A 4K remastered edition of the classic OVA Angel’s Egg, written and directed by Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in The Shell), will be produced to commemorate its 40th anniversary in 2025.As Oshii’s first original OVA work and collaboration work with internationally acclaimed illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, Angel’s Egg was released from Tokuma Shoten 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.The 71-minute OVA was an avant-garde and fantastical work based on the Noah’s Ark episode from the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, with only two characters — Boy (CV: Jinpachi Nezu) and Girl (Mako Hyodo). The story is about a young girl who holds an egg in her arms in a submerged city. She believes that it is the egg of an angel. One day, she meets a boy carrying a huge gun who says he is looking for a “bird” he saw in a dream. In an abandoned town, a faint sympathy seems to have developed between the two, but one night, the boy crushes the girl’s egg – and the girl’s egg is crushed.Under the supervision of director Oshii himself, the original 35mm film print will be scanned and remastered in 4K using the latest technology.
Source: Tokuma Shoten press release🄫Mamoru Oshii, Yoshitaka Amano, Tokuma Shoten, Tokuma Japan Communications
