Tenshi no Tamago


Angel's Egg

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 天使のたまご
English: Angel's Egg
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Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Dec 22, 1985
Producers: Tokuma Shoten
Licensors: Anchor Bay Films
Studios: Studio Deen
Source: Original
Genres: Avant GardeAvant Garde, DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy
Duration: 1 hr. 11 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.711 (scored by 5961659,616 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #12182
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1514
Members: 153,022
Favorites: 3,455

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Synopsis

The surrealist world of Tenshi no Tamago is desolate and devoid of the bustle of traditional everyday life. Instead, the world is filled with ominous phenomena, including floating orbs populated with statues of goddesses, gargantuan army tanks that seem to move unmanned, armies of fishermen who chase after the shadows of nonexistent fish, and caverns solely decorated with glass vessels of water.

In this run-down world, a young girl takes care of a large egg and scavenges for food and drink. She encounters a mysterious man with a cross over his shoulder, who soon becomes curious about who she is and what her egg contains. They decide to explore the lost and broken landscape together, questioning each other about the nature of faith, the purpose of the world, and the origins of their lives.

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Background

When it was brought to the US, 45 minutes of live action footage was added in an attempt to release it as a post-apocalyptic thriller called In The Aftermath: Angels Never Sleep.

Characters & Voice Actors

Girl

Main
Hyoudou, Mako
Japanese

Boy

Main
Nezu, Jinpachi
Japanese

Staff

Oshii, Mamoru
Director, Screenplay, Original Creator
Shiba, Shigeharu
Sound Director


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Ending Theme

"Prelude" by Yoshihiro Kanno




Reviews

Feb 22, 2024
Angel's Egg is a cult classic film from the mid 80s that is truly a case in its own league. What I mean by this is that the film is so avant garde, that even the director of the film doesn't really understand what the story and or the meaning of the movie is about.

So the story is very simple. We follow this unknown girl who wakes up in a post-apocalyptic like world and she possesses and egg that she is very protective of. She sets off on a journey and meets this unknown boy who starts to tag along with her. That's about all ...
Nov 2, 2022
Mixed Feelings
This movie is definitely not for everyone. It's slow, abstract in plot and theme, and nothing really happens. However, I did enjoy it as a late-night watch. The landscapes are like moving paintings with the ambient sound and soft music providing the post-apocalyptic setting with a very melancholic tone. There is a lot of Christian symbolism laden throughout. And, the lingering shots allow one to appreciate the drawings of each frame. However, this movie is definitely not without fault.

The pacing is abysmally slow with nothing really happening save for some action in the city with fish and statues. The dialogue is strange at times and ...
Jun 14, 2023
FunnyFunny
This is going to be short. I'm gonna be unfront and tell y'all that this is probably the worst experience I had with any anime.

You can dump on shows like Mars of Destruction all you want but the very least I had fun making fun of it. There's bad, there's boring, there's atrocious, and there's Angel Egg. Yoshitaka Amano is a great artist given how I love the old school Final Fantasy artworks and seeing him work on this horrid mullet of a turd was painful. Apparently, the guy who made Ghost in the Shell movie worked on this as well. But why would ...

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