Project A-Ko

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: プロジェクトA子


Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 21, 1986
Producers: Soeishinsha, Arts Pro
Studios: APPP
Source: Original
Genres: AdventureAdventure, ComedyComedy, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: MechaMecha, Super PowerSuper Power
Duration: 1 hr. 23 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.851 (scored by 1000410,004 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #52472
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #4940
Members: 24,583
Favorites: 156

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Synopsis

Sixteen years after its destruction by a meteor, Graviton City has been rebuilt into a futuristic metropolis. However, this is of little concern to superpowered high school student Eiko Magami, who only cares about her best friend Shiiko Kotobuki and arriving at school on time. Unfortunately, the incredibly intelligent Biko Daitokuji intends to befriend Shiiko, taking Eiko's place as the Shiiko's best friend using any means she can.

Biko decides that, to accomplish this, she must defeat Eiko in combat. In order to overcome her super strength and speed, Biko creates a mecha and challenges Eiko in front of their school gate. As the two commence their battle, an extremely large spaceship hovers over Earth, searching for something left behind.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Ayumi, Miss

Supporting
Mukaidono, Asami
Japanese

Mari

Supporting
Gouri, Daisuke
Japanese

Asa

Supporting
Hibino, Akari
Japanese

Ume

Supporting
Hayashibara, Megumi
Japanese

Ine

Supporting
Takamori, Yoshino
Japanese

Staff

Nishijima, Katsuhiko
Director, Creator, Screenplay
Kou, Yuu
Episode Director
Moriyama, Yuuji
Script, Animation Director, Key Animation, Character Design
Kimura, Shinji
Art Director


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Ending Theme

"Follow Your Dream" by Valerie Stevenson




Reviews

Sep 8, 2025
Who knew Kenshirou was actually a high school girl! I honestly did not recall much about Project A-Ko from my younger days, but reimmersing myself in it was a lot of fun. The story is totally absurd. A-ko is this absurdly overpowered redhead trying to get through high school, while her wealthy, obsessive doppelgänger B-ko continues to bring out increasingly bizarre mecha and gadgets to try to kill her to get to C-ko, their clueless and sort of annoying best friend. The whole film is basically one long chain of ramping action and off-the-wall gags, and I had a silly smile stretched across my face ...
Apr 8, 2022
Mixed Feelings
“Project A-Ko” is the first movie in the franchise of the same name, and it is known for being one of the first anime movies available for sale in the US, and I believe one of the first ones aired on American television. Thus, there’s a lot of nostalgia associated with it, and it has a bit of a cult following.

The story follows A-Ko, a girl with superhuman strength; her best friend, the whiny and clingy C-Ko; and B-Ko, the rich, mad scientist-like girl trying to kill A-Ko and take C-Ko for herself. Concurrent to the fights between A-Ko and B-Ko, which seem to ...
Aug 1, 2020
It's just not very funny. The main reason to seek out and enjoy this film is for the fact that it revels in the self-referential nature of anime. The more of an otaku you are, particularly of things released by before this came out, the more you will ostensibly get out of it. Although, certainly, you can notice things that were influenced by this in turn. I liked the Gurren Lagann drill mech.

I think the reason this has a high reputation is because of the sci-fi action direction it takes in the second half. Some of that material, such as A-ko hopping on the fighter ...

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