The iconic green falling code in *The Matrix* may seem like a deep, mysterious symbol of the virtual world, but in reality, it's based on something far simpler—sushi recipes. Simon Whiteley, the ...

The iconic green falling code in *The Matrix* may seem like a deep, mysterious symbol of the virtual world, but in reality, it's based on something far simpler—sushi recipes.

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 ...

As the months and years went on, and The Matrix got picked apart, folks began to wonder where the movie's now-famous "digital rain" came from. The answer turned out to be far more fascinating than ...

“I like to tell everybody that The Matrix 's code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes,” says Whiteley who scanned the characters from his wife's cookbooks. Well, we didn't see that one coming.

The code is apparently a mix of Western Latin letters and numericals plus half-width Japanese kana The British designer told CNet: "I like to tell everybody that The Matrix’s code is made out of ...

The iconic green falling code in *The Matrix* may seem like a deep, mysterious symbol of the virtual world, but in reality, it's based on something far simpler—sushi recipes. Simon Whiteley, the ...