Was released in Australia in an edited form under the title "In the aftermath: Angels never sleep" with some obscure live-action footage included.
The fish the fishermen hunt are Coelacanth.
Mamoru Oshii himself has stated he does not know what this film is about, leaving it open to interpretation.
Angel's Egg did not do well with critics on its release, and Mamoru Oshii stated that the film "kept him from getting work for years".
The Coelacanth fish (Latimeria chalumnae) was thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous Period but was found in 1938 off the coast of Africa.