History Trivia / ProjectAko

** While this series isn't very known in Brazil, it later had some notability there since some of its anime's background music (most notably the track "Explosion") was used to promote the U.S. Manga Corps-branded programming block for a TV channel there, which ironically didn't air ''Project A-ko''. And the notability is justified: those songs ''[[WithLyrics got lyrics]]!'' Funnily enough, the lyrics have nothing to do with the anime, but [[WidgetSeries are essentially a meta-musical about the content of the anime aired on the block, as well as about the programming block itself]]. There's even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahr7QANmxsU an entire soundtrack album]] dedicated to those songs.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[Creator/EmiShinohara B-Ko]] and [[Creator/MichieTomizawa C-Ko]] would later be [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mars]] [[note]] in the 90's anime anyway, as they're voiced by [[Creator/AmiKoshimizu different]] [[Creator/RinaSato actresses]] in ''[[Anime/SailorMoonCrystal Crystal]]'' [[/note]] respectively and [[Creator/MikiIto A-Ko]] herself would make guest appearances as various monsters of the week and characters of the week throughout ''Sailor Moon'''s 200 episode run.
** With the rest of the series being dubbed by Ocean Media in Vancouver, this would naturally be the case as many of the actors from that talent pool have worked on many of the same shows and movies throughout the years.

** Similarly, C-ko was voiced by Julia Braams in the original movie only, Creator/CathyWeseluck voiced her in the sequel [=OVAs=].
** For the rest of the cast, Creator/VenusTerzo replaced Denica Fairman[[note]]better known for playing Eva Braun in the notorious ''Series/HeilHoneyImHome''[[/note]] as B-Ko, Creator/ScottMcNeil took over as Captain Napolipolita from the late Jay Benedict, and the late Robert O. Smith replaced Marc Smith as Operative D.
** Elisabet Bargalló replaced Graciela Molina in the Spanish dub of the second movie (as Spain only got the two first films).

** In the mid-90s, a CD-ROM game intended for western markets was in development by Vanguard Media (no relation to any existing company). It would have turned the events of the first film into a fairly ambitious non-linear adventure, featuring new animation and a new voice cast, although the developers also experimented with using sampled dialogue from the original Japanese version of the film. However, due to the publisher, Media Vision, becoming the subject of a ''massive'' securities fraud case, the project was cancelled. If you're interested in what the game ''might'' have been like, one of the developers [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYS-TeYLAdc uploaded footage of the game's prototype to YouTube]]. Creator/DiscotekMedia also got their hands on a copy of the prototype, and a showcase of it was created for their Blu-Ray release of the film. One of the animators for this proposed game was a then up-and-coming Chris Prynoski, eventual founder of Creator/{{Titmouse}}.
** As mentioned on the main page, due to the film masters for the first movie being believed to be lost, Creator/DiscotekMedia's Blu-Ray release was planned to be their first use of an AI-upscaling technology known as "[=AstroRes=]", which was specifically designed for hand-drawn 2D animation. Early results- made by assembling and cleaning up new masters created from copies of the film's UsefulNotes/LaserDisc release and then putting those through the AI- were [[https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1338660746117271552?s=20 promising]], but when the film masters were eventually found, it was ultimately deemed redundant and work was restarted with the film masters as the basis for their restoration. However, this work wasn't all for naught, as Discotek took what they'd learned and used this process to upscale various trailers, commercials, and other video materials that they didn't have good sources for.

** The 2003 Japanese DVD release includes commentary by [[Creator/MikiIto Miki Ito]], Creator/EmiShinohara and Creator/MichieTomizawa (A-ko, B-ko, and C-ko's respective Japanese [=VAs=]), this and the above mentioned commentary with Yuji Moriyama are included on Discotek's Blu-ray.

** The 2003 Japanese DVD release includes commentary by Creator/MikiIto, Creator/EmiShinohara and Creator/MichieTomizawa (A-ko, B-ko, and C-ko's respective Japanese [=VAs=]), this and the above mentioned commentary with Yuji Moriyama are included on Discotek's Blu-ray.

** The 2003 Japanese DVD release includes commentary by Creator/MikiIto, Creator/EmiShinohara and Creator/MichieTomizawa (A-ko, B-ko, and C-ko's respective Japanese VAs), this and the above mentioned commentary with Yuji Moriyama are included on Discotek's Blu-ray.

** The Japanese DVD release includes commentary by Creator/MikiIto, Creator/EmiShinohara and Creator/MichieTomizawa (A-ko, B-ko, and C-ko's respective Japanese VAs), this and the above mentioned commentary with Yuji Moriyama are included on Discotek's Blu-ray.

** Central Park Media's re-release credits Yuji Moriyama as one of the character designers and animation directors.
** The Japanese DVD release includes commentary by the three voice actresses that played the lead roles of A-ko, B-ko, and C-ko.

** A-ko was originally voiced by Stacey Gregg. Creator/TerylRothery voiced her from the second movie onwards.
** Similarly, C-ko was voiced by Julia Braams in the first movie only, Creator/CathyWeseluck voiced her in all the others.
** For the rest of the cast, Creator/VenusTerzo replaced Denica Fairman[[note]]better known for playing Eva Braun in the notorious ''Series/HeilHoneyImHome''[[/note]] as B-Ko, Creator/ScottMcNeil took over as Captain Napolipolita from Jay Benedict, and the late Robert O. Smith replaced Marc Smith as Operative D.

* StudioHop: the original movie and ''Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group'' were animated by Creator/APPP (the movie being the studio's first major project, in fact); the other sequels beginning with Cinderella Rhapsody are animated by Creator/StudioFantasia (ironicaly, with it being their first production as well).

** In the mid-90s, a CD-ROM game intended for western markets was in development by Vanguard Media (no relation to any existing company). It would have turned the events of the first film into a fairly ambitious non-linear adventure, featuring new animation and a new voice cast, although the developers also experimented with using sampled dialogue from the original Japanese version of the film. However, due to the publisher, Media Vision, becoming the subject of a ''massive'' securities fraud case, the project was cancelled. If you're interested in what the game ''might'' have been like, one of the developers [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYS-TeYLAdc uploaded footage of the game's prototype to YouTube]]. Creator/DiscotekMedia also got their hands on a copy of the prototype, and a showcase of it was created for their Blu-Ray release of the film.

** While this series isn't very known in Brazil, it later had some notability there since some of its anime's background music (most notably the track "Explosion") was used to promote the U.S. Manga Corps-branded programming block for a TV channel there, which ironically didn't air ''Project A-ko''. And the notability is justified: those songs ''[[WithLyrics got lyrics]]!'' Funnily enough, the lyrics have nothing to do with the anime, but [[WidgetSeries are essentially a meta-musical about the content of the anime aired, as well as about the programming block itself]]. There's even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahr7QANmxsU an entire soundtrack album]] dedicated to those songs.

** While this series isn't very known in Brazil, it later had some notability there since some of its anime's background music was used to promote the U.S. Manga Corps-branded programming block for a TV channel there, which ironically didn't air ''Project A-ko''. And the notability is justified: those songs ''[[WithLyrics got lyrics]]!'' Funnily enough, the lyrics have nothing to do with the anime, but [[WidgetSeries are essentially a meta-musical about the content of the anime aired, as well as about the programming block itself]]. There's even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahr7QANmxsU an entire soundtrack album]] dedicated to those songs.