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 function 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 collection “Urusei Yatsura.” A very unique 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 “Closing Fantasy” video video games.
Instructed with little or no dialogue, the brief, hand-drawn animated movie takes place in a wierd 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 chook 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, notably the connection between goals and actuality.
Launched on DVD by writer Tokuma Shoten, “Angel’s Egg” was well-received by critics however carried out poorly financially. Within the a long time since, nevertheless, it has been acclaimed as considered one of Oshii’s finest works and has developed a cult following. The movie has beforehand been troublesome to trace down in America, the place it’s at the moment 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 yr’s rerelease of the director’s function “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 Incredible Fest. Check out the poster and trailer, IndieWire exclusives, under.
