This video is supposed to be less of a traditional First Reaction, and more of a PSA.
That PSA being:
SHELTER, is a 6 minute animated short / music video animated at A-1 Pictures and written
by musical artist Porter Robinson.
It features a young girl seemingly stuck in a simulation of reality, and follows what
she does and what happens with and within that reality.
Obviously there’s not much more I can elaborate on beyond that, as I mentioned the video itself
is only 6 minutes and it’s highly possible that this video of me telling you it’s worth
your time will end up being at least half its length.
Ok maybe not half but it feels like it.
Though its length is one of the things that do make it work for me.
Many years ago I gave similar recommendations for shorts like Pale Coccoon, which if you
never got around to watching then I feel sorry for you because Crunchyroll stopped having
it available… sadly.
Anyways, I sometimes like these one off shorts because their stories and their atmosphere
and their ambiance, can raise my mood in only a short amount of time.
Well, as long as they don’t try to add in a story that takes more than their length
to tell.
But SHELTER does not overstay its welcome, if anything I’m intrigued by it and depressed
that the story was not given more time to be told, but that’s hardly a complaint.
It’s also a complete bonus that the animation
*Pause for effect*
Ahhhhh, the animation is drop dead gorgeous,
and the music is much more to my taste then say...
...ME!ME!ME! *distasteful whine*
So, links in the description, go check that out and have a good few minutes of entertainment.
Proper first reactions and reviews to follow in due time, and until then, stay frosty everyone.