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Manchester Animation Festival Screens 4K Remaster of Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The 78th Cannes International Film Festival's Cinéma de la Plage screened the world premiere of the 4K remaster of Angel's Egg on May 20.
The film is also screening at Fantastic Fest, which takes place in Austin, Texas from September 18-25. The film will get its New York premiere at the 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) in the "Revivals" category, with four screenings planned on September 27 and 30, as well as October 4 and 6. Beyond Fest in Los Angeles will screen the film's U.S. West Coast premiere on October 5. Spain's Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival will screen the 4K remaster during its October 9-19 run.
GKIDS will screen the 4K remaster in North America beginning on November 19.
Tokuma Shoten announced the remaster in May 2024. France-based Gebeka International acquired the worldwide sales rights to the 4K remaster in May 2024. GKIDS will also release the film on home video.
The remaster is based on a new scan of a 35mm film negative of the anime.
The Angel's Egg original video anime (OVA) debuted in Japan in 1985. Oshii directed the OVA at Studio DEEN. Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano conceived the story, and Oshii wrote the screenplay and directed. Amano also handled the art direction. Hiroshi Hasegawa, Masao Kobayashi, Mitsunori Miura, and Yutaka Wada produced the film. Yoshihiro Kanno composed the music.
HBO Max is adding Angel's Egg in a new partnership with GKIDS.
The Japan Society hosted a screening of the film at its museum in New York City in September 2023. Prior to that 2023 screening by The Japan Society, the anime had not received a release in the West in its original form. Carl Colpaert's live-action/animated 1987 film In the Aftermath spliced footage from the film.
Source: Press release
