Project A-Ko：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Katsuhiko Nishijima
: Shigeru Morikawa
(stage director)

Writing Credits

Katsuhiko Nishijima
(original story): Yûji Moriyama
(screenplay) and: Tomoko Kawasaki
(screenplay): Katsuhiko Nishijima
(screenplay): Kazumi Shirasaka
(original story)

Cast

Miki Itô
Eiko 'A-Ko' Magami: Emi Shinohara
Biko 'B-ko' Daitokuji: Michie Tomizawa
Shiko 'C-ko' Kotobuki: Julia Braams
C-ko (1992): Tesshô Genda
D: Shûichi Ikeda
Captain: Asami Mukaidono
Miss Ayumi: Sayuri Ikemoto
Mari: Daisuke Gôri
Mari: Tamio Ôki
Earth Defence Minister: Hirofumi Banba
Station Commander / Apple Squad Leader (voice): Kenji Nagae
Pilot / Foreman (voice): Yoshino Takamori
Ine: Akari Hibino
Asa: Ippei Oogi
Anchor: Megumi Hayashibara
Ume: Yasuo Takeuchi
Anchor: Ken Yamaguchi
Station Colonel / Stray Dog (voice): Keiichi Zenzai
Boyfriend: Rihoko Nagao
Girlfriend: Yuri Amano
Students: Mari Chikura
Tech: Yumi Misaki
Tech: Yuka Yoshikawa
Students: Aki Mukai
Tech: Katsuhiko Nishijima
Man on B-ko's Intercom: Stacey Gregg
Eiko 'A-Ko' Magami: Kosuke Tomita
Tech: Denica Fairman
Biko 'B-ko' Daitokuji: Marc Smith
D / Commander / Mari / Walla (voice): Jay Benedict
Captain: Toni Barry
Asa / Students / Tech / Witness / Walla (voice): Liza Ross
Miss Ayumi: Annemarie Lawless
Mari / Ine / Students / Tech / Walla (voice) (as Annemarie Zola)

Produced by

Laurence Guinness
executive producer (english version): YÃ»ko Mitsumori
production producer: Kazufumi Nomura
producer: John O'Donnell
executive producer (english version): Kenji Sakaguchi
production producer: Naotaka Yoshida
executive producer

Music by

Toru Akasaka
: Joey Carbone
: Richie Zito

Cinematography by

Takafumi Arai

Editing by

Sachiko Miki

Casting By

Sakumi Matsuda
: Jill Wilmot
(english version)

Art Direction by

Shinji Kimura

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Shigeru Morikawa
assistant director

Art Department

Yasunori Urata
storyboard artist

Sound Department

Yukio Abe
recording assistant: Yoshikazu Awa
sound mixer: George Doering
recording: Doering Studio: Yasunori Honda
sound director: Richard King
sound mixer (english version): Clive A. Mitchison
re-recording mixer (english version): Mikio Mori
dolby consultant: Far East Continental: Ken Okazawa
recording assistant: Kazutoshi SatÃ´
sound effects editor: Sato Sound Group (as Kazutoshi Satou): Toshiaki Uemura
recording assistant

Special Effects by

Takeshi SaitÃ´
special effects (as Takefumi SaitÃ´)

Camera and Electrical Department

Takeyoshi Hobara
camera operator (as Takehito Yasuhara): YÃ´go Kubota
camera operator: YÃ»suke Miyoshi
camera operator: Masashi Ochii
camera operator: Mayumi Sakai
camera operator: Megumi Torigoe
camera operator: Katsuyuki Ãtaki
camera operator

Animation Department

Kunihiro Abe
inbetween artist: AIC: Masayuki Arai
inbetween artist: Hisako Asano
cel painter: Studio MAC: Hiroko Bessho
cel painter: Studio Pal: Tsukasa Dokite
key animator: Tomoko Eda
cel painter: Studio MAC: Asami EndÃ´
key animator: Chie EndÃ´
cel painter: Studio Pal: YÃ»ko Fujie
background artist: KyÃ´zÃ´ Fujikawa
cel painter: Studio Pal: Noriko Fujikawa
cel painter: Maki Production: Haruko Fujinuma
cel painter: Maki Production: Towako Fujisaki
cel painter: Studio Pal: Etsuko Fujita
cel painter: Studio MAC: Mikiko Fujita
cel painter: copyright: Yoshiko Fujita
inbetween artist: Atsushi Fukushima
inbetween artist: AIC: Yoshiharu Fukushima
key animator: Hiroaki Gôda
key animator: Nobuyoshi Habara
key animator (as Mamoru Konoe): Kumiko Hachisuka
cel painter: copyright: Michiko Hamaya
cel painter: Studio Pal: Ken'ichi Hamazaki
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Tetsuo Hara
inbetween artist: Ajiado: Tomoko Hatakeyama
cel painter: Studio NOA: Ikue Higaki
cel painter: Studio Pal: Tomohiro Hirata
assistant animation director / key animator: Yoshie Hoshina
cel painter: Studio MAC: Chiyomi Hozumi
cel painter: Studio Pal: Junko Iida
cel painter: Studio MAC: TÃ´ru Iino
inbetween artist: Baku Production: YasuzÃ´ Iino
inbetween artist: KyÃ´ko Ikeda
cel painter: Craypas: Mikio Imamura
background artist: Keiichi Ishikura
inbetween artist: Gainax: Kiyoto Ishino
inbetween artist: Kôji Itô
assistant animation director: mechanical animation / key animator: Yasuko ItÃ´
inbetween artist: Ajiado: Yasuo Iwai
inbetween artist: Studio NOA: Kazuya Iwata
inbetween artist: Anime Roman: Reiko Kagawa
cel painter: Studio Pal: YÃ»ko Kagayama
cel painter: Studio Pal: Masaki Kajishima
key animator (as Masaki Nanda): Masaaki Kanba
inbetween artist: Anime Roman: Mariko Kashiyama
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Nao Katsumata
inbetween artist: AIC: Kumiko Kawana
key animator: Toshihide Kawana
background artist: Kazue Kazato
cel painter: Studio Pal: Reiko Kiguchi
cel painter: Studio Pal: Michitaka Kikuchi
key animator: Masami Kimasa
cel painter: Studio Pal: Eiko Kimura
background artist: Takehide Kimura
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Hiroaki Kishimura
cel painter: Maki Production: Hitomi Kita
cel painter: Studio Pal: Etsuko Kitagawa
cel painter: Studio MAC: Miyoko Kiyofuji
cel painter: Studio Pal: Noriko Kiyohara
inbetween artist: Warp: Sadao KondÃ´
inbetween artist: Anime Roman: Toshie Kubo
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Toshiyuki Kubooka
key animator: Toshimasa Kuwabara
inbetween artist: AIC: Shinsaku KÃ´zuma
key animator: Masayuki
key animator: Shôichi Masuo
animation director: mechanical animation / key animator: Hidenori Matsubara
inbetween artist: Gainax: Kumiko Matsubara
cel painter: Studio MAC: Motoshi Matsui
inbetween artist: Anime Roman: Yasuyuki Matsumura
key animator: Fusako Matsushita
cel painter: Studio Pal: Hiromi Matsushita
key animator: Kikuno Matsushita
cel painter: Studio MAC: Osamu Mia
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Naomi Midori
cel painter: Studio Pal: KÃ´ichi Mikami
cel painter: Oscar Planning: ShÃ´zÃ´ Minagawa
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Kazuo Miyagawa
background artist: Shinobu Miyake
inbetween artist: Studio NOA: Junko Miyazaki
cel painter: Studio Pal: Takashi Miyazaki
inbetween artist: AIC: Eiko Miyoshi
cel painter: Studio Pal: Yachiyo Momose
cel painter: Maki Production: Yûji Moriyama
animation director / character designer: Yumi Motoyama
cel painter: Studio Pal: Misako Murakami
cel painter: Studio Pal: Yuri Nakagawa
cel painter: Studio Pal: Atsuko Nakajima
key animator: Chizuko Nakamura
inbetween artist: AIC: Shiho Nakamura
inbetween artist: Warp: Takehiro Nakayama
inbetween artist: Gainax: Mitsuko Nara
inbetween checker: Takeshi Nishimoto
inbetween artist: Gainax: Minoru Noguchi
cel painter: Studio NOA: Mineko Nohara
cel painter: Studio MAC: Shinji Ochi
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Yasuhiro Oda
key animator: Akitaka Oguri
inbetween artist: Argo Ship: Hiroshi Oikawa
key animator: Akiko Okamoto
cel painter: Studio MAC: Nobuyoshi Okazaki
inbetween artist: Anime Roman: Masaru Ozawa
inbetween artist: Anime Roman: Saeko SaitÃ´
cel painter: Oscar Planning: Yoshiko SaitÃ´
cel painter: Oscar Planning: Miyuki Sakagoshi
cel painter: Studio MAC: Tatsuo Sakai
inbetween artist: Gainax: Yoshiyuki Sakai
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Kazumi Sakayori
inbetween artist: AIC: Katsushi Sakurabi
inbetween artist: AIC: Minori Sanbe
cel painter: Studio MAC: Hirotoshi Sano
key animator: Mie Santoku
cel painter: Craypas: Nobuko SatÃ´
inbetween artist: Studio NOA (as Nobuko Sato): YÃ»ji SatÃ´
inbetween checker: Kazuyo Sawada
cel painter: Studio MAC: ShÃ»ji Sawada
cel painter: Studio Pal: Yasuhiro Seo
key animator: Masahiro Shimada
cel painter: Oscar Planning: Kumiko Shimazaki
cel painter: Studio MAC: Yui Shimazaki
background artist: Hiroshi Shinada
inbetween artist: Mayumi Shioiri
cel painter: Maki Production: Michiru Shioyama
cel painter: Studio Pal: Michiko Shirakata
cel painter: Studio Pal: Masae Soga
cel painter: Studio Pal: Kumiko Sugawara
cel painter: Studio Pal: Yurie Sugihara
inbetween artist: AIC: Kumiko Sugita
cel painter: Studio MAC: KÃ´ji Sugiura
inbetween checker: Toshiaki Sumida
inbetween artist: Studio NOA: Atsuya Suzuki
inbetween artist: Gainax: Hitoshi Suzuki
inbetween artist: Gainax: Tomoko Suzuki
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Takayuki Tagami
cel painter: Studio City: Mariko Tagaya
cel painter: Studio NOA (as Mariko Tagao): Hiroki Takagi
key animator: Eikichi Takahashi
inbetween artist: Anime Roman (as Hideyoshi Takahashi): Keiko Takahashi
cel painter: Maki Production: Motosuke Takahashi
key animator (as Shisuke Takahashi): Norimitsu Takahashi
inbetween artist: AIC: Hitomi Takamoto
cel painter: Studio Pal: Masayuki Takano
inbetween artist: Gainax: Yoriko Takayasu
color designer: Naoa Takazaki
inbetween artist: AIC (as Naoa Takahashi): YÃ»ko Takazawa
cel painter: Studio MAC: Yoshihiro Takeda
inbetween artist: Kenji Takeguchi
inbetween artist: Baku Production (as Ken'ichi Takeguchi): Yoshiaki Takei
inbetween artist: Gainax: Aya Takemura
inbetween artist: Studio NOA: Hajime Takeuchi
cel painter: Studio Pal: Yoshiko Takiguchi
cel checker: Hisayoshi Takishima
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Takamatsu Tamada
inbetween artist: AIC: Masato Tamagawa
inbetween artist: Ajiado: Hideki Tamura
key animator: Hisako Tanabe
inbetween artist: AIC: Misako Tanaka
cel painter: Studio NOA: Manabu Tanzawa
key animator: Fumiko Tateyama
inbetween artist: AIC (as Tomiko Tateyama): Shinsuke Terasawa
key animator: Yoshi Toda
cel painter: Craypas: Mutsumi Tokuda
cel painter: Studio City: Yoshie Tokui
cel painter: Maki Production: Etsuko Tomita
key animator: Chie Tozuka
inbetween artist: Warp: Akira Tsukada
inbetween artist: Akiko Tsukui
key animator: Yoshinori Tsunematsu
cel painter: Maki Production: Mariko TÃ´yama
background artist: Satoshi Uchida
cel painter: Studio City: Utako Ueno
cel painter: Studio NOA: Kumiko Uesugi
cel painter: Oscar Planning: Takeshi Urabe
inbetween artist: Gainax: YÃ» Uragami
inbetween artist: Gainax: Ikue Utsumi
cel painter: Maki Production: YÃ´ji Wada
cel painter: Studio Pal: Hoshiko Watabe
cel painter: Studio Pal: Kei Watanabe
inbetween artist: Hiroshi Yaegashi
inbetween artist: Gainax: Mari Yajima
inbetween artist: Warp: KÃ´ichirÃ´ Yamada
inbetween artist: Anime Roman: Chiyomi Yamamoto
inbetween artist: Baku Production: Miwako Yamamoto
inbetween artist: AIC: Naoko Yamamoto
key animator: Osamu Yamasaki
key animator: Masahito Yamashita
key animator (as Mario Iwadate): Masataka Yamashita
cel painter: Oscar Planning: Miyuki Yamashita
inbetween artist: Noriyasu Yamauchi
key animator: Hitoshi Yamazaki
background artist: Kayoko Yasukawa
cel painter: Studio MAC: Sayoko Yasuoka
cel painter: Studio Pal: Naoto Yokose
background artist: Hiroshi Yoneda
inbetween checker: Setsuko Yoshioka
cel painter: Studio NOA (as Setsuko Yoshida): Etsuko Yoshitani
cel painter: Oscar Planning: Jun Yoshizaka
cel painter: Studio NOA: Ako Ãguro
cel painter: Studio MAC: Ken'ichi Ãnuki
key animator: Tomoko Ãtaki
inbetween artist: Mayumi Ãura
inbetween artist: Argo Ship: Makoto Kanai
key animator (uncredited): Yûji Moriyama
key animator (uncredited): Katsuhiko Nishijima
key animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Yoriko Takayasu
color key

Additional Crew

ShirÃ´ Ashiki
advertising: Michael Bakewell
adr director (english version): Shigeo Chiba
production assistant: Miyoko Horimoto
advertising: Fumiko Koga
advertising: Shin'ya Nakano
advertising: Kiyotaka Ohata
production assistant: Hisae SaitÃ´
public relations: SeirÃ´ Sakai
setting assistant: Mayumi Sekiguchi
production work: Katsuhiro Takeshita
public relations: Matt Thorn
translator (english version): Yasunori Urata
setting advancement: Hiroshi Yoshida
setting assistant: Junko Yoshida
setting assistant: Neil Nadelman
subtitle coordinator (english version) (uncredited)

Thanks

George Doering
special thanks: Naoki Yamazaki
special thanks: Nobuyuki Yoshinari
special thanks