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Music Producer Porter Robinson Debuts 'Shelter' Anime Music Video by A-1 Pictures

Music producer and DJ Porter Robinson began streaming the animated music video, created in association with A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail, Blue Exorcist) and Crunchyroll, for his song "SHELTER" on Tuesday.

Robinson was the scriptwriter and executive producer, and Toshifumi Akai (animation director on Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, Toradora!, Kokoro Connect) served as the director. Megumi Kouno (chief animation director for The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls) handled key animation and character design. Sachika Misawa (Accel World) provided the voice of the main character Rin.

The video's description is as follows:

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. Each day, Rin awakens in virtual reality and uses a tablet which controls the simulation to create a new, different, beautiful world for herself. Until one day, everything changes, and Rin comes to learn the true origins behind her life inside a simulation.

Robinson stated that Japanese pop culture and anime have influenced his music. He describes his video as a "concrete distillation of being immersed into fantasy and it's connection to reality."

Additional staff for the video includes:

• Senior Producer: Vincent Shortino, Tomonori Ochikoshi
• Producer: Takuma Sugi, Masanori Miyake, Akira Shimizu, Takamitsu Inoue
• Production Manager: Kenta Ueuchi, Eri Nakayama
• Art Director: Yūsuke Takeda
• Animation Producer: Yūichi Fukushima
• Motion Picture Examiner: Tomoko Miyata
• Motion Pictures: Tomoko Miyata, Mizuki Matsuda, Satomi Tabuchi, Mika Sugiyama, Seira Yamagishi, Kanna Hirayama
• Color Design: Kazuko Nakashima
• Color Setting: Yuko Watanabe, Mai Yamaguchi
• Paint: Asuka Yokota, Mayu Morita, Ayaka Nagai, Kyōko Hara, Ayaka Murakami, Akane Edagawa, Ayaka Suzuki, Mana Hokuto
• 2D Design: CAPSULE, Yohei Miyahara, Kaori Seki
• Special Effects: Aya Kubota
• Art Board: Harumi Okamoto
• Background: Bamboo, Takamasa Masuki, Tsukasa Kakizakai, Izumi Hirabayashi, Surok Chong, Ryusei Nishino, Takumi Sasaki, Aya Satō, Michiko Nakamura
• CGI Animation: Yusuke Noma, Yō Fukuda, Shigeru Horiguchi
• Director of Photography: Yūya Sakuma
• Finishing: Takeru Ogihara, Ayaka Shimizu, Satsuki Takahashi, Taichi Nishikawa, Sachiko Ito
• Editing: Akinori Mishima
• Sound Recording Director: Akiko Fujita
• Sound Effects: Takahisa Ishino
• Sound Mixer: Naotsugu Uchida
• Sound Editor: Chiharu Kawasaki
• Sound Production Manager: Yūsuke Watanabe
• Sound Production Recording Studio: HALF H.P. STUDIO

Robinson and songwriter Madeon released the song "SHELTER" in August.