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

"For these three high-school students, repelling an alien invasion is as easy as A-B-C!"

1987 0h 48m JA

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★5.5TMDB · 8

Science FictionAnimationComedy

Synopsis

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Three weeks have gone by since the alien spaceship crash landed on the Graviton City spire, and since then the aliens have been hard at work converting their ship to a pleasure district, hoping to make friends with the humans!… Not. Perpetually late and continually over-eating A-ko, spacy and cheerful C-ko, and brilliant and bold B-ko are about to enter summer break from school, and it just so happens the alien ship is open for business. When a free meal turns into a sob story about how the aliens just want to go home, will it be A-ko or B-ko who can get the ship into orbit again?

“For these three high-school students, repelling an alien invasion is as easy as A-B-C!”

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Cast

Miki Ito
Eiko Magami (A-ko) (voice)
Michie Tomizawa
Shiiko Kotobuki (C-ko) (voice)
Emi Shinohara
Biiko Daitokuji (B-ko) (voice)
Tessyo Genda
'D' (voice)
Asami Mukaidono
Miss Ayumi (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Mari (voice)
Akari Hibino
Asa (voice)
Yoshino Takamori
Ine (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yuji Moriyama
Writers: Takao Koyama, Kazumi Shirasaka, Yuji Moriyama
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 48-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Project A-Ko Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yuji Moriyama, shot by Norihide Kubota. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mariya Takeuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Miki Ito and Michie Tomizawa and Emi Shinohara carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "For these three high-school students, repelling an alien invasion is as easy as A-B-C!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0093792 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yuji Moriyama directs. Norihide Kubota behind the camera. Mariya Takeuchi scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 48-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Project A-Ko Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Yuji Moriyama, shot by Norihide Kubota. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mariya Takeuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Miki Ito and Michie Tomizawa and Emi Shinohara carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "For these three high-school students, repelling an alien invasion is as easy as A-B-C!".
8IMDB entry: tt0093792 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.