“Cutie Honey” ( Japanese キ ュ ー テ ィ ー ハ ニ ー , “ Kyuti Hani” , “Cutie Hani” ) (also called Chery Miel in France ) is a well-known anime and manga created by Guo Nagai in 1973. Being an android, the main character is Hani - it reveals a striking resemblance to the image of female sorceresses - “Maho-shojo” (for example, she is able to change her appearance, especially when meeting her opponents) with some key differences:
- Hani’s abilities are mechanical, not magical. Nevertheless, almost all the same, it can be attributed to the girls-sorceresses;
- Despite the fact that in Japan the anime Cutey Honey was addressed to all age categories, in the West it is considered unsuitable for young viewers, although there is a slightly smoother shojo version (Cutey Honey Flash) among the series that have been released.
| Cutey honey | |||
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 Anime Series Characters | |||
| Japanese キ ュ ー テ ィ ー ハ ニ ー ( katakana ) Kyuty Hani (Cyrillic) | |||
| Genre / Theme | maho shojo , adventure , romantic comedy , science fiction , parody | ||
| Manga | |||
| Author | Go nagai | ||
| Publisher | Akita Shoten | ||
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| Published in | Weekly Shōnen Champion | ||
| Lecture hall | seinen | ||
| Publication | October 1, 1973 - April 1, 1974 | ||
| Tomov | 2 | ||
| Anime series | |||
| Producer | Katsumata Tomoharu Sidara Hiroshi Kasai Osamu Morishita Kojo | ||
| Screenwriter | Tsuji Masaki Fujikawa Kaisuke Takaku susumu Go nagai | ||
| Composer | Watanabe Takeo | ||
| Studio | Toei animation | ||
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| Premiere screening | October 13, 1973 - March 30, 1974 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Series | 25 ep | ||
| Manga | |||
| Author | Go nagai | ||
| Illustrator | Ken Ishikawa | ||
| Publisher | Akita Shoten | ||
| Published in | Boken oh Bessatsu boken oh | ||
| Lecture hall | seinen | ||
| Publication | 1973 - 1974 | ||
| Tomov | one | ||
| Manga | |||
| Author | Go nagai | ||
| Illustrator | Yuu Okizaki | ||
| Publisher | Kodansha | ||
| Published in | TV Magazine Nakayoshi | ||
| Lecture hall | shojo | ||
| Publication | 1973 - 1974 | ||
| Tomov | one | ||
| Manga | |||
| Author | Go nagai | ||
| Illustrator | Masatoshi Nakajima | ||
| Publisher | Tokuma shoten | ||
| Published in | Tv land | ||
| Lecture hall | seinen | ||
| Publication | 1973 - 1974 | ||
| Tomov | one | ||
| Manga "Cutie Honey 90s" | |||
| Author | Go nagai | ||
| Publisher | Fusosha | ||
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| Published in | Shukan SPA! | ||
| Lecture hall | seinen | ||
| Publication | July 8, 1992 - April 7, 1993 | ||
| Tomov | 2 | ||
| Anime - series "Shin Cutey Honey" | |||
| Producer | Nagaoka Yasutika | ||
| Screenwriter | Shizuya Isao | ||
| Composer | Toyama Kazuhiko | ||
| Studio | Toei animation | ||
| Premiere screening | April 21, 1994 - November 21, 1995 | ||
| Duration | 30 min. | ||
| Series | 8 ep. | ||
| Anime - series “Cutey Honey Flash” | |||
| Producer | Sasaki Noriyo Shibata Hiroki Kakudo Hiroyuki Igarashi Takuya Josoda Masahiro Endo yuji | ||
| Screenwriter | Yamaguchi Ryota Yoshida Reiko Sumisawa Katsuyuki Sogo Masashi | ||
| Composer | Sahashi Toshihiko | ||
| Studio | Toei animation | ||
| TV network | TV Asahi | ||
| Premiere screening | February 15, 1997 - January 31, 1998 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Series | 39 ep | ||
| Animated film Cutey Honey F | |||
| Producer | Sasaki Noriyo | ||
| Screenwriter | Nagai go | ||
| Studio | Toei animation | ||
| Premiere | July 12, 1997 | ||
| Duration | 38 minutes | ||
| Manga Cutie Honey Tennyo Densetsu | |||
| Author | Go nagai | ||
| Publisher | Futabasha | ||
| Published in | Weekly manga action | ||
| Lecture hall | seinen | ||
| Publication | August 21, 2001 - July 29, 2003 | ||
| OVA "Re: Cutie Honey" | |||
| Producer | Anno Hideaki Imaishi Hiroyuki Ito Naoyuki Masayuki | ||
| Screenwriter | Nakashima Kazuki Kasai Takeo Taki koichi Anno Hideaki | ||
| Composer | Ueda Susumu | ||
| Studio | Toei animation Gainax | ||
| Date of issue | July 24, 2004 - October 23, 2004 | ||
| Duration | 45 minutes | ||
| Series | 3 ep. | ||
| Manga “Cutie Honey a Go Go!” | |||
| Author | Anno Hideaki Go nagai | ||
| Illustrator | Ito Simpei | ||
| Publisher | Kadokawa shoten | ||
| Published in | Tokusatsu Ace | ||
| Lecture hall | seinen | ||
| Publication | November 28, 2003 - July 1, 2005 | ||
| Tomov | 2 | ||
| Manga Cutie Honey SEED | |||
| Author | Go nagai | ||
| Illustrator | Komugi Hoshino | ||
| Publisher | Akita Shoten | ||
| Published in | Young champion | ||
| Lecture hall | seinen | ||
| Publication | June 22, 2004 - February 14, 2006 | ||
| Tomov | four | ||
| Anime - series Cutie Honey Universe | |||
| Producer | Akitoshi Yokoyama | ||
| Screenwriter | Natsuko Takahashi | ||
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| TV network | AT-X | ||
| Premiere screening | April 8, 2018 - June 24, 2018 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
Hani is considered the initial template for those witch girls who are active fighters, in particular for works of this genre, focused more on a male audience. Hani references or explicit parodies have been found in many manga and anime for many years. The best-known example is the creation of the anime Sailor Moon (the most famous work of the genre of sorceress girls outside Japan), explicit references to Cutey Honey were used. Like Hani, Sailor Moon has a penchant for pronouncing funny monologues before the battle, as well as for fighting almost attractive and at the same time eccentric female monsters.
Story
Hani is an android girl created by a middle-aged scientist as her own "daughter." She does not suspect that she is an artificial creature and attends a Catholic school, where an ugly lesbian teacher constantly sticks to her. Hani learns the truth about herself on the day when her “father” is killed by members of the evil organization Panther Claw. She reveals that having uttered the phrase "Hani-flash!", She can transform into a red-haired superheroine with tremendous strength and dexterity and armed with a sword. Moreover, she has several other images, all of them are beautiful women with various abilities (her original, “real” image is a long-haired blonde). Hani is fighting the Panther Claw while attending school.
Hani is very playful for a typical Japanese heroine, she often teases her male friends and taunts rivals in battle.
Manga
- Cutey Honey (2 volumes, 1973 - 1974 , published in Shonen Champion magazine)
- Cutey Honey (2 volumes, 1992 - 1993 , a remake of the 1973 version)
- Cutey Honey Flash (4 volumes, 1997 - 1998 )
Anime
- Cutey Honey (TV series, 25 episodes, 1973-1974, director Shingo Araki )
- Shin Cutey Honey (New Kyoto Honey, OVA, 8 episodes, 1994 , director Yasutika Nagaoka )
- Cutey Honey Flash (TV series, 39 episodes, 1997-1998, director Noriyo Sasaki )
- Cutey Honey Flash Movie (1997)
- Re: Cutie Honey (OVA, 3 episodes, 2004 ), Director Hideaki Anno :
- Ten no Maki (「天」 の 巻, “Volume of Heaven”), directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi
- Chi no Maki (「地」 の 巻, “Earth Volume”), directed by Takamichi Ito
- Hito no Maki (「人」 の 巻, “The Volume of Humanity”), directed by Masayuki
- Cutie Honey Universe (TV series, 2018 , director Akitoshi Yokoyama)
Feature film
- Cutie Honey (2004, directed by Hideaki Anno )
Series
In 2007, Toei created a series of Tokusatsu genres based on this anime - Cutie Honey The Live . This series has a different plot from the anime. Something similar happened in 2003, when the same Toei made the series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon , based on the anime Sailor Moon .
Links
- Anime “Cutey Honey” in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Cutey Honey" in the AniDB database