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, GKIDS
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 6724867,248 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #13322
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1539
Members: 173,802
Favorites: 3,862

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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

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Ending Theme

"Prelude" by Yoshihiro Kanno




Reviews

Nov 3, 2025
To put it simply, as likely a lot of people have already said it, but this movie is a gorgeous piece of cinema that puts into question blind faith in a short, but symbolically beautiful movie.

This film knows how to use its short runtime to really make you think on things— some shots lasting minutes at a time to let your mind ponder, and really take into consideration the things the movie presents.

What I love about this movie the most though, is it's messaging about faith, and more importantly, how wide open it is for speculation as a whole— such as questions as ...
Jan 30, 2025
Mixed Feelings
I'm not an English native speaker but I hope you understand my review:

(spoilers)

Symbology:
God being represented as the big eye in the sky looking above everything, Jesus by the guy holding the cross with covered wounds on his hands, the fish being hunted is the food source of the people in the ark, capitalism represented by the strange machines (or else it was only used for aesthetic purpose although is pretty common to see people trying to force it as something terrible in the media like: "the water is rising and will take our land if you don't take action against the climate changes caused by ...
Sep 6, 2025
FunnyFunny
I decided to check out Angel’s Egg after seeing the trailer for the upcoming 4K remaster on YouTube since it looked interesting, and… well, it was mostly a letdown. The movie is boring and frustrating, feeling more like a long, slow-moving poem or art piece than an engaging piece of cinema. It abandons conventional plot, dialogue, and character development, leaving the viewer wandering through a desolate world with surreal, static visuals and industrial ambiance. There’s a lot of symbolism (really the only thing going on) the girl carrying the egg, stone statues, and mysterious tree-like structures but literally, very little actually “happens.” The only thing ...

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