Audience reviews
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theo1763
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 the entire time. Clearly, this is a parody through and through, and it succeeds in references to Gundam, Fist of the North Star, and even American comics pop up in ways that are simultaneously funn…
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“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 grow more outrageous and over the top by the day, the movie follows a group of strange and powerful aliens trying to find their princess, who apparently crash-landed on Earth 16 years prior, and they’ll stop at nothing to bring her…
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Project A-Ko is a wacky ride with super powered school girls and giant robots. It is good mindless fun if you are in the mood for it. Don’t think about things too hard and you will have a good time.
Nostalgia alert: I caught this one on the Sci-Fi Channel back in the 90s. I woke up super early Sunday morning to watch it and loved every minute of it. It was just so much more than the cartoons that I was watching at the time. Ahhh, fond memories.
Story 4/10
The story is a love triangle between the three main girls. A-Ko is our super-powered, tomboy school girl. B-Ko is our rich and spoiled, jealous, robot-genius school girl. And C-Ko is the hyper-annoying school girl. They fight. There are robots. And then some space people show up. Don’t worry too much about the plot. It’s all about the…
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Watching Project A-Ko makes you love the way how even back in the 1980’s, anime was more than just fan service and cartoonish violence. A movie like this only comes once in a while, even if it felt like a parody of some sorts. While reading this, you might think that this was a bad movie, but on the contrary; this movie was pretty good, but anime wise, it’s one of those pieces that you really wish could have been a lot better.
Eiko Magami is the red-haired girl that’s modeled in the same way as the girls from Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura, as you can tell since it’s from the 1980’s, of course. On the other hand, you have Biko Daitokuji (B-Ko), who is the opposite of everything that Eito (A-Ko) represents. Always wanting to challenge her, it’s all thanks to Shiiko Kotokubi (C-Ko), who we fo…
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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 jets or the part where A-ko and B-ko fought in the middle of the war between the Earthlings and aliens, was extremely good. They just went wild on it. But, in general, action alone doesn't sustain my interest very well. And it…
Read at the sourceYemi_Hikari
I still remember when I first joined MAL and how quite a few people recommended this particular Anime, so when I finally picked up the Anime I found myself quite excited only to find myself opening a can of worms.
I guess a great way of summing up this particular Anime is to bring up the fact the title for said Anime is based off a Jackie Chan movie, yet that's the only actual reference to said movie. People talk about how many references there are to classic Anime, but often these references are superficial not to mention I remember all to well how certain fans played up how a given show might have references to other shows and if you didn't like the show you obviously didn't know enough about Japanese pop culture to appreciate the Anime.
The problem is, a person can actually get the re…
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Project A-Ko was a 1986 screwball/ sci-fi comedy anime film made in mind to parody popular anime genres of its era such as school comedies, mecha titles, and space operas. The film focuses on high school student A-Ko Magami attempting to go through her everyday routines as a student with her close friend C-Ko Kotobuki, while possessing superhuman physical capabilities and evading the wealthy B-Ko Daitokuji who has romantic affections for C-Ko. Complicating things is the presence of a mysterious alien ship seemingly observing the actions of A-Ko and C-Ko.
I’ve heard a good deal about Project A-Ko being a gateway drug of sorts for anime fans who lived through the late 1980s to early 1990s when this and the later four installments of the A-Ko franchise got releases in Japan and America. How…
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A lesbian with a crush decides to build giant robots to win the love of the class ditz. It turns into a mega sci-fi action-adventure filled with parodies and homages to every other anime genre of the 80s, and it still holds up today as a real fine experience. It may not be madcap enough to hold a candle to modern works such as, say, Lego Movie or something, but it's a fine film indeed, and A-Ko, B-Ko, and C-Ko have all since become iconic character archetypes for gay and kinda-gay female leads in anime.
What surprises me most is that the entire rest of the series is actually able to contain the same energy and wackiness that the original has. It's extremely rare for comedies to do as well in its sequels, but Project A-Ko is quite special in that regard.
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I like to think that Project A-ko is the Anime that kicked it all off! It was the first animation I had ever seen and I immediately became a fan after. I was very young when I watched it on the Sci-Fi Channel and thought it was an incredible watch for its time. The strange thing about Project A-ko is that of the story in which is probably a dreadful and weird experience for an audience. Nevertheless, it doesn't take away from the outstanding work displayed. It's got great action sequences, hilarious comedy and Anime art at 100%. This Japanese animation would have been the perfect Anime if it had a better story. However, I believe the story that they put together here is what accidentally made it into the classic it is today. So if you haven't seen Project A-ko, you're in for a wild ride.
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Overview:
Time to review a true blast from the ancient past!
History:
Project A-KO came out in 1986. It was originally supposed to be part of an early hentai anthology called "Cream Lemon" that started in 1984 with "Lolita: the anime". Wow! If you thought Alan Moore's response to Watchmen the movie was bad, Vladimir Nabokov's response to the first Loli anime would have been on a different league of anger. He might have even gone full Super Slav in sheer rage.
Anyways, A-KO was changed at the last moment to be a zany spoof of all the popular anime of the time. However, the nudity and lesbian relationships were still left in...because why not? A-Ko spoofs Fist of the North Star, Space Battleship Yamato, Captain Harlock, and many others. Despite being a very goofy and frankly idiotic an…
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Who the hell names their kids A-ko, B-ko and C-ko?
Story:
Erm...So there's B-ko who wants C-ko all for herself and keeps challenging A-ko. And then there are aliens who are looking for somebody. What these two stories have to do with one another? Well, that's the problem: for most of the movie...nothing. Only in the last third do things get together, which for me, is a bit too late. Up untill that point it felt like two different anime cut together. Maybe it would have been better if they concentrated on just one of these, as with the final product, neither feels completely fleshed out.
5/10
Art:
Well, it's the 80s, so you surely wouldn't expect something breathtaking (*cough* Akira *cough*), but for its time, it's absolutely okay. The manly girls were pretty funny, and the brief space s…
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Stupid but somehow lovable. Space transvestites, great blink-and-you'll-miss-it animation, bad synthpop, and giant robots every 10 minutes FOR NO REASON. At a brisk 80 minutes, it just flies by and is a lot of fun. As a child of the 80s, everything about how this movie looks and sounds just resonates with me.
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Among the Western fanbase of Japanese cartoons, there is apparently quite a lot of people who like the film Project A-ko. This is probably due to the fact that it was released at a time where most localized anime geared for adults was rather mature and gritty (think Evangelion or Cowboy Bebop,) while this was more immature and lighthearted. Regardless of why other people like it, I did not enjoy it; finding it to be rather boring and uninspiring.
There's nothing particularly good about the story or plot, but that's forgivable seeing how this is a comedy. It's about three highschool girls, A-ko, B-ko, and C-ko, (literally “Girl A,” Girl B,” and “Girl C.”) A-Ko and C-ko are best friends–the former of which happens to have super strength and speed. B-ko is A-ko's rival from kindergarten, and…
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Who's in the mood for a Schoolgirl Comedy....but one with an entropy level of a superhero comic?
Oooh Oooh! Meee! I want some of that!
Well...you are in luck.
Let's meet our cast:
A-Ko, a superhumanly strong high school student (the reason for her vast strength is partially explained in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it sightgag near the end of the show.)
C-Ko, an airheaded spaz-cadet. A-Ko's best friend and the "target" of B-Ko's affection. Everybody loves her for reasons that make no sense to the viewer; but thats the joke. You just have to roll with it.
B-Ko, The Lex Luthor of the Schoolyard. Lonely supergenius with vast resources and a team of schoolgirl lackeys but no real friends.
Mari, Kenshiro in Drag. No. Really.
Actualy...everyone's in drag.
Anyhow. Shenanigans are Called. Super-King-…
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Ah Project A-ko! This was one of the first anime movies I ever rented on VHS from Blockbuster, back when dinosaurs ruled the earth. (man I feel old) And while it may not have aged well at all, it may still be worth a peek for some, if nothing else to laugh at its content.
Story: 6/10
If you are unfamiliar with this old time franchise, it can best be described as very exaggerated and over the top! Well in this OVA movie earth is living a peaceful life after many years of war with an old alien race, until a mysterious "new" alien race threatens it! Now earths only hope comes in the way of 16 year old A-ko, she is no ordinary girl though--for she has super human strength (literally). When the new alien force arrives it is up to her to save the city. This is where things really get weird too,…
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