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Before talking about the film there are some information about Oshii we should know about.... Oshii in his early life was religious as he studied in a school of priesthood in his youth but he abandoned his beliefs and denied them..

The Angel's Egg reminds me of Tarkovsky's films, which are based on the drawing of paintings of pure cinema. Through these paintings, he depicts his feelings, thoughts and orientations, and what he wants to say
The film is based on slow motion to give the viewer an opportunity to think, analyze and scrutinize so that the spectator will be able to understand the ideas of the ... author in the film , this film prioritizes symbolism over traditional storytelling.

The author did not explain the film or gave a clear explanation of his film, and this is usually from the big directors, it reminds me of Stanley Kubrick's statement about his masterpiece 2001: a Space Odyssey "How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: 'The lady is smiling because she is hiding a secret from her lover. ' This would shackle the viewer to reality, and I do not want this to happen to 2001. ".

Every picture in the film is a painting of the meaning of the word in addition to the mystery and the mythic in the isolated world and the dark city and the mysterious characters with philosophical ideas, which appeared clearly in the little dialogue between them and that music and the design of characters that give a closer atmosphere of Fantasia and magic.

The film does not depend on events and ordinary scenes through the beginning, events and end, but on the ability to create a poetic painting through the mixing of music and events to create an integrated image
Oshi did in his film as Tarkovsky did in the mirror by giving the feeling and idea through a cinematic picture without ordinary understandable events.

A surreal story. Symbolic, fantastical, religion, human, post-mortem or other life ... etc. Everything is permissible
There are those who see that the man betrayed the girl and destroyed it and there are those who see that he was the savior
I tend to the idea that the characters represent Oshii and his psychological vicissitudes and the world is a surrealistic picture of his ideas and beliefs.

Oshii was deeply influenced by Christian religion and his great quote from the Bible and Christian beliefs - which is understandable when we know that he studied in a school of priesthood in his youth.
The characters are Oshii but in different levels on his life
The young girl represents Oshii when he still believes in his beliefs
the reason that made me say that the both characters have the same white hair this wasn't a coincidence.
The egg represents Oshii's faith
the girl believies that the egg one day will hatch
In the other hand the boy represents oshii but when he denied and left his beliefs.

The boy thinks the egg is empty and there's nothing inside it
and the boy was right , when the egg was broken there was nothing and the girl was wrong , her faith was illusion
when the girl drowned in the water this is a Christian symbol of purity and self-cleansing of sins.
When the police were chasing fish's shadows on the walls this a symbol To religious believers (policemen) who follow their imagined beliefs ( fish's shadows).

The ship is a store of souls and the scene of white trees and its connection with the end gives us a picture and meanings such as: "conservation" in the sense of saving the lives of uncleanness and resurrection in Paradise and "purity" cleansing the evils and this reflects the conservation in the sense of purification and reservation.
The egg is a search for the truth .. You do not see it ,looking for it ,always asking what is the existence, and all that and when you enter in depth ,nihilism ,can't see and find nothing to look for, not all of us know what the truth.

In conclusion..
Angel's egg is a wonderful spiritual experience. Some people may think that the film didn't affect them or didn't understand what the film is trying to say, because they did not fit into the atmosphere of the film. I excuse them. Not all people can cope with the slow pacing and cinematic style in the narrative And presentation of ideas.
Oshii tried to get rid of the frame of the traditional film and to rebel against the stereotype and to present his ideas in a new unconventional way.
I appreciate his his effort in trying to make something new and creative.

We travel miles to Greece to find the epic of "Iliad and Odyssey".
And We travel to Hollywood to find the great epic "Stanley Kubrick" of his eternal masterpiece "Space Odyssey" ...
Finally we find the epic of Japan's immortal Legend Of The Galactic Heroes !!
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Plot :-

The story revolves around outer space and is based primarily on the empire of Galactic Empire and its long-term war with the Free Planets Alliance. Each of the warring sides possesses military equipment, huge money and men, but the rules of the game change upside down with the appearance of two men in a period The history of this conflict ... ...
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The story of the excess of greatness and rich details of the inability of the tongue to describe and summarize ..!
It is a story that expresses the epic of human thought throughout the ages
The struggle of the human ideologies we see in the image between the constant conflict between the opposites and conflicts of good and evil, democratic dictatorship, the right wing, everything has a counterpart unlike it..!
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The Legend of the Galactic Heroes is based on its attractive heroes to adopt a first-class military-religious political conflict. The story is built on leisurely and minute details. You will not only see one side blow the other in battle. You will follow every military step by the leaders inside their space craft. And you will see the consequences of these wars on the different societies and planets, and you will see how these armies deal with their losses and how the enemy exploits its victories and expands From his control and influence! Legend of the heroes of the galaxy does not take shortcuts in the narration and the novel of any kind, and everything is carefully detailed without exception!
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In this battle, we fight the class struggle between the imperialists of the super-tyrannical empire to try to defeat the coalition of free democratic planets, each striving for a cause that he sees from his closest perspective. The Planetary Alliance calls for freedom of equal rights with the right of man to free expression. On the other hand, For those who split from them, what do you wish for the overthrow of the empire over time and years?
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An epic struggle that spans dozens of episodes and includes thousands of pieces of war, perhaps millions of soldiers! The myth of the heroes of the galaxy is not a story that speaks of two people at all. It is a tale of conflict in which the threads and limbs are intertwined. The chain does not stop presenting dozens of characters who carry different visions and principles. There is no evil and good in this series. And even the soldiers who put their lives to the test at the heart of the battle, there is no party that ignores this series to be discussed and explained at length , This series offers hundreds of people at length and touches on all aspects Can be addressed by the story of this kind! I have not seen the world of anime story of this size and magnitude before the myth of the heroes of the galaxy, and has not seen it after it.
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We see the religious groups of different sects. There are the religious groups called the Earth Community. They are a group that sees that the planet Earth after the abandonment of humans in search of glory in space and reached the solution to worship this planet and even formed groups of terrorist regime is an invisible side in the war between democracy and dictatorship!
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And there is no work comparable to the myth of the heroes of the galaxy in the depth of the extreme .. Unlike most modern serials that seem to expect events and the course of her story is very easy, you can not expect what will happen later in this work! You can not predict what the characters will face from disasters and troubles. There is no clear path to the story just because it requires it; it is a real creation of storytelling and lessons for future generations.
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10/10
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Characters :-
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The democracy of the leader (Yang Wenli), who renounces the idea of ​​war and sees it as a waste of human lives but fights to ensure peace for a generation that may enjoy in a time of calm without intimidation or blood
On the opposite side is the dictator who does anything to fulfill his desire and satisfy his pride
(Reinhard), who fights all his sister to hope for the rule of the universe produces us the greatest epic and war of thought in history in the work of art extended throughout the episodes developments and divisions and betrayals and victories and defeats and blood!
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But does that mean it talks about only two characters?
No, but the story of the collective from all sides with its various personalities Each character is a list of its own thinking of its orientations, all seeking to achieve his idea and purpose Each of them looks at life through its origin ..!
There are officers, princes, nobles, peasants, ordinary citizens, and clergy all take their right to artistic work.
This artwork tells you frankness in all its details from riding the captain to his boat so climb up to his ship and put his plans and shed for the reasons of his war lists the conspiracies in secret coups betrayals everything proud of the human soul!
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There are no clichés of any kind here, the characters talking between each other and not giving me the basic information for the viewer through the conversations as if the viewer is a small child, the information here will be obtained from the actions of personalities, and your personal view of the world will be built according to developments in the events, You are an observer here in this vast world, observing the changes you are experiencing and the history that is being made against his warrior.

10/10
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Enjoyment : -
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Whoever looks at the speech may think that this artwork lacks the element of excitement and pleasure, but I respond to it Is there a fun match if history tells you before your eyes? !! Look and see the conflicts and death and life and betrayal and conspiracies there are nations fall and there are nations that this history is written in front of you this is where the boredom !!!!!!
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10/10
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Animation and soundtracks: -
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We see another element of this work of the productive elements drawing this artwork from the year 1986! But when your eyes look at the accuracy of the drawing, the details and the output, makes you say, "This is about 31 years old?!" And take a look at the music that came symphonies to embody the meaning of the conflict to reflect the meaning of history, watching the epic of the story and listening to the epic of music!
This work uses a huge number of classical pieces of Bach - Mozart - Wagner - Chubin and so on of the musicians of the bone, which earns the events the huge epic character that it deserves.
10/10
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Overall:-

No matter how my tongue can pronounce the letters and I thought my mind of ideas, I can not fulfill this huge work the right to talk! If I wanted to do so, I would have had to write several reviews . Young people may not be attracted to this work by the anime audience. It does not contain any atom of Moe culture and industry clichés. It may seem boring to many, But if you are a real fan of Japanese anime, you have to give the unique science fiction epic the chance you deserve ... and you will melt with your mind and imagination in the wide range. To the world of the myth of the galaxy's vast heroes, and marvel at how the human mind can submit pursuant to this bifurcation construction and hermetic flour!.

“Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.”
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The duality of the superficial world, free of conflict, chaotic world of Lux, which devours itself with all the lingering ambitions, shows that the two humanitarian sides have been brought to their extreme and ultimately failed since the balance has broken. In other words, it symbolizes two different ways of confronting (or presenting) the extinction of the human race.
Just waiting for death with peaceful memories of the past, or by living and fighting to another yourself ... until you die at least as a result of your actions and not just wait for your eventual appearance.

The other is interpreted more symbolically as a measure of the inner struggle of a person who lies in a coma with different personalities symbolizing the conflicting ideals or will within the mind.
My first experience with ABe trilogy and that was very satisfactory.
The series was shocking and unexpectedly bold, perhaps because of the ideas he discusses, namely stereotyping and oppression under the name of reform and refinement.

Of the things that I liked very much which matches the case of the city of Lux, which offers us the series systems of her life strange in the case of hell, which is essentially the embodiment of the torment of the human, for the inhabitants of the city of Lux is the most successful representation of the philosophy of nihilism most or all citizens of that city lost the identity and the will of life In waiting for a slow death, they live a life that neither nourish nor satisfy hunger , but is a formality routine waiting for the inevitable death.

In my opinion, the series succeeds in creating and embodying a miniature model, a genius, a revolutionary of nihilistic ideas, an actual embodiment of hell and a loss of the identity of life.

The whole series can show the conflict about how the mind must deal with those artificial, isolated state that finds itself in them. There is a religious aspect, the side of mind or order and disorder, which is symbolized by the three organizations in lux.
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Plot (10/10)
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Ran's role is more ambiguous in my opinion, but I think one thing is certain and that is that she saw all this coming from the beginning ,That is why she was very depressed throughout the show and refused to talk about her assumptions until the end , She wanted to be the only one who must suffer from that knowledge and not burden on others she is that she said to ichise that he would basically be the last one to die.

In the end, ichise, the representation of will or basic humanity if you want to call it to reject the path of insanity or to fight madness through endless waiting in the form of those forms.

Yoshii is one of the best villains as the motives and actions of the characters who presented the philosophy of nihilism in an ideal way , Yoshi's character was built in an excellent way , he was intrigued by humanity's emotions .
And Youshii's motives were presented perfectly and his motives are because of the stereotype of life on the surface and its lack of life in the real sense and the people on the surface became ghosts moving and breathing without a goal.

First: How does Yoshii see the world?

-Yoshi does not see the bright world that some of us see. He sees another world full of evil, extremist and malicious tendencies hidden in the hearts of those who dare not express it for various reasons, such as the existence of a legal deterrent, nor does he see any benefit from life. The existence of man is worthless and devoid of any real meaning.
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Characters (9/10)
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Art has been used deeply that the world it represents is a strange world, not necessarily an indicator of the past or the future but has a close enough with our world that we can realize the importance of the story to it.

The dark style of the animation inside the anime and the movement of camera and the world, which was exemplified in an excellent manner. All this was a great strong points of narration within this anime and the excellent soundtracks made this idealistic combination PERFECT.
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Animation & soundtrack (9/10)

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In conclusion..

The anime is dark and bloody, with a focus on music, inspiration and a lot of scenes.
Revolves around a number of different personalities whose lives and destinies intersect in an atmosphere of guerrilla warfare, betrayal, power struggles and who will rule the lousy city of Lux until a common enemy comes to destroy everything.

Personally I like the gangster style more than anything in my life
This series presented everything I love and enjoy.

The gangster style + Philosophical ideas + Blood & gore + Dark theme+ Excellent written characters + Story contains several aspects have been implemented in an excellent manner + soundtrack I still listen to it so far
what I can want more?
I consider Texhnolyze one of the best 3 animes I've ever seen