Project A-Ko 4: Final (1989) (V)

Director:

Yûji Moriyama

Writers:

Tomoko Kawasaki (screenplay)
Yûji Moriyama (screenplay)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A-ko and B-ko are fighting as usual, as C-ko watches from the sidelines feeling neglected by both. Ayumi-sensei has been behaving strangely lately...

Plot Keywords:

Satire | Surrealism | Anime | Sequel

Cast

Miki Itô	...	Eiko Magami (A-ko)
Emi Shinohara	...	Biiko Daitokuji (B-ko)
Michie Tomizawa	...	Shiiko Kotobuki (C-ko)
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)
Tesshô Genda	...	Kei Yûki / D
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Ume
Shûichi Ikeda	...	Captain Napolipolita
Sayuri Ikemoto	...	Mari
Janyse Jaud	...	C-Ko's Mother (voice: English version)
Terry Klassen	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Scott McNeil	...	Captain Napolipolita (voice: English version)
Asami Mukaidono	...	Miss Ayumi
Reiko Mutô	...	Kei's mother
Yôko Ogai	...	Asa
Kazuo Oka	...	God Father
Tamio Ôki	...	Defense Minister
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Mr. Daitokuji
Teryl Rothery	...	A-Ko Magami (voice: English version)
Sumi Shimamoto	...	Mother
Robert O. Smith	...	D (voice: English version)
Yoshino Takamori	...	Ine
Venus Terzo	...	B-Ko Daitokuji (voice: English version)
Cathy Weseluck	...	C-Ko Kotobuki (voice: English version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Trivia:

In the scene where Col. Yashida is commanding the troops, he gives an order to the "Nishijima Platoon". This is a reference to the director of the original A-ko film _Katsuhiko Nishijima_.

Quotes:

Miss Ayumi: Have you seen any movies?
Miss Ayumi: [Kei grunts] What kind of movies do you like?
Hikari Daitokuji: [Kei mumbles something] Excuse me,could you speak up,please?
Kei Yuki: [nervously] I-I like "Deep Throat"!
Hikari Daitokuji: [nervously] Uh,Y-Yes,the critics raved!
[laughs loudly]

Movie Connections:

References Deep Throat (1972)

It's the end of the world! HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

The final entry in the "real" world of A-Ko sequels... This one involves A-ko and B-ko fighting over Kay who has been mysteruiously betothed to the girls' teacher. Weird. She's also been receiving strange messages from outer space and her eyes glow. The girls go commando and try to break up the wedding... in the mean time, the aliens come back in full force to pick up their long lost princess, C-Ko... the queen is even weirder than C-Ko is. The whole thing is rather sad and distrubing, nearly plotless, but includes a great scene where C-Ko watches a truly bad romance flick. The film also seems to have two endings... one sad and miserable, the other unbelieveable and tear-jerking. See it if you are a big fan... and lament the fact that all the sequels combined could not equal the first in sheer entertainment.