Project A-Ko 2: Daitokuji zaibatsu no inbô (1987) (V)

Director:

Yûji Moriyama

Writer:

Takao Koyama (writer)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

It's summer in Graviton City, and the girls all have a break from school! A-Ko decides to lose a few inches...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Military Weapons | Anime | Millionaire | Insane

Cast

Miki Itô	...	Eiko Magami (A-ko)
Michie Tomizawa	...	Shiiko Kotobuki (C-ko)
Emi Shinohara	...	Biiko Daitokuji (B-ko)
Tesshô Genda	...	'D'
Shûichi Ikeda	...	Captain Napolipolita
Asami Mukaidono	...	Miss Ayumi
Daisuke Gôri	...	Mari
Yôko Ogai	...	Asa
Yoshino Takamori	...	Ine
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Ume
Tamio Ôki	...	Defense Minister
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Mr. Daitokuji
Venus Terzo	...	Biiko Daitokuji (B-ko) (English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lynda Boyd	...	Miss Ayumi (voice: English version)
Ian James Corlett	...	Hikari Daitokuji (voice: English version)
Merrilyn Gann	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sayuri Ikemoto	...	Mari (female) (voice)
Terry Klassen	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Scott McNeil	...	Captain Napolipolita (voice: English version)
Teryl Rothery	...	A-Ko Magami (voice: English version)
Robert O. Smith	...	D, Radio Announcer (voice: English version)
Cathy Weseluck	...	C-Ko Kotobuki (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Company:

APPP

Trivia:

Storyboards show that the opening scene was originally extended to show Captain Napolipolita and D looking out the window, bored. Cap then spots a group of people drinking beer at their table, her eyes bug out and she does a running leap and lands right on top of the table. She then downs a mug of beer, the guests, who are amused by this, hand Cap their mugs, and the scene ends with The Captain drinking beer after beer.

Movie Connections:

Follows Purojekuto A-ko (1986)

Weakest of the sequels, but priceless to the serious fan.

Those of us who basked in the titanic warmth of the original "Project A-Ko" were left hungering for further adventures of our red-hot, somewhat ambiguous heroines. This film delivers in what is the least entertaining (but most sophisticated) plot among A-Ko's 5 sequels. It's summer and the three heroines, A-Ko, B-Ko, and C-ko are running amuck in Gravition city. The invading aliens who crashed their ship atop a skyscraper in the first movie have turned their city-sized ship into a massive mall-hotel-amusement park-casino. B-Ko is still trying to woo young C-Ko and A-ko seems only mildly uptight about it. B-Ko agrees to help the aliens fix their ship so they can return home. Meanwhile, B-ko's father, a horrible business tycoon, plans to invade the ship and harvest its vast quantities of alien technology. Sound goofy? The whole thing is a poorly translated, goofily-paced, and all-round unsatisfying pile of cells and ink. All the same, it's worth seeing if you're a die-hard fan. The sequels, at their best, are mere shadows of the original film. The best sequel is by far number 3 (Cinderella Rhapsody), if only for its sheer strangeness. The last few minutes of the film involve a truly revolting display put on by B-Ko's father as well as some nice giant robots. Oh yes, and our heroines A-ko and B-ko flounce around in bathing suits at the very beginning... If you're fortunate to find a version with bonus promotional footage, be prepared for a crash-course in creepy Japanese Anime company self-promotion. Ni Ni Ni indeed...