Shelter (Music)

This might be one of the worst things I have ever watched.

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 problem with this piece is not related to the audiovisuals but rather with the idea that this should be taken as a story or a music video that is trying to be something more than just ... Porter's music meshed with beautifully animated sequences. I understand that these criticisms are often held back by the difficulties of critiquing something that isn't overtly concerned with story, but in a piece so unabashedly attempting to draw sympathy, there's fair ground here to levy some serious concerns.

Shelter exemplifies everything that is wrong with storytelling in anime, namely that rather attempting to tell a real story developed with content and meaningful emotion, it takes the most abusive shortcut by designing a cute character, throwing her into a position of bittersweet melancholy, and using that as a means of manipulating our basest emotions into believing there is something meaningful and tragic to be said.

People are praising the emotional resonance in the story and its ability to bring out the loneliness lost in the profundity of memory. Yet, consider a world where the main character is not a beautiful teenage girl, lost and confused in a world completely foreign to her. When you remove that physical appearance that makes us so inexplicably attracted to her stake in the story, there is ultimately no reason for us to feel sympathy. It is completely superficial.

One might say that it's only a six minute short, but 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 community to spend time and read it on a second watch, tells me that there is a serious intent to manifest some semblance of a meaningful story. However, that is undermined precisely by the video's own neglect of that story. Much like many other anime designed purely for cheap tears and easy pity, 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, but that does not preclude it from being utterly trite. Shelter offends 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, but gives us nothing more than the lowest common denominator of a story, one that galvanizes its sympathies out of the most mundane and pathetic tricks in the book, and half-expects us to take it seriously. I cannot in good conscience, recommend this music video to anyone.

A Shelter the Animation Review

TL;DR: A short that has an amazing story to it.

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"Everyone wants to live in their own world."

Story:
Due to the animation being about a 6 minute video, I had very low expectations as to how the story would go in this short. But, I was actually very wrong. It's not a very long story, but it's definitely something to make this animation worth looking into. A 17-year-old girl, Rin, is able to do anything in the world. But, there's a reason why she can do this. You find that out through the music video. The ending of the story isn't something you ... expected within the first 2 minutes.

Art:
The art is amazing. There isn't a frame in which it doesn't have any effort into the detail. Almost every frame has such vivid colors and beautiful scenery, to the point that any frame could be a great background picture.

Character:
It's literally about two characters. The main character definitely has gone through a lot in her life, which can make you sympathize with her. The other character I can't go into detail about, but they're very involved with the main character.

Sound:
It's a music video, 80% of this animation's soundtrack is only one song. But, I would say the song is very fitting as to what the story holds within this anime.

Enjoyment:
I wanted to cry. When I finished it, it kind of made me feel very sad, yet happy. The story was meant to be happy and sad, and I think it did a great job as to what happened.

Overall: 8*
This is only a 6-minute animation, but if they were to ever make a real movie adaptation of this animation, I would watch it in a heartbeat. So, the * means if the animation WERE to get a movie adaptation, in which I doubt, I'd give it a 10.

It's very rare when you get something that is so simple, but yet so powerful. Shelter really reminds me why I love anime. It gives us such unique and fantastic experiences that's hard to find anywhere else.

I'm a huge fan of EDM/dubstep and Porter Robinson is definitely one of my favorite artists in the genre. I've known for some time that he's an anime fan (for example, in his song Flicker you can hear Remon Yamano's infamous laugh), but I'm so glad that Crunchyroll and A-1 collaborated with him and made such an awesome project. We need more stuff like this.

Anyways, Porter and Madeon's ... recent co-production, Shelter, was used as the basis for this animation and it fit very well. The animation was colorful and fluid. The virtual world that Rin lives in really comes to life and is very pleasant to watch.

Over the course of 6 minutes, we watched our mysterious protagonist Rin, and learned about her circumstances and her past. There was barely any dialog and it had a huge reliance on visual storytelling and of course, the music. As each scene goes by, you try to figure out what's going on little by little, and the fragments of her past start to slowly but surely piece together. The truth of Rin and her virtual world really hit me hard, and the staff did a great job with the build up and the reveal. The animation worked so well with the music, and the cuts were really well done.

Shelter's message was very impactful. It shows us the power and weight of unconditional parental love and that our past, no matter how painful, gives us strength to move forward. Shelter is short, but hits deep. It is a great reminder why anime is such an amazing medium. Porter's vision and imagination made this work come to life, and I'm happy that I was able to experience it.

Please do yourself a favor and give this a watch.

Shelter tells the story about a girl that comes to realize the situation that she is in, and how it affects her. The story details the ways in which her life played out before an "incident" and the aftermath of it. A really well produced and powerful piece of art that really tells a nice story. The only thing that hampers the work is its incredibly short length, although I also think that that is one of its strong suits. Very touching, and very well thought out. If this could be turned into a full project I would absolutely watch more. There is definitely potential ... for a great series to come out of this and I would be very happy to see more of it. All in all, a great experience and one you should check out, its only six minutes long, so why not.

Shelter is, basically, a condensate of every single element of tear-jerk shows, sad videos and others things like this.

That's not the main problem but it's still something that keep bothering me.
Some people tends to say that something very sad is a synonym to perfection.
Ok then, let me try something.
If Shelter wasn't a sad story about sad things in life, would you rate it this high ?
It seems like some people just doesn't want to face the reality, the fact that they love Shelter only for this sad side.
I'm not fond of this and yet enjoy sad productions.
I'm not fond of this because the ... only purpose of Shelter is to create an exaggerated feel of sadness, nothing else.
The story is cliché, the storytelling is utterly random and anarchic, characters are
b l a n d and the scenario is VERY predictable for a 6 minutes music video, where's my plot twist ?
But the story is mostly cliché because of this will to make a tearjerk, to dry your eyes.
For years, japanimation has been making this kind of content. Clannad, Shigatsu, those "sadsad" anime. They aren't horrible nor good, they're just frustrating because the only factor that people retain is "HOW SAD, I CRIED MY BLOOD".

And that's the same problem with Shelter, everything is made in order to make you c r y.
I can't even focus on the story because of this montage, those tears, this way to direct the movie.

And the music, god, the fudging music.
It's litteraly every-EDM/electro-track ever, nothing original, just the same sounds, the same tempo, the same rythm, the same drops, the same feeling of boredom when I listen to.

In the end, Shelter is bad, I mean it.
I wasn't expecting something great but the moment I understood it was about tearjerk, I almost screamed in my room, screams filled with despair.

Shelter is most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life but it is not an anime.

Shelter is a short 6-minute animated video about a girls life that will make any grown man who understands it cry and anyone else for that matter. unless you are trying not cry or a psychopath. (which is not a bad thing mind you)

This is just one short episode of a trend I pray continues. Shelter will have very bad reviews for the fact that is not a show so do NOT trust them.

Go watch it already! I do not have enough words to praise ... it!

A true masterpiece.

"Shelter" is the music video/"short film" for the Porter Robinson and Madeon collaborative EDM track of the same name. Many media outlets were excitedly sharing the news of this groundbreaking piece of media, a western musician and a Japanese animation studio working together to create something (a concept people seem to forget is not new at all). I was initially excited too, being a fan of Porter Robinson's music. However, once I actually watched it, my hype slowly drained away and he obvious truths of the situation set in.
The "story", however minimal and uninspired it was, felt a lot like something you would see conceptualised ... by a self-proclaimed white "otaku" who exclusively watches entry level stuff-- oh wait, that's entirely what this is!
Shelter is, visually, pretty, but nothing all too special for something this short in this day in age. The visuals look like anything else Aniplex could have had a hand in creating, reminding me of more than just one or two A-1 Pictures series I've seen before. The sound was the big drawcard for this project, and my thoughts on the music remain the same as when the track debuted - a weak collaboration from two interesting producers who could have made something much less boring. The voice acting was just as minimal as my interest in the sound of this "short film", with a couple of lines book-ending the music video.
The characters were, well, not really a thing. We have "girl" and we have "man". Neither matter, at all, and neither have overly memorable character designs. Try to imagine some background character from Erased or SAO and you have your characters.
Overall, this was absolutely trite garbage that I regret investing my interest and the few moments of my time into. Pretentiously titled a "short film" despite being a music video with "uwaa~ flashy cgi visuals and anime style characters soo-goy desu desu~" and less story to it than something similar but far less condescending, Kanye West's "Good Morning" Japanese animated music video. I'm generously giving a 4/10 for "Shelter".

I wasnt expecting much from a 6 minute anime, Ive been dissapointed in the past, but this time i was proved wrong.

~Story 8~**Smooth and short. To really understand the story, youve just gotta really pay some attention to the show as you watch. No sidetracking
~Art 10~ **Beautiful. I'm a sucker for good art, so much so that I'll bumo uo an anime's rating becayse of it...thats totaaaally not what i did here.
~Sound 9~**Lovely. A lovely soundtrack for a beautiful anime
~Character 7~ **Not Much. There's only two... and a plushie, mc is cute though
~Enjoyment 9~ **Worth a rewatch. For such a short series i liked it ... a lot. I'm definitely going to reccomd this one to my friends who cant make it through a 12-ep series

**Overall i enjoyed this show a lot. Everythimg blended nicely, though a longer, more elaborated story wouldve made a difference.

Holy hell. I've read many different opinions about this MV now and let me just get this out of the way. It's not as good as Porter fans/ anime connoisseur make it out to be, and it's by far not as bad as some anti-mainstream hipsters say. People that give this piece everything under 5 are either lying to make themselves fell better and/or stand out or they just have not watched enough shows to even know what truly awful feels like. I saw that some people gave this piece a 1 for incredible exaggerated reasons. It's a fucking music video. It's 6 minutes long. ... And apparently the people had no enjoyment, didn't like the art or the sound and hated the story. Pretty incredible, considering the theme is so mediocre that it hurts but in no way bad.

Porter went a safe way with the minor philosophical question everyone thought after watching the Matrix. "Is dis shitz real?" It's nothing new but it got translated fairly well through the eyes of a girl. They tried to establish a relationship between the viewer and the girl, but in the end 6 minutes are to short or they just did not manage to do this. Because i couldn't care less about this semen demon.
The art was good, the GC sucked ass (like always) and i really liked the track. But this is my personal preference and i'm sure that some people don't like EDM. The 6 minutes didn't feel wasted. It was a nice experience but nothing out of this world. It was just a music video done by A-1 Pictures, nothing more, nothing less.

Overall it gets a 6 from me. Daft Punk's Interstella 5555 is the greatest electronic music/anime crossover of all time and you guys can suck my dick.

It's quite hard to review music videos, and in this case it's anime related and went viral instantly. Leading all the masses to watch it since It's only 6 minutes long.
So the problem with it going viral quick means It's going to get Perfect scores because of the following points:

a) It's from a known EDM artists known as Porter Robinson and Madeon
b) It's well animated and has quite a pretty artwork and a moe girl
c) It's short and viral so more people with lower standards are going to rate it high
d) "feels"

After going through these points I'm going to give my own opinion about ... the 6 minutes long music video.

First we are introduced with Rin and her virtual world, showing us all these beautiful landscapes and how she spends her ever lonely days in there. The art and animation are done by A-1 Pictures that are famous for series such as Anohana, Erased and Your lie in April. As you can expect, the work done by them is excellent. Though there were many still screens that were hidden with a layer of effects added into it.

But here comes the reasons that ruined the video for me.
Shelter tries to jam too much information and emotions into 6 minutes. Using all the easiest tropes that make you emotional inside, such as isolated childlike girl, no parents, flashbacks, humanity threatening catastrophe, after death message and last but not least ''the alone in space trope".

Suddenly It jumps into her childhood and memories of her father, vaguely showing us how she ended up in her pod. At the same time the generic EDM blasts in the background with vocals that try to be meaningful but don't really have that much context with the actual video. Even the animation doesn't add to the music and It's like they told A-1 Pictures to do their own thing and after that added the music on top of it.

Ultimately Shelter trips on it's own ambition trying too hard in making people feel for their character that we've literally known for 5 minutes. It feels forced and generic, maybe if it would have been a full feature movie It could be okay.

+Art and animation

-Music didn't sync with the video at all
-Tried to force feelings to the audience
-Too much stuff put in six minutes
-Bland character(s)
-No actual story, just the established setting for the "drama".
-More tropes than even the most generic series offer

Wow, so I see that a lot of cynicism managed to reach top reviews on MAL.

And it's really sad to see some of the things they say.

People criticize the story. That it's bland, totally expected, and common. But honestly, can you find another 6-minute video that manages to achieve what Shelter does without expositional dialogue and text? Is there another show where a father saves his daughter and explores the clash between her emotions and loneliness as a result? Is there a show that questions the worth of survival if isolation is the outcome? If you think that the plot was totally expected, there's a ... psychological term called hindsight bias which means that you thought you knew it all along after an event has occurred. It's a six-minute video, it can happen to anyone who has a negative attitude against it.

I'm pretty sure everyone's on the same page in art and animation. It's amazing.

Music is personal preference. I understand that some people don't like EDM and I'm not a huge fan either. But I do like Porter Robinson because he doesn't rely on heavy bass and instead does interesting melodies and synths.

People criticize Rin for being cute and moe despite Shelter being an emotional story. Well, I'm sorry, but that's A-1's style of art. If that's your argument, then Anohana, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, and Erased must be horrible anime as well. Just because the character is cute doesn't mean that the show is bad.

Besides the common components of anime, the production and result of this show are significant. Rarely has there been a westerner who had the chance to work with a Japanese studio to create original work. Shelter may be the frontier of bridging this gap. The video also achieved rank 27 on Top Trending on Youtube when I checked (it may have been higher), which is most likely the highest any anime video as achieved on a popular video streaming site. The video at the time of this review has 3.6 million views. Guys, that's huge. I live in the U.S. and even people who have no idea what anime is have watched the video. I've gotten several anime-skeptic friends of mine to watch it, and now they're starting to think that anime might be worthwhile after all. This video may be the most influential anime in recent years not only in the anime community itself but outside as well. If you are saying that the video should not be getting the hype it's getting, then you're basically saying that you're against the spread of anime. This video caused a huge commotion online and I'm sure A-1 is interested in doing more of these projects for western audiences (because they are a company after all...), and focus on other audiences is always a great way for the growth of an entertainment industry.

So for those of you criticizing this short, I understand your point. But in context, Shelter is great as a show and as the huge influence that it had on the world.

I have never written a review before, and I never planned on doing such on this site, but I have to make an exception for Shelter. In my opinion, Shelter is a showcase of what so many anime are missing, complied in 6 minutes of compact emotions. Obviously, given the length of the video, there is not a whole lot of room for dialogue, character development, or story in general. However, Shelter manages to touch on each just enough to invoke the feelings of sympathy and empathy for the MC.

If you haven't watched the video yet, do it now. It's only 6 minutes including credits, ... so even if you hate it, it's no big loss. I want to use my review to explain why it is so fantastic rather than trying to convince people to watch it. If you are interested in watching this at all, do it before reading this review, as I will need to spoil the plot to explain why it's fantastic.

GENERAL SPOILERS HERE ON OUT, GO WATCH IT.

You start instantly with some beautiful visuals as we are introduced to Rin, the main character. In her brief monologue we get introduced to a sense of loneliness that will be tackled in the video's narrative. After this, the full audiovisual experience begins as Porter's and Madeon's "Shelter" begins and we get to spectate A-1's full force of animation. The art is gorgeous along with the effects, and there are some charming details thorn in as we are introduced to this world of wonder and imagination. Near the end of the song, we spectate Rin's past, with memories of her father and the old world. As the song closes, we get a final monologue expressing the value of the memories, and a final reveal about the setting.

This all sounds a little bland, but in reality, Shelter is able to tap into human emotions better than most anime do. They manage to do this by being forced to commit their character development to strictly non-verbal means. Dialogue at the beginning only truly sets up the story, and while the theme of loneliness is expressed, it is also fully expressed in the visuals as well. In other words, the introduction is in no way reliant on the spoken words, but only complimented by it.

Once "Shelter" begins playing, no words are spoken until the song is over. Despite this, we learn a tonne about Rin in this time. As she manipulated the world around her with her art, her expressions and reactions all grow a degree of character. She does smile and seem to experience joy and wonder, but there are moments (such as her spectating the aurora borealis in her shelter) where her expression is much more sad, longing for something that she misses or longs for. We get no internal monologue spelling out these feelings for us, but rather you are forced to pay attention and note these things yourself.

As we enter the section where she begins recalling her past, we hit basically every note required for the viewers to feel her internal conflict. All without spoken words, we get a beautiful montage of her childhood, her close connection to her father, and how the world's end came about. This mere moment in your day will fill your heart with innocence, love, joy, heartbreak, and compassion. An entire relationship between a young child and their parent is displayed, ending with selfless sacrifice by the parent figure. If you have ever had a parent, relative, or friend that you've felt very close to, this will instantly hit you hard with empathy and feelings of pain for Rin's struggle. The emotions are so raw, so unfiltered, and so natural to come across, and they leave you feeling far more coked up than you expected for a 6 minute video.

Finally, something that I find so important about this story, is that the final monologue from Rin does not serve to solve the problem she faces. Instead of trying to paint a reality where all problems are quickly solves, Shelter opts to make the moral about using your memories and experiences as a strength. Shelter teaches us all to take our past for granted, and instead of longing for old, better times, we should push forwards with joy knowing that we had such great moments in our lives. So many shows nowadays force some happy ending at the end where the present time for the MC is the best moment in their lives, where in reality, the end of struggles and conflicts we conquer don't always lead to the most joyous days. Shelter uses a decently unique setting to convey an inner conflict that many of us face every day, and then resolves it in a realistic, human manner.

If I have to summarize this mess of a review, I would say that while the video doesn't go as deep into a story as you would see in a full show, it manages it's emotions, morals, and conclusion way better than most shows. It touches on the value we hold in our memories, and maturely displays how we can move forward even in our darkest hours when we wish for past joys we've lost. It is beautiful to the eyes, ears, and heart equally, and I would recommend it to anyone. If you like anime, music, and/or short stories, it's a must-watch. If for some reason you haven't watched it yet, go do it. If you did watch it, I hope my unfiltered thoughts gave you a little insight into why this is such a special project.

Bravo to all those involved in the creation of this work, this is honestly my favorite thing to come out of Fall 2016

Shelter is a music video. It's nothing less, and nothing more.

The thing here is, it's a really good music video, with an actual direction and it fits the music really well. Just because it was created by A-1 Pictures, which is a japanese studio, should not fool you. Don't expect a masterful storytelling or character building. Expecting this would be exactly as if you would expect epic battles in a moe show, like K-On. This music video has a story it wants to showcase, and it does. It was never meant to be anything deeper.

I do have to agree, that it does seem as if ... this music video wanted to force feelings down your throat, but in the music industry it happens quite often, doesn't it?

It has a nice artstyle, and the music is really good, if you are wondering. Just for that it's worth a watch.

Conclusion: This is a music video, that is better than 90% of music videos nowadays. I feel like people are expecting Rihanna vids to be directed by Makoto Shinkai and win an Oscar. Just don't treat it as if it is, or isn't, something it shouldn't be.

Oh and the 9 score is just there because I like the music.
Chill.

Of course this is, as always, just my opinion, and I highly encourage you to develop your own.

Shelter is a short six minute music video produced by A-1 Pictures that has been gaining a lot of positive reviews lately and I can't pinpoint why exactly. Sure the music video looks fantastic from an animation perspective with great background work, fantastic art and design coupled with great animation and flow. I liked the final message of how it is important to move on with your life and felt it was a strong idea to leave out on. The song itself is okay, but this boils down more so to personal preference than an actual critique of this short video.

Most of the response I ... have seen to this music video centers around the narrative that it presents and how many fans are describing it as being 'deep' and 'thought provoking'. Call me a cynical asshole or whatever, but I simply can not see it. Sure, it has a plot but it's nothing special as a whole and instead uses an almost sickeningly cute girl in order to pull at your heart strings in the cheapest way possible. Now, I'm not expecting anything groundbreaking in terms of story telling from a six minute video (even though the little house of cubes was able to achieve this effect), it just baffles me that so many are giving this short music video such a high score on the pretense that this music video presents a deep narrative or anything of the sort. It's simple in structure and suits the song well but other than that it is nothing special or too great.

In conclusion, this music video features both great directing and great visuals which is enough to make me recommend it for the spectacle side alone but the supposedly deep and sad story is as strong as an emotional attachment to a Mars Bar.

This is the first time that I have ever seen an anime video with duration less than 7 mins,yet my feelings have been spilled out throughout my heart.

The message of shelter is very straightforward and simple,that is "whenever you have a terrible past,forget about it and look forward."In Shelter,the main protagonist is believed that she has a terrifying experience from her past and want to escape through creating a new world.

For most of our anime fans,most people (otaku) like watching anime for the sake of wanting to escape from reality and jump into the endless fantasy,yet this is the only solution to this?

I believe that ... the authors want to deliver a simple message to people that we all have lost our hopes to survive,yet this is not the end of our lives,we still need to look forward.

I really like this anime could deliver such a meaningful message in a short duration with a decent character who wants to escape from reality.The whole feel is so imaginative and touching.

I also think that this anime has great animation and a well-fitted soundtrack.Though I believe that the soundtrack could have a more variety,but still the overall feeling is touching.

For those who have lost hopes to live,I really want to recommend this show to you.This show is not too long,yet I believe that you'll get the feelings of Shelter.

"Going under a shelter is not the only solution,we should be more optimistic and look forward to our future."

Thanks so much for reading.

Story:10(35%)
Animation:8(10%)
Sound:7(10%)
Character:9(25%)
Enjoyment:9(20%)
Overall:(9.05/10)(S)<Super>

Although it is far from perfect, "Shelter" is a well-done anime music video that manages to deliver some thoughtful moments to the audience. In its short timespan, it manages to deliver a memorable story that compliments the music of Porter Robinson and Madeon. Fans of anime and the two electronic music artists will undoubtedly find "Shelter" worthy of their time.

Story:
The story focuses on a girl and the nature of her existence in a dream-like world. Without spoiling the story (which can literally be completed in six minutes), "Shelter" delivers an emotional and memorable tale that will definitely get viewers thinking for at least a little ... while.

It's definitely not the greatest anime story out there, but for a music video, "Shelter"' has a decent plot and atmosphere that compliments Porter Robinson's and Madeon's electronic collaboration.

Since the video is extremely short, I'd advise readers of this review to simply watch the video in order to make up their own mind on how they feel about the story. "Shelter" is a music video first, an anime second, so people should not expect the story to be on the scale of something like a standard anime series.

Art:
Animated by A-1 Pictures, who have produced works like Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso and Sword Art Online, "Shelter" is definitely a very aesthetically pleasing anime video. One thing that really stood out to me would be its vivid colours. There is a wide variety of colours used in the video, which really helps make the video very eye-catching.

Character design is not extraordinary, but it looks good nonetheless.

What really stands out would be the environment designs. Whether it be the streets of a Japanese neighborhood, a view of outer space, or the warm rooms in which the protagonist recalls growing up, "Shelter" creates a wonderful atmosphere through its beautiful renditions of various surroundings.

Sound:
Sound-wise, "Shelter" has fantastic music. Robinson's and Madeon's "Shelter" plays for a majority of the video. Of course, opinions towards the music may differ depending on one's taste of music. All I can say is that if you are a fan of electronic music, Madeon, and / or Porter Robinson, this video will definitely satisfy your ears.

I can't say much about the voice acting, since there are very few verbal lines to begin with. However, I can say that the Sachika Misawa has done a very good job of adding emotion and life into the protagonist.

Final Thoughts:
In the end, Porter Robinson's "Shelter" is an excellent entry into the anime music video genre. I look forward to whatever animated projects he may have planned for in the future.

8/10

"Shelter", as a song, is my "go-to" sad song (as of now). I'm a PR fan (and a new Madeon fan) and quickly fell in love with the song. It has that... feel... sad feel. The same "feel" I have when I listen to Porter's "Divinity" and "Sea of Voices" or Madeon's "Pay No Mind" and "The City". It's a great song, and I LOVE it.

This... MV... didn't give me that. The whole thing is bland, some-what of a try hard on the "feels", which I did get... on the last minutes of the MV. Probably my fault for being a tad hype for it.

The ... PR fan seems to be happy with this (can't blame 'em, PR rarely put out new stuff), but I just... feel like something left out.

If you see the site for the MV, you'll see a lot of (some-what I guess?) big names. I mean, you got guys from IM@S designing the character, and mind you Porter's pretty great on concepts (I mean, you got "WORLD" and its live tour with great visuals), but I can't seem to love this as much as how I love "WORLD", "Language", or Madeon's "Adventure".

So... this will be the basterd child of mine... I'll notice it here and there but I'll just kick it on the side and smile.

"Kono Subarashi kii animata : konou megumi !
Honto ni Sonkei shimasu!"
Kouno solo key animated this, nuff said
but really it had an amazing story, gorgeous designs "Cough konou megumi Cough"
its only downside being the bad choise of music, beside that its was worthwhile the
6 min mark
i just cant convey enough how huge and important this is for konou, if you don't know her, believe me you will fall in love with her style and animation
plus the touching story it had, you will find yourself repeatedly watching ot again and again
just check it out, you will not regret it

Story: I've seen other reviews saying how the story isn't too good here. In my opinion, the story was good enough for the medium it was in - that being, a video of only six minutes in length. Furthermore, the ending was quite unexpected, and really ties into the overall theme well.

Art: A-1's art style has always appealed to me, and Shelter gives no exception. Rin is cute, but not overly so, allowing the audience to sympathise with her. In addition, the backgrounds of the world she lives in are absolutely stunning, and give us a sense of being immersed in such a vast ... landscape, like she is.

Sound: The voice acting can't be commented on meaningfully here as there was so little of it, but from what we hear of Sachika Misawa, her VA work gets across the hidden feelings of Rin. The true star here, though, is Porter Robinson's titular song - I'm not a big fan of electronica, but the song that accompanies the video is extremely atmospheric and quite catchy - crucially, it's also one I could see myself listening to without the music video.

Character: Again, the runtime limits what characterisation we get, though I was able to relate to Rin due to our similar ages. Furthermore, we see Rin as being slightly naive, in contrast to another character who's crucial to her current situation. However, I rate the character lowest due to its low development within the video for those obvious reasons.

Enjoyment: The backgrounds, the music...as not only an anime fan, but as a human being, I found this immensely enjoyable. It's great to see studios like A-1 getting into the mainstream and artists like Porter Robinson (who I hadn't heard of) getting more exposure. What we have here, most of all, is a piece of art, and that's something I think many people would enjoy.

"Even if those memories makes me sad. I've got to go forward, Believing in the future. Even when i realize my loneliness, and i'm about to lose all hope, those memories makes me stronger. I'm not alone... Because of you." The message that gives us hits so deep in our heart.

This is what i've experienced everyday and all of you have too. The loneliness that can sometimes makes us sad, or happy, thinking about the sad past of ourselves. Whether it's a bad past or good past, you will never get enough of it.

This manages to tell a whole movie's worth of story in 6 ... minutes and provide a 10/10 story that genuinely brings tears to my eyes.

I can guarantee that this song will make you sad if you've never listened to this. If you're a big fan of EDM and have never watch this, please give this a watch. It's only a 6 minutes music video though, It will tear your life apart, makes you sad all over the place. everytime when you listen to it, you will know that feeling of being lonely. in a world where there are no one except you and your memories.