Angel’s Egg THE VISUAL COLLECTION is a new 120-page art book built from the 4K remaster of Mamoru Oshii’s legendary 1985 film, released to mark its 40th anniversary. Rather than a simple set of stills, it pairs 100 carefully chosen frames with 100 brand-new epigrams from Oshii in both Japanese and English, plus a director interview that finally lets fans peek behind one of anime’s most mysterious works.
Beyond a Typical Anime Art Book: Angel’s Egg THE VISUAL COLLECTION
To celebrate the 40th anniversary and 4K restoration of Angel’s Egg, publisher Two Virgins has released Angel’s Egg THE VISUAL COLLECTION on November 26, 2025. Instead of a standard scene collection, the book is designed as a guided tour through the film’s dreamlike world, with each page treating a single image as a complete piece of visual poetry. It is aimed squarely at the fans who walked out of the movie thinking, “I loved that, but what did I just watch?”
100 Remastered Cuts, 100 Epigrams and a Director Interview in One Volume
The book collects 100 stills taken directly from the new 4K remaster, printed at high resolution so you can see the texture of Yoshitaka Amano’s lines and the grain of the original 35mm film. Each cut gets a newly written epigram from Mamoru Oshii himself—short poems or sharp one-liners that react to the image rather than simply explaining it—printed alongside the art in a clean layout. At the back, a long interview organized into 100 numbered entries digs into the production era, the symbolism and what Oshii was trying (and sometimes failing) to do with the film.
Bilingual Structure for Angel’s Egg Fans in English and Japanese
For overseas fans, the most important detail is that this is a genuinely bilingual edition. The epigrams are presented in both Japanese and English, and the interview section is also prepared with English text so you can follow Oshii’s thoughts without needing a dictionary. Angel’s Egg has always lived somewhere between theology class and late-night art film, so having official English phrasing for his poems and comments makes a huge difference if you first met the movie through international festival screenings or the new worldwide 4K release.
Horizontal B5 Layout, Printing Choices and Preserving the Film Frames
Physically, Angel’s Egg THE VISUAL COLLECTION is a horizontal B5 softcover: 182 × 257 mm, 120 full-color pages, PUR binding and landscape orientation. The layout sticks to a “one page = one cut” concept to keep the original widescreen framing intact, rather than cropping or stacking panels. It is a small touch, but it preserves the sense that you are looking at cinema frames, not random screenshots, and makes the book feel closer to a gallery catalog than a typical anime key-frame collection.
Retail Guide, Bookmark Bonuses and the Future Signed Edition
The standard edition is priced at 3,960 yen (tax included) and is available through bookstores in Japan and major online retailers such as Amazon, Rakuten and specialist anime bookshops. Collectors can also enjoy three exclusive bookmark designs as launch bonuses: pattern A at select bookstores, pattern B at participating cinemas screening the new 4K remaster and pattern C via online retailer Fukkan.com, all only while stocks last.
For international readers ordering online, the simplest route is usually to pre-order from a global-friendly retailer listed on the official site, or from Amazon Japan using the ISBN 978-4-86791-064-1. Two Virgins has also announced plans for a future limited hardback edition with Oshii’s autograph, though details on pricing and release timing will be revealed later, so it may be worth securing the standard edition now and keeping an eye on further announcements.
Farewell and Rediscovery for a 40-Year-Old Cult Classic
Angel’s Egg has gone from a box-office oddity to a regular on “most mysterious anime ever made” lists, and the 4K restoration has brought it back to big screens in Japan and abroad. This visual collection feels like the book-shaped companion to that revival: not an answer key, but a way to sit with the images, read Oshii’s new words and build your own reading of the film over time.
If the 4K remaster has drawn you back into that red sky and silent city of ruins, this bilingual art book is the next place to go. Check retailers linked from the official movie site at Angel’s Egg official website or the publisher’s page at Two Virgins official site, hunt down the bookmark bonus that fits your collection and make some space on your shelf for one very strange, very beautiful egg.
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