Trench-coated spy "D" has been monitoring A-ko and C-ko each morning and reporting back to a large spacecraft as it approaches Earth.

C-ko is abducted in the middle of this confrontation by "D", who is revealed to be a member of the Lepton Kingdom of Alpha Cygni, an all-female race of aliens.

The vessel lands, precariously perched on top of the city's Military Command Tower (actually the remains of the previously crashed ship).

[12] Yuji Moriyama is credited with character design and animation director, and previously worked on the Urusei Yatsura television series, and the films Beautiful Dreamer and Only You.

[4] The only sequence animated during its Cream Lemon days left in the revised production is B-ko's private bath scene.

[13] The film's format uses a surface plot a high stakes action story, while at the same time making allusions and parodies to a number of other works of anime from the 1970s and 1980s.

[17] Additionally, it is common for anime and manga stories to include women who are independent and often powerful physical warriors, and A-ko is another example of this.

[18] The destruction and rebuilding of the city of Tokyo is a common theme throughout Japanese media (including the Godzilla franchise and Akira).

In Project A-ko, the Gavitron City is modeled after Tokyo and is rebuilt after the catastrophic destruction of the crashing space ship at the beginning of the film.

"Dance Away" by Annie Livingston was released as a single simultaneously with the album, with the background music track "Spaceship in the Dark" as the B-side.

[7] Project A-ko was Central Park Media's first video release in 1991 alongside Dominion Tank Police and MD Geist.

[2] Both Project A-ko and Dominion Tank Police were later shown in America on the Sci-Fi Channel during a "Festival of Japanese Animation".

[23] The album was released in the U.S. in 1994 by Central Park Media under their MangaMusic label and later included as a bonus disc the "Collector's Series" DVD in 2002.

[24] In 1996, a CD-Rom package called "Anime Hyperguide: Project A-ko" was released, including artwork, interviews with the creators.

Central Park Media has released the three OVA sequels in a single-disc DVD collection, Project A-ko: Love and Robots.

[29] Reviewer Joe Bob Briggs praised the film, citing the more adult subject matter compared to Saturday morning cartoons and crazy action, giving it four out of four stars.

He placed the film alongside others such as Gunbuster and Dominion: Tank Police which feature scantily clad women in science fiction adventures causing a lot of mayhem.

[28] Game Zone magazine commented that the film is low on violence, but high on humor and girly fight scenes.

[32] Writer James Swallow in Anime FX praised the film's action and humor, and said that Project A-ko and its sister OAVs were an archetype of the genre.

[6] Project A-ko spawned a series of sequels which were original video animation (OVA) starting with Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group in 1987, followed by Cinderella Rhapsody in 1988 and then FINAL in 1989.