Tokyopop 's official YouTube channel reposted a fan-subtitled video of the anime film Angel's Egg on Sunday, but set the video to private on Monday. The company confirmed with ANN that it had not acquired the film.

Tokyopop founder Stu Levy explained, "Our YouTube team knows how much I personally love Angel's Egg and decided to increase awareness amongst the YouTube audience, with the hope that we can begin momentum to encourage one of the anime distributors to dig out the old rights with Japan and prepare a special release. It would be a labor of love but certainly an amazing treasure if a remastered BluRay would be possible."

"If I was distributing anime, I'd do it myself," he continued, "but TOKYOPOP isn't in that business segment."

Mamoru Oshii directed the 1985 film. Anchor Bay Entertainment announced in 2001 that it had acquired the DVD rights, but never released the film.

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