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

Project A-ko 2: The Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (プロジェクトA子2 大徳寺財閥の陰謀 Project A-ko 2: Daitokuji Zaibatsu no Inbou) is a 1987 Japanese anime OVA release directed by Yuji Moriyama. It is the sequel to the 1986 theatrical release Project A-ko.
==Plot==
The plot is centered on B-ko's father Hikaru Daitokuji, a billionaire industrialist who bears a strong resemblance to Ted Turner and Tony Stark. B-ko's obsession with C-ko finds another outlet, as she uses her genius intellect to help the Alpha Cygnans repair their spaceship, since C-ko has developed a soft spot for the stranded Napolipolita and D. The Alpha Cygnans have turned their ship into a posh 30,000 room hotel, but long only to return home.
The plot also involves a stereotypical summertime swimming pool scene. The heroines are also being stalked by a steadily growing number of mysterious men in white suits, who all attempt to appear inconspicuous by nonchalantly reading newspapers. Later in the movie, they reveal themselves as spies, their mission being the capture of the Cygnan "super-technology."
The climax of the movie involves the military forces — being manipulated by Hikaru Daitokuji — attacking the Alpha Cygnan ship with a giant experimental mecha named the Queen Margarita (whose blueprints he confiscated from B-ko) in a greedy attempt at seizing their alien technology. This results in the movie's one truly classic moment, in which B-ko's father flies into the fray wearing one of his daughter's revealing Akagiyama battle suits and attempts to catch the ship — which is plummeting back to Earth — and ends up blowing out his back (it appears that his spine is broken, but since he is seen walking again in FINAL, clearly this is not so).
==Cast==
Character 	Japanese voice actor 	English dubbing actor
Eiko "A-ko" Magami 	Miki Itō 	Teryl Rothery
Biko "B-ko" Daitokuji	Emi Shinohara 	Venus Terzo
Shiko "C-ko" Kotobuki	Michie Tomizawa 	Cathy Weseluck
Hikari Daitokuji 	Hōchū Ōtsuka 	Ian James Corlett
Miss Ayumi 	Asami Mukaidono 	Lynda Boyd
Captain Napolipolita 	Shūichi Ikeda 	Scott McNeil
Spy D 	Tesshō Genda 	Robert O. Smith
Mari 	Daisuke Gōri Sayuri Ikemoto	Scott McNeil
Asa 	Yōko Ogai 	Lynda Boyd
Ine 	Yoshino Takamori 	Venus Terzo
Ume 	Megumi Hayashibara 	Cathy Weseluck
==Production and release==
For the North American release of Project A-ko 2 and further installations of the series, Central Park Media commissioned Ocean Productions for the English dub.
CPM released Project A-ko 2, along with Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody and Project A-ko 4: FINAL on the DVD compilation Project A-ko: Love & Robots on August 6, 2002. Discotek Media reissued Project A-ko 2 on DVD on September 26, 2017, and later on Blu-ray on August 30, 2022, featuring a new remastered scan of the original 35mm film.
==References==
==External links==
* Wikipedia
* Anime News Network
* Graviton City: The Project A-ko Web Site
Category:Anime