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March 13, 2009 at 11:47 am
Angel’s Egg… I have no idea what was going on, but goddamn it was beautiful.
March 13, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I wikied it, coz I’ve never heard of it before. It looks very nice..
March 13, 2009 at 7:12 pm
What Sorrow-kun said.
I loved the marriage of imagery and music (the soundtrack’s wonderful and the artwork is superb for its time) but as a story it didn’t really say anything to me. I’ve never really read any satisfying explanation as to what’s going on, so beyond being mesmerised at it as a work of art, I can’t really say anything complimentary about it.
Great screenies though…thanks for sharing!
March 13, 2009 at 8:19 pm
@Sorrow-Kun
I have few ideas, although unfortunately I can’t really talk about it without sounding awefully pretentious. O well, maybe next time I’ll take the chance…
@animekritik
I’m surprised you haven’t heard about this. O well, do give this a try :3
@Martin
Yep, it’s a real pleasure to the eyes and ears, although I would personally go far as saying the artwork is timeless, wheras works like Kanashimi no Belladonna hasn’t aged that well. It’s still one of the most beautiful anime.
I have come across various comments here and there, and only one really comprehensive analysis of the symbolisms by someone with religious background. I don’t think there can be any satisfying explanation (hahaha…like that’ll happen…) for something like this, so glad to hear you at least enjoy the art of it.
March 14, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I think I was 15 or something when I saw Angel’s Egg for the first time, and back then, I dropped it after perhaps 10 minutes. Even today I dislike the 80s animation style, but the scans! I have never seen them before and was surprised how beautiful they are, albeit in a weird way.
March 14, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Nice screenshots
I like Yoshitaka Amano’s art 
This anime is still sitting on my watch list after all these years… I have to see it soon
March 15, 2009 at 8:46 am
@Sasa
I scanned them personally, you probably won’t find them (or most of them) on net. I also can boast saying this screencap gallery is the best you’ll ever find!
@Kitsune
It’s only an hour long, and a must-watch for any cult anime fan :3
March 15, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Ohh, I see! Those are some really nice scans there, thank you! It makes me consider giving Angel’s Egg a second try…
March 16, 2009 at 7:26 am
I have bit more, but they’re large drawings that are separated by two pages. Maybe, one day, I might be bothered to photoshop the remaining pages to look nice without all the foldings/shadings
March 21, 2009 at 4:31 am
Nice scans, I was always a big fan of Angel’s Egg, it’s my second favorite anime movie ever for the record.
It’s a statement about blind faith and Oshii’s commentary on religion. The symbolisms are a way of him expressing certain facets to religion that he questions. Even I question religion now and again, so I connected a lot with this production.
Of course, I own a book on the guy, so I guess that would explain why it all makes sense to me in some way (not impossible without it, but the book really helped me appreciate the movie more than I previously did).
Keep up the good work with your blog by the way, it’s all very interesting!
March 21, 2009 at 4:38 am
I know all too well your love for Angel’s Egg, probably more so than me :3
We talked about this idea of blind faith, and pretty much agreeded on what the man and the girl represents (i.e. man=enlightened Oshii, girl=past innocent Oshii), but I haven’t read that book you were talking about, so chances are you have greater insight into this than I do ^_^b
*edit: I just “acquired” the book you were talking about. Now this makes me want to write a post on Angel’s Egg ^^
December 12, 2009 at 6:29 am
thank you for posting these!