Project A-Ko
1986 1h 26m movie Film Japan

Project A-Ko

プロジェクトA子

Synopsis

プロジェクトA子

Earth. The not too distant future. A city is miraculously reborn just sixteen years after being completely destroyed by a giant meteor. At the prestigious Graviton High School for Girls, two new students are introduced. A-ko and her ditzy sidekick, C-ko.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Project A-Ko. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From APPP Company

Action + Animation in Japan

1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Project A-Ko itself).

The 1985–1987 Japan Window

Project A-Ko holds position #35 of 100 Japan films in the 1985–1987 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Touch
    #1

    Touch

    ★ 9.2 · 1985
  2. The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
    #2

    The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

    ★ 8.6 · 1986
  3. Silver Fang
    #3

    Silver Fang

    ★ 8.6 · 1986
  4. Saint Seiya
    #4

    Saint Seiya

    ★ 8.5 · 1986
  5. Robotech
    #5

    Robotech

    ★ 8.5 · 1985
  6. Dengeki Sentai Changeman
    #6

    Dengeki Sentai Changeman

    ★ 8.3 · 1985
  7. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    #7

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    ★ 8.3 · 1986
  8. Dragon Ball
    #8

    Dragon Ball

    ★ 8.2 · 1986

The 1980s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Project A-Ko premiered alongside 38 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 38 other Japan films in 1986.

The 679th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

29
Reviews
49th
Review-volume percentile
17th
Popularity percentile

29 audience reviews — more than 49% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 17th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Project A-Ko, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • superhuman · 2
  • grudge · 1
  • absurdism · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • original video animation (ova) · 25
  • giant robot · 24
  • schoolgirl · 22
  • female friendship · 18
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • space · 32

Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
29
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,817 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (60th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #767 of 1,714 (top 45%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesAPPP Company
Runtime1h 26m
Release DateJune 21, 1986
IMDbtt0091794