Editing Project A-ko (section)

== Reception ==
The film has largely been praised by reviewers who consider it a classic for fans of Japanese anime.<ref name="Davies" /><ref name="Shidoshi">{{Cite news|last=Shidoshi|date=May 1998|title=Anime Fan "Oldies but Goodies"|page=86|work=GameFan}}</ref><ref name="Autohead">{{Cite magazine |last=Autohead |first=Max |date=December 1995 |title=Anime - Project A-Ko |magazine=Hyper |location=Australia |page=19 |issue=25}}</ref> The film is considered to be a [[cult film]] in the west.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ernest |first1=Mathijs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dWX4AAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Project+A-ko%22&pg=PA310 |title=The Cult Film Reader |last2=Xavier |first2=Mendik |date=2007-12-01 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Education (UK) |isbn=978-0-335-21923-0 |pages=310 |language=en |access-date=2024-06-13 |archive-date=2024-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622090213/https://books.google.com/books?id=dWX4AAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Project+A-ko%22&pg=PA310#v=onepage&q=%22Project%20A-ko%22&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref> The film's humor was praised, with Max Autohead from ''Hyper'' magazine saying that the film hits with its "cheesy" humor.<ref name="Autohead"/> Reviewer [[Joe Bob Briggs]] praised the film, citing the more adult subject matter compared to [[Saturday-morning cartoon|Saturday morning cartoons]] and crazy action, giving it four out of four stars. He placed the film alongside others such as ''[[Gunbuster]]'' and ''[[Dominion: Tank Police]]'' which feature scantily clad women in [[science fiction]] adventures causing a lot of mayhem.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Briggs|first=Joe Bob|date=March 27, 1992|title='Annie Mae' cartoons: Saturday Mornings was never like this|work=[[The Orlando Sentinel]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77387549/anime-film-over-view/|access-date=January 20, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121055349/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77387549/anime-film-over-view/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''J-Fan'' praised the [[English dub]] and called it one of the best dubs from Manga Entertainment and a "near perfect" example of the genre.<ref name="Davies" />

''[[GameFan]]'' writer Shidoshi considers the film a "must see" film for any serious anime fan, saying it rises above being a mere parody and stands on its own as a work. He also says that it is the best film in the series, with the sequels being the sort of work that the film set out to mock.<ref name="Shidoshi"/>

''Game Zone'' magazine commented that the film is low on violence, but high on humor and girly fight scenes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 1992 |title=Intergalactic Punk Rock Hip Hop |work=GameZone |publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] |location=United Kingdom |pages=94–95 |issue=12}}</ref>

Writer James Swallow in ''Anime FX'' praised the film's action and humor, and said that ''Project A-ko'' and its sister OAVs were an archetype of the genre.<ref name="Swallow" />