Project A-Ko Trailer (1986)

[wesgriff1]

The Sixteen Candles of anime.

[TheAmusingHeckler]

Masterful Anime Movie, done right in some many ways that even the score from the movie has its own impact on animation in general.

[Johnlindsey289]

Anyone thinks this anime was the original "The Incredibles" or "Hancock"? same kind of superhero parody. I bet those two movies were influenced by this cult classic, mainly Hancock which felt very similar to A-Ko.

[CCTXEarthmonkey]

@ZPSFilms especially like this one. There's so much "borrowed" in the OVA from other anime, etc but that's before the laws got tighter. Watch it sometime with director's commentary AND look for the Pepsi can in the missle barrage ;)

And yes..great ova and series. Sadly a lot of self proclaimed "otaku" where I live never heard of this or a lot of other old school anime including OVAs like Lensman

[valk4life]

can't believe this is 25 years old, 25 fucking years,

where does the time go

[DarkPonzu]

80's anime was awesome ;_;

[orfeo787]

True, true...animation in those old school cartoons was way better than today...Ahhh, good old days...good memories...

[ZPSFILMS]

THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE!!

[PezPiece]

My root =P



[dalektaliban]

1:12 umm wtf is that thing?

[sonickid101]

I cant believe the original film print is lost, all we can do is hold on to the laserdisk master....so sad we'll never see this on blu-ray

[caskachan]

explosions in space

[Johnlindsey289]

II saw this 17 years ago when i rented it as it was one of the first anime movies i rented as a 14 year old boy with Akira first then Grave of the Fireflies and this. I watched both GOTF and A-Ko second but GOTF depressed the hell out of me and this cheered me up for being funny, action packed and sexy since i had a crush on A-Ko and B-Ko at that age with cute girls in skirts leaving an impression on my 14 year old mind back then.

[Surixurient]

No anime will ever compare to the stuff created in the 80s. It is beyond competition, the zenith of animation was reached and its all down hill from there.

[Rocks21]

@Surixurient Except 90s also had gems, like Spriggan, Patlabor 2, Ghost in the Shell, Memories, Cowboy Bebop, Battle Angel Alita, Wicked City, Ninja Scroll, etc.

[SourcererZ]

Besides all the parodies in this one of the funnest things I remember is the account A-ko and C-ko were taking of the times they ran over D and still survived.

[elfenoire01]

long time i didnt see thta anime!

[Fike2308]

This would make an awesome live action film if done properly.

[cha29420]

なにこの糞アニメ　クォリティーは高いけど

メカかエロかどっちかにしてくれ

[fullmetalgod]

Actually...it originally was intended to be Hentai. The bath-scene with B-ko is what's left of the original production. (What can you say? Porn sold, even in the 80's.)

The classroom B-ko is thrown through during school was filled with characters from the hentai. (The owner of the brothel and the whores as Teacher/students.)

[sassakashun2]

IT'S　NOT　HENTAI

[truearea53]

O_o wow at the beginning I know what B-ko said. Well my fav part is when the guy in the sun glasses was doing the sinister laugh

[AdvertChild98]

hentai

[QueenCosmos]

...I must watch this NOW. <3

[Aaronator19842009]

@MontySan This is one of te funniest Anime Movies I've ever seen.

Thanks for the video upload

[801FREEDOM]

Ah! good times!

[Aaronator19842009]

I've seen Project A-KO back in 2001 and its real funny and real cool.

[musicman9982007]

Man this brings back good memories. I remember this, Odin, Venus Wars and Dominion Tank Police. Oh, and Vampire Hunter D. This is what brought me into the Anime.

[fullmetalgod]

@musicman9982007

Dominion Tank Police! I remember all the slew of sci-fi channel anime that was released during the early 90's through late 90's. Got my first taste of Tenchi, Akira, Dominion Tank Police, A-ko vs B-ko(including grey side and such), Aria, Gall Force, Battle Angel, and such.

Maaaaaan. Meeeeeeeeemories.

[chorizo1337]

@musicman9982007 It was vampire hunter D, demon city shinjiku, this and tank police that brought me to anime. too bad anime will never be the same

[Johnlindsey289]

@musicman9982007

Me too! i saw some anime in the 80's as a kid like Jack and The Beanstalk, Transformers with the animated movie, Voltron, Warriors of the Wind (The original Nausicaa dub), Mysterious Cities of Gold etc. then in the mid-90's in 93 i discovered Vampire Hunter D, Robot Carnival and Twilight of the Cockroaches on TBS with Dominion on Sci-fi and rented my Neighbor Totoro on video including Little Nemo when i was 12. I became an otaku since i saw Akira at 14.

[iced1138]

@musicman9982007 Same here, this was the first anime I ever rented knowing what the animation style was.

[shaolinlueb]

@musicman9982007 dude, those were the best. they showed them on sci-fi too back in the day. the old ones from the 80's and early 90's i really do enjoy more then the stuff that has come out today.

[silverbreath1]

@musicman9982007 I had to sign in to reply to your 10 month comment lol. I' was also taken in to anime by the charms of Venus wars, Dominion Tank Police, Odin and of corse, Project A-ko. I'll always treasures these amazing memories - you and I are lucky , new generation has nothing in contrast.

[ragemanchoo82]

I wish they'd pick this series back up. I remember it ended with the Gray/Blue episodes, which weren't very good, and a total departure from the popular earlier episodes. Fans stayed away in droves.

[fullmetalgod]

@ragemanchoo82

Grey and Blue had it's moments. Admittedly though it had alot of potential, it failed where Project A-ko succeeded.

I guess it's that Dirty Pair/A-ko brand action humor/spoofing that brings the most fun.

[Ankhsith]

We used to have games (drinking games) to try and figure out which scene is spoofed from what other anime (Ex: when A and C are in the theater watching the spoof of Harmageddon). and of course the all time hint that she's Superman's daughter! This series will always be a nostalgic favorite!

[LadySierraSays]

Before Sailor Moon & all the rest , their was Project A-KO , I watched it back in the day , I'm still a fan I like C-ko !!!

[Cleric775]

I take A-ko and B-ko anytime, but... NOT C-KO! She's too weird!

[Cleric775]

Somehow for B-ko wishing death on A-ko, she is turning me on =S

[HamonLord]

I haven't heard much about this anime until I stumbled across sites like CBUB and CBR and after watching this trailer, the main characters looked mighty beautiful and this is what I think of Japan at its best. *blushes for no apparent reason*

[anonybelle]

yeah, all those centuries are art and literature and architecture and history are peanuts compared to "mighty beautiful" anime characters. this is japan at it's best? wow.

[HamonLord]

did you have to cross-examine my opinion like that? geez.

[MiyukiZero]

Ah I was born in January of 1986 when the Challenger blew up and love this anime.

[prede89]

it's on amazon but for a lot of money sadly :(

[MonoAzul]

Funfact: one of the guys who composed the music for this movie performed on the soundtrack for Scarface a few years earlier.

[gundamredframe]

Still one of my favorite anime movies of all time.

[kidcas33]

I you have Netflix you can watch it on there for free ... but last I saw they wasnt selling any copies of it.

[Recuo]

Do you even realize how stupid you sound? First of al, you're just an all-out pervert, aren't you? Second, this came first. Third, why is it stupid? Because you can't get a glimpse of panties every 10 seconds to fill yor 1 year old needs? Not EVERYTHING is pornographic, A-Ko probably inspired anime like Ikkitousen and Ranma to a degree, or Ranma inspired A-Ko and then Ikkitousen.

[jadedXotaku]

One of my all time favorites since I first saw it on the Sci-Fi channel! Just watched it again last night actually.

[Johnlindsey289]

@jadedXotaku

Same here. So you were 13 when you saw this anime classic? did you think A-ko or B-Ko were hotties? oh man i had some wet dreams about them. Did you also watched Akira on video around my age as well? and do you also remember Warriors of the Wind, Unico 1 & 2, The Last Unicorn, Thundercats, the Transformers show, Mysterious Cities of Gold etc.? other good anime classics.

[antgto]

First saw this back in '95, this was the 7th anime I saw (I actually remember the first 8). Haha, I've seen this way more than I want to admit. It's tied with Vampire Hunter D (not Bloodlust) as my all time fav anime.

[Johnlindsey289]

@antgto

How old were you? i saw this when i was 14 sixteen years ago when i rented it as i watched Grave of the Fireflies first then this. A-Ko and B-Ko i had fantasies about and did you ever watched Unico, Warriors of the Wind (the New World cut dub of Nausicaa), Transformers The Movie, Voltron, Transformers, Thundercats, Mysterious Cities of Gold etc. as a kid too? and did you ever see Akira as a young teen as well?

[antgto]

@Johnlindsey289 I'm 30. First seen this on the Sci-Fi Channel (back when it was worth watching) during one their annual anime festivals. Actually saw Transformers the Movie in the theater when I was 5. I have another channel under the name jadedXotaku (I think I've a comment on this vid from that account) that contains a much longer, more accurate description of how I got into anime. I've pretty much abandoned the channel, but it's worth a look.

[jacobykid]

Its sort of sad that only 6 episodes were produced. But that makes them easier to collect.

[ceriseXnoire]

this is one of my first animes. watched it when i was about 8 years old. <3

This anime is 3 years older than I am by the way.

[PyroTorch69]

oh damn im just getting caught up on the classics and well i cant beleive i missed this

[sixthspade]

This anime is two years older than me..

[HikaruOtaku86]

i born in 86, ejejeje

[beverins]

if yer an anime fan and dont have this, yer not an anime fan

[adamshodan]

This is the first anime I ever seen when I was a kid

[KahnBB6]

Project A-Ko is immortal in the world of anime.

[RanTCK]

I still find it wierd that it was shown back to back with an H anime in theaters

[Daishikaze]

One of my all time favorite anime films. IMO, Its a title and self respecting fan should own