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Mamoru Oshii
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: Not Rated
: Anime
: 71 min.
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Arguably one of the most remarkable animated films ever made, Mamoru Oshii's first feature is a stunning achievement from the director better-known for URUSEI YATSURA and PATLABOR (and, more recently, GHOST IN THE SHELL). The story essentially concerns a young girl's efforts to protect a mysterious egg. With intended Biblical allusions, a wandering man arrives and follows the girl, eventually setting in motion a chain of events that cyclically result in a SOLARIS-like conclusion. With an emphasis on mood rather than story, Oshii patiently allows subtle actions to fill the screen with unexplained (perhaps nonexistent) significance. The look of the film should be partially attributed to the work of illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, with character designs quite unlike any other Anime of the era.
-- Jonathan Marlow
Subtitled in English. Dialogue in Japanese. Extras include a slide-show of production sketches, sharing some resemblance to the Robert Gould illustrations for Michael Moorcock's ELRIC saga.
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| Early Mamoru Oshii: moody, artsy, philosophical
by hneline1
November 14, 2004 - 2:24 AM PST
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6 out of 6 members found this review helpful
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I like this film. Then again, I like artsy, moody, almost dialogue-less, incomprehensible, introverted anime with fantastical premises and debatable logic (for example, Cat Soup, Kino's Journey, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Le Petit Prince). The little girl is taciturn but energetic, and the trust growing between her and the rugged stranger is well depicted even without much speech.
I love Yoshitaka Amano's delicate character design (Vampire Hunter D, Final Fantasy), and the animation is smooth and detailed. Although this is an early 80's work, the quality of the artwork lets it stand well against more modern styles. Also, if you want to watch this because it's an early Mamoru Oshii film, don't expect the same level of action that Oshii depicts so well in later works (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor, Jin-Roh). Angel's Egg (Tenshi no Tamago) is a better example of Oshii's philosophizing and mood development.
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