Wednesday, October 19, 2016

News:: Drama Over Music Video Inflames Argument About What Anime Is

Yesterday, acclaimed American electronic musician Porter Robinson released an anime. Shelter is the short and tender story of a girl living alone in virtual reality, rendered by Japanese animation studio A-1 Pictures, that has received overwhelming praise over the last 24 hours. And, after its swift removal from Reddit’s 420,000-strong anime subreddit, Shelter has also become the latest peg in the debate over what actually defines “anime”— a debate that has apparently resulted in death threats to the /r/anime moderators.

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