Angel's Egg 4K Remastered Edition Trailer Released

The trailer for the 4K remaster of director Mamoru Oshii's legendary OVA (original video animation) "Angel's Egg," released in 1985, has been released on YouTube. Under the supervision of director Oshii himself, the film was scanned from the original 35mm film and remastered in 4K, with the audio reconstructed in 5.1-channel surround and Dolby Atmos. Based on the remastered footage, the trailer opens with the iconic line, "Who are you?", from a "boy" standing in a city, gazing at the sun. The trailer depicts a fantastical world, including a submerged city and silent ruins. The 4K remaster will be released exclusively in Dolby Cinemas from November 14th, and will be released nationwide from November 21st. It has also been announced that the previously difficult-to-find book "The Art of Angel's Egg" will be reprinted and released in an expanded and revised edition on October 10th.

Director Shunji Iwai, who was influenced by the film, commented, "It's 1985. Forty years after Japan's defeat in the war, we suddenly realized that we had become the world's second largest economic power. We were intoxicated by the infinite possibilities of music, comics, and anime, and looked at the world and our mundane daily lives through them. This film is by no means an optimistic one, but the belief in the future that was unique to that era is sealed away like a fossil. The title, 'Angel's Egg', is perhaps a metaphor for a time capsule released into the future. Another 40 years have passed since then, and this time capsule will be revived in 4K. What will the young people of today think? I am endlessly fascinated by it."

"Angel's Egg" was Director Oshii's first original work, with Yoshitaka Amano in charge of the original concept and art direction. It was produced in an ascetic style, with almost monotone colors, very few lines, unusually long takes, and only about 400 cuts, about one-third the number of cuts in a normal anime. It was released as an OVA in 1985, and was screened in theaters for a limited time to commemorate its release.