Audience reviews
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justgivemeanyUN
It's music videos like Porter Robinson and A1-Pictures' 'Shelter' that remind me that when it comes to profiteering, passionless entertainment thrown together shoddily, it's not the technical ability you have to examine, it's the cheap, tacky, disingenuous, and quite frankly offensive elements of it you have to judge.
Because it is quite absurd to me that so many people seem to hail Shelter as some revolutionary, influential piece of art when I fail to see anything Shelter has done different from other emotional shows. And to call it emotional is such a disservice to all the shows that invoke emotions using the well-structured plot and relatability. What has Shelter done differently from Clannad, AnoHana, and PlaMemo but be worse and almost condescending in nature?
I won't give it the us…
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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 att…
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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 VE…
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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 do…
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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 i…
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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…
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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.…
Read at the sourceBlazingOptimist
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 st…
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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.
Read at the sourceTensaiBishounen
"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
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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…
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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 philosoph…
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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 long…
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"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 al…
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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…
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"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 m…
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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 p…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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