Angel’s Egg, a 1985 OVA written and directed by Mamoru Oshii and featuring character designs by Yoshitaka Amano, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2025. Following the news earlier in May of a 4K restoration release in Japan, GKIDS announced today the company will screen the film in North American theaters with the same 4K restoration. Further details about the GKIDS release were not announced at the time of reporting.
GKIDS also confirmed the acquisition of their North American rights includes a physical media release. The anime short was Oshii’s first original OVA and collaboration with Amano. Tokuma Shoten originally released the anime in Japan on December 15, 1985. In addition to co-working on the original concept with Oshii, Amano was also in charge of art direction, including character design, image boards, art settings and color settings.Angel’s Egg features animation production by Studio DEEN. GKIDS describes the film:
In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms – a treasure that she believes is an angel’s egg. A boy with a gun arrives in search of a bird he saw in his dream. At first it seems as if feelings of sympathy are developing between the two. Then, one night, the boy crushes her precious egg.
Source: Official GKIDS home page
