Angel's Egg

Yes. Mamoru Oshii and visionary artist Yoshitaka Amano's cult 1985 anime masterpiece was created using traditional hand-painted cels photographed onto 35mm motion picture film. For the film's 40th anniversary, a brand-new 4k restoration was carried out from the original 35mm film elements (35mm interpositive) under the direct supervision of Mamoru Oshii himself, premiering to acclaim at the 2025 Cannes Classics selection. This new native 4k master on Ultra HD Blu-ray delivers a monumental visual leap over earlier transfers that suffered from milky blacks, crushed shadow detail, and compression artifacts in the pervasive gloom. Enhanced by Dolby Vision and HDR-10, the hypnotic gothic atmosphere comes alive with remarkable depth: inky shadows retain delicate nuance, pale monochromatic and blue-grey gradients transition smoothly without banding, and the intricate hand-painted backgrounds and organic 35mm grain structure look tack-sharp and thoroughly filmic. Paired with newly restored DTS-HD MA 5.1 and original LPCM 2.0 audio tracks, this is the definitive presentation of a landmark work of Japanese animation.