The Second Renaissance, Parts 1 & 2, Mahiro Maeda A-
[Incredibly disturbing, impeccably conceived, the only slight detractor is that it presents itself in the form of an information kiosk. Nevertheless, this is heady, transcendent stuff (even for animation).]

Kid's Story, Shinichiro Watanabe B-
[Uh, I was dozing during this one and, it's rare that I'll say it, but - - -it was the cartoon done it to me.]

Program, Yoshiaki Kawajiri B-
[Animation looks like Kurosawa-on-acid (worse things it could look like, fer sure...); Similarly-themed narrative is as "Stop! Vapidly-go-nowhere!" as the sequence in the first film where Joe Pantiliano sells out Morpheus and his crew.]

World Record, Yoshiaki Kawajiri B
[Animation is top-notch, but just try to follow it. Just try.]

Beyond, Koji Morimotro B
[It's a cool idea - but defying gravity and doing all sorts of wild, illogical things doesn't seem quite as thrilling when it's not in a live-action context; Still, he did make Akira, and...]

A Detective Story, Shinichiro Watanabe B+
[I about don't care that the narration sounds common -Detective Story has such a classical noir look, I defy you not to be distracted by your own plunging jaw.]

Matriculated, Peter Chung B+
[It's fun to watch the progressive imagination teased out of these abstract situations (as with the same director's Aeon Flux series); Too bad that, by close, it digresses a routine (and oft-used) bout of Humans fight Those Pesky Sentinels]