Cream Lemon A-ko


It's one of the biggest non-secrets about this movie that it was originally intended to be an anime porno, but the creative team realized the film could have broader appeal if the hentai parts were scaled back some. It was intended to be the third volume of Cream Lemon, but only the scene with B-ko squeezing her boob in the bath was preserved from that stage of production.

There's a bit of mystery about what this original film would have turned out like. The Cream Lemon episode "Pop Chaser" in addition to featuring several sex scenes is quite funny in places, and has a lot of action. Positive reception to those elements in this chapter was probably a big factor in deciding to go mainstream for Project A-ko.

The story, as closely as I can tell from some vintage books I've procured, would have been about a rivalry between A-ko and B-ko's schools, possibly over possession of A-ko's classmate C-ko. A-ko has no superpowers but is a martial arts and weapons master, B-ko is a mad inventor and agressive lesbian, and C-ko is less childish and more submissive. The action apparently comes to a head after B-ko captures and has sex with C-ko, bringing on A-ko's retribution. B-ko has a henchman who resembles a teen Fist of the North Star, a male proto-Mari, and he presumably figures into the final fight of A-ko vs Armored Lingerie B-ko and her tentacle machines, as did Miss Ayumi in her own suit of powered armor. At the climax of the film the entire campus of A-ko and C-ko's school would have transformed into a giant Macross-like robot to battle B-ko's forces. Everyone's clothes are also torn off in this sequence.

It's interesting to think about, but I'm glad things turned out the way they did. Some of the books I refer to can be found at

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Yeah, you've got that right about the school rivalry thing. If you recall the commentary on the first movie, Yuji Moriyama talks about the original plot being about the power struggle between two schools. There's a more feminine looking Captain type woman with a sword also, I'm guessing she may have been the evil headmistress of B-ko's school.

I still think that school campus mecha would be something awesome to fit into a new A-ko sequel or reboot. Hopefully no one steals it before then.

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Well, that's pretty disappointing if true. I think it's one of the great farces of anime.

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I remember when I first picked out the film, it looked pretty interesting. Tough girls, tanks, some superhero looking type girl who was scantly clad. It looked like a farce packed with sci-fi action, and it delivered. I kept looking for more titles like this one, but couldn't find any.

I've no great desire to see animated porn, Japanese style. To me this film got as close to that genre without going overboard, and I'm glad it is what it is. Animeworld.com finished your explanation.

I wish there had been some better installments with more male characters. Having read the Cream Lemon explanation, a lot of the scenes make a little more sense now.

This series could have gone the distance with all three character getting boyfriends, or even some of the other girls discovering their sexuality. As it stands now it's an open ended and unfinished farce, in my book.

I could see a comedy anime TV series focusing around Graviton City ... I'm sorry the producers didn't think of it, and that the sequels were what they were ... unfinished parodies.

Oh well. I'm not sure what else to say about this thing.

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