Project A-ko - Dance Away & Follow your Dream

[@wickedcapedkid]

Still makes my heart ache in a way. There's something romantic and dreamlike about project a ko and some of the other 80s anime. It really made me get into Japanese pop culture and partially responsible for why I moved here

[@LovePH926]

Seriously!

[@brotherimzee]

100%

[@misspinkpunkykat]

They make me nostalgic for time I didn't even exist yet or was too young to remember. I was born in the LATE 80's.

[@ManillaHeep]

It was a more innocent time. I still have this on VHS tapes somewhere.

[@vexxalot6394]

YESSIR. AND LET ME GIVE THE NEW VIEWers some context out of love. Look up what else was out at he time and then take a second look at Project Ako. TRUST me. it was deff ahead of its time. but now . looks tame ... to current post AKIRA . LOVE AKO THO . still.

[@norfolk316]

I loved this movie and to this day A-ko remains one of my favorite anime heroines. Her optimism is infectious and she is beautiul and sexy without being sleazy.The artwork is amazing and proves you don't need computers to make a great animation. Plus the A-ko vs b-ko fight is one of the best in all of anime.

[@Riako]

Am I the only guy who cried tears of nostalgia hearing these songs?

[@inkmage4084]

Loved these songs, and anime back in the day and still do! I remember renting this when I was in the 6th grade, back in 93.

[@NAJ0202]

I'm doing that right now. The happy memories and tears help during these hard times.

[@eduardocordero6872]

No eres el único, es viajar a la infancia.

[@garyjcsizmar4636]

Hahahahaha! Not so my friend! Hahahahaha

[@danielmendezcaro1479]

. . . Add me to the list.

[@unclesporkums]

Those are Annie Livingston (middle), Samantha Newark (left), and Valerie Stevenson (right), the girls who sang the song's vocals.

[@TheHelghast1138]

unclesporkums Thank you!!!

[@Madbandit77]

unclesporkums Samantha voiced Jem on the "Jem" animated series.

[@JustyHakubi]

I always wondered who they were, thank you!

[@thediyorphans]

🖤🖤🖤

[@ToruKun1]

Nine-year-old me renting Project A-Ko, Maris the Supergal and The Wanna-Be's from Blockbuster on a Friday night, knowing my weekend was gonna be LIT!!! LOL, good memories

[@sageky]

ToruKun1 same here, well at least for project a ko. I'm pretty sure it was the 1st anime I've rented from Blockbusters.

[@TheHelghast1138]

Indeed!! :)

[@timbynum]

@@sageky SAME

[@Molandria]

We had no idea what were in store for! "hey its Japanimation like Sailor moon!"

[@gboni66]

That is just something kids today will never know. Going to the video store, buying your snacks, being faced with endless possibilities, and being blown away by that one cover that you remember to this day.

[@Anthony-ow1tk]

It was definitely the Golden Age of Anime. Today, without computer assistance, newest generation of animators could never reproduce such level of quality, movement and sense of detail.

[@LovePH926]

yup

[@Molandria]

Not to mention the overindulgence of male wussy boy main characters

[@trollingisasport]

Yep people slaving away and sleep sweaty under their desk so I could get off too hot anime girls... Those were the times.

[@misterjei]

20-30 years from now, the kids of today will be saying the same thing regarding the completely AI-created anime, their children will have to endure.

[@jeromethiel4323]

And to think, some wage slave got PAID to draw/paint all those panty shots. Lucky bastard!

[@McPh1741]

I was a kid in the 80s, I grew up watching Macross, Vampire Hunter D, and other good anime. I first watched Porject A-ko on the Sci-Fi channel back in like 1992 and loved it ever since. I bought the VHS tape,and years later the soundtrack on CD. I still love listening to it even today. The songs (especially these 2) are so typical of a lot of movies in the 80s, that had cool, upbeat music.

[@HealthDiets]

thanks I'm a 90's kid. 1990.

[@axaflaxar]

First anime I saw on vhs. Still one of my favorites. There was something special the anime movies coming on scifi anime theatre back in the 90's. I miss it!

[@fafillionaire]

+Shannon Young A-ko, Venus Wars, Casshan Robot Hunter were my 3 favs

[@axaflaxar]

Those were awesome as well!

[@Menuki]

The anime that taught me not to think too hard about the plot. Just accept it because anime

[@southy98]

Superman would be proud of his little girl.

[@sunfire2949]

Caught that reference too huh.

[@southy98]

@@sunfire2949 Yup. No one tell Zack Synder

[@wilf609]

Wonder Woman would be proud of her daughter!

[@けんたんなりあまちしげるなり]

懐かしい。初めて見たビデオテープでした。友達の家で見ました。ビデオが普及し始めた頃でしたね。ボックスやDVDも購入しました

[@marksrisourath9458]

No...still watching the movie and listening 2 the songs on CD...I miss the good ol' days...still get emotional when I hear these 2 wonderful songs....

[@小山幸生-o1s]

おお～🎶 懐かしいですね～🤣 私が高校一年の時にイベント試写会だったかな～ うたい文句は「今年度最高傑作」だったかな⁉️ この曲聞くとあの頃の事を思い出します😂 ｱｯﾌﾟ有り難う御座いました🤣 ビデオショップで、「プロジェクトA子」と「プロジェクトA」を間違えてダビングしてもらい大爆笑してしまいました。 ｼﾞｬｯｷｰﾁｪﾝだよ～😨 50歳過ぎのおじさんです よき思いででした💕

[@hemidas]

Childhood, is that you?

[@DARKNETUNDERGROUND]

hello childhood my old friend I come and talk to you again . Simon & Garfunkel parody

[@MrsAckerman104]

Exactly. I remember watching this on the Sy-Fy channel!

[@apartment906]

I am positively ancient.

[@rschock22]

@@apartment906 heard that

[@nononjakuzure5896]

This is my favorite anime it has one of the best soundtracks in my opinion

[@Adam-tk3cx]

Nice name and profile pic - from an anime Project A-Ko very, very obviously inspired.

[@TheHelghast1138]

Me too!!! I saw this as a kid in 1989 and still love it, Absolutely my favorite anime film!! :)

[@ajet96]

OMG!.... seeing them in 80's/90's clothing just made me cry and laugh at the same time :)

[@Dinodocus]

この2曲は何度も繰り返し 聴いちゃいます!

[@lordfinbar]

It is a purposeful parody of the popular anime of the time. The DVD has additional commentary from the creator of the series who explains why it is a parody.

[@userfridaywiggly18943]

i miss the 80s

[@TheHelghast1138]

meeee tooooo

[@videogameguitar-matt]

+Friday wiggly Agreed. I was too young to really appreciate them but i enjoyed these kinds of anime in the 90s. It's crazy to think of people saying they miss the 00s when i felt old at the millenium.

[@The_Haze]

+Friday wiggly Let's bring it back!

[@Menuki]

These songs are like the 80s distilled into a pure concentrate. Even outside of the anime context, it embodies so much of what 80s pop was.

[@dust_bin_gaming7319]

This, and Nausicaa, and Gunbuster, hold really especially nostalgic places in my heart! Saw all during my single digit years! (and still have all of them on VHS!) Way back before anime even started getting big in the states. >_

[@ernestcansino1570]

Right on, ,most of my anime collection is on VHS as well. Good to know I'm not the only one😅

[@JustClaude13]

A-ko, a girl of excellent physical capabilities. Faster than a speeding car, able to leap large houses with a single bound. Takes after her Dad. I just bought this and Dragon-Half on DVD. Life is good.

[@magnos_decimus]

me too except instead of Dragon-Half I got Fist of the North Star and Bubblegum Crisis this year happy 2016 to you

[@Menuki]

Yknow the bracers restrict her strength. She's actually significantly stronger without them.

[@gweds]

@@Menuki you are kidding, right?

[@Menuki]

doodlemyster I wants to say it’s the 6th OVA. They Come off and a single punch shears a starship in half

[@OrphanMaker69]

Awww.. SO many memories! They sure as hell don't make, will ever make anime this good ever again!

[@spincut13]

Omg never saw the actual singers from this song, that’s kinda rad to see the clips of them singing spliced in.

[@odalysbono2396]

The characters animation reminds me of Ranma 1/2

[@positivedna]

Carolina Machado that’s another good one

[@santiagovelascoDanmaRyuji]

Cy

[@NAJ0202]

Some of the animators who worked on Project A-ko had also worked on Urusei Yatsura, another Rumiko Takahashi series, so I think they definitely took some inspiration from her style.

[@CAPMAX_Gaming]

OK, I never noticed how much Kill la Kill borrowed from Project A-Ko.

[@NAJ0202]

I'd love it if Studio Trigger just straight up did a remake/reimagining of Project A-ko, like how they did with Gridman.

[@Phoenix00Knight]

Project A ko was is and always will be the ultimate unironic parody of Anime. I love this series!

[@bluefalcon6356]

I'd say they borrowed more from sukeban deka, like alot

[@nitrocharge2404]

It's like how Gurren Lagann borrowed a ton from Galaxy Express 999 and Harlock's other appearances

[@JustyHakubi]

one the best animes ever!

[@TheHelghast1138]

This was the first anime I ever saw back in 1989 and I still think it's one of my all time favorites, love it!

[@3310aozora]

当時カセットテープでサントラ盤を買いました。 インスト曲もかっこいい曲ばかりで、当時のジョーイ・カーボーン作曲にハズレなし！です。

[@nunu1869]

One of my fave childhood animes! When Sci fi channel used to show "Saturday Anime" ah I miss the 90s!

[@erichall1]

We tend to look back with rose colored glasses but it truly was the best of times.

[@Heartborne7thSeeker]

This is one of the most AWESOME anime's I have ever seen,and belive me I have seen a lot of anime. I have seen this so many times that my vhs version has almost stopped working. This film is everything that makes anime great!

[@KumaPaws376]

Always loved Eiko’s character and hair; Red white and blue long dress is cute too!

[@meh302]

Project A-ko really is one of the best... this is so nostalgic

[@macross25]

One of the 1st true Anime films I ever saw, kicked Ass back in the day and still fun to watch over & over!!

[@Trepidity]

seeing a-ko and c-ko fighting together is pretty awesome.

[@cmsa2002]

R.i.p valerie stevenson joseph

[@Hellstinger]

Tyrone Johnson Oh! I starred to read comments to find out the singer's name and now I know it but in the tragic way..That's so sad to know she is resting in peace by now 😞

[@kevynhansyn2902]

Tyrone Johnson small world how she passed away in my hometown of Baltimore.

[@TheHelghast1138]

Oh nooooos :(

[@cmsa2002]

Shes the one who sings follow your dream but the one who sings dance away is a mystery theres no info about wheres she at now

[@katrahqueymusic]

@@cmsa2002 annie livingston sung dance away

[@TheHelghast1138]

I watched this in 1989 as a kid, and to this day it is still my favorite anime film right up there with Akira, Venus Wars, Cowboy Bebop, Clannad, Tenchi, Vampire Hunter D, and Totoro!! 😸😸😸😸😸

[@MauserK43]

Project A-ko one of my all time favorite anime's. So much better then alot of the crap that gets produced now-a-days.

[@gbarry27gb]

One of my first anime experiences. I was at one of the first Dragon Cons(it was still all about comics back then) when I was walking back to the dealers room and heard all this strange noise. I got close enough to see a 10 inch tv set on top of a vcr blasting a 5 minute cartoon loop at full volume of Project A-Ko. I was totally mesmerized despite the guys at the next table screaming to turn that garbage down. I couldn't learn enough about this amazing new form of entertainment. I later saw a screening of Only You that night (no dub. no subtitles. Just some over anxious fans occasionally explaining what was going on). I eventually joined up with Anime X and haven't looked back since.

[@TheouAegis]

I listened to Dance Away god knows how many times when I walked to work. One of my all-time favorite songs.

[@mobius2684]

These bring back so many memories.....I loved watching these as a kid and I remember wanting to dress up as B-ko for halloween. Good times.

[@Joyleaf84]

We had this recorded on vhs back in the day along with Vampire Hunter D and Dominion Tank Police. I miss it so much.

[@jetfowl]

Samantha I loved Dominion Tank Police.

[@LovePH926]

me too

[@-TerryBogard]

Dominion Tank police haha! Bonaparte was the tank that Metal Slug video game reminded me of. I recall pressure sensitive penis things in that anime that over turned vehicles? 🤔

[@ThinkHarder]

bought this anime back in the 90 best one ever, it was the predecessor of many of today top anime, including KLK

[@alexrain1188]

The Blu-ray is coming out soon. I can’t wait

[@bumbai2022]

wow, it’s 2020 and it’s great people are still listening and finding this song!

[@WhiteWolfGuild]

The red head girl looks like Ranma almost thats so lovely

[@MarsGundam]

Ah, whisk me away to the mid 90s when life was good.

[@user-hp6lg3tm7d]

I love this era of anime. The music and everything. It’s so perfect.

[@Matthew-qx6wu]

First anime I ever saw! God bless the 80s! Loving it in 2023!

[@ManillaHeep]

What a great series man. This is what I watched when I was a kid. This is what anime is all about!

[@ManillaHeep]

@Lunar tears still here trying to follow my dreams. Thanks for checking 😊

[@TrailRated]

Alot of reminiscing going on here lol I love the raw style of 80s 90s anime when you got a taste of the uncensored provocative Ness containing that perfect amount of intense violence and mature situations/growing pains that we all face every day you just wont find in many of the new films/anime

[@Mavidyatunes]

This song is so ballin' somedays I just really need to listen to some vapid 80's backup pop singers to sing to me about dancing imagination love dreams into reality followed by following my dreams in a very upbeat rhythm. Try and stop me.

[@鼓舞羅-q1o]

この時代のアニメは夢や希望に溢れている。

[@LovePH926]

I first saw this movie on TV in California in 1994. Now I live in Japan!!

[@TheHelghast1138]

sooo lucky!!

[@wickedcapedkid]

Me too! I live in Tokyo and saw this in the sci fi channel as a kid.

[@edelric009]

Brandon Fike i think most of us saw this on sci-fi channel back in the day and it was how a lot of us old timers got into anime. Way before the next generation discovered Pokémon Dragon Ball Z and Digimon as their start to anime. We grew up on the good stuff. :)

[@LovePH926]

@@edelric009 yup

[@lastsunofkrypton7950]

I still have this cd somewhere. The American released version. Got it at anime expo while it was still being held in San Jose Ca. Lots of memories. I was one of the first in my high school class to expose people to anime in the early 90s. Look how mainstream it’s gotten since then. Back then we use to have to go to clubs or watch unsubtitled VHS tapes to get out anime fix. Lol.

[@starshinersgroup]

Always thought these songs, and the whole soundtrack, would be great background music for a beauty pageant, and found out a while back that they were!!!

[@bscar]

@Darthmencken Technically, A-ko is the daughter of Superman and Wonder Woman

[@FireFoxBancroft]

This and Robotech were my first Anime's growing up. I just love the over-the-top battles in Project A-ko.

[@Jadasan]

Man, this was back when anime was really good. I rented this from a video store when I was about 12. I love the song too. A-ko(Eiko) is an amazing girl!

[@CaptainSeato]

Project A-Ko featuring a more diverse cast of female characters in the 1980s than "progressive Hollywood" could ever successfully produce in the 2020s.

[@Reirei0]

I dont know why, but i LOVE A-ko's hair! Its so thick and red!!!!

[@predigestedArt]

@pipefox19 ivaan177 was correct with the valerie stevenson part, but she only did the vocals for "follow your dream." the vocals for "dance away," were performed by annie livingston.

[@ninjor9800]

Hearing these songs again makes me realise, I need to add a copy of Project A-Ko to my collection.

[@genesis2525]

dance away & fellow your dreams i love these songs i even got them on my ipod i listen to them everday 24/7

[@danzai]

this and original dragonball formed my teenage views of what anime could be. Wonderous

[@yohannbiimu]

This is the first Japanese language anime I EVER saw (it must have been at least 17 or 18 years ago). When I first saw it I couldn't believe what I had just seen. I must have watched, rewound, and re-watched that VHS tape three or four times that day, and watched it a few dozen times that week. I've been an anime fan ever since, although I am far more into the "old school" stuff (like Project A-ko) than the stuff they do today (anything by Hayao Miyazaki being perhaps the lone exception).

[@Dflowen]

Never saw the BTS of the music 1:53.... damn the nostalgia hit.

[@solterohugo]

One of my favorite anime’s and soundtracks ❤️

[@emnyolc]

Incredible production by the 4 Hero guys, Tek 9 and Manix... big up!!

[@javisan14]

I do too... Miss the good ol' days and do get emotional with these clips..

[@ronaldladd1253]

I have watched all the movies even wars or watching that when I was like a little kid awesome nostalgia

[@therosesword007]

Awesome, this was one of my first animes, and I love the A-ko soundtracks.

[@albertmesa7034]

Utter Nostalgia!! Those who watched it when it was new and in english dubbed we were blessed. A moment that will never happen again. But our memories live on.

[@mehrdadkamali7699]

Just copying them... it was the days before the internet and i sat up writing them with my little sister. and we played the VHS back again and again and had a mini karaoke session. :D .... How cool were we :D

[@raydn23]

i use to love this cartoon as a youth

[@ranthony023]

Loved this and the other Animes from Sci-fi channel back in the day

[@lordfinbar]

04:30 Ah a teenager when this came out, this and one other scene was all I needed

[@mainstreetsaint36]

Greatest anime movie, ever!

[@mightymax9948]

C-Ko continually knocking at the door is so simple yet genius. It captures an era.

[@zaazi123]

Reminds me of my little ginger haired scottish friend nicky who introduced me to anime music back in the day, wherever you are nicky, thankyou!!! This was my first anime song

[@Pochako]

One of my many first non-miyzaki animes. This was pretty interesting. I watched all of them...but they are all in vhs..want to get the dvd format of it.

[@Riptide555]

Ah Project A-ko. Among the first anime I ever watched and still one of my all time favorites. Interesting trivia: A-ko is belived to be the daughter of Superman and wonderwoman, just look at the parents in the small glimps we get of them. Also B-kos dad is based on Tony "Ironman" Stark.

[@okami138]

what a classic, I love this anime!

[@genesis2525]

i remember my first time i saw Project A-KO, it came on the Saturday Anime on the sci-fi Channel i was 11 years old. the frist time i saw it i love it got the dvd and watch it everyday

[@fullmetalgod]

@Boltfiger ....There is no Japanese version. D: In the 80's, the Japanese heavily outsourced music. (Back then, the Japanese economy was ROCKING. They had a ton of cash. You'll notice lots of jokes about that in 80's American movies. Lots of Japanese take-overs of American companies and such.) Like the Ninja Scroll ending was also in English from the start. Same with a few other anime I can't remember offhand.

[@hobmonger5275]

I first bought this at a N.Y. Comic con. Official copy, on VHS, English version, years ago . I actually found the ost on CD at Tower Records, when they still existed.

[@fighterxaos1]

Oh man, the nostalgia, wonderful memories this anime brings.

[@HotaruZoku]

So much...nostalgia. i always get a lump in my throat.

[@skysamfreeman]

I feel the nostalgia deep in my soul.

[@Joyleaf84]

My first anime! Nostalgia.

[@danajennings3769]

10 years now and I'm still listening to this.

[@高橋敏幸-k8l]

知らないうちにハングルKZbinrがトップに成っていた‥‥。 登録させて貰いました。 頑張ってください。

[@kknight1974]

I love these songs!!! ARrrgh. I use to have this CD until I lost it!!!

[@fullmetalgod]

@vaccy Right? I still remembering going to specialty shops to special order entire series like Ranma 1/2 and OVA series like Hades Project Zeorhymer. If I can make it, I'll see you there!

[@Slugg0n]

The first song shares similar resemblances to The Neverending Story intro. It's probably why I like it and it feels familiar even though I didn't grow up with anime as a kid.

[@yohannbiimu]

3:18 - When A-ko throws this robot, it reminds me of the Diacon IV girl who does the same thing to a transformer robot--which was about four years before Project A-ko. Yuji Moriyama (animation director) also worked for GAINAX on Wings of Honneamis and Gunbuster, so he certainly would have see the Daicon IV film. I'm sure the Daicon IV girl was a pretty big inspiration for A-ko.

[@thediyorphans]

I love this ManiacBear. I wish youd bring your Sonner Sailor Moon back too it was the best on here!

[@jay18679]

I haven't watched this anime since I was little, I miss this.

[@NeverwaY]

They didnt have DVDs the first time i saw it... so i bought it on VHS and wished i could buy it on LD. This is the movie that got me into Anime.

[@magicmonkeyking4137]

I am so glad this showed up in my recommendation. ^_^

[@bscar]

@ghosttrain2066 # Shout-Out: More than can easily be counted... * A-Ko's parents are apparently Superman and Wonder Woman. * B-Ko's father when he appears bears some resemblance to Tony Stark. * Captain Napolipolita is pretty obviously supposed to be a parody of Captain Harlock, in the same way that the bow of the Lepton mothership looks like the Arcadia. If you watch the end of the first movie, you'll see what appears to be his S shirt being displayed by A-ko's mother

[@MrsAckerman104]

I forgot about these songs!

[@garymarshall7559]

Some of my favorite songs in any film... Dance away, and max 5000