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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) (sequel)
        Project A-Ko 4: Final (OAV) (sequel)
    A-Ko the Versus (OAV) (1990, alternate retelling)
    Project A-Ko (U.S. manga) (1995, adaptation)

Alternative title:
プロジェクトA子 (Japanese)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
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.
Video:
User Ratings: 440 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 27 votes (sub:16, dub:10, Spa.dub:1)
 Excellent: 54 votes (dub:31, sub:23)
 Very good: 95 votes (sub:56, dub:35, ?:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1)
 Good: 117 votes (sub:58, dub:56, ?:2, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 61 votes (dub:33, sub:27, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 35 votes (sub:17, dub:14, edit.dub:2, Spa.dub:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:10, dub:8)
 Weak: 18 votes (sub:9, dub:8, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:4)
 Awful: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 915 users, rank: #671
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.880 (Good-.12), std. dev.: 1.9239, rank: #1926
Weighted mean: 6.826 (Good-.17), rank: #1889 (seen all: 6.88 / seen some: 5.67 / won't finish: 3.81)
Bayesian estimate: 6.841 (Good-.15), rank: #1604
Running time: 80 minutes
Vintage: 1986
Premiere date:
1986-06-21 (Japan, co-aired with Tabidachi - Ami Shusho)
Releases: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Follow Your Dream" by Valerie Stevenson
Official website:
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 12
Comment:
Central Park Media's very first anime release.
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Related reviews:
    Project A-Ko DVD

Related releases:
    Project A-Ko - DVD Collection (DVD) 2005-08-23
    Project A-Ko [Enhanced] (DVD) 2002-08-13
    Project A-Ko [Enhanced] (Dub.VHS) 2002-08-13

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Katsuhiko Nishijima

Screenplay:
Katsuhiko Nishijima
Tomoko Kawasaki
Yuji Moriyama

Music:
Joey Carbone
Richie Zito
Toji Akasaka 

Original story:
Katsuhiko Nishijima
Kazumi Shirasaka

Character Design: Yuji Moriyama

Art director: Shinji Kimura

Animation director: Yuji Moriyama

Director of Photography: Takafumi Arai

Executive producer: Naotaka Yoshida

Producer: Kazufumi Nomura

Background Art:
Kazuo Miyagawa
Mariko Toyama
Toshihide Kawana
Yuko Fujii

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)

Key Animation:
Akiko Tsukui
Asami Endo
Atsuko Nakajima
Etsuko Tomita
Hideki Tamura
Hiroaki Gohda
Hiroki Takagi
Hiromi Matsushita
Hiroshi Oikawa
Hirotoshi Sano
Kenichi Ohnuki
Koji Ito
Kumiko Kawana
Mamoru Konoe
Manabu Tanzawa
Mario Iwadate
Masaki Nanda
Masayuki
Michitaka Kikuchi
Motosuke Takahashi
Naoko Yamamoto
Noriyasu Yamauchi
Osamu Yamazaki
Shinsuke Terasawa
Shinzaku Kozuma
Shoichi Masuo
Tomohiro Hirata
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Tsukasa Dokite
Yasuhiro Oda
Yasuhiro Seo
Yasuyuki Matsumura
Yoshiharu Fukushima
Yuji Moriyama

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)

Megumi Hayashibara as Ume

Sayuri Ikemoto as Mari (female voice)

Shuuichi Ikeda as Captain Napolipolita

Tesshô Genda as Spy-D

Yoshino Takamori as Ine

Youko Ogai as Asa

Tamio Ohki as Defense Minister

Japanese companies 

Development: Tokyo Laboratory

Distributor: Shochiku Film

DVD Distribution: Media Factory

Finish Animation:
Maki Pro
Oscar Planning
Studio City
Studio Mac
Studio NOA
Studio Pal

In-Between Animation:
AIC
Anime Roman
Asia-Do
Baku Production
GAINAX
Studio ArgoShip
Studio NOA
Warp

Music Production: POLYSTAR Co., Ltd.

Photography: Studio Sieben

Production:
APPP
Soeishinsha
Studio A.P.P.P.

Recording Studio: AVACO Creative Studios

Sound Production: Arts Production

Title Logo: Maki Pro

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Michael Bakewell

Translation: Matt Thorn

Executive producer:
John O'Donnell
Laurence Guinness

Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

Casting: Jill Wilmot

English Adaptation: George Roubicek

Re-Recording Engineer:
Clive Mitchison
Richard King

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

English companies 

Broadcaster:
FUNimation Channel
Sci Fi Channel

Digital Download: Direct2Drive

Distributor:
Manga Entertainment (UK)
U.S. Manga Corps

Dubbing: Manga Entertainment

Licensed by: Central Park Media

 
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