Cutie Honey/Re: Cutie Honey
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Re:CUTIE HONEYキューティーハニーKyūtī Hanī | |
| Genre | Magical girl, Shōjo, Shōnen |
| OVA: Re:CUTIE HONEY | |
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| No. of episodes |
3 |
| Released |
July 25, 2004 – September 25, 2004 |
Cutie Honey (キューティーハニー, Kyūtī Hanī; also spelled Cutey Honey) is a Japanese 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 transforming magical girl.
Nagai's inspiration for the character of Honey comes from two classic tokusatsu superhero shows, 7-Color Mask (1959) and Rainbowman (1972). Both, creations of Yasunori Kawauchi, featured superheroes with seven different forms.Another Kawauchi creation, "Gekko Kamen", is parodied in Go Nagai's Kekko Kamen. 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.
The franchise spans two animated TV series, two OVA series, numerous manga series, a drama CD, and two live action adaptations.
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[edit] Re: Cutie Honey
Simultaneous to the release of the Cutie Honey live action film, Gainax also produced a new three-part OVA series entitled Re: Cutie Honey. The OVA tells the same story as the film, although with significantly more detail and plot elements added. A radical departure from the style of previous Cutie Honey incarnations, "Re: Cutie Honey" uses simplistic animation and bold lines that are heavily influenced by the original Cutie Honey TV series. The simplicity of many of the backgrounds and characters creates a distinct visual style that has its supporters and detractors, like the original. Once again, the film features cameos from some of Go Nagai's other characters, including Akira Fudo and Miki Makimura of Devilman.
[edit] Staff
- Director: Hideaki Anno, Tadashi Hiramatsu
- Episode Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi, Masayuki, Takamichi Ito
- Screenplay: Kazumi Nakajima, Koichi Taki, Takeo Kasai
- Character Design/Animation Director: Tadashi Hiramatsu
- Music: Susumu Ueda
- Production: Gainax / Laterna / Re: Cutie Honey Production Committee / Toei Video / Towani
- Japanese Cast: Yui Horie (Honey), Hideo Ishikawa (Seiji), Junko Noda (Natchan), Kazue Ikura (Sister Jill)
[edit] Theme song
The Cutie Honey theme song appears through out all the anime incarnations of the character. In the original 1973 television series, it was performed by Yoko Maekawa. 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. Koda Kumi 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, Okui Masami in the Masami Kobushi album, a version by TWO-MIX and a Korean language version by Ahyoomee. 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.
The song can also be heard during an episode of the 1974 magical girl TV series Majokko Megu-chan, when the main character watches Honey, in her pop idol persona (Misty Honey), perform it on TV; and in the seventh episode of the 2006 series Princess Princess, when the Princesses perform it. The show ends with Mikoto declaring "I'm going to change now" (Kawaru wa yo!), Honey's signature phrase.
[edit] Trivia
In the OVA adaptation of Kekko Kamen, Cutie Honey appears as a student. Her lesbian teacher from the 70's series, Alphonne also makes two brief appearances.
[edit] External links
- Re:CUTIE HONEY at Toei Video (Japanese)
- Cutie Honey/Re: Cutie Honey at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia.(English)
| Genre | Magical girl +, Shōjo +, and Shōnen + |
| Series name | Re:CUTIE HONEY + |
