I don’t think I saw your response to this.
I should check too – you made it past the launcher step, right? Past this screen:
– so the blank window that is opening for you is the actual Anki window, with this at the top?
It could be something that doesn’t seem like a VPN to you – there are apps related to “privacy” and “security” that are really VPNs at heart.
What about this suggestion – Astrill prevents Anki from starting - #13 by abdo ? I notice that’s almost the same as the command in your output, but your path name doesn’t include a username, so I wonder if it’s finding the right directory.