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

What especially fascinates me about filmmaking is that it is nothing but making the best out of whatever you have. It is not ...

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 ...

Now we really want to know if there is a complete sushi recipe somewhere in the coding of the Matrix. This is a fun little story, but what if that’s just what the Matrix wants us to think? If we ...

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 ...

At the begining of every Matrix film comes one of the most easily recognizable visuals in the film's franchise—the falling green code. Fans of the movies have often wondered, what does the code mean?

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 ...