Angel’s Egg returns to theaters for fortieth anniversary
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Angel’s Egg, the 1985 science-fantasy anime film from writer-director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost within the Shell) and artist Yoshitaka Amano (Remaining Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D), is coming to film theaters this November with a brand new “director-approved” 4K remaster, courtesy of distributor GKIDS. The re-release will probably be a uncommon probability to see Angel’s Egg on the massive display — the movie was initially launched on to residence video in Japan.
The remastered re-release of Angel’s Egg would be the first time it has been screened broadly in North America. The restoration debuted on the Cannes Worldwide Movie Pageant in Might, and will probably be screened at upcoming occasions Improbable Fest and New York Movie Pageant. However audiences throughout North America will get an opportunity to see it on Nov. 19, as a part of GKIDS’ rollout.
This is the official, principally spoiler-free synopsis for Angel’s Egg, if you wish to go in contemporary:
In an underwater metropolis, a younger woman takes care of a big egg she holds fastidiously in her arms – a treasure that she believes is an angel’s egg. A boy with a gun arrives searching for a chook he noticed in his dream. At first it appears as if emotions of sympathy are growing between the 2. Then, one evening, the boy crushes her treasured egg.
GKIDS and Oshii have beforehand teamed as much as carry Ghost within the Shell 2: Innocence to theaters, with a contemporary 4K restoration.
Oshii is finest identified for his work on Ghost within the Shell. Angel’s Egg is one in every of his earliest movies. After directing two variations of the manga Urusei Yatsura, Oshii teamed up with Amano to salvage concepts from a scrapped Lupin the Third film. Amano would later go on to work on Vampire Hunter D and function character and brand designer for the Remaining Fantasy recreation franchise.
