When Does "The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris" (2003) Take Place?
"Final Flight of the Osiris" is a science fiction animated short film written by Lana Wachowski with Lilly Wachowski that released March 21st, 2003. So when is "Final Flight of the Osiris" set?
It takes place on the fictional The Matrix timeline roughly in the year:
We know this because its events are directly mentioned as occurring mere hours? earlier in the film "The Matrix: Reloaded" (2003), which takes place in 2700 AD.
~2700 AD
We know this because its events are directly mentioned as occurring mere hours? earlier in the film "The Matrix: Reloaded" (2003), which takes place in 2700 AD.
The timeline of the Matrix Universe is fairly unique among the largest franchises because the human characters within its fictional world (diegesis) do not themselves know what year it truly is for the duration of most of the stories.
Things appear to be contemporaneous with the making of the work near its end but this timeframe only applies for the characters living within the Matrix who accept the false narrative they are presented: that it is still the late 20th century. In the video game "The Matrix Online" (2005), Tic Tock explains that the calendars and clocks within the Matrix are [or maybe previous to the events of the third film, "The Matrix Revolutions" (2003) were] periodically reset to 1999 AD.
It is (probably) the seventh chronological short film in The Matrix Universe timeline. It can be watched before the film "The Matrix: Reloaded" (2003) as an extended prelude or before playing the video game "Enter the Matrix" (2003) as an extended prelude.
