Angel's Egg
1985 · Movie · NR · 71 min · ★ 7.7 · 81% critics
In the ruins of a strange, deserted city, a solitary child carefully protects a large egg while searching for water and meaning in the silence. When a wandering stranger appears, their uneasy companionship leads them through haunting sights and cryptic, faith-tinged questions that are left for the viewer to interpret.
Also known as Egg of God · Mystical Egg of the Angels
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Details
- Original title
- 天使のたまご
- Years
- 1985
- Release date
- 1985-12-22
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 71 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (582 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a moody, surreal animated experience that invites personal interpretation more than clear answers, similar in spirit to Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion; Not for you if you need fast pacing and straightforward storytelling.
Pros: haunting atmosphere; striking hand-drawn visuals; thought-provoking ambiguity | Cons: very slow pace; sparse dialogue; vague story clarity
Themes
- philosophy
- dystopia
- gothic
- adult animation
- anime
- philosophical
- original video animation (ova)
- avant garde
- ambiguous
- subjective
Cast & crew
Keiichi Noda
as Narrator (voice)
Mako Hyodo
as Girl (voice)
Jinpachi Nezu
as Man (voice)
Directed by Mamoru Oshii