Tenshi no Tamago

The surrealist world of Tenshi no Tamago is desolate and devoid of the bustle of traditional everyday life. Instead, the world is filled with ominous phenomena, including floating orbs populated with statues of goddesses, gargantuan army tanks that seem to move unmanned, armies of fishermen who chase after the shadows of nonexistent fish, and caverns solely decorated with glass vessels of water.

In this run-down world, a young girl takes care of a large egg and scavenges for food and drink. She encounters a mysterious man with a cross over his shoulder, who soon becomes curious about who she is and what her egg contains. They decide to explore the lost and broken landscape together, questioning each other about the nature of faith, the purpose of the world, and the origins of their lives.

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Girl Main

Hyoudou, Mako Japanese

Boy Main

Nezu, Jinpachi Japanese

Suzuki, Toshio Producer

Hasegawa, Hiroshi Producer

Oshii, Mamoru Director, Screenplay, Original Creator

Shiba, Shigeharu Sound Director

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Sep 1, 2024

Dompa112

Recommended

Its an ok watch. Its not anything special or meaningful. I think its more judt a showcase. Have to remember this is from the 70/80s. People trying to find some sort of meaning or plot hear are chasing ghost. There really isnt. Its just a bunch of peaceful scenes featuring some girl carrying her ”Tamago”. Its quite a relaxing hour of watch. Music is nice. I like the animation. The little voice acting there is is good. Its enjoyable and id recommend it if you understand what you are getting yourself into. If you expect it to be some deep meaningful thing then no. Thats ... just people seeing ghosts or maybe trying to look sophisticated or smart. Rather watch this and have a good relaxing hour you will find yourself rewarded.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 30, 2025

Kon2000

Mixed Feelings

I'm not an English native speaker but I hope you understand my review:

(spoilers)

Symbology:
God being represented as the big eye in the sky looking above everything, Jesus by the guy holding the cross with covered wounds on his hands, the fish being hunted is the food source of the people in the ark, capitalism represented by the strange machines (or else it was only used for aesthetic purpose although is pretty common to see people trying to force it as something terrible in the media like: "the water is rising and will take our land if you don't take action against the climate changes caused by ... capitalism" never happened LOL).

Theory:
This show can be represented by 2 different theories for me:

1 - Not very interesting theory:
This show can represented as the same old "Christianity, capitalism and power are bad for the people and will lead them to nowhere" if that's the case the movie would be very disappointing, there is nothing original about that concept it's just political propaganda, maybe the author tried to convey that he knows what he is approaching with the show showcasing Noah's ark history (basic Christian knowledge) to make people who have faith in Christianity think he is ahead of them as he abandoned his faith, he also made Jesus forget what he was doing on earth, this theory starts from the point that the author acts as a problematic child.

2 - Interesting theory:
The people hunting Coelacanth (an ancient fish species) shadows lived so many generations fishing in the ark that they forgot or distorted their faith in Christianity that explains the fish everywhere in the city and in the glass of the church instead of Jesus or God, that should be why they are not with God in the sky as the rest of the people who was shown at the beginning and at the end of the movie, they are instead stuck on board of the ark as souls who didn't completed their purpose to ascend to heaven.

Doubts:
I don't understand why the animal bones in the walls are shown as giant scary monsters so that rises me the question: did the guy representing Jesus broke the egg because it would grow something bad for mankind inside and they don't have the knowledge to control it anymore? And what the eggs and the tree represent? The movie fails to make it clear, the author seems afraid to criticize something openly so he tries to hide it in symbology making it unclear.

Visuals:
The design is pretty good, the animation is ok but nothing impressive as some scenes from other shows at that time.

(A bit of my belief in religion:
I'm not a Christian but I do respect their faith, ideals and ethics and those who fight it or feel hate for that may believe in Christianity too since you can't fight what isn't real.)

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 14, 2023

undamoth

Not Recommended

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This is going to be short. I'm gonna be unfront and tell y'all that this is probably the worst experience I had with any anime.

You can dump on shows like Mars of Destruction all you want but the very least I had fun making fun of it. There's bad, there's boring, there's atrocious, and there's Angel Egg. Yoshitaka Amano is a great artist given how I love the old school Final Fantasy artworks and seeing him work on this horrid mullet of a turd was painful. Apparently, the guy who made Ghost in the Shell movie worked on this as well. But why would ... they concoct something like this?

The show was a whole lot of nothing, vapid, empty, with industrial sounds and ambiance as the only thing that accompanies you in this feature-length yawnfest. All atmosphere and nothing to get a hold of. There was nothing to say. It's all 'artsy' and none of the frills that makes a movie or an anime for that matter, engaging. We follow along a duo that are as entertaining as peeing with UTI. I was never a lover of art cinema and probably this is not for me. I could swear it made me feel narcoleptic with how many times I fell asleep throughout its runtime. This is the anti-thesis of excitement. Everything is symbolic and I could not give a single damn thing about whatever message it tries to say because it feels like noise the whole movie. Story? It was there probably, buried in layers upon layers of silence, nothingness, and meager animated sceneries. This is a movie made for the intelligent fellows I suppose and while I agree on never getting the point of it all, I will stand by the fact that this movie failed as an entertainment. I simply had no enjoyment whatsoever and there's no force on earth that could make me gaze on it ever again. Finishing it not only came out as a chore but I was physically ill, not because I was affected by the movie but how sorry I am for wasting a portion of my life watching this abominable piece of arthouse pretentiousness.

For whatever reason, people like this and hats off to you mates. For everyone else, I do not wish for you to suffer the same pain I had feasting my eyes on this abomination.

Do not watch it unless you need to cure your insomnia. Bring your friends for slumber party.

I respect the artists that made the movie. I just hate this damn movie specifically.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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