In Could, a 4K restoration of cult anime movie “Angel’s Egg” screened on the Cannes Movie Competition, celebrating the experimental movie’s fortieth anniversary. Now, GKIDS has introduced that the restoration will premiere in North American theaters on Friday, November 19. IndieWire can solely share the primary look of the poster and trailer for the brand new restoration, under.
Launched in Japan on December 15, 1985, “Angel’s Egg” was the third characteristic of director Mamoru Oshii, who’s finest identified worldwide for his seminal cyberpunk animated movie of a decade later, “Ghost within the Shell.”
On the time of “Angel’s Egg,” Oshii’s solely different directorial efforts have been two spinoff movies of the favored anime comedy sequence “Urusei Yatsura.” A very authentic work, “Angel’s Egg” was made in collaboration with artist Yoshitaka Amano, who’s most well-known in America for offering the character designs for the early “Last Fantasy” video video games.
Advised with little or no dialogue, the quick, hand-drawn animated movie takes place in an odd primordial fantasy world, and follows two unnamed characters: A younger lady who protects an egg she believes will hatch into an angel, and a younger boy trying to find a fowl he as soon as noticed in his dream. The closely allegorical fantasy is notable for its heavy use of philosophical and Biblical symbolism, and touches on themes frequent in Oshii’s different works, significantly the connection between desires and actuality.
Launched on DVD by writer Tokuma Shoten, “Angel’s Egg” was well-received by critics however carried out poorly financially. Within the many years since, nonetheless, it has been acclaimed as considered one of Oshii’s finest works and has developed a cult following. The movie has beforehand been tough to trace down in America, the place it’s presently unavailable on streaming.
The 4K restoration of “Angel’s Egg” was supervised by Oshii, and is the second collaboration between the director and GKIDS following final 12 months’s rerelease of the director’s characteristic “Ghost within the Shell 2: Innocence.”
Previous to its theatrical launch, “Angel’s Egg” will play on the New York Movie Competition, following screenings at Cannes, Fantasia Movie Competition, and Implausible Fest. Check out the poster and trailer, IndieWire exclusives, under.
