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Project A-Ko (movie)

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©1986 Soeishinsha/Final-Nishijima.


Related anime:
    Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (OAV) (1987-05-21, sequel)
      Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody (OAV) (1988, sequel)
        Project A-Ko 4: Final (OAV) (1989, sequel)
    A-Ko the Versus (OAV) (1990, alternate retelling)
    Project A-Ko (U.S. manga) (1995, adaptation)

Alternative title:
Projekt A-ko (Polish)
プロジェクトA子 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Sixteen years have passed since a mysterious alien ship crashed on Earth. Graviton City, once leveled by the ship's crash, is now a bustling metropolis. Within the city's high school, superhuman high school student A-Ko Magami dukes it out with the diabolical genius B-Ko Daitokuji, who will stop at nothing to win the friendship of A-Ko's buddy C-Ko Kotobuki. Meanwhile, in outer space, another alien ship is on course towards Earth to find its planet's lost princess.
User Ratings: 549 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 34 votes (sub:20, dub:13, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 85 votes (dub:42, sub:39, raw:2, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 111 votes (sub:65, dub:42, ?:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 136 votes (sub:75, dub:58, ?:2, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 77 votes (dub:42, sub:33, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 42 votes (sub:22, dub:16, edit.dub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 26 votes (sub:13, dub:13)
 Weak: 21 votes (sub:11, dub:9, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:3)
 Awful: 7 votes (dub:4, sub:3)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1147 users, rank: #876 (of 5760)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.938 (Good), std. dev.: 1.9539, rank: #2477 (of 5754)
Weighted mean: 6.897 (Good), rank: #2395 (of 5754) (seen all: 6.95 / seen some: 5.66 / won't finish: 4.09)
Bayesian estimate: 6.909 (Good), rank: #2128 (of 4395)
Running time: 80 minutes
Vintage: 1986
Premiere date:
1986-06-21 (Japan, co-aired with Tabidachi - Ami Shusho)
Release dates: We have 3
Ending Theme:
"Follow Your Dream" by Valerie Stevenson
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 26
Comment:
Central Park Media's very first anime release.
Review:
Project A-Ko DVD (Jan 1, 1970)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Project A-Ko - DVD Collection (DVD) 2005-08-23
    Project A-Ko (DVD) 1999-07-06
    Project A-Ko [Enhanced] (DVD) 2002-08-13
    Project A-Ko: Remastered Special Collector's Edition (DVD) 2011-05-17 (from $11.15)
VHS
    Project A-Ko [Enhanced] (Dub.VHS) 2002-08-13

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Character Design: Yuji Moriyama
Art Director: Shinji Kimura
Animation Director: Yuji Moriyama
Director of Photography: Takafumi Arai
Executive producer: Naotaka Yoshida
Producer: Kazufumi Nomura

In-Between Animation:
Akira Tsukada
Chie Tozuka (Warp)
Chizuko Nakamura (AIC)
Hideki Takahashi (Anime Roman)
Hidenori Matsubara (GAINAX)
Hisako Tanabe (AIC)
Kazuya Iwata (Anime Roman)
Keiichi Ishikura (GAINAX)
Ken'ichi Hamazaki (Baku Production)
Kenji Takeguchi (Baku Production)
Kunihiro Abe (AIC)
Masato Tamagawa (Asia-Do)
Miwako Yamamoto (AIC)
Miyuki Yamashita
Nobuko Sato (Studio NOA)
Noriko Kiyohara
Shiho Nakamura (Warp)
Shinji Ochi (Baku Production)
Shozo Minagawa (Baku Production)
Takehiro Nakayama (GAINAX)
Tomiko Tateyama (AIC)
Tomoko Ootaki
Tomoko Suzuki (Baku Production)
Toshi Kubo (Baku Production)
Yasuzou Iino
Yoshihiro Takeda
Yurie Sugihara (AIC)
Mecha Animation Director: Shoichi Masuo
Music Director: Yasunori Honda
Stage Director: Shigeru Morikawa
Theme Song Performance:
Anne Livingston ("Dance Away")
Samantha Newark ("In Your Eyes")
Valerie Stevenson ("Follow Your Dream")
Emi Shinohara as Biko "B-Ko" Daitokuji
Michie Tomizawa as Shiko "C-Ko" Kotobuki
Miki Itou as Eiko "A-Ko" Magami

Asami Mukaidono as Miss Ayumi
Daisuke Gouri as Mari (angry voice)
Sayuri Ikemoto as Mari (female voice)
Shuuichi Ikeda as Captain Napolipolita
Tesshô Genda as Spy-D
Youko Ogai as Asa

Aki Mukai as Navigator
Hirofumi Banba as
Apple Squad Leader
Station Commander
Ippei Ōgi as Announcer
Katsuhiko Nishijima as Man on B-Ko's Intercom (Uncredited)
Keiichi Zenzai as Couple
Ken Yamaguchi as
Station Colonel
Stray Dog
Kenji Nagae as
Construction Chief
Pilot
Kosuke Tomita as Station Operator
Mari Chikura as Operator
Rihoko Nagao as Couple
Tamio Ohki as Defense Minister
Yasuo Takeuchi as Announcer
Yuka Yoshikawa as Student
Yuki Misaki as Navigator
Yuri Amano as Student
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Michael Bakewell
Translation: Matt Thorn
Adaptation: George Roubicek
Casting: Jill Wilmot
Commentary: Yuji Moriyama (Discotek DVD)
DNVR Engineer: Robert Cocchini
DVD Coordination: Ross Lefko
DVD-ROM Designer: Michael Chin
In-House Production Manager: Tim Werenko
Re-Recording Engineer:
Clive Mitchison
Richard King
Restoration Supervisor:
Justin Sevakis
Ross Lefko
Subtitle Coordinator: Neil Nadelman
Denica Fairman as Biko "B-Ko" Daitokuji
Julia Brahms as Shiko "C-Ko" Kotobuki
Stacey Gregg as Eiko "A-Ko" Magami

Anne Marie Zola as Mari (female voice)
Jay Benedict as Captain Napolipolita
Lisa Ross as Miss Ayumi
Marc Smith as Spy D
Toni Barry as Asa

Allan Wenger as Newscaster
Anne Marie Zola as
Ine
Sensor Operator 1
Tech
Lisa Ross as Ume
Marc Smith as
Commander
Male Mari
Peter Marinker as Colonel
Toni Barry as
Impressed Girl 1
Sensor Operator 2
English companies
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
(none)
Graciela Molina as Eiko "A-Ko" Kagami (Spain dub)
Mercedes Diemand-Hartz as Biko "B-Ko" Daitokuji (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Shiko "C-Ko" Kotobuki (Spain dub)

Alberto Trifol as Spy-D (Spain dub)
María Pilar Quesada as Miss Ayumi (Spain dub)

Miriam Guilimany as Pilot (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Q.T. Lever (Barcelona, Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Augusto Di Bono
Anna Maria Tulli as Biko "B-Ko" Daitokuji
Cinzia Massironi as Eiko "A-Ko" Magami
Federica Valenti as Shiko "C-Ko" Kotobuki

Caterina Rochira as Miss Ayumi
Claudio Ridolfo as Cap. Napolipolita
Mario Zucca as Spy-D
Italian companies
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