4K Remaster of Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg Anime to Premiere at Cannes
This year's festival is taking place in France from May 13 to May 24.France-based Gebeka International acquired the worldwide sales rights to the 4K remaster in May 2024. 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.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.Tokuma Shoten announced the remaster in May 2024. GKIDS will screen the 4K remaster in North America sometime this year.Sources: Cannes, Mantan Web
