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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)
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: 619 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 94 votes (sub:75, dub:5, raw:4, ?:1, others:9
2 Russian subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Slovak subtitled subtitled
)
 Excellent: 96 votes (sub:90, dub:4, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 136 votes (sub:115, dub:9, raw:5, ?:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 110 votes (sub:93, dub:7, raw:3, ?:1, others:6
2 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish 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 1117 users, rank: #1103 (of 9713)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.129 (Good), std. dev.: 2.3805, rank: #3222 (of 9830)
Weighted mean: 7.098 (Good), rank: #3167 (of 9830) (seen all: 7.12 / seen some: 7.15 / won't finish: 1.41)
Bayesian estimate: 7.106 (Good), rank: #2942 (of 7445)
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)
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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
Jōsaku 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:
Atsuko Satou
Ayako Murano
Chie Abo
Etsuko Shimoda
Hatsue Fukuzawa
Hideyo Shimizu
Hideyuki Yagisawa
Hiroko Suzuki
Hiroko Yokoyama
Jun Sano
Junko Nakamura
Kayoko Isobe
Kenji Narita
Kimiko Oogiyama
Kiyomi Murakoshi
Kozue Arai
Kyoko Yamato
Kyouko Tago
Manami Doi
Masaki Saitou
Masato Yamashita
Mieko Taguchi
Mika Tsuda
Minako Mori
Minoru Ueno
Misako Honda
Miyoko Hoshikawa
Mutsumi Tokuda
Rie Akiyama
Satoshi Uchida
Shihoko Nakayama
Shinichi Toyonaga
Sumie Nakamachi
Takayoshi Arita
Tomoka Mitsui
Waki Takahashi
Yasuko Yamaguchi
Yasunobu Iyoda
Yoko Sakamoto
Yoshiko Kishi
Yuko Abe
Yumiko Honda
Finishing Supervisor: Honobi Haibara
In-Between Animation:
Komasa
Akemi Kan
Chie Tozuka
Emi Kouyama
Fumihiro Yamashita
Fumio Sasaki
Hideo Yokoo
Hinako Komatsu
Hiroko Yamamoto
Hiroshi Maejima
Hirotake Sakai
Hiroyuki Saitō
Hitoshi Ehara
Katsusuke Konuma
Kazuhiro Fujitani
Kazunori Takahashi
Kazuyuki Kuroiwa
Keiichiro Hattori
Kengo Inoue
Koichiro Kiyoshima
Koji Kodama
Konomi Noguchi
Kumiko Yusa
Kyoko Higurashi
Kyouko Sunagawa
Machiko Ōsone
Machiko Shin'ya
Mari Yashima
Masako Arai
Miki Ukai
Miyako Nishiwaki
Motoko Okuno
Noriko Iidaka
Noriko Kiyohara
Sadaharu Satou
Shiho Nakamura
Shizuyo Shinohara
Shun'ichi Muraoka
Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Tamiko Hyodo
Tasuku Aoyama
Tatsuya Higaki
Tatsuya Noboshi
Teruhisa Ryū
Tetsuji Tanizaki
Tomonori Yokota
Toshiya Yamada
Tsuyako Tadou
Yaeko Kodama
Yasuo Ishii
Yasuyo Nakajima
Yoshikuni Nakamura
Yoshio Seino
Yuriko Nagaya
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
Yūminsha
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)
GKIDS (North America; 2024)
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Sales Agency: Gebeka International (2024; Worldwide)
French cast
(none)

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