Ep. 6: Dan Davis attempts to break his world record in the 100 m race despite severe physical risks and Agent interference.
Narrated as a Zion Archive file, this segment explains that exceptional humans with high intuition can perceive the Matrix. Dan Davis, a track athlete, seeks to redeem himself after a previous 100 m world record of 8.99 seconds was revoked due to drug use. Despite his trainer’s warnings of career-ending injury, Dan competes while monitored by four Agents. During the race, his leg muscles rupture, causing panic in the stands. Ignoring the pain, Dan accelerates, causing his signal to destabilize. Three Agents attempt to possess nearby runners to stop him but fail. The energy surge unplugs Dan, who wakes briefly in his pod before being restrained by a Sentinel and reinserted into the Matrix. His body collapses, yet he finishes the race in 8.72 seconds. Later, a crippled Dan is wheeled through a hospital. An Agent reveals they erased Dan’s memory and ensured he would never walk again. Dan whispers "Free," breaks his restraints, takes a few steps, and then falls.
Episodes
- Ep. 2 · The Second Renaissance Part I
- Ep. 3 · Machines retaliate against humanity with nuclear strikes and biological warfare after humans deploy nanite clouds.
- Ep. 4 · Neo appears in this Animatrix short set between the first two films.
- Ep. 5 · Cis trains in a feudal Japan simulation where she duels and kills her ally Duo.
- Ep. 6 · Dan Davis attempts to break his world record in the 100 m race despite severe physical risks and Agent interference.
- Ep. 7 · Yoko searches for her cat Yuki in a Mega City haunted house filled with Matrix glitches.
- Ep. 8 · Down-on-his-luck detective Ash investigates the mysterious hacker Trinity in a dystopian future.
- Ep. 9 · Human rebels lure intelligent machines into a matrix to teach empathy and aid Zion's resistance.