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

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Project A-ko 2: 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)
Genre	Action, Comedy, ]]Science fantasy]]
OVA
Director	Yuji Moriyama
Studio	Pony Canyon Soeishinsha Studio A.P.P.P.
Episodes	1
Released	May 21, 1987

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 the second Project A-ko movie in the series.

[edit] Story

The plot is centered around B-ko's father, Hikaru Daitokuji, a billionaire industrialist who bears a strong resemblance to Ted Turner. B-ko's obsession with C-ko finds a healthier outlet, as she uses her genius intellect to help the Alpha Cygnans repair their spaceship, because 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 fairly disjointed 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).

[edit] Notes and other trivia

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During the swimming pool episode in the movie, Miss Ayumi tells C-ko about her grandfather who "walked into the ocean back in 1909 and that he still hasn't returned", suggesting that he is holding his breath, similar to what A-ko was said to be doing at the time.

During the episode of the spies revealing themselves in the second half of the movie, two spies - one from the KGB, one from the CIA - begin beating each other up. This, in turn, leads the other spies to fight each other, except for two spies who were both with different branches of British intelligence.

The three separated parts of B-ko's Queen Margarita mecha are named "Diana", "Elizabeth" and "Catherine" after members of the English royal family.

It appears that B-ko's father is based on Marvel Comics' Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. He looks a bit like Tony, is a rich businessman, and helped B-ko design her powersuit (he even uses a copy of one himself). Others have claimed that he more closely resembles American super-tycoon Ted Turner.

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