Cutie Honey
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Cutie Honey
| image = [[Image:Cutie Honey manga Shonen Champion 2 volumes.jpg|240px]]
| caption = 2-volume version of Nagai's 1973 Cutie Honey manga, published by Akita Shoten. The left cover (for volume 1) displays some of her different forms and a transformation-in-progress, and the right cover (for volume 2) displays her in her blue-black-red Cutie Honey costume, with her sword, in front of her nemesis Panther Zora. They are designated as "SFコミックス" (science-fiction comics).
| ja_name = キューティーハニー
| ja_name_trans = Kyūtī Hanī
| genre = <!--Discuss in talk page before adding or removing genres, however, keep in mind [[WP:MOS-AM#Content]]. Thank you.-->[[Action (genre)|Action]], [[Adventure (genre)|Adventure]], [[Magical girl]]<!--Discuss in talk page before adding or removing genres, however, keep in mind [[WP:MOS-AM#Content]]. Thank you.-->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Manga
| title =
| author = [[Go Nagai]]
| publisher = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Akita Shoten]]
| magazine = [[Shōnen Champion]]
| demographic = [[Shōnen]]
| first = [[October 1]] [[1973]]
| last = [[April 1]] [[1974]]
| volumes = 2
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Manga
| title = Cutie Honey Flash
| author = [[Yukako Iisaka]]
| publisher = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shogakukan]]
| magazine = [[Ciao (magazine)|Ciao]]
| demographic = [[Shōjo]]
| first = [[May 26]] [[1997]]
| last = [[April 23]] [[1998]]
| volumes = 4
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Anime
| title =
| director = [[Tomoharu Katsumata]]
| studio = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Toei Animation]]
| network = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Animax]]<br> {{flagicon|Japan}} [[TV Asahi]]
| first = [[October 13]] [[1973]]
| last = [[March 30]] [[1974]]<ref name="tv">{{cite web |title=デビルマン&キューティーハニーTV放映リスト |url=http://www.mazingerz.com/ANIME/TVdevilman.html |work=[http://www.mazingerz.com/GO-HOME.html The World of Go Nagai] |language=Japanese }}</ref>
| episodes = 25
| episode_list = List of Cutie Honey episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Anime
| title = Cutie Honey F
| director = [[Noriyo Sasaki]]
| studio = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Toei Animation]]
| network = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Animax]], [[TV Asahi]]
| first = [[February 15]] [[1997]]
| last = [[January 31]] [[1998]]
| episodes = 39
}}
{{Infobox animanga/OVA
| title = Re:CUTIE HONEY
| director = [[Hideaki Anno]]
| studio = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Gainax]]
| episodes = 3
| released = [[July 24]] [[2004]]–[[October 23]] [[2004]] ([[Animax]] broadcast premieres)<br />[[September 21]] [[2004]]–[[December 21]] [[2004]] (individual [[DVD]]s)<ref name="gainaxnews1">{{cite web |title=Re: キューティーハニー News&Topics |url=http://www.gainax.co.jp/anime/re_cutie/oldnews.html |author=Gainax Co., Ltd |work=Gainax Net |language=Japanese |accessdate=2008-02-12 }}</ref>
}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Cutie Honey'''''|キューティーハニー|Kyūtī Hanī|also spelled '''''Cutey Honey'''''}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[media franchise]] created by [[Go Nagai]]. Cutie Honey first appears on volume 41 of the 1973 edition of ''Shōnen Champion''. The titular character of Honey is considered the prototype for the [[Henshin|transforming]] [[magical girl]]. According to Nagai, she is also the first female to be the [[protagonist]] of a ''[[shōnen]]'' [[manga]] series.<ref name="gosaid1">{{cite web |title=「キューティーハニー」まえがきより |url=http://mazingerz.com/HONEY/GO-SAID.html |work=The World of Go Nagai |language=Japanese |quote=「七変化ものはできないだろうか?」 これが先方の提案だった。きっと「多羅尾伴内」が東映のプロデューサーの頭にあったのだろう。 ['How about something with seven changes?' That was their proposal. I bet the Toei producer had 'Tarao Bannai' in mind.] |accessdate=2008-02-13 }}</ref><ref name="whoiscutie1">{{cite web |title=Who Is Cutey Honey? |url=http://home.comcast.net/~LRobinson9/QTHONEY.HTM |accessdate=2008-02-13 }}</ref>
The franchise spans many works, including numerous manga series, two animated TV series, two [[Original video animation|OVA]] series, two [[drama CD]]s, and two live action adaptations. The animated and live-action versions share a common [[theme song]], which has been [[Cover version|covered]] many times by different performers. While Honey's exact appearance differs among the various versions, they all portray her as an [[Secret identity|outwardly ordinary girl]] named Honey Kisaragi, who can transform into the busty [[Red hair|red-]] or pink-haired [[hero]]ine Cutie Honey and other specialized forms to fight against assorted villains who threaten her or her world.
Nagai's inspiration for the character of Honey comes from classic shows that featured protagonists who took seven different forms, including the ''[[Bannai Tarao]]'' [[Mystery (fiction)|mysteries]]<ref name="gosaid1" /> and ''[[Rainbowman]]'' (1972).<ref name="jhero1">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey |url=http://www.japanhero.com/profiles/cutey_honey_profileL.htm |work=Japan Hero Encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-01-29 }}</ref><ref name="kekko">''[[Rainbowman]]'' and ''[[7-Color Mask]]'' (1959), both created by [[Kôhan Kawauchi]], were two [[tokusatsu]] shows involving transforming superheroes. Another Kawauchi creation, "[[Moonlight Mask|Gekko Kamen]]", is parodied in Go Nagai's ''[[Kekko Kamen]]''.</ref> Honey is notable for being mischievous for a Japanese female hero, often teasing her male friends and mocking her enemies in combat. When transforming into Cutie Honey, she gives a brief rundown of the forms she has previously taken in that particular episode, and then declares, "But my true identity is ..." before yelling ''"Honey Flash!"'' and transforming.
==1970s versions==
The original works of the franchise were a TV series and two different manga series. One manga was made by Go Nagai and the other by [[Ken Ishikawa]].<ref name="wogn2">{{cite web |title=キューティーハニー |url=http://mazingerz.com/HONEY/HONEY.html |work=The World of Go Nagai |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref> Nagai's 1973 manga was [[Publishing|republished]] in 1985 as a single volume, but no further versions of ''Honey'' were produced until 1992.<ref name="wogn2" />
In these versions, Honey Kisaragi is a regular [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] schoolgirl, until the day her father is murdered by the "[[Panther Claw]]" organization. After his death, she learns she is actually an android created by him and within her is {{nihongo|a device that can "create matter from the air"<ref name="jhero1" />|空中元素固定装置<ref name="lineup1">{{cite web |title=キューティーハニー |url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/lineup/tv/honey/ |author=Toei Animation |language=Japanese |accessdate=2008-01-29 |quote=「キューティーハニー」 作詞:クロードQ 作曲:渡辺岳夫 編曲:小谷充 うた:前川陽子 ['Cutie Honey' Lyricist: Claude Q Composer: Takeo Watanabe Arranger: Makoto Kotani Singer: Youko Maekawa] }}</ref>|kūchū genso kotei sôchi<ref name="romaji1">''Automated [[kanji]]-[[romaji]] translation of Toei Animation page above, via [http://www.learn-japan.org/ learn-japan.org]'': {{cite web |title=kyuteihani |url=http://www.learn-japan.org/kr.cgi?r=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toei-anim.co.jp%2Flineup%2Ftv%2Fhoney%2F |accessdate=2008-01-29 }}</ref>|variously translated as "[atmospheric] element condenser mechanism",<ref name="serifu1">{{cite web |title=愛の戦士、キューティーハニーさ! |url=http://serifugyakuyunyuu.com/lines/honey/honey01.html#sharp02_1 |work=アニメで英会話台詞逆輸入 |language=Japanese |accessdate=2008-01-29 }}</ref> "Fixed System of Air Elements",<ref name="chars1">{{cite web |title=Manga Characters |url=http://www.geocities.com/yogirinohanii/gocharacters.html |work=Lovely Warrior |author=Salvatore (Umino) |accessdate=2008-01-28 }}</ref> "Airborne Element Solidifier", etc.<ref name="jhero1"/>}}. With her cry of "Honey Flash!" she can use the device to transform into the sword-wielding red-haired superhero, Cutie Honey.<ref name="jhero1"/> This device, or similar devices, have been used to explain her powers in all later ''Honey'' versions.
While attending the Saint Chapel School for Girls, Honey seeks revenge against the Panther Claw, which is ruled by Panther Zora and her younger sibling Sister Jill. Zora wants "the rarest items in the world" and seeks Honey's device, while Jill, leader of the group's division in Japan, "only wants the finest riches" and has a [[crush]] on Honey.<ref name="chars1" /> Honey's best friend at school is the cute, freckle-faced Aki "Nat-chan" Natsuko. In the manga, Nat-chan, as well as the other students, had a crush on Honey; this crush was downplayed in the TV series.
Honey is aided in her quest by Danbei Hayami and his two sons, journalist Seiji and young Junpei.<ref name="chars1" /> Danbei is based on the character Daemon from Go Nagai's prior work ''[[Abashiri Family]]''.<ref name="changerobot1">{{cite web |title=Change Robot Getter 3 |url=http://www.encirobot.com/9getter/getcur.asp |author=Greco, Silvio and Dario Nitri |work=Enciclo'robopedia |language=Italian |quote=Un personaggio graficamente simile era già apparso, con successo, in Cutey Honey, con il nome di Danbei Hayami ... Katsuda, produttore della Toei, che amava molto questo personaggio, originario di un vecchio manga di Go Nagai intitolato Abashiri lkka (La famiglia Abashiri), nel quale era chiamato Akumajiri Daemon. |accessdate=2008-02-20 }}</ref> Nagai's manga also borrows the character Naojiro from that series (in a ''female'' form named Sukeban Naoko);<ref name="chars1" /> the anime borrows the Paradise School, along with the characters Naojiro and Goeman (a teacher at the school) from the series.
===TV series===
{{See also|List of Cutie Honey episodes}}
The ''Cutie Honey'' TV series began on [[October 13]] [[1973]] and ran until [[March 30]] [[1974]]. The TV series is much tamer than the manga version, removing much of the violence, gross out humor and lesbian undertones but retaining Miss Alphonne's attraction to Honey. In the series, the Panther Claw hopes to attain "unlimited wealth" and to steal the device within Honey, which would allow them to "create an endless supply of jewels".<ref name="claw1">{{cite web |title=Panther Claw (Hyou no Tsume) |url=http://www.geocities.com/yogirinohanii/pantherclaw.html |work=Lovely Warrior |author=Salvatore (Umino) |accessdate=2008-01-29 }}</ref>
At school, Honey is something of a "class clown" who enjoys teasing and [[prank]]ing her teachers Alphonne and Miharu.<ref name="chars2">{{cite web |title=Characters |url=http://www.geocities.com/yogirinohanii/characters.html |work=Lovely Warrior |author=Salvatore (Umino) |accessdate=2008-02-20 }}</ref> Much of the comic relief in the original TV series comes from Honey's exploits at school. Miharu initially sees Honey as an incorrigible pest, but Alphonne is attracted to Honey and goes out of her way to be nice to her.
Honey has a large array of transformations in this series, her most common personae including:
[[Image:New Cutie Honey clean open seven transformations.gif|thumb|left|The 1994 [[Original video animation|OVA]] ''[[Cutie Honey#New Cutie Honey|New Cutie Honey]]'' pays [[Homage|tribute]] to Honey's seven main forms in the opening sequence of its first four episodes. In order: Kisaragi, Hurricane, Misty, Idol, Flash, Fancy, Cutie.]]
*'''Hurricane Honey''' ([[Motorcycle|biker]]). A woman who is "cool" with her motorcycle, anytime she needs to escape.
*'''Misty Honey''' ([[singer]]). A singer with a dusty voice, who uses her microphone as a weapon.
*'''Idol Honey''' ([[Flight attendant|stewardess]]). A woman disguised as a flight attendant.
*'''Flash Honey''' ([[Cinematographer|cameraman]]). A reporter who blinds her opponents with her camera's "flash".
*'''Fancy Honey''' ([[Model (person)|model]]). A classy model who uses a long-stick cigar as a weapon.
*'''Cutie Honey''' ([[hero]]ine). A sword wielding pink-haired warrior of love.
In 1992, Nagai wrote that the idea to create the "Seven Transformations" hero was pitched by a [[Toei Animation|Toei]] producer; he notes that his decision to make the protagonist a "[[Gynoid|female android]]" came from female characters from his previous works, ''[[Harenchi Gakuen]]'' and ''[[Abashiri Family]]'', and from the character Maria from ''[[Metropolis (film)|Metropolis]]''.<ref name="gosaid1" /><ref name="whoiscutie1" />
Outside of Japan, the only country in which the original ''Cutie Honey'' TV series was released was [[France]], where it aired under the title ''Cherry Miel'' ("Cherry Honey") from August [[1988]] to February [[1989]].<ref name="miel1">{{cite web |title=Cherry Miel |url=http://www.geocities.com/yogirinohanii/cherrymiel.html |work=Lovely Warrior |author=Salvatore (Umino) |accessdate=2008-02-04 }}</ref>
For a television anime series, the original ''Cutie Honey'' achieved respectable ratings in Japan, and some of its cast and crew have worked on other major titles. The series achieved a peak rating of 11.6% for episode 18 (broadcast [[February 11]], [[1974]]) and generally scored ratings of around 8-10%.<ref name="tv" /> [[Shingo Araki]], the [[Characterization|character designer]] and [[animation director]] for the series, would later work on ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' and many others.<ref name="araki1">{{cite web |title=Shingo Araki y Michi Himeno |url=http://snk-seiya.net/guiasaintseiya/Araki.htm |work=La Guía Saint Seiya |language=Spanish |accessdate=2008-02-18 }}</ref> [[Eiko Masuyama]], who [[Seiyū|voices]] Honey in this series, has also worked in ''[[Lupin III]]'' series and films, voicing [[Arsène Lupin III|Lupin]]'s associate and love (or lust) interest [[Fujiko Mine]].
==1990s versions==
[[Image:Cutie Honey 90 Volume 2 Part 1 cover.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of Part 1 of Volume 2 of ''Cutie Honey '90'', showing major villain Sister Jill holding a whip.]]
The first new versions of ''Cutie Honey'' since the 1970s include the ''New Cutie Honey'' OVA and the ''Cutie Honey Flash'' TV series. The OVA is set after the events of the original versions, while the TV series is a re-imagining of those events.
A 1992 manga series was also created by Nagai; set 30 years after the originals, it was released in the United States in 1997 by the now-defunct [[Studio Ironcat]], as ''Cutie Honey '90''.<ref name="wogn2" /> It has received criticism for having "bad quality" and "clumsy"-looking characters.<ref name="tokyolandchf1">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey Flash-{{sic|Manga|s|nolink=1}} and Merchandise (part 1) |url=http://www.tokyoland.de/cutey8eng.html |work=[http://www.tokyoland.de/ Tokyoland] |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref>
===''New Cutie Honey''===
{{main|New Cutie Honey}}
In 1994, ''New Cutie Honey'' was released. [[Jessica Calvello]], the voice of Honey in the [[English language]] version, was hand-picked by Nagai. Honey previously appeared in the OVA adaptation of ''[[Kekko Kamen]]'' as a student, and her lesbian teacher from the '70s series, Alphonne, also made two [[Cameo appearance|brief appearances]] there, but ''New Cutie Honey'' was the first ''Cutie Honey'' OVA.
The series, which ended with eight episodes in 1995, pays [[homage]] to some of Nagai's other works, including the ''[[Mazinger]]'' and ''[[Devilman]]'' series. While the first four episodes contain a complete story, the last four episodes take a [[monster of the week]] approach. When the series was released on DVD in 2004, a scripted but unfilmed episode 9, a Christmas story, was released as a drama CD. The eight filmed episodes were released by [[ADV Films]] in the United States; the series remains the only ''Cutie Honey'' anime to be commercially released in the US.
===''Cutie Honey Flash''===
In 1997, a ''[[shōjo]]'' ''Cutie Honey'' series, {{nihongo|''Cutie Honey Flash''|キューティーハニーフラッシュ|Kyūtī Hanī Furasshu<!-- please verify this part. —User:AnOddName -->|also known as ''Cutie Honey F''}},<ref name="chftoei1">{{cite web |title=キューティーハニーF |url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/honey/ |author=Toei Animation |accessdate=2008-02-18 }}</ref> assumed the timeslot of ''[[Sailor Stars]]'',<ref name="amigos1">{{cite web |title="The Three Amigos": Imagawa Yasuhiro, Yamashita Akihiko, and Shimogasa Miho |url=http://www.ex.org/2.5/06-feature_3amigos.html |last=Cahill |first=Peter |work=EX |accessdate=2008-02-18 }}</ref> the final [[story arc]] of the long-running ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' anime. Employing many of the same animation staff, including ''Stars'' [[animation director]] Miho Shimagasa,<ref name="amigos1" /> ''Flash'' features very similar character designs and fits the more traditional mold of [[magical girl]] series, aimed at the ''Moon'' demographic. The series was also broadcast in [[Germany]]<ref name="tokyolandchf1">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey Flash |url=http://www.tokyoland.de/cuteyhoneyeng.html |work=Tokyoland |accessdate=2008-02-04 }}</ref> and achieved a loyal fan base there.
The fourteenth episode of the anime introduces '''Misty Honey''', a rival and self-proclaimed younger sister of Cutie Honey, whose name was chosen through a contest in Japan.<ref name="tokyolandstory1">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey Flash - story and characters |url=http://www.tokyoland.de/cutey10eng.html |work=Tokyoland |accessdate=2008-02-04 }}</ref> Misty Honey, unlike Cutie Honey, cannot turn into anyone she wants; she can only change to Misty Honey. She has a band around her leg that resembles Honey's choker, which she uses to transform with the words "Honey Crash".<ref name="bchow1">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey F |url=http://www.cjas.org/~bchow/gonagai/cuteyhoney/chf.html |last=Chow |first=Bobby |work=[http://www.cjas.org/~bchow/ The World of Before the Apocalypse] |accessdate=2008-02-08 }}</ref> She can be seen as a negative version of Cutie Honey, since Misty Honey has long blue hair and a less revealing outfit, while Cutie Honey has short pink hair and a more revealing outfit. Her alter ego, Seira Hazuki,<ref name="tokyolandstory1" /> shares her given name with Seiji's child, who appears only in the 39th and final episode.<ref name="tokyolandep39ss1">{{cite web |title=Screenshots from episode 39: |url=http://www.tokyoland.de/cutey11eng.html |work=Tokyoland |accessdate=2008-02-04 }}</ref> While the anime and manga versions of the characters of ''Cutie Honey Flash'' mostly look similar, the two versions of Hazuki differ greatly in appearance.<ref name="tokyolandstory1" />
Again, Honey has a large array of transformations in this series; she can transform into versions of [[Cutie Honey#Cutie Honey (TV series)|her original forms]] ''Hurricane Honey'' and ''Cutie Honey'', as well as:<ref name="tokyolandpics1">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey F - pictures |url=http://www.tokyoland.de/cutey4eng.html |work=Tokyoland |accessdate=2008-02-04 }}</ref>
*'''Scoop Honey''' ([[paparazzi]]). A woman who is ready with her film and [[camera]] acting as a [[reporter]].
*'''Stage Honey''' ([[singer]]). A woman who has her [[microphone]] and her formal dress ready for an [[audience]].
*'''Nurse Honey''' ([[nurse]]). A woman who knows all medical needs necessary.
*'''Elegance Honey''' ([[Participants in wedding ceremonies#Bride|bride]]). A woman who wears a beautiful white [[wedding dress]]. The [[bouquet]] is used when she's in danger.
*'''Escort Honey''' ([[tour guide]]). A woman who is always there when needed, disguised as a [[flight attendant]].
*'''Hyper Honey''', or '''Hyper Cutie Honey''' ([[hero]]ine). Cutie and Misty Honey combine to take this form,<ref name="bchow1" /> resembling Cutie Honey but with a different outfit and far more power.
Cutie Honey's attacks include the ''Honey Boomerang'' and ''Honey Lightning Flare'', while Misty Honey's attacks include ''Honey Sexy Dynamite''.
Like ''New Cutie Honey'' before it, ''Cutie Honey Flash'' makes references to other Go Nagai series: Gorgon Claw is a female version of [[Archduke Gorgon]] of ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', Freddy Claw is a female version of Dr. Hell and [[Count Blocken]] from ''Mazinger Z'', and three boys from Honey's school are based on pilots from ''[[Getter Robo]]'' and ''[[Getter Robo#Getter Robo Go|Getter Robo Go]]''. Early on in the series [[Great Mazinger]] briefly appears on a TV screen.{{Facts|date=February 2008}} Returning characters from the '70s versions include Seiji, Danbei, Natsuko, and Miharu.<ref name="tokyolandstory1" />
''Cutie Honey Flash'' uses [[cel|hand-drawn]] animation; according to Shimagasa, the use of [[Computer animation|digitally-animated]] characters on hand-painted backgrounds was planned and tested, but later rejected.<ref name="amigos1" />
==Later versions==
''Cutie Honey'' works produced since 2000 include the franchise's first live-action versions (a 2004 film and a 2007 TV series) and an OVA.
Several new manga versions have also been produced.<ref name="futa1">{{cite web |title=漫画版 |url=http://fu-ta88.hp.infoseek.co.jp/q/comics.htm |work=[http://fu-ta88.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ キューティーハニー七変化] |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref> The first, {{nihongo|''Cutie Honey, Legend of the [[Tennyo]]''|キューティーハニー天女伝説|''kyūtī hanī tennyo densetsu''}}, ran from 2001 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web |title=キューティーハニー天女伝説 |url=http://www.mazingerz.com/HONEY/TENNYO.html |work=The World of Go Nagai |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref> The second, {{nihongo|''Cutie Honey a Go Go''|キューティーハニーa GO GO|Kyūtī Hanī a Go Go}}, ran from 2003 to 2005;<ref name="futa1" /> it was not fully released until October 2007.<ref name="okazu1">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey a GoGo Manga, Perfect Volume (Japanese) |url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2007/11/cutey-honey-gogo-manga-perfect-volume.html |last=Friedman |first=Erica |work=Okazu |date=2007-11-14 |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref><ref name="amazon1">{{cite web |title=キューティーハニー a GO GO 完全版 (リュウコミックス) (コミック) |url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/419950060X |work=Amazon.co.jp |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref> The third, {{nihongo|''Cutie Honey Seed''|キューティーハニーSEED|Kyūtī Hanī Shīdo}}, ran from 2004 to 2006;<ref name="futa1" /> it was "written by Go Nagai, but not drawn by him", and tells the story of a boy named Yuuta, a ''Cutie Honey'' fan, who meets an alien with powers similar to those of Honey.<ref name="okazu2">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey Seed Manga, Volume 1 |url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2006/05/cutey-honey-seed-manga-volume-1.html |last=Friedman |first=Erica |work=Okazu |date=2006-05-19 |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref>
===2004 film===
{{main|Cutie Honey (film)}}
The 2004 ''Cutie Honey'' film, produced by Gainax and directed by [[Hideaki Anno]], stars popular Japanese model [[Eriko Sato]] as Honey. The [[tokusatsu]] film loosely retells the story of Cutie Honey's battle against the Panther Claw to defend humanity and avenge her father. The movie was released direct-to-DVD in the United States on [[April 17]], [[2007]] by [[Bandai Entertainment]]. Previously, the ''New Cutie Honey'' OVA was the only incarnation of ''Cutie Honey'' to have been commercially released in the US.
===''Re: Cutie Honey''===
Gainax also produced a three-part OVA series entitled ''Re: Cutie Honey''.<ref name="gainaxnews1" /> It was first shown on [[Animax]], with the first part airing on July 24, 2004, two months after the live-action film was released; DVD releases for each part followed, with the first on September 21.<ref name="gainaxnews1" /> The OVA tells the same story as the film, but contains [[nudity]] and additional [[Fictional character#Dynamic vs. static|character development]].<ref>{{cite web |title=<nowiki>Film Diary: Re: Cutie Honey (OVA) [Hideaki Anno]</nowiki> |url=http://blog.joshuajmorgan.com/filmdiary.php/2005/06/30/re_cutie_honey_ova |last= Morgan |first=Joshua J. |work=Josh's Film Diary |date=2005-06-30 |accessdate=2008-02-15 }}</ref> While Hideaki Anno directed the series in general, each episode also had its own director and style.<ref name="gainaxpages1">{{cite web |title=Re: Cutie Honey |url=http://www.gainaxpages.com/anime/honey.php |work=Gainax Pages |accessdate=2008-02-08 }}</ref>
<!-- Could be better "neutralized" with better sources or more reviews. —User:AnOddName -->Prior ''Cutie Honey'' anime were [[cel]]-based, but ''Re: Cutie Honey'' uses [[computer animation]].<ref name="aodrecutie1">{{cite web |title=Re: Cutie Honey Vol. #1 |url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/3947.php |last=Phan |first=Tony M. |work=Anime on DVD |date=2005-02-24 |accessdate=2008-02-13 }}</ref> This has garnered mixed reactions from reviewers; an ''Anime on DVD'' review says the OVA "benefits" from this and "brings Honey’s world to life",<ref name="aodrecutie1" /> while a review on the website ''Japan Hero'' says the animation is "distorted", "garish", "sub par and truly unsettling", except in "the fantastic title animation".<ref name="jhrecutie1">{{cite web |title=<nowiki>Re: Cutie Honey [Re: = Return/Renewal/Regarding]</nowiki> |url=http://www.japanhero.com/animation%20hero%20reviews/re-Cutei_Honey.htm |author="Jmaruyama" |work=Japan Hero |date=2006 |accessdate=2008-02-13 }}</ref> Still, the series itself has been praised for its story and music,<ref name="jhrecutie1" /> and has been called "creative, funny, and never repetitive".<ref name="gainaxpages1" />
The series makes references to other anime such as ''[[Lupin III]]'' and ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', and many references to ''[[Kill Bill]]''.<ref name="gainaxpages1" /> As with prior ''Cutie Honey'' series, the OVA also features cameos from some of Go Nagai's other works, including Akira Fudo <!--and Miki Makimura -->of ''Devilman'' and previous ''Cutie Honey'' regular Danbei.<ref name="bchow2">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey Omake |url=http://www.cjas.org/~bchow/gonagai/cuteyhoney/omake.html |last=Chow |first=Bobby |work=The World of Before the Apocalypse |accessdate=2008-02-13 }}</ref> ''Re: Cutie Honey'', like the 1970s manga, portrays Cutie Honey with [[Eye color|dark-reddish eyes]],<ref name="yakamashii1">{{cite web |title=キューティーハニー: 秋田書店チャンピオンコミックス(全2巻) |url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~WX5H-KTB/gofo/honey/honey_70s.html |work=[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~WX5H-KTB/ ビバ!ダイナミック] |language=Japanese |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref><ref name="redvd1">{{cite web |title=Re:キューティーハニー コンプリートDVD PR |url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/shop/dvd_recutie/dvd.html |author=Toei Animation |language=Japanese |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref> not green eyes as in ''New Cutie Honey''<ref>{{cite web |title=A Change for the Better |url=http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/567/ |work=Retro Junk |author=User "Knites" |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref> and ''Cutie Honey Flash'';<ref name="bchow1" /> in ''Re: Cutie Honey'' she also wears an outfit that covers more of her [[cleavage (breasts)|cleavage]] than the other versions, but shows her [[midriff]] and other parts.<ref name="redvd1" />
The ''Re: Cutie Honey Complete DVD'', released on [[September 21]] [[2005]], includes a CD drama starring the four ''seiyū'' that have voiced Honey up to then: [[Eiko Masuyama|Masuyama]] (the '70s series), [[Michiko Neya|Neya]] (''New Cutie Honey''), [[Ai Nagano|Nagano]] (''Cutie Honey Flash''), and [[Yui Horie|Horie]] (''Re: Cutie Honey'').<ref name="gainaxnews1" />
===''Cutie Honey The Live''===
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A new live-action TV remake premiered on TV Tokyo on [[October 2]], [[2007]].<ref name="thelive1">{{cite web |title=テレビ東京・キューティーハニー THE LIVE |url=http://ani.tv/honey-thelive |language=Japanese }}</ref> Starring [[gravure idol]] [[Mikie Hara]] as Honey, the series focuses on a set of three transforming girls with different personalities, and a Panther Claw that "seems to be run by four leaders."<ref>{{cite web |title=Yuri Live-Action: Cutie Honey the Live |url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2007/12/yuri-live-action-cutie-honey-live.html |last=Friedman |first=Erica |work=Okazu |date=2007-12-17 |accessdate=2008-02-21 }}</ref>
==Theme song==
The ''Cutie Honey'' [[theme song|opening theme]], which appears throughout all of the ''Honey'' anime and live-action versions, is known for its lyrics by {{nihongo|Krodo Q|クロード・Q|Kurōdo Kyū}}<ref name="lineup1"/><ref name="krodo">ADV's ''Essential Anime Collection'' release of ''New Cutie Honey'' contains two different opening sequences: the one for episodes 1 through 4 credits the theme's lyrics to "Krodo Q", and the version used in episodes 5 through 8 credits them to "Clode Q".</ref> describing Honey and her body.<ref name="themanime1">{{cite web |title=New Cutey Honey |url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=448 |last=Ross |first=Carlos |work=THEM Anime Reviews |quote=So, precisely who is [''New Cutie Honey''] aimed at? You'd assume it's aimed at the male audience, for there's fan service (and nudity) galore. (Even the opening song has T & A written all over it!) |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Being Upfront: A Pictorial Guide to Bodacious Women in Anime--Page 8 (Mi-P) |url=http://eyevocal.ottawa-anime.org/beingupfront/08.htm |last=Watson |first=Dave |quote=Mind you, it wasn't that much of a stretch in attitude; the lyrics of the original 1973 TV series theme (which was re-recorded for [''New Cutie Honey'']) commented on how nice her behind and breasts were! |accessdate=2008-02-16 }}</ref> In the original 1973 television series, it was performed by [[Yoko Maekawa]].<ref name="lineup1"/> In ''Cutie Honey Flash'', it is performed by SALIA. In the ''New Cutie Honey'' OVA, the original song is performed by les-5-4-3-2-1, and the [[English language]] version by mayukiss. [[Kumi Koda]] performed it for the ''Re: Cutie Honey'' OVA and its live-action adaptation. In ''Cutie Honey The Live'', the theme is sung by [[Minami Kuribayashi]] as part of Wild 3-Nin Musume. The only other anime theme songs to have been used so consistently are ''Theme of [[Lupin III]]'', which has been used continuously on ''Lupin III'' animated features since the 70s, and the [[GeGeGe no Kitaro]] theme song, used since the 60s.
Other artists have also covered the song, including [[GO!GO!7188]] for their [[Tora no Ana]] album, [[Masami Okui]] in the ''Masami Kobushi'' album, and a version by [[TWO-MIX]]. [[Animetal]] also did a cover of the song for their ''Animetal Lady'' album, with the lyrics sung by [[Mitsuyo Nemoto]] of the Japanese pop group [[Pink Lady (band)|Pink Lady]]. Pop star [[Ahyoomee]]'s solo debut was a Korean adaptation of Koda's version; it became highly popular online, despite controversy over her pronunciation of the lyrics and her "unambiguously Japanese" outfit in one performance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ayumi's Hit Solo Debut Divides Online Critics |url=http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200607/200607190010.html |work=Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) |date=2006-07-19 |accessdate=2008-03-01 }}</ref>
The song can also be heard during episode 27 of the 1974 magical girl TV series ''[[Majokko Megu-chan]]'', when the main character Megu watches Honey, in her pop idol persona (Misty Honey), perform it on TV.<ref name="sightings1">{{cite web |title=Sightings |url=http://www.geocities.com/yogirinohanii/sighting.html |work=Lovely Warrior |author=Salvatore (Umino) |accessdate=2008-01-26 }}</ref><ref name="maekawa1">Yoko Maekawa performed the opening themes for both ''Cutie Honey'' and ''Megu-chan''.</ref> In the seventh episode of the 2006 series ''[[Princess Princess (manga)|Princess Princess]]'', the Princesses also perform it, singing a few lines from the theme for an opening to a choir concert.<ref name="ann-princess1">{{cite web |title=Princess Princess (TV): Trivia |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6467&page=22 |accessdate=2008-01-27 |work=[[Anime News Network]] }}</ref><ref name="aa-princess1">{{cite web |title=Princess Princess Vol. 2 Chorus Of Cuties |url=http://www.activeanime.com/html/content/view/1677/57/ |last=Ellingwood |first=Holly |work=activeanime.com |date=2007-09-07 |accessdate=2008-01-27 }}</ref>
A "self cover" CD, ''Cutie Honey (21st century ver.)'', with new versions of the opening and ending themes by Maekawa herself, was released on February 27, 2008.<ref name="dengeki1">{{cite web |url=http://dol.dengeki.com/data/news/2007/12/26/7b4400918aa9363ed827dc314872361b.html |title=「キューティーハニー」のセルフカバーCDが2月27日リリース |language=Japanese |date=2007-12-26 |accessdate=2008-01-20 |publisher=Media Works |work=Dengeki Online.COM }}</ref>
A bizarre version of the song was performed by Japanese Professional Wrestler Toshiaki Kawada for the HUSTLE promotion. Kawada's gimick in HUSTLE was that of a singing star who would challenge other wrestlers to singing battles. In this case he challenged Kotaro Suzuki and Kawada chose te theme from Cutie Honey as his song of choice (complete with dancing). Kawada's version became a ga amongst wrestling fandom circles and has made herounds on youtube.
==Other appearances==
Since its creation in the 1970s, ''Cutie Honey'' and its heroine have been referenced and parodied in various works by Nagai and others.
===Manga===
Honey appears as a secondary character in Nagai's ''[[Violence Jack]]'' manga. There, Honey is the younger sister of Ryou Asuka and is living in [[New York City]]. When she hears of the earthquake that devastated [[Kantō region|Kantō]], Honey and several of her friends go to Japan to search for Ryou, who has become the pet of the Slum King.
Honey's friends are alternate universe versions of her transformations in the 1973 series:
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*'''Cutie''' ([[fencer]])
*'''Hurricane''' ([[military]])
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*'''Idol''' ([[stewardess]])
*'''Flash''' ([[photographer]])
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*'''Misty''' ([[police officer]])
*'''Fancy''' ([[bodybuilder]])
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In the last volume, Flash, Misty, and Cutie are killed when they fall into a spiked trap when they try to free a chained up Miki Makimura. Honey is electrocuted when she tries to rescue Ryou from the Slum King. Idol, Fancy, and Hurricane die in an explosion. The spirits of the seven women come together to form [[Angel]] Honey, whom Ryou sees in his dreams. When Ryou returns to his true form, as [[Satan]], he fights in his sister's memory.
===Anime===
{{details3|[[Cutie Honey (theme song)]] and [[New Cutie Honey]]|Honey's appearances in ''[[Majokko Megu-chan]]'' and the ''[[Kekko Kamen]]'' OVA}}
In episode 50 of ''[[UFO Robot Grendizer]]'', Seiji Hayami appears taking pictures in a crowd. This scene also featured cameos by Hayato from ''[[Getter Robot]]'' and Babel II from ''[[Babel II]]''.<ref name="sightings1" />
In the Japanese opening of ''[[Super Milk Chan]]'', there are moments that directly parody the 1973 series' opening sequence.<ref name="sightings1" />
==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/lineup/tv/honey/ Cutie Honey anime (original)] at Toei Animation
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/honey/ Cutie Honey F (anime)] at Toei Animation
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.toei-video.co.jp/re-cutiehoney/ Re:CUTIE HONEY] at Toei Video
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*{{ann anime|id=564}}
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