 and answer many question bring up by the original matrix film and such a how the war break out and how the sky be blackend and what lead to the use of human a battery and it also introduce u to the machine city call 01 and which may have relevance to the upcoming matrix revolution film . i would not give away too much of the story and a i do not want to ruin the experience for perspective viewer and however and i will recommend it to anybody interested in the world of the matrix or simply anybody interested in japanese animation ( anime ) . positive .