Angel's Egg is set to appear in a new 4K UHD Collector's Edition from GKIDS on September 22, and is included in the Busan International Film Festival's new Japanese animation strand. The film is cited as part of a curated selection spanning anime history.
Angel's Egg, Mamoru Oshii's 1985 OVA, is being re-released and re-contextualized through two 2026 events. GKIDS announced a 4K UHD Collector's Edition of the film's 4K remaster, scheduled for September 22. This physical release joins a slate that also includes a 4K edition of Look Back and a first-time Blu-ray for Hideaki Anno's live-action Love & Pop.
In the same year, the Busan International Film Festival added a curated anime section to its 31st edition. The strand, titled Japanese Animation Special: Masterpieces of Madness, Exhilarating Prospects 12+1, pairs 12 anime films with one European classic. Angel's Egg is included alongside titles like The White Snake Enchantress, Phoenix 2772, Rintaro's Metropolis, and new works from Shingo Natsume and Ryo Katanosaka. The section is out of competition and screens 13 films total, spanning from 1958 to 2026.
The two stories present Angel's Egg as a canonical work receiving contemporary attention: one through physical media aimed at collectors, the other through a festival retrospective that situates it among both historical landmarks and current productions. Neither story details the film's plot or production history beyond identifying Oshii as director.
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Sep 2
The Busan International Film Festival has added a curated anime strand to its 31st edition. Titled Japanese Animation Special: Masterpieces of Madness, Exhilarating Prospects 12+1, the program pairs 12 anime films with one European classic, Paul Grimault's The King and the Mockingbird. The selection spans Taiji Yabushita's The White Snake Enchantress, Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix 2772, Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg, Rintaro's Metropolis, and new works from Shingo Natsume and Ryo Katanosaka. Rintaro, now working on a new Galaxy Express 999 feature, will appear at the festival.
Sep 1
The 31st Busan International Film Festival will screen 13 films in a new out-of-competition category, "Japanese Animation Special: Masterpieces of Madness, Exhilarating Prospects 12+1." The lineup spans 1958 to 2026, from The White Snake Enchantress and Belladonna of Sadness through Metropolis and Mind Game to four 2026 titles. The King and the Mockingbird, a French film that influenced Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, also screens in the section.
Jul 6
GKIDS announced during its Anime Expo panel on Sunday several home video releases, including a 4K UHD Collector's Edition for Look Back on September 8, a 4K UHD Collector's Edition for the 4K remaster of Angel's Egg on September 22, and a Blu-ray Disc release for Hideaki Anno's live-action film Love & Pop on October 6.