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Angel's Egg (movie)

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Alternative title:

L'oeuf de l'ange (French)

Magical Egg of the Angels

Masul an wi Chonsa

Mystical Egg of the Angels

Tenshi no Tamago (Japanese)

Яйцо ангела (Russian)

天使のたまご (Japanese)

Genres: drama, fantasy, psychological

Themes: religion

Plot Summary: In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere. A mysterious man enters her life... and they discuss the world around them.

User Ratings: 618 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 94 votes (sub:75, dub:5, raw:4, ?:1, others:9

2 Russian subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Slovak subtitled subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled

)

Excellent: 93 votes (sub:87, dub:4, others:2

1 Polish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled

)

Very good: 137 votes (sub:116, dub:9, raw:5, ?:1, others:6

3 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed

)

Good: 111 votes (sub:94, dub:7, raw:3, ?:1, others:6

2 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled

)

Decent: 54 votes (sub:50, raw:2, others:2

2 Spanish subtitled

)

So-so: 44 votes (sub:36, dub:4, raw:1, ?:1, others:2

1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled

)

Not really good: 25 votes (sub:21, ?:1, dub:1, raw:1, others:1

1 Spanish dubbed

)

Weak: 19 votes (sub:17, dub:1, others:1

1 Slovak subtitled

)

Bad: 17 votes (sub:16, dub:1)

Awful: 16 votes (sub:12, dub:2, raw:1, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

Worst ever: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

Seen in part or in whole by 1116 users, rank: #1104 (of 9581)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.121 (Good), std. dev.: 2.3791, rank: #3219 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 7.094 (Good), rank: #3138 (of 9703) (seen all: 7.12 / seen some: 7.14 / won't finish: 1.41)
Bayesian estimate: 7.102 (Good), rank: #2900 (of 7286)

Running time: 71 minutes

Vintage: 1985

Release dates: We have 1

Ending Theme:

"Prelude" by Yoshihiro Kanno

Links: We have 3

Trivia: We have 3

Review:

Angel's Egg Anime Film Review (Sep 11, 2023)

News: Show: 4 +8 ref. +32 unverified

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Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg Will Have Cinema Screening in Bedford on July 27 (Jun 7, 2022)

FACETS Cinema in Chicago Screens Angel's Egg, 3 More Anime Films in June (May 31, 2022)

In the Aftermath Film With Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg Footage Gets BD Release in U.K. (Mar 10, 2019)

Other articles: Show: 1 +1 ref. +10 unverified

Tokyopop Briefly Reposted Subtitled Angel's Egg Video (Mar 15, 2016)

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Mamoru Oshii

Screenplay: Mamoru Oshii

Story:
Mamoru Oshii
Yoshitaka Amano

Music: Yoshihiro Kanno

Original Concept:
Mamoru Oshii
Yoshitaka Amano

Character Design: Yoshitaka Amano

Art Director:
Lee Hyun Se
Shichirō Kobayashi
Yoshitaka Amano

Animation Director: Yasuhiro Nakura

Sound Director: Shigeharu Shiba

Director of Photography: Jūrō Sugimura

Executive producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma

Producer:
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Masao Kobayashi
Mitsunori Miura
Toshio Suzuki
Yutaka Wada

Background Art:
Fumie Nuibe
Kenji Kato
Makoto Shiraishi
Nobuyuki Kaji
Sadahiko Tanaka
Shinji Kimura
Tadashi Katayama
Yasuyoshi Kawashima

Cinematography:
Cho Myong Hyon
Hiroaki Edamitsu
Hiroshi Tamura
Hisao Kazamura
Jousaku Nishiyama
Katsuya Kozutsumi
Kenji Akazawa
Mikiko Ishizuka
Satoshi Arakawa
Shinobu Yamamoto
Shōji Aoyagi
Takashi Ikehata
Terumi Sato
Yasuhiro Shimizu
Yasunori Hayama

Color setting: Michiyo Yasuda

Coordination: Isamu Kattō

Editing: Seiji Morita

Finish Check: Homi Ogiwara

Finishing Supervisor: Honobi Haibara

In-Between Check:
Takao Yoshino
Yasuko Tachiki

Key Animation:
Etsuko Iiguchi
Kitarō Kōsaka
Makiko Futaki
Mari Okuda
Masaaki Endou
Shigeru Katō
Shinji Ōtsuka
Toshio Kawaguchi
Toyoaki Emura
Yasuhiro Nakura
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Yumiko Yoshikawa

Layout Supervisor: Shichirō Kobayashi

Music Director: Yoshihiro Kanno

Orchestra Conductor: Hiroshi Kumagai

Planning:
Hideo Ogata
Tatsumi Yamashita

Production Administration: Jin Nagase

Production Desk: Takehito Hobara

Recording Director Assistant: Naoko Asari

Sound Effects:
Michihiro Itō
Naohiro Itou

Special Effects: Gō Abe

Jinpachi Nezu as Man

Mako Hyōdō as Girl

Keiichi Noda as Narrator

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Studio DEEN

Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production

Film Developing:
Imagica
Toho Genzousho

Film Stock: Eastman Kodak

Finish Animation:
Group Joy
Studio Act
Studio City
Studio Hibari
Studio OZ
Yuuminsha

In-Between Animation:
Lamdam
Shindo Production
Studio Hibari
Studio Ten
WAAB

Music Production: Tokuma Japan

Photography: Gallop

Production: Tokuma Shoten

Production Studio: Studio DEEN

Recording Production: Omnibus Promotion

Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center

Sound Effects: E&M Planning Center

Titles: Hyoudou Titles

English staff

English companies

(none)

Licensed by:
Anchor Bay Entertainment (Unreleased)

English cast

(none)

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