Mamoru Oshii's 'Angel's Egg' | Teaser

Mamoru Oshii's 'Angel's Egg' | Teaser
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『天使のたまご』
In-Person Screening
Friday, October 14 at 7 pm
A groundbreaking collaboration between two anime legends that intertwines Mamoru Oshii’s personal reflections on theology, existentialism and evolution with Yoshitaka Amano’s fantastical ink art style, Angel’s Egg remains a rarely screened and hard-to-find cult classic. Taking place in a seemingly quiescent time, two nameless strangers-a girl bearing a mystical egg and a man with a cruciate cane-journey across a primordial realm of decadent ruins, primitive fish and fossilized relics. An allegorical fantasy enriched by symbolism and biblical allusion, Oshii’s beautifully melancholic OVA ruminates on the tragic underpinnings of existence in a world untouched by God.
Dir. Mamoru Oshii, 1985, 71 min., Digital, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Mako Hyoudou, Jinpachi Nezu.
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[@svensefkirihara9509]

Nowadays this type of anime with such philosophical and deep scripts has been lost. What a pity.

[@johntitor3059]

The bird is still there, dreaming.

[@randomdude6821]

Watch sonny boy

[@Amaling]

Jellyfish Can't Swim at Night is airing right flippin now, and it's very deep. Maybe you'd dismiss it because of surface appearances, but it doesn't take away from how nuanced it and plenty of other modern anime can be

[@Nicnacsqt]

just saw it in my feed, the anime will get a 4k remaster for its 40th anniversary in 2025

[@roberto125919]

@@Amaling Maybe you'd dismiss it because of surface appearances. YES I WOULD... can't watch that bubbly dribble for girls.

[@greggseamon]

One of the most beautiful animated films ever made

[@Like_A_Dance]

Shoutout to the goat Shichiro Kobayashi, art director of this masterpiece.

[@valterzc8187]

This anime is great, even though it makes us feel melancholic

[@michellemajju1589]

"Melancholic" Is the exact word for it! But of course it's beautiful

[@minamur]

this movie is an itch that can't be scratched

[@zachariahjonahmaldonado5897]

Let me tell you, of all the animes in the world, this was definitely one of them. My absolute favourite part was the 2 minutes where they're sleeping in a room and the only movement is the flickering fire, I thought my stream was buffering. You know it's great because Dark Souls 3 cribbed the atmosphere and imagery from this, that doesn't happen by accident. There's only like 5 complete sentences in the movie but they're heavy. 9.5 out of 10, highly recommend.

[@lesplantes4004]

Yeah somehow I love that part too, I don't understand why though. And then when the girl screaming after found out about the egg, I got goosebump. Really beautifull movie

[@proxyproxy3951]

For me, in that scene, I imagined him thinking. In turn it made me think and reflect upon his words, actions and expressions. I love it too.

[@aaa-my5xy]

i was definitely reminded of dark souls 3 when watching this, but i think its a bit unfair to say they cribbed it. dark atmosphere with ruins of gothic architecture and choir singing doesnt sound like a formula that would be exclusive to this film or even that hard to come up with. if there were biological machines or 1000s of random bottles laying around in dark souls 3 then they might have copied it a bit too much.

[@plasmodius9449]

you might wanna correct that first sentence, you basically said "this was one of the anime of all time" lol

[@Dr_Telfort]

isn't dark souls from berserk

[@Dikigoros_tou_Diavolou]

My God, what a film!

[@Venserql]

This has been on my watchlist for a while...

[@ElricSowrd]

I remember about this Anime movie like eight years back and I'm familiar with Yoshitaka Amano.

[@Vinny792]

This is being played on the day of my birthday.

[@NICO-qt5jq]

Mesmo depois de anos ainda lembram desse anime fico surpreso.

[@raulbetancourt5795]

Lynch, ingmar and tarkovsky: Wtf are we watching?

[@khandigifer5254]

Licensed by Gkids today. Fingers crossed we get a 4k/Bluray release this year

[@franciscosolis246]

Where can I watch this?

[@judedeluca4408]

A bird whose wings have been plucked shall devolve back into the beast it was before it became a bird

[@rachele6637]

whats the score used here?

[@nicoleelbin9701]

I didn't think anything could reach the level of Akira until I watched this.

[@mr.mcnuggies]

Okay I loved Akira now you got me wanting to watch this lol

[@SEGbruhproductions]

Which theaters is this movie going to?

[@dsnajbvoer9453]

it was out in 1985 bro

[@Crush-Tower]

Lmao

[@dohminkonoha3200]

You need knowledge of Old Testament to understand it.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

Anata wo dare?

[@johntitor3059]

わたしわソンンテイトルです

[@-gekka-0845]

WIREDから

[@bencapili1955]

i love the creators of this movie. But the movie itself is shit

[@jakeschwartz2514]

Theres no chance you actually understand it.

[@whyareyoutriggeredbro9048]

Just say your don't understand it😂 it's an amazing movie😂

[@Faux_Sunlight]

It’s fine to dislike the movie bro, but you need to explain why, don’t just rage bait