The iconic digital rain effect in The Matrix was inspired by Japanese sushi recipes. The effect was meticulously crafted to create an aesthetic reminiscent of manga lettering. The digital rain remains ...

Production designer Simon Whiteley got the idea from his wife's cookbook. If you’ve ever wondered what that green text in “The Matrix” really meant, prepare for an answer that’s almost as ...

The green, falling digital code depicted as rain in the film "The Matrix" consisted of Japanese sushi recipes. Rating: ...

The man who designed the mysterious 'digital rain' for the 1999 movie has confessed where the strange symbols - representing an alternate reality - came from FANS of The Matrix may have theories as to ...

The Matrix’s iconic title sequences are made up of falling “digital rain”, which, upon closer inspection, was actually thousands of lines of binary code. Until now, I always assumed this code must ...

While Simon Whiteley, the production designer behind the code, claims to have used his wife's Japanese cookbooks to help create the design ... What's False: ... the Japanese characters were mixed with ...