Shelter (Music)

Shelter is more like a music video than an anime. It shows the life of a girl who for some reason is alone in the whole wide world which IS cleared in the end of the episode (Not indulging to avoid to spoilers). It is a six minute episode so I won't say the story is awesome or something but it did get me to develop a lump on my throat (It is emotional). The art and music is exceptional. No character development whatsoever. Again a six minute thing you cannot expect character development. However, I enjoyed watching it and definitely recommend you to too. It's only 6 minutes. I am open for comments on my page for your inputs and interpretation of the episode. Thank you.

I was quite amused of the popularity of this in my region, and so many said they cried watching this. So, I decided to give it a try. This turns out to be way worse than what I expected. Story - 6: They fail at this. They really do. It's seriously hard to understand the freaking whole story, and after understandng it, it really sucks tbh. [SPOILERS?] There's a man that has a daughter and he sacrifices (?) himself to save the daughter and sent her to a planet and live on her own bla bla.. That's all. It's seriously nonsense. I couldn't even cry. I mean, I can never. Art - 8: Not a fan of this kind of art, but it's not bad, but not too good either. Sound - 8: Well this is music so yeah it must be good eh? But imo, it's too loud and dazzling, doesn't fit my choice. Character - 6: Not good. Only 2 main characters as I see - the man and the daughter. But nothing special about them. Enjoyment - 6: Did not enjoy this at all; if I did, then maybe just a teeny tiny little bit. In conclusion: They call it a masterpiece, I call it an average. My personal opinion: Better just leave the music alone. Don't try to put a low-number-minutes anime and mix them together. Just made it worse.

*spoilers* -THE POINT- Unlike what people may lead you to believe, this isn't a short film about cheap loneliness packed with cute girls. This is an animation that serves as a MUSIC VIDEO. The main package is the music, and if some people actually listened to the lyrics instead of glossing over them, you'll see they have more meaning than "gosh darn, it's lonely out here in space for me, a cute girl." -THE MEANING- Shelter is about, well, Shelter. No matter the cost, you're safe and nearly immortal with Godlike powers... but are you really safe? Her shelter is broken when she learns the truth about what she is an why she is what she is. Her memories may make it harder to live with herself, but it's better to know than to live in blissful ignorance, as she states. This entire piece asks a question: If you were limitless and could live forever with your countless creations and be safe for all eternity, would you really be happy? Are you even human? At what cost does this power come? -THE MUSIC- Porter Robinson obviously spearheaded this song, as the Madeon can be barely heard through the haze of PR. It could have been done a bit better, but it's still a pretty good song with some nice points in it that gives off a sort of happy/sad tone to it. -THE ART- Not much to be said about it. It's fantastic. The 3D and 2D animation meshes quite well and the animation overall is pretty spectacular. Many sections of the video reference a lot of Porter Robinson's previous songs which gives a nice touch to those with a keen eye. This further represents why the story of the video is more about the lyrics combined with the narrative presented in the video. They cannot be separated or things won't make sense. -THE CHARACTERS- Even I was skeptical of the characters at a first glance, but as I dug a bit deeper I found that beyond the cute aesthetic of the main character, that gave off a shallow representation of what the story could have been, was a more complex and involved psyche of emotions than I first thought. Paying attention to the motives and reactions of the character explain in detail exactly what had happened and what might happen in the story. There isn't exactly enough character between the two characters featured, but 6 minutes isn't enough to showcase every single sweet moment she and the father character had, so they resorted to the montage method. The sentiment here isn't that they had cute moments, but that he gave everything he has and had just to give her a future. He sheltered her from the harsh reality and continued to shelter her when he sent her off alone into the cosmos. He made every effort to keep her from harm until she was old enough to be able to take the harsh blows of reality. A letter and her reconstructed memories were sent 7 years after she was sent into space in order to show her exactly what had happened. The revelation was devastating, but validating. -THE MESSAGE- In the end the message could mean several things. One aspect of the themes in the video is the theme of blissful ignorance, creation, freedom, safety, happiness, and discovery. She was not lonely at all, she said so herself. She was only lonely when she learned the truth. The mood of the video then shifts drastically to questioning humanity, transhumanism, fear, reality, and her childhood. These are just a few of the themes showcased. They can mean different things to different people but in the end it's really up to the viewer to take meaning from the themes presented. This does not mean that there is no meaning to begin with, it merely means that the audience is the other half of the puzzle piece. -THE BOTTOM LINE- The video speaks for itself and it beckons your own input. Taking everything at face value in this video and chastising it is like stomping on a pile of puzzle pieces and complaining that they don't fit right.

Shelter is what couldve been a decent "short music animation/video" or whatever you'd call it since it's so unique in that sense. All judgement aside, I like that the creators made something different and weren't afraid to do so. BUT that doesn't make Shelter any better than it really is! ***I see this happen all the time on soundcloud, someone makes something unique but their song is shit. Yet they get so much commemoration just because they made something different. I believe that it is far from a masterpiece, and its resemblance to hit song lyrics is frightening. The music: The song is good, heck, I'm a fan of Porter Robinson and Madeon. There's good transitions and progression, though at times it can seem a bit repetitive. The song is pretty appropriate for the message the animation is trying to say, but not consistently (I'll talk about this later). One problem that really hit me hard watching this was that the music was so loud I could barely focus on either the animation or the song. The two were so disconnected, it was as if I were watching an anime while listening to an EDM song in the background. The animation: Beautiful colors, so vibrant, action packed progression really immersing. Aside from this, the entire time I felt like A-1 was just showing off. I've gotta praise the creativity and aesthetic of each of the "dimensions" she created with her imagination. Still, the animation and art style simply did not fit the music half the time. If you're going to join music with animation the viewer has to experience a connection. This lacking of resonance destroys the potential of the work of art. The story: The basic plot idea is generic. Heck, just one month ago when I was thinking of good ideas for making an animation of my own (in a club) I thought of the same exact thing. It felt to me like the whole idea of an apocalypse and isolation in space was added just to make it seem less generic. Heck, if this was longer than 6 minutes, this might've been fine. The problem lies in that the magnitude of the plot should coincide with the length of story telling and background information. The approach to making this really just feels like they put together a story that seems deep on the outside to have viewers fill in the gaps, BUT ITS STILL EMPTY. People are looking for something deeper in this and the fact is simply that nothing else exists. Character/character development/emotions??: First of all, the character is the plainest most generic thing there is. Sure, there's limited time so they can't expand on her personality, but other creators have been able to overcome this problem through dialogue and mannerisms. So why should we care if is a character is generic? It's clearly just a means to make it RELATABLE. That's what infuriates me about this. People go nuts over it because they relate to it. It's just like crappy radio hits that make lyrics that fit everyone's life. But true art is unique, has personality, that's what art is about. Art is experiencing someone else's life and story to help you learn what you are and what you aren't. I think Shelter is extremely empty and is only made to appear sophisticated. I truly pity people who have evoked feelings for this, but I guess people have just become walking robots due to "art" like this. It's sad how commercialized art makes people lose their identities, and all I want to do is have people break free from the brainwashing. You have to find yourself, not relate yourself to a generic situation as if it truly understands you.

I'm gonna look at this from beginning to end, so spoilers ahead. You can watch the whole 6 minute thing on Youtube for free. We open to a girl with huge anime eyes, because we don't use stylized artstyles to set a tone and allow us to better express ideas (Kaiba's a good example of that) anymore but to pander to otakus. More enforced by the camera flashing around her short skirt. A1 pictures after all. Next, if a story is going to focus on one perspective, we'd better be aware of what that character knows, unless there's a good in universe reason for it (Fightclub). Blabbering some vague nonsense is also getting old. Take a movie like Synecdoche, New York which starts with a little girl signing a song; it sets the location and foreshadows the plot, while not being incoherent for the viewer. Afterwards, the music video portion is wasting time as it doesn't advance the narrative and gets into repetition. Not an expert to comment on the music itself, so if the composition was well made, let me know. For my part, the autotune was annoying the music so loud it started giving me a headache after multiple viewings. It's not as bad as I might make it out to be. Ok, now logic time. If in whatever time or alternative earth this takes place, keeping people alive through the machines they plagiarized from The Matrix is a thing, as well as launching people into space, then why's just the girl getting away. Oh no, excuse me, if one person can manage to do all that, then how come humanity doesn't launch the equivalent of a space station, with enough people to reproduce the species and tie them to computers, which I guess also give you the nutriments to survive. But no, this plan is just an one-off. This is even worse when the whole thing ends up with a message about hope. What hope? Earth's presumably destroyed and she's the only one alive in a ship in the middle of nowhere. At that point I'd support assisted suicide. Can you image how living in complete solidarity, unable to die must feel? That done, we're left with a few other things. There are no characters, but walking cliches with no depth. Girl is lonely, father's protective. That's about it. And I am aware this is a music video. That's no excuse, something as simple as a dish track, like Eminem's Warning, can present more complex characters. I've already commented on the bad character design. The animation itself is good and the color scheme competent in its use of color theory and saturation. This music video garnered traction because the anime community far too often decides to suspend their mental faculties and be swayed by emotional manipulation. Not worth the hassle.

A short 6 min music video. Why this is even considered anime at all is beyond me but if the site says so ill bite since ive seen it. This site also says you need a minimum amount of text for reviews. But that doesnt work well here. Theres just no justification to have more than maybe 5-6 sentences to review. People making long ass reviews are either taking the Piss out of this or chasing ghosts pretending theres a story or this being deep. Well its not. I dont know if the text so far is enough to make up for the short review so ill play it safe and add some ehhhs to it. Or maybe ill go full Japanese with som etoooo instead. Shelter is visually pleasing etoooo but theres no story etoooo but the song is actually great etoooo so for that i enjoyed it. Ill give it an 8 etooo which is 99% for the song and 1 % for the visuals. If i didnt like the song it would be meaningless.

Okay guys just don't think too deep about this. I'm a huge Madeon fan and recently Porter's. I was honestly surprised when I saw that Madeon's song was going to receive an anime adaption, albeit a short one. But what a short it is. A-1 outdid themselves with the art, I'm glad they took the time and made this into the beautiful thing it is. Anime elitists (reddit mods) probably thinks this is bs and maybe even the average anime viewers will not like this just because it is different. But what makes this great is that it is something kind of unexpected where two very different worlds was merged, one where people get drunk and party all night while the other stays at home and binge watch a show from midnight until dawn. All I can say is, just enjoy the music and the beautiful artwork, and maybe the story if you are into that. but don't get too freaked out because seeing how anime is still an unpopular thing, I doubt there would be more of these coming out. If anything else I'm glad Porter did this, he indirectly promotes anime as something less 'childish and pervy?' where it is a popular view among the western people into something that actually has depth and a every once in a while a mind blowing story.

I heard of this short music video a lot in the community, and I wanted to check it out for myself, to see what the hype is about. Honestly, I was expecting more, but at the same time I can't complain much about it. The not even 6 minutes video opens up with this girl, Rin, sharing with the viewer how lonely she does ( or doesn't ) feel in a world that seems to be with no other human being other than herself. The scene leads to her using a tablet, in which she waits for messages to come, but in over two thousand days, no one has ever contacted her. It then goes to a full montage of her running, standing or sitting in various locations all very different from each other, while the world around her changes almost in each shot. Towards the end of the song, she experiences flashbacks from her childhood, in which the world was apparently about to collide against another planet. We get to see her actual body, in a vegetative state, connected to a machine, in which I guess allows her to "live" in that virtual reality. All this in a pod/shuttle that seems to be going nowhere, in the immensity of space. In the end, she finally recieves a message. To be honest, I found the video quite odd, yet enjoyable to watch. The story doesn't take very original or unique approaches to a concept used many times in fiction, but despite that, it delivers it well enough. The animation is pretty good, but nothing too amazing, considering that certain shots could've contained way more work, and it was also a short video. The CGI switches from looking very outdated, to a more detailed once the voice starts singing. I wasn't particularly impressed, since many of those were still shots, and there was more CGI than actual animation to accompany anything that wasn't Rin in the scenery. And since I saw much better works being done on actual anime series. The song is a bit catchy, very simple lyrics, and relaxing music. I don't think there was a sound or words that got much of my attention in the middle of the video. Overall, sure a work nicely done, but it could have easily been improved. The story itself leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, and the effects were nothing I can consider remarkable, compared to countless other works. The effects almost feel too heavy, and may not appear as appealing as it wants to. To be honest, I don't see why this had so much hype in the community ( even though almost anything decent does at this point ), but it's not nearly deserved. It isn't bad at all, but... Not a masterpiece either. I'll just give it a not too high score, just because of my personal view of this, since I can't actually expreme if I either enjoyed it or not. Just a 6/10 It may just get your attention, but definitely not a 'must have' in your anime experience.

TL;DR (Although this is not long at all): This anime have one of the best Art I've ever seen Bad story The rest was so-so. -- The animation was amazing, really a piece of art. The colors, the atmosphere, everything! They hit the spot. It looked like a very well done movie, not and average weakly anime. I suppose they took some quite time to produce all this relative o the duration, I say worth it! About the music and CV, it wasn't bad, but not nearly as good as the art. There is no real character or story, just an quick attempt to grab the viewer with a cute girl and a sad story. They sure know how to grab someone with that kind of montage, but don't like those cheap tricks, I'm not falling for that, it takes some episodes to bond with a character. I know it's a music video, but then don't try to put some meaning behind it, don't try to make me like a backstory-less girl... ...But I didn't expect at all that ending, nice move.

Ignore my shyt gramma ok? :) I treat this video as a YouTube music video and not an anime because it's not a fking anime, it's a music video that has anime video! from a YouTube video perspective, it's really good! Look at other music videos on YouTube, bare tits, twerking, ratchet girls sniffing crack, skanks, rap, sex, drugs, etc etc. How could you possible like that? Shelter blows all music videos on YouTube! That is why I have given the music video a 9. I would of rated it 10 if only they changed the style of music that's just me though. Again, this is not an anime!!! Get that into your freaking head before you read my review! Quick summary for you people who don't understand the video! So it would seem Mars or some celestial body is plummeting into Earth, ultimately leading to a mass extinction. The girl in the video, Rin, has been placed in a simulated reality inside a capsule and sent off into space by her father. In hopes she will survive. Her father seems like he was maybe a lead scientist on some interstellar travel research or something similar, so an intelligent man, it's very possible her capsule wasn't just sent off randomly and maybe there are course co-ordinates that are guiding it to another habitable planet. I believe it's left down to the viewer at this point. The tablet she is holding grants her the ability to control this reality freely, probably done intentionally in order to keep her from feeling alone. As you can see, she is able to create beautiful landscapes and environment for herself to explore, forever. During a certain point in time inside of this world, for some reason, she remembers her past and her origin inside the simulation. The reason why she's all alone. But this actually brings her more comfort then sorrow, the memories she holds of her father are what make her feel less lonely. Even after 7 years of looking at an empty inbox as she drifts through space. The main reason why people rated this low is because the choice of music. It's your typical hipster strip club music and your generic so called 'cool music' so of course it's not for everyone. I think the whole collaboration with A1 and Crunchyroll is for monetization purposes and that is another reason why people hate it. I mean it's YouTube for god sake, regardless of what Anime gets uploaded, it will get popular. You ask why? Simple. People that have a high fan base aka so called famous celebrities, once they promote there product I.e tweeting etc, it will get retweets and shares no matter what and it snowballs. Again I do believe this is a monetization stunt. More celebs will follow the hype train and try to mimic this stunt. I call it now! APART from the hate that this Anime gets, it is actually good music video. The animation is your typical A1 stuff and the story is pretty heart wrenching. If you re watch it couple times you will most likely cry, if not good for you. Not everyone will cry but most of you will probably get some feels from the vid. Again this is not your typical review because it's a YouTube music video with Anime added on, so technically you can't really called this a series or even Anime and I don't even know why MAL added this here. I rated 9 because you can't find any decent looking music YouTube video nowadays.

The only problem that I personally had with this short film, or an MV as a method of story telling, would prolly be the lack of science application in the film of the girl's body and mind if she were to be left in a space ship for 7 years and longer. In that position that would tremendously cause alot of detrimental harm to her muscle and bones of her back. And why does she look so not thin. I do believe that it's impossible for food and nutrients to be infinite if you were to feed her through the tube of that small space ship. Human need sun light to survive, and im guessing that there's light since her entirety of the space ship is not a complete blackness. And how does the space ship sustains it power, or maybe the space ship was able to sustain its own energy, by absorbing the light from the surrounding exterior of the space ship. And so on. Secondly, the way that the author rushes the depiction of Rin's father and herself is way too short, and repetitive in the uses of cute scene where each of the interaction from both is either just a cute scene of them doing stuff together, or showing em good sides of a father. And that was short. I would've been way much better if there's a very touching dialogue for the father, to his daughter, or something along the line where 3+ min would've been enough to give us some of the feel to the story even more. I personally didn't cry when i watched this. I saw that many did for some reason, but the dialogue is not only vague, but it make not much of a sense. Which the sentimental and semantics of it can only give us a view that Rin's lonely and sad. So she put her faith into the machine that her father has built for her, as an excuse of not actually being very lonely. Other than that, the animation was great, the song is somewhat fitting some part of the animation that was shown, while most is pretty fitting. The artstyle is pretty fancy as well. It feels like something that you would see from deviant art. It's just so amazing. Simply put, this short film, or MV is aesthetically pleasing, and that's what I always look for in an anime. The story is also pretty interesting, given that it's a complementary of sci-fi themes, traditional landscape of the japanese culture, and so forth. The character art also highly reminded me of kyoto animation as well. Im guessing that Porter was asking them to draw in this way, much like how kyoto animation would, to the character of this short film. And it fits perfectly in an environment that the character was drawn into. And it also does very well with its given hints in the visuals, that gives us, the understanding of what's actually going on in the MV. *SPOILER WARNING* She lives inside a world situated in side of the complexities of machinery of the space ship that her father has built for her. That machine give her vision, and the power to creations in a very vivid, and extremely sensible for her to interacts with the thing within her minds. And her father also pre programmed a software that would activate within 7 years or so, upon its activation, she will be reminded of her past, and the actuality of what has happened before she got here, in the small little world that she's living in. Another planet clashes earth. The father didn't have time to build 2 space ship for both himself and his daughter, Rin, so he decided to be such an ideal father, where he put Rin's life above his own. Given this story, it was short af. But the process into making the setting, environment, characters, personalities, features, plot structure etc, is obviously an arduous effort. And I personally enjoys this short film alot, due to aesthetics reasons, and even though i did not cried, or even tear up like most people maybe, this short film is pretty nice.

My first review, breaking this into 2 parts due to "Shelter" being a short story and music video. Part 1 - The Music Hats off to the international collaboration. The combined work of American DJ Porter Robinson and French DJ Madeon opens (music, not the video) with a strong FCG chord progression and transitions in to the melancholic minor chord progression of a typical ballad. The beat rolls on despite the conflicting minor chords putting the listener in the state of expectation as we wait for a reconciliation. The intro ends and we are left with the standard sound of an easy background track to a vocal telling us the story of someone leaving home. An instrumental interlude cuts the song so the visual story can progress but we return quickly to the lyrics. The story is reinforced of someone continuing forward as a silent tribute to someone who came before and reminding the listener of hope and suggests the story is not over. As the story progresses, the music steady and true keeps us hooked. The outro does not bring us any closure and I believe this is intentional. Overall I would rate the song as good. Standing alone the music suffers from not giving the listener anything valuable. It's just more modern electronic music with a composition that is a little confusing. This music shines when brought into unison with the story being told in the anime. Musically, many ideas are started that never get to fruition. The listener is always waiting for that big moment when things come together and it never happens. The major/minor progression is constantly fighting with the constantly positive background track forcing the listener to Pay Attention To The Show. This is a brilliant (if overused) cinematic tool which drives the sense of craving we are left with. The musical story delivers the strong tones of unanswered questions that the anime will be bringing to the table. Part 2 - The Anime I am happy that the style of animation is not the same 90's feel of Interstellar 5555. Opening with the main character, Rin, drowning or submerged in water as an imposed dream state with dark muted colors contrasted to Rin's very bright and child furnished room sets the tone right out the door. The audience is automatically introduced to the conflict, reality vs. illusion, and left with precisely 0 clue which is which. Though Rin opens in a dream of drowning interspersed with memories of a desolate world and then awakens, the world Rin awakens to is immediately revealed as fantasy to our eyes. Quick note, Rin has not received a message in just under 7 years according to her tablet. Her isolated world of joyous child fantasy is vibrant and shows just how much innocence and fragility Rin brings to the table. When a swing appears in her day dream that she did not draw Rin is forced to remember things she would rather not confront. Memories of a world before, and the only other human character in the short, her father, flood her world in spite of her intent. Rin is drug down (literally) to despair and pain as she realizes she was once not alone. The exit scene leaves the audience exactly where they expected, afloat in space. Rin is now 14 and drifting endlessly towards, according to fan theories and the ship display, Mars. So, this is tough. My take away from this short story is not about a science fiction post apocalyptic setting. My conclusion is based on the lack of other people present. I understand the last human alive premise but there are no other people in memory, either. Given that there are exactly 2 people in the story, that's what I think it's about. The story of a fragile girl who lost her dad. She is lost in her world that does not change. She is, also, in constant battle to determine reality from imagination. Even as she says she is not sad that she has these painful memories and smiles inside her dream, her real body cries. This is a story about pain, and about how we try to deal with it. There isn't a clear answer if the ending is good or bad, to me. It's open enough that the viewer can choose.

Well, what can I say? Before reading this, I highly recommend you watch Shelter itself. It's only 6 minutes of your time. There will be spoilers and I apologise - there's no real way to fully explain something of this length without spoilers. I've been a fan of Porter Robinson's music for just over a year now, so when I heard that this animation was being created, I was super excited. I was not disappointed. Let's go further into some of the individual aspects: Story - 9/10 The story centres around Rin, a girl who lives in a simulation. She creates worlds by drawing on a tablet. As the short film goes on, the simulation creates a scene of her memories - showing a man (presumably her father) creating the capsule for her so she can live in this simulation, floating in space, when something quite apocalyptic is shown to potentially occur on Earth. Rin is distressed by this, but goes on to say that these memories, although they may make her sad, will make her stronger. This story is thought-provoking, original, and mesmerizing. However, I'd like to see it in a longer form, even though 6 minutes do it a lot of justice. Art - 10/10 OH MY. The character designs are really, really nice. Rin's design is very cute, in both her younger and normal form. The other man's design is a little plain, but that's understandable as he's shown to be a very mysterious character. But, those backgrounds. OH, THOSE BACKGROUNDS. They're so detailed and beautiful. I don't know what to say. It's just... wow. Sound 10/10 MUSIC: Porter Robinson + Madeon = beautiful song. Shelter is an incredible song in itself. Having being a fan of Porter's for a while now, this is most likely one of my favourites from him. It's also encouraging me to look more at Madeon's work too. Plus, that piano and strings version at the end is GORGEOUS. VOICE ACTING: Sachika Misawa did an INCREDIBLE job as Rin. Her voice is calm, yet full of emotion. She was perfect for the role of Rin, in my opinion. Character: 9/10 The only character we really get some sort of backstory and development on is Rin, but then again that adds to the mystery of the unknown male character. Considering this is told through memories of Rin herself, it's imaginable that it would be done this way. Overall, this is one of the most beautiful and compelling short films that I've ever seen. It's powerful, emotive and all-round incredible. Porter Robinson and A-1 Pictures have absolutely nailed it.

Well i gotta say is, when i first watch this. My reaction was normal, then when i watched for the second time. I was like WOW! This anime is so Touching and Good. And I nearly cried... Okay lets start with the summary. It all starts by a 17 year old girl, Rin stayed in the space shuttle because the world is about to end. Why is that... her father or brother, Shigeru, the Scientist Engineer built a space shuttle to protect her from the world to end. Pretty sad. Once she's in a comma, she's now lived in a virtual stimulation world and create her own different unique worlds everyday. While she's doing her imagination world, she suddenly went back to her memories when she was a small girl. She realized why she's trapped in the space shuttle forever is that her father or brother wanted to protect her from the world to end... The score for the plot is a 10/10. Why 10/10 because for me it's very sad when Rin lives all alone forever in a space shuttle. ;-;. Sad story and Terrific 6 minutes short film and also i cried when the brother or father made his SACRIFICE for Rin after his Last Words spoke to her. The art the design is also a 10/10 because i really like the design of the world, the background and the effects. I just LOVE the art design. Amazing art design. The sound, as a DJ, me. I would rate a 10/10. Song written by Porter Robinson and Madeon - Shelter Electro House song... Great work you two! Come On Guys! It's Porter Robinson and Madeon! Porter is also a fan of anime so he went to Japan AI pictures and made this sad and touching video. I also really like the piano part because it links the feeling of Rin's memories. The piano track just MATCHED and set the whole mood tone. I matched perfectly! Character for Rin - I JUST LOVE RIN! SO KAWAI! And i LOVE THE DESIGN OF HER! Overall it's a 10/10. I would LOVE to watch and listen over and over again because i'm a DJ and i like these kinds of songs and I would LOVE to watch again. I really don't know how i felt. I really never FELT this feeling before. So Thank you Porter, Madeon and the crew for showing us this great short film. You know what's gonna be great, i dont know guys is that crunchyroll and A.I Pictures, Porter, Madeon and everyone involved in this, you need to make this into a FULL MOVIE at least. It would be so beautiful with a lot of song and vibrant animation and others and it will BE TRULY BEAUTIFUL! And AGAIN Big applaud to everyone involved in this production. AMAZing work!

This might be one of the best things I have ever watched. Despite my dull persona, I don't think I normally say stuff that's this outlandish, but with Shelter, I feel like something crucial needs to be said about why this kind of content is totally acceptable. Let's get two things out of the way. Undeniably, this video looks good. It's well drawn, well animated, and is certainly eye catching with its colorful visuals and impressively imaginative landscapes. As music, this is not something that's suited to me, but I can at least understand people who think that Porter's music is palatable to them. My adoration for this piece is not the story. This should be taken as a music video that is trying to be just Porter's music meshed with beautifully animated sequences. I understand that it isn't overtly concerned with story. Shelter exemplifies everything that is okay with storytelling in anime, namely that rather than attempting to tell a elaborate story, it takes a classic shortcut by designing a cute character, throwing her into a position of bittersweet melancholy, and using that as a means of creating an amazing music video experience. For a work that was designed around music and hype animation, the story is only satisfactory. People are praising the emotional resonance in the story and its ability to bring out the loneliness lost in the profundity of memory. It doesn't matter what people are praising because this is a review from my perspective and with my own opinions. I just thought I'd mention what everyone else thinks anyways. The fact that Shelter goes out of its way to show for a split second the main character's letter from her father, to invoke the viewer to spend time and read it on a second watch, tells me that they took the time to add more detail than your average music video. However, that is undermined precisely by the video's own amazing audiovisuals. Much like many other anime designed purely for music videos and cute flashy animations, we are given not substance, but rather a montage of a young innocent girl cherishing sweet memories with someone we barely meet. Sure it can be cute, and that's kind of the point. Shelter amazes its audience by presenting us with its fascinating visuals, the ostensible undertones of a post-apocalyptic world, the perceived loneliness of being potentially the last human in the universe, and given that it wasn't ever meant to be a story, I can in good conscience, recommend this music video to everyone.

Shelter review Before i start the review i wanna mention that this as a music video is a 10/10 and as a anime short movie a 7/10. The review is about the story and message from the movie. Shelter tells the story of Rin, a 17-year-old girl who lives her life inside of a futuristic simulation completely by herself in infinite, beautiful loneliness. She uses a tablet to control the virtual reality around her and create different scenery. The main message portrayed it's about memories and loneliness and how they form a bond with our past and help us as humans to keep moving on in life. Be it memories of our friends , family, or lover those are precious and for Rin it's the only thing to make her feel alive in that empty virtual reality , her identity as a individual, her burning flame called life. The show abords the theme of identity portrayed with the help of our girl Rin who discovers each day little bits of her past .Those puzzle pieces symbolize her identity as a person and her memories that bond her and give a reason to live in that virtual reality. The beautiful symbolic art animation is used to convey to the viewer the meaning of time and how time passes in that virtual world(the passing seasons). The other meaning is to portray Rin's past and story with the help of the puzzle art animation pieces that make a beautiful image in the end. Those pieces are portrayed by her father, the child rin, the hometown , and the house she grow up. The movie shows also human drama such as loneliness,tragedy, sacrifice, love , memories and delivers a strong message for the viewer with the help of that symbolic art animation and Rin's pieces of memories. The music and animation are gorgeous and leave a strong message for the viewer , and the use of the symbolic art animation portrays a train full of feelings. The ending has a strong impact and delivers a beautiful message about love between a parent and child , how precious life is , and the fear of loneliness that each human encounters in their long road called LIFE. Such a beautiful short movie that makes my soul and heart cry.

Synopsis: 17 y/o Rin is trapped in a position of physical stasis where in her head she experiences a simulated reality where she's essentially the "God", and has the ability to create whatever she wants through her magical iPad. In her imaginary world she's the only one, she's alone (Side note: however since she has the ability to create and change her world, wouldn't it be possible to create life?). During one of her uneventful days she sees a swing. Knowing that she hadn't drawn it, she curiously touches it where she recovers some of her memories. Her simulation begins reciprocating her memories before she was in stasis. She sees her and her father going about their lives. We then learn that seven years before the earth would soon come into contact with another celestial body, thus ending the existence of life on earth. Like any good father, he creates a mini space ship in his awesome lab he has in his house and send her off to space. These memories she regains gives her motivation to move forward in her seemingly hopeless situation. Before getting into the review itself, this review (like any other) is subjective and based on my personal thought process while watching this short. I won't go into depth over any topic I deem important such as sound and art. I'll TRY to keep it short. Story(7/10): The story reminded me of Superman, don't know why. The story wasn't as amazing as it's many cultist fans praise it to be. Unlike most anime, most of the story telling is done through animation where there is a paragraph of dialogue at most. It did a good job of hooking me in during the opening sequence and keeping me hooked throughout through the animation. If this story included more dialogue and exposition, I would've lost interest halfway through. I do enjoy how they foreshadowed events in the very beginning, just to ensure us that the blissful atmosphere in the beginning isn't what it seems. The analogy I'd like to use to describe the story is a pancake, or even a crepe (whatever you like better). The story itself doesn't have any underlying themes or messages. It's mostly about reflection, and that your worst moments can be used a motivation to move forward. Other than that I can't think of anything, almost cookie cutter in a sense. It had a somewhat generic bittersweet ending too. Art(9.5) A-1 is always good, especially when it comes to character's facial expressions. There were VERY little complaints I had about the animation, aside from that terrible CG scene in the with the mountain rock thingy that was bad. Personally, I couldn't have seen any other studio doing this project besides A-1 Pictures, because of the fact that this was a story told through animation. There isn't much I can say about character designs besides generic. Not saying her character looked bad (far from it). She just wasn't that creative of a character. Any japanese artist could've created her, I just wish Porter would've took more time in making her more unique, being that he's one of few westerners to be able to collaborate with an amazing studio such as A-1 Pictures. Sound(6): Sorry, I didn't really like Shelter. I was never an EDM guy, but I guess I understand why people liked it. I think a more instrumental song would've gone with it better, maybe a piano version would've been good. Character(8): I was emotionally attached to Rin throughout the story, mostly because I just felt bad for her. Since there is not exposition, you can't really resonate with her beyond the fact that you feel bad cause she's alone. There's no dialogue involved where we can learn more about her that makes her no different from us. Still, I prefer it this way. This isn't a story that's supposed to make you reflect upon yourself, in other words it's not thought provoking (not in a bad way). You're simply attached to the fact that its her story that your watching. Overall(8): I don't like associating numbers with anime, despite the fact that I do it all the time. I use it more as a ranking system in my own head to see which one I liked more. In the end all that matters is whether I liked a show or not, where sometimes I just happen to like on more. That being said I did like Shelter; however, people really over hyped this for me. Hearing everyone call it a masterpiece, perfect and using other extremely subjective adjectives to described it made my expectations for this to skyrocket. Maybe if I hadn't listened to any of it, I wouldn't have been as disappointed as I was, but I doubt that. Too many people get caught up in the hype, but if you were to take a second and step back and really process and analyze this short's story, you could point out small flaws throughout. I'm not bashing it whatsoever, not in the slightest. I'm just pointing out how people really have to analyze what there watching in this now over-saturated-market-of-mediocrity in the anime industry. All that matters in the end is your interpretation, and the story you take while watching shelter, as long as you have justification other than, "It was so sad," or "Porter Robinson is so good!" (sorry for this rant) Even if you don't end up liking it, you'd be missing out if you don't watch it, so I highly recommend you go and watch it!! PS: Sorry for my tangent during the end, I'm just unhappy on how people can automatically call something a master piece without proper justification. That's the best way I can put my feelings into words. This was one of first reviews so excuse and grammatical inconsistencies or conflicting ideas etc. Other than that I hope you guys found this helpful.

Shelter, a six minutes music video that I think people are taking too seriously. While I understand that people like it, I don't have words to describe how wrong are people by saying it's deep and that you can relate or sympathise with the "characters". Now, don't get me wrong, as a music video, Shelter is on the better side, but as a story it is incredibly lacking. Story: 5/10 So we have this ordinary 10 year old girl who ended up in a space cabin in a state of induced coma so that she is in a simulation program, and that's the way she has been for 7 years (the 2700 and something days she has been without messages) since. We get glimpses of her past, with her father being, as I understood it, a scientist. My problem with the story is that this is both a synopsis and the whole story, it doesn't go beyond this. We have glimpses of a beginning and a problem, but not a single second of resolution. The only moment of story development that we get is when she recieves a message from her father, which means he sent his daughter to outer space and has her location, but is not willing or able to get her for some reason. That's it. If this was a first episode, it would have been actually great, but as a whole story, as I've said, it lacks. Characters: 2/10 We meet two characters in this story: the girl and her father. The girl is just a face. She half explains her situation and has an unrealisticly cheerful personality for, you know, being tapped for 7 years alone since she was a child. Very deep of a character, no? Second, is the father. He is supposedly the one who built the shelter and that's pretty much it. We just get that, we don't even get the reason as to why he put his daughter in that situation. Music: 6/10 It's not the kind of music I listen to on a regular bases, but I did enjoy it. I mean, it's not Yuki Kajiura or anything, but it was good, overall. Art: 6/10 The style of drawing is, well, average. It's nothing really original. The fluidity was ok-ish as well. The only thing that stands out is the color selection and how well it can adjust to the story and it's different scenes. Enjoyment: 6/10 As I've said, Shelter is on the better side for music videos, but here on myanimelist it's part of the ranking, which means I have to put it on the same ground as any other anime TV series, movie, OVA, ONA or special that there is, and as such it doesn't stamd out at all, or at least it shouldn't in my opinion. If there was a ranking for animated music videos, though, Shelter would be pretty near the top. Overall: 4/10 Thank you for reading.

Too Solid...I cried, I shattered, and lose hope while watching this.. Let me get this straight.. and I'll be quick this time.. I'm just gonna gotta tell you what's behind on the Letter.. No more to put some important details to be good.. To Rin From :Dad There was just so little time left after you were born. I don't know how much love I managed to pour into raising you after your mother died... But your smile kept me going I would like to have come with you, but I couldn't. I wanted you to forget everything and move on... I knew you'd be alright. But you'll get lonely, and remember. I know you'll grow strong, and read this letter some day. I really wish we could have spent more time together. I'm sorry. You were so young back then, too young to understand what they meant. So let me repeat... My final words to you." the final words were her monologue at the end. ........ The chorus is in the girls pov, the dad's were everything else. Dad: "I could never find the right way to tell you. Have you noticed i've been gone? Cuz i left behind the home you made me But i will carry it along Rin: "And it's a long way forward So trust in me I'll give them shelter like you've done for me And i know I'm not Alone You'll be watching over us Until you're gone (Us:the girl and her bear) Dad: "When i'm older i know that i'll be silent beside you And the words wont be enough And you will need to know it inside our faces And i will carry on for us Rin: "And it's a long way forward So trust in me I'll give them shelter like you've done for me And i know I'm not Alone You'll be watching over us Until You're gone"... In the end.. All those Strength gives her a lot of courage and manage to preserve more world onto herself...

I’ll have to admit that the first time I watched Shelter, I was left with a feeling of confusion. At the time, I decided not to do too much in-depth research on the video since it was only six minutes long, but I did end up being exposed to multiple comments praising its depth and emotionality. I was quickly intrigued, but my curiosity only lead to me developing mixed feelings about this short after my first viewing. Originally, I had interpreted the plot of Shelter to be a metaphor for the pain and loneliness of growing up and letting go of prominent supportive figures, such as parents. However, when I went off to investigate further by reading the comments and discussions of other people who had seen the short, I was taken off guard by the fact that an overwhelming majority interpreted the plot literally. There were a lot of things left unexplained, so I figured that such exposition was left out purposely to promote a metaphor. Why is Rin the only person we know of being sent into space? Was she the only one? If so, why was she the only one? If Rin’s dad was capable of building an entire life-supporting space shuttle, did he share his knowledge with other scientists? If he didn’t, why not? Wouldn’t a lot more lives be saved that way? How did Rin stay alive for so long in the shuttle? Were other scientists building shuttles? Did anyone else besides Rin and her dad know that Rin was being sent off? What was the planet that was going to collide with Earth, and what caused it to do this? How long has humanity known that this was going to happen? Rin receives the email inside of the simulation, so does that mean she was only imagining making contact with her father? The more discussions I read and the more viewings of the video I had, the harder it became for me to justify Shelter as a metaphorical story. This leads to one of my first problems with Shelter: too many aspects of the story are either overlooked or oversimplified. Of course, there’s only so much exposition a six minute music video can provide, but if that’s the case, then why include those kinds of details in the first place? Why base a plot off of a complex idea, such as the extinction of humankind due to a specific condition, if you don’t have enough time to properly develop this idea? Shelter tries its hardest to focus on a cute, simplistic story that doesn’t require a ton of explanation; however, it bites off more than it can chew when it shows the viewer several details that hint at a complicated backstory. Even worse, these details are only shown fleetingly in a short compilation, probably so the viewer’s attention will be directed to the video’s main course: Rin’s desolate, sadfic life. From the very beginning of the video, which shows a scene of Rin drowning and sitting alone in bed while talking about how she isn’t lonely, it’s painfully obvious this video wants to convey a specific mood: depressing. Since it’s quite obvious this is a foreshadowing technique, the effect of the contrast between Rin’s adventures in the simulation and her heartbreaking memory sequence is weakened. If the video had a happier start, the impact of the memory sequence would’ve hit much harder. The video goes on to Rin prancing around and having fun in her little tablet world, all while showing off some colorful visuals. These worlds don’t contain much meaning, and they are basically just pretty landscapes. It brings up the question of how this girl, who has lived in a space shuttle for seven years, is capable of creating such detailed scenery. The thing that really baffles me is why this goes on for half the video. It wouldn’t have bothered me so much if the different worlds actually reflected Rin’s past life, or if some of the worlds resembled the ones in her memories, but they’re all just random, painting-esque locations. The fact that these shallow events could’ve been replaced with meaningful, reflective scenes, and weren’t, makes it harder for me to take this video seriously. Eventually, a bit of change occurs when Rin touches the swing, and we get a brief shot of a man looking at her. She continues her adventures, except she now wears a more downhearted expression. This is honestly my favorite part of the video, as the worlds shown have more depth to them. Their colors are a bit faded out, and there is less movement, setting a more melancholic tone. This creates a decent amount of buildup for the scenes to come, which I really appreciate. The biggest flaw with this section is the swing itself: it is not explained how it got there. We are shown that Rin draws every aspect of the landscapes on her tablet, but we do not see her draw the swing. It randomly appears one day, and touching it triggers a pinprick of remembrance. It appears out of pure convenience instead out of Rin’s influence. If Rin herself had drawn the swing into existence, we would see that her subconscious has some influence over her creations, which provides some interesting food for thought: how much of her worlds are influenced by memories? Would there have been a little more meaning behind the worlds at the beginning? Finally, we arrive at the part where the story is arguably the most important aspect. Unfortunately, this is also the most poorly-presented part of the video. Rin’s life story is rammed down the viewer’s throat in a string of cherry-picked memories. Each memory only lasts a few seconds, and they all revolve around Rin and her father. Sure, they are bittersweet and provoke a keen sense of loneliness, but what’s the point? Why do we need to see so many of them? It’s not like any of them are particularly special, impactful, or have influenced the plot/setting, with the exception of space shuttle and colliding planet memories. Even so, the expositional memories don’t add much, as they appear for a very brief amount of time before they are quickly put aside for some more unmemorable father-daughter interactions. The thing is, most of these memories are banal, and they only reinforce the idea that Rin used to live a happy, normal life with her father over and over again. There is nothing unique about their relationship other than the fact that they’re experiencing the apocalypse together; even so, there is no depth or development that comes about from this event. We don’t see them struggling with the realization that the world is ending. We don’t see them finding strength in one another, giving them the resolve to accept their situation and to adapt accordingly. All we are given is a generic assortment of cheerful memories that could be seen in any parent-child relationship. Instead of forcing in as many inconsequential, conventional memories as possible, why not focus on a few memories, develop them, make them relevant to the plot, and have them establish a firm connection between the two characters all at once? Not only would their relationship be more special, but it would also leave more room for exposition and character development. It’s difficult for me to see Rin’s father as a meaningful character. His entire point seems to be less about being a human being and more of an emotional crutch for Rin. His only defining trait is that he loves his daughter so much that he builds an entire life-supporting space shuttle for her. He is never seen reacting to the end of the world on his own accord, and all his emotions are tied to Rin. He wears the same empty smile throughout every single one of his appearances. While his treatment is somewhat understandable in the sense that the story is told from Rin’s point of view, it’s hard to deny that he only exists to disappear so Rin can be sad and lonely. Rin herself is just as unremarkable as her dad. Her emotional reactions are basic and predictable as it would be in any random person: she has a good childhood, she has plenty of fun in the simulation, she’s depressed because she’s alone. Loneliness is a universal experience that results from a lack of sufficie…