The 1985 Angel's Egg OVA is getting a 4K remaster to celebrate its upcoming 40th anniversary.
The remake will be supervised by the director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor the Movie) and set 2025 as the completion date.
Angel's Egg's manuscript was written by Oshii and the OVA's art director Yoshitaka Amano co-writer (Vampire Hunter D and Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales original character designer, Final Fantasy XI character designer). The 71-minute animated film transports viewers to a strange, fantasy world where a girl protects a mysterious egg.
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A Blu-ray disc was released in 2013 and screened by Japan Society NYC in 2022. Another screening was held in 2023 and attended by Amano.
The Japan Society of NYC describes the Angel Egg as:
A groundbreaking collaboration between two anime legends that interweaves Mamoru Oshii's personal reflections on theology, existentialism and evolution with Yoshitaka Amano's fantastical ink art style, Angel's Egg remains a Cult classics are rarely shown and hard to find. Taking place during a seemingly quiet period of time, two nameless strangers—a girl carrying a mystical egg and a man wielding a crucifixion stick—journey through a primordial realm of ruins. decay relics, primitive fish and fossil remains. An allegorical fantasy enriched by symbolism and biblical allusions, Oshii's beautifully melancholy OVA ruminates on the tragic foundations of existence in a world without God touches.
Staff
→ Screenplay: Mamoru Oshii
Art director and layout supervisor: The late Shichiro Kobayashi (Nodame Cantabile, Simoun, and Berserk 1997 art directors)
→ Special effects: Go Abe (Special co-op effect between Revolutionary Girl Utena and His Circumstances)
Color coordinator: Michiyo Yasuda (Color designer for The Wind Rises and Princess Mononoke)
→ Image director: Juro Sugimura (Kiki's delivery service)
Music Director: Yoshihiro Kanno
anh>→ Animation production: Studio Deen
Cast
à Mako Hyodo
The late Jinpachi Nezu
PORT Keiichi Noda
Source: @AngelsEgg_anime