Shelter

2016 6m movie Film

Shelter

Synopsis

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.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Shelter. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From A-1 Pictures

Animation + Fantasy in Japan

1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Shelter itself).

The 2015–2017 Japan Window

Shelter holds position #263 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

The 2010s Japan Landscape

2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Shelter. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.

The 3447th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

26

Reviews

45th

Review-volume percentile

12th

Popularity percentile

26 audience reviews — more than 45% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 12th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Shelter, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog

loss · 5
short story · 4
erased memory · 2
loss of family · 2
loneliness in space · 1
post-cataclysmic · 1

Recurring themes · common across catalog

virtual reality · 13
memory loss · 13
virtual world · 6

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog

anime · 711
post-apocalyptic future · 44

Reception Benchmarks

7.2

TMDB Rating

26

Audience Reviews

Highly Rated

Critical Tier

Ranked #1,826 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (60th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,314 of 2,532 (top 52%).

Production Details

Primary Country	Japan
Original Language	Japanese
Production Companies	A-1 Pictures
Runtime	6m
Release Date	October 18, 2016
IMDb	tt6443118
Official Site	www.sheltertheanimation.com

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