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{{short description|Japanese manga series by Go Nagai}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Cutie Honey
| image           = Cutie Honey manga Shonen Champion volume 1 of 2.jpg
| caption         = Volume 1 of a 2-volume version of Nagai's 1973 ''Cutie Honey'' manga, published by Akita Shoten
| ja_kanji        = キューティーハニー
| ja_romaji       = Kyūtī Hanī
| genre           = <!--Discuss in talk page before adding or removing genres, however, keep in mind [[WP:MOS-AM#Content]]. Thank you.-->[[Magical girl]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sevenseasentertainment.com/series/cutie-honey/|title=Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection|publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment |access-date=May 25, 2018}}</ref> [[science fiction]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Silverman |first1=Rebecca |title=Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection [Hardcover] GNs 1–2 – Review |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/cutie-honey/the-classic-collection-hardcover/gns-1-2/.140294 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=December 6, 2018 |date=December 5, 2018}}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = Manga
| author          = [[Go Nagai]]
| publisher       = [[Akita Shoten]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Seven Seas Entertainment]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Seven Seas Fights Evil With Style With Release of CUTIE HONEY: THE CLASSIC COLLECTION Hardcover Manga Omnibus|url=http://www.sevenseasentertainment.com/2017/09/13/seven-seas-fights-evil-with-style-with-release-of-cutie-honey-the-classic-collection-hardcover-manga-omnibus/|website=Seven Seas Entertainment|access-date=September 13, 2017|date=September 13, 2017}}</ref>}}
| demographic     = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| magazine        = [[Weekly Shōnen Champion]]
| first           = October 1, 1973
| last            = April 1, 1974
| volumes         = 2
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = TV series
| director        = [[Tomoharu Katsumata]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = [[Masaki Tsuji]]
| music           = [[Takeo Watanabe]]
| studio          = [[Toei Animation]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensees
  | NA  = [[Discotek Media]]
  | EU  = RZD
}}
| network         = [[All-Nippon News Network|ANN]] ([[TV Asahi|NET]])
| first           = October 13, 1973
| last            = March 30, 1974
| episodes        = 25
| episode_list    = List of Cutie Honey episodes
}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = Manga
| author          = Go Nagai
| illustrator     = Yuu Okazaki
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| demographic     = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| magazine        = [[Nakayoshi]]
| first           = October 1973
| last            = February 1974
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = Manga
| author          = Go Nagai
| illustrator     = [[Ken Ishikawa (manga artist)|Ken Ishikawa]]
| magazine        = [[Bōken Ō|Boken Oh]]
| publisher       = Akita Shoten
| demographic     = ''Shōnen''
| first           = November 1973
| last            = May 1974
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = Manga
| author          = Go Nagai
| illustrator     = Masatoshi Nakajima
| magazine        = TV Land
| publisher       = [[Tokuma Shoten]]
| demographic     = ''[[Children's anime and manga|Kodomo]]''
| first           = November 1973
| last            = March 1974
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = Manga
| title           = Cutie Honey 90s
| author          = Go Nagai
| publisher       = [[Fusosha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher
  | NA  = [[Studio Ironcat]]
}}
| demographic     = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| magazine        = Shukan SPA!
| first           = July 8, 1992
| last            = April 7, 1993
| volumes         = 2
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| title           = Cutie Honey Tennyo Densetsu
| type            = Manga
| author          = Go Nagai
| magazine        = [[Weekly Manga Action|Manga Action]]
| publisher       = [[Futabasha]]
| demographic     = ''Seinen''
| first           = August 21, 2001
| last            = July 29, 2003
| volumes         = 9
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = Manga
| title           = Cutie Honey a Go Go!
| author          = [[Hideaki Anno]]
| illustrator     = [[Shimpei Itoh]]
| publisher       = Kadokawa Shoten
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher | NA= Seven Seas Entertainment|Seven Seas}}
| demographic     = ''Seinen''
| magazine        = Tokusatsu Ace
| first           = November 28, 2003
| last            = July 1, 2005
| volumes         = 2
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = Manga
| title           = Cutie Honey SEED
| author          = Go Nagai
| illustrator     = Komugi Hoshino
| magazine        = [[Young Champion]]| publisher         = Akita Shoten
| demographic     = ''Seinen''
| first           = June 22, 2004
| last            = February 14, 2006
| volumes         = 4
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{collapsed infobox section end}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''Cutie Honey'''''|キューティーハニー|Kyūtī Hanī|formerly spelled in English as '''''Cutey Honey'''''|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[Shōnen manga|shōnen]] [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Go Nagai]]. First appearing in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Champion]]''{{'}}s 41st issue of 1973, the series ran until April 1974. It follows an android girl named Honey Kisaragi, who transforms into the busty, red or pink-haired heroine Cutie Honey to fight against the assorted villains that threaten her or her world. One of the trademarks of the character is that the transformation involves the temporary loss of all her clothing in the brief interim from changing from one form to the other. According to Nagai, she is the first female to be the [[protagonist]] of a ''shōnen'' manga series.<ref name="gosaid1">{{cite web |script-title=ja:「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=ja |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.] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215154358/http://www.mazingerz.com/HONEY/GO-SAID.html |archive-date=December 15, 2007 |access-date=February 13, 2008}}</ref>

The ''Cutie Honey'' franchise spans many works, including numerous manga series, three [[anime]] television series, two [[Original video animation|OVA]] series, two drama CDs, three live action adaptations, and four stage plays. The first anime aired in 1973 and is considered a [[magical girl]] series in retrospect. In addition, the theme song of the series has become one of the most famous theme songs in the history of anime, and is widely known in Japan, even to those unfamiliar with the series.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Majokko Daizenshuu <Toei Animation>|publisher=[[Bandai]]|year=1993|isbn=4-89189-505-5|pages=75}}</ref> Despite the many different ''Cutie Honey'' works made, this theme song continues to be sung in all live-action and animated works except ''[[Cutie Honey Universe]]'' and ''[[Cutie Honey: Tears]]'', with different arrangers and singers. According to a Bandai survey, Cutie Honey ranked first in the "Favorite Characters" surveyed in April 1997 in two categories: girls aged 3 to 5 and girls aged 6 to 8.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1997|title=BANDAI Children's Questionnaire Report Vol.25 What is your child's favorite character?|url=https://www.bandai.co.jp/kodomo/pdf/question25.pdf|url-status=live|publisher=[[Bandai]]|page=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309063817/http://www.bandai.co.jp:80/kodomo/pdf/question25.pdf |archive-date=March 9, 2013}}</ref>

==Plot==
Honey Kisaragi is a regular, 16-year-old [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] schoolgirl,<ref name="honey-age">{{cite web |url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/shop/dvd_recutie/cutie.html |title=Cutie Honey (キューティーハニー) |publisher=Toei Animation |language=ja |access-date=January 4, 2009 |quote={{nihongo|Honey Kisaragi/Cutie Honey: A 16-year-old girl student in St. Chapel School.|如月ハニー/キューティーハニー 聖チャペル学園で学ぶ16歳の少女。}}}}</ref> 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"/>|kūchū genso kotei sōchi<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 |access-date=January 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114060552/http://www.learn-japan.org/kr.cgi?r=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toei-anim.co.jp%2Flineup%2Ftv%2Fhoney%2F |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>|variously translated as "[atmospheric] element condenser mechanism",<ref name="serifu1">{{cite web |script-title=ja: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=ja |access-date=January 29, 2008}}</ref> "Fixed System of Air Elements",<ref name="romanalbum-fixedsystem">{{cite book |script-title=ja:ロマンアルバム40『キューティーハニー』 |trans-title=Roman Album 40 'Cutey Honey' |publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]] |year=1981 |page=30}}</ref> "Airborne Element Solidifier", "Atmospheric Element Condenser", 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 (in ''Cutie Honey Flash'', the school is [[Mixed-sex education|co-ed]] instead of being an all-girls school), Honey seeks revenge against the Panther Claw organization, which is ruled by an ancient primordial evil known as Panther Zora and her younger sibling Sister Jill. Zora wants "the rarest items in the world" and seeks to steal the device within Honey created by her father, 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) |access-date=January 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022155032/http://geocities.com/yogirinohanii/pantherclaw.html|archive-date=October 22, 2009}}</ref> Meanwhile Jill, leader of the group's division in Japan, "only wants the finest riches" and has a [[puppy love|crush]] on Honey.<ref name="chars1">{{cite web |title=Manga Characters |url=http://www.geocities.com/yogirinohanii/gocharacters.html |work=Lovely Warrior |author=Salvatore (Umino) |access-date=January 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022182604/http://geocities.com/yogirinohanii/gocharacters.html|archive-date=October 22, 2009}}</ref>

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 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=it |quote=Un personaggio graficamente simile era già apparso, con successo, in Cutey Honey, con il nome di Danbei Hayami&nbsp;... 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. |access-date=February 20, 2008}}</ref> Nagai's manga also borrows the character Naojiro from that series (in a ''female'' form named Sukeban Naoko),<ref name="chars1" /> while the anime borrows the Paradise School along with the characters Naojiro and Goeman (a teacher at the school) from the series. Naojiro is here the boss of the school's delinquent boys before being joined in the job by Honey.

Honey is 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&nbsp;..." before yelling ''"Honey Flash!"'' and transforming. 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) |access-date=February 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022202349/http://geocities.com/yogirinohanii/characters.html|archive-date=October 22, 2009}}</ref> Much of the comic relief in the 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's best friend at school is the cute, freckle-faced Natsuko "Nat-chan" Aki. In the manga, Nat-chan, as well as the other students, had a crush on Honey; this crush was downplayed in the TV series.

[[File:Cutie Honey Roman Album Archive forms.png|Some of Cutie Honey's forms in the TV series, as shown in [[Tokuma Shoten]]'s ''Cutie Honey Roman Album Archive'' book. Clockwise from top right: Kisaragi, Misty, Idol, Hurricane, Cutie.|left|thumb|265x265px]]

Honey has a large array of transformations in the series, her most common personae including:

* '''Hurricane Honey''' ([[Motorcycle|biker]]), a woman who is "cool" with her motorcycle, anytime she needs to escape.
* '''Misty Honey''' (singer), a rockstar 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), a classy model who uses a long-stick cigar as a weapon.
* '''Cutie Honey''' ([[hero]]ine), a sword-wielding pink-haired warrior of love.

==Production==
In 1972, Nagai wrote that the idea to create a hero with seven transformations was pitched by a Toei producer. His inspiration for this character came from classic shows that featured protagonists who took seven different forms, including the ''[[Bannai Tarao]]'' [[Mystery (fiction)|mysteries]]<ref name="gosaid1" /><ref name="bannai-origin">{{harvnb|吉田陽一|1999|p=034}}. {{nihongo|<!-- Translate here. -->|『ハニー』が誕生するまで『キューティーハニー』は東映動画からの企画で、「これまでにない新しいものを」という考えから「女版・多羅尾伴内」をコンセプトにしていた。}}</ref> and ''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' (1972).<ref name="jhero1">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cutey Honey |url=http://www.japanhero.com/profiles/cutey_honey_profileL.htm |encyclopedia=Japan Hero Encyclopedia |access-date=January 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605003218/http://japanhero.com/profiles/cutey_honey_profileL.htm |archive-date=June 5, 2003}}</ref><ref name="kekko">''Rainbowman'' and ''[[Seven Color Mask]]'' (1959), both created by [[Kōhan Kawauchi]], were two [[tokusatsu]] (live-action) shows involving transforming superheroes (another Kawauchi creation, "[[Moonlight Mask|Gekko Kamen]]", is parodied in Nagai's ''[[Kekko Kamen]]'').</ref> 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 (1927 film)|Metropolis]]''.<ref name="gosaid1" /> The series' working title was ''Honey Idol'', as stated by Go Nagai the booklet of a DVD release.{{which|date=September 2022}} Nagai revealed in the afterword of a recent manga rerelease{{which|date=September 2022}} that Honey Kisaragi's name is a reference to the 1965 American TV series ''[[Honey West (TV series)|Honey West]]''.

Originally, ''Cutie Honey'' was meant to be a [[shōjo]] series like the later ''[[Cutie Honey Flash]]'', and was planned to focus more on the relationship between Honey and Shun Kazami (renamed to Seiji Hayami for the final series) as well as lacking any nudity or excessive violence. A great deal of merchandising was initially planned, such as 'changing' dolls of Honey. The manga was slated to run in the monthly ''[[Ribon]]'' magazine, and the series was set to air Mondays at 7:00&nbsp;pm on NET TV (now [[TV Asahi]]), a timeslot previously held by [[magical girl]] series, but the timeslot was given to ''[[Miracle Shōjo Limit-Chan]]'' instead and ''Cutie Honey'' was set to air Saturdays at 8:30&nbsp;pm on the programming block ''Majū Kaijin Daihenshin!!!'' which previously aired ''Micord S'' and ''[[Devilman]]''. Because of this, ''Cutie Honey'' retooled into a ''[[Shōnen manga|shōnen]]'' series, making it the first magical girl series for teen boys.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Majokko Daizenshuu|publisher=[[Bandai]]|year=1993|isbn=4-89189-505-5|pages=72}}</ref>

Although the series had done well in the ratings department, especially compared to its predecessor, ''[[Microid S]]'', it was canceled after only 25 episodes, the primary reason being concerns over salacious content. The cancellation took producer Toshio Katsuta by surprise, as he was sure the series would last for three or four seasons. His confidence was why Paradise Academy was introduced so late into the series. Katsuta and [[Go Nagai]] decided the series should end with Sister Jill's defeat while leaving Panther Zora's ultimate fate up to the interpretation of fans.

==Media==
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===Manga===
The original work of the franchise was the ''Cutie Honey'' manga series written and illustrated by [[Go Nagai]] that ran in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Champion]]'' magazine from October 1973 to April 1974. During the same time, other short manga series were published in different magazines than the original, and by different creative teams.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cutie Honey Manga Guide (70's)|url=https://retrosofa.tumblr.com/post/170873396328/cutie-honey-manga-list-70s|access-date=2021-07-01|website=retrosofa|date=February 2018}}</ref> These included two manga made by [[Ken Ishikawa (manga artist)|Ken Ishikawa]], another two by [[Yū Okazaki]], one by Chizuko Beppu, one by Yoshiko Suganuma, and another by Masatoshi Nakajima.<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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214081739/http://www.mazingerz.com/HONEY/HONEY.html |archive-date=February 14, 2008 |access-date=February 16, 2008}}</ref> Nagai's 1973 manga was [[Publishing|republished]] in 1985 as a single volume, but no further manga versions of ''Cutie Honey'' were produced until 1992.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Magazine !! Original run !! Artist
|-
| ''Shonen Champion'' || {{start date|1973|10}} – {{End date|1974|03}} || [[Go Nagai]] 
|-
| ''Bouken Oh'' || {{start date|1973|10}} – {{End date|1974|04}} || [[Ken Ishikawa]] 
|-
| ''Nakayoshi'' || {{start date|1973|11}} – {{End date|1974|01}} || [[Yu Okazaki]]
|-
| ''TV Magazine'' || {{start date|1973|10}} – {{End date|1974|02}} ||  Yu Okazaki 
|-
| ''TV Land'' || {{start date|1973|11}} – {{End date|1974|03}} || Masatoshi Nakajima  
|-
| ''Eiga TV Magazine'' || {{start date|1973|11}} – {{End date|1974|02}} || Ken Ishikawa 
|-
| ''Tanoshii Youchien'' || {{start date|1973|11}} – {{End date|1974|02}} || Yoshiko Suganuma 
|-
|-
| ''Otomodachi'' || {{start date|1973|11}} – {{End date|1974|04}} || Chizuko Beppu 
|-
|}

<ref name="wogn2" />[[File:Cutie Honey 90 Volume 2 Part 1 cover.jpg|thumb|Cover of Part 1 of Volume 2 of ''Cutie Honey '90'', showing major villain Sister Jill holding a whip, illustrated by [[Hajime Sorayama]]|left|241x241px]]

In 1992, Nagai created a new ''Cutie Honey'' manga, simply titled ''Cutie Honey'', set 30 years after his original. The manga ran in ''Weekly SPA!'' magazine from July 1992 to April 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-02-14|title=キューティーハニー|url=http://www.mazingerz.com/HONEY/HONEY.html|access-date=2021-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214081739/http://www.mazingerz.com/HONEY/HONEY.html|archive-date=February 14, 2008}}</ref> 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=Tokyoland |access-date=February 16, 2008}}</ref> The story begins when Honey Kisaragi and the Hayami family found the Hayami Group thirty years after Panther Claw was defeated, to prepare for the wicked organization's future comeback. When Sister Jill is resurrected and leads a reformed Panther Claw to assault the globe, Honey battles Sister Jill with new talents and abilities to finally defeat Panther Claw.

Several manga adaptations of 1997's ''[[Cutie Honey Flash]]'' anime were published between March 1997 and April 1998 in various magazines.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cutie Honey Manga Guide (90's)|url=https://retrosofa.tumblr.com/post/188987618008/cutie-honey-manga-guide-90s|access-date=2021-07-01|website=retrosofa|date=November 2019}}</ref> These included three manga made by Yukako Iisaka,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fu-ta88.hp.infoseek.co.jp/q/comics.htm|access-date=2021-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316181257/http://fu-ta88.hp.infoseek.co.jp/q/comics.htm|archive-date=March 16, 2010}}</ref> another three by Shinko Kumazaki, and one by Kazushi Sasaki.

Running from August 2001 to July 2003, {{nihongo|''Cutie Honey: Legend of an Angel''|キューティーハニー天女伝説|''Kyūtī Hanī [[Tennyo]] Densetsu''}} was written and illustrated by Go Nagai and published in ''[[Manga Action|Weekly Manga Action]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cutie Honey Tennyo Densetsu |url=http://www.mazingerz.com/HONEY/TENNYO.html |work=The World of Go Nagai |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108092823/http://www.mazingerz.com/HONEY/TENNYO.html |archive-date=January 8, 2008 |access-date=February 16, 2008}}</ref> Set in 2005, Seiji Hayami's daughter, Seiko struggles with apparitions of monstrous beings, including the Panther Claw terrorist organization, which she must defeat with the help of Hisashi Hanyu, who is Cutie Honey in disguise.

{{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 November 2003 to July 2005 in Tokusatsu Ace magazine.<ref name="futa1">{{cite web|title=漫画版|url=http://fu-ta88.hp.infoseek.co.jp/q/comics.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316181257/http://fu-ta88.hp.infoseek.co.jp/q/comics.htm|archive-date=March 16, 2010|access-date=February 16, 2008|work=infoseek.co.jp}}</ref> Two volumes were planned, but only one was released. The manga was not fully released until October 2007, when a complete edition was published.<ref name="okazu1">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey a Go Go Manga, Perfect Volume (Japanese) |url=http://okazu.yuricon.com/2007/11/14/cutey-honey-a-gogo-manga-perfect-volume-japanese/ |last=Friedman |first=Erica |work=Okazu |date=November 14, 2007 |access-date=February 16, 2008}}</ref><ref name="amazon1">{{cite book |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) |id={{ASIN|419950060X|country=jp}}}}</ref> An omnibus volume was released in March 2018 by [[Seven Seas Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cutie Honey a Go Go! {{!}} Seven Seas Entertainment|url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/cutie-honey-a-go-go/|access-date=2021-07-01|website=sevenseasentertainment.com}}</ref> In this version of the tale, Natsuko Aki is a squad leader for the public safety bureau. Natsuko takes it upon herself to arrest Honey, but Dr. Kisaragi asks Natsuko to befriend Honey and help her become more human.

{{nihongo|''Cutie Honey Seed''|キューティーハニーSEED|Kyūtī Hanī Shīdo}} ran from June 2004 to February 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.yuricon.com/2006/05/19/cutey-honey-seed-manga-volume-1/ |last=Friedman |first=Erica |work=Okazu |date=May 19, 2006 |access-date=February 16, 2008}}</ref>

''Honey & Yukiko Hime: Cutie Heroine Daisakusen'' was a digital manga published in 2008 that was written by Go Nagai and illustrated by Kazuhiro Ochi. The manga is a [[Crossover (fiction)|crossover]] between ''Cutie Honey'' and another Go Nagai manga, ''[[Dororon Enma-kun]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=【最新刊】ハニー&雪子姫 キューティーヒロイン大作戦 {{!}} 永井豪 {{!}} 無料まんが・試し読みが豊富！ebookjapan｜まんが（漫画）・電子書籍をお得に買うなら、無料で読むならebookjapan|url=https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/166777/|access-date=2021-07-01|website=ebookjapan}}</ref>

''Cutie Honey vs Abashiri Family'' was a manga published in [[Weekly Shōnen Champion|''Weekly Shonen Champion'']] magazine in 2009 that was written an illustrated by Go Nagai. Made to celebrate ''Shonen Champion''<nowiki/>'s 40th anniversary, the manga is a crossover between ''Cutie Honey'' and ''[[The Abashiri Family]]'', another Go Nagai manga.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cutie Honey vs. Abashiri Ikka – Chapter 1|url=https://bato.to/chapter/1133423|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Bato.To}}</ref>

''HoneyVS'' was a [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] manga published in ''[[Grand Jump]]'' magazine in 2012 by Masaki Segawa. The manga is a crossover between Cutie Honey and ''[[Getter Robo]]'', another Go Nagai manga.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Basilisk's Segawa Remakes Nagai's Cutey Honey Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-16/basilisk-segawa-remakes-nagai-cutey-honey-manga|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Anime News Network|language=en}}</ref>

''Oedo Honey'' was a one-shot manga published in ''Grand Jump'' magazine in September 2012 by [[Masakazu Yamaguchi]]. The manga is a story about Honey and Sister Jill traveling back in time to the [[Edo period]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Go Nagai, Masakazu Yamaguchi Create 'Oedo Honey' Manga 1-Shot|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-06/go-nagai-masakazu-yamaguchi-create-oedo-honey-manga-1-shot|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Anime News Network|language=en}}</ref>

''Cutie Honey vs Devilman Lady'' was a manga published in ''[[Champion Red|Champion RED Ichigo]]'' magazine from June to October 2013 that was written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The manga is a crossover between ''Cutie Honey'' and Nagai's ''[[Devil Lady|Devilman Lady]]''.

''Gekiman! Cutie Honey-hen'' was a manga published in ''[[Weekly Manga Goraku]]'' magazine from July 2016 to September 2017 that was written and illustrated by Go Nagai. Autobiographical manga about the development of Cutie Honey was released to promote ''[[Cutie Honey: Tears]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Go Nagai Ends Gekiman! Cutie Honey-hen Manga on September 29|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-18/go-nagai-ends-gekiman-cutie-honey-hen-manga-on-september-29/.121486|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Anime News Network|language=en}}</ref>

===Anime===
====1973 TV series====
{{See also|List of Cutie Honey episodes}}
[[Toei Animation]] produced an anime television series titled ''Cutie Honey'', simultaneously as the manga was being drawn. It was broadcast on NET (now [[TV Asahi]]) on October 13, 1973, and ran for 25 episodes 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. According to Go Nagai, the TV series ended after 25 episodes due to NET executives getting unhappy about the nudity. While the manga was marketed as "{{nihongo2|SFコミックス}}" ("science fiction comics"),<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=031447 |title=Cutie Honey (キューティー・ハニー) |last=Nagai |first=Go |volume=1 |pages=front cover |publisher=[[Akita Shoten]] |isbn=4-253-03144-7 |no-pp=true |access-date=November 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717020432/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=031447 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the Toei anime is considered, at least in retrospect, a [[magical girl]] series.<ref name="toei-englishlist">{{cite web |url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/english/catalog/magic_girl.html |title=Film Catalog: Magic Girls |publisher=Toei Animation |year=2004 |access-date=November 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230153553/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/english/catalog/magic_girl.html |archive-date=December 30, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Character designs were done by [[Shingo Araki]], musical score by [[Takeo Watanabe]], scripts by [[Masaki Tsuji]], Susumu Takaku, and Keisuke Fujikawa, while episode directors included [[Tomoharu Katsumata]], Osamu Kasai and Hiroshi Shidara. The series stars [[Eiko Masuyama]] as Honey Kisaragi.

Outside Japan, 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) |access-date=February 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022183910/http://geocities.com/yogirinohanii/cherrymiel.html|archive-date=October 22, 2009}}</ref> In November 2013, [[Discotek Media]] released a DVD boxset of the complete series in North America.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.discotekmedia.com/cutie_honey.htm | title=Cutie Honey: The Complete Series – 4 Disc Set | access-date=December 2, 2014}}</ref> The series was also dubbed and broadcast in Hong Kong during 1988.

For an anime television 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">{{cite web |script-title=ja: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=mazingerz.com |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210030854/http://www.mazingerz.com/ANIME/TVdevilman.html |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |access-date=June 19, 2007}}</ref>

====''New Cutie Honey''====
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The [[original video animation]] series ''New Cutie Honey'' was released in 1994 and ended with eight episodes in 1995. The series stars [[Michiko Neya]] as Honey Kisaragi.

100 years after the decisive battle with Panther Claw, Honey Kisaragi now works as the mayor's secretary in the crime-prone metropolis of Cosplay City. One day, after being attacked by minions of the Demon King Dolmeck, who dominates the city, Honey regains her former power and memory and awakens as Cutie Honey. Honey faces a new battle against Dolmeck who is planning to revive her former nemesis, Panther Zora.

The series staff planned to make at least twelve episodes, but it ended with eight in 1995. A 2004 DVD release included a scripted but unfilmed ninth episode—a Christmas story—as a [[Radio drama|drama CD]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=東映、DVD「新・キューティーハニー」の特典収録現場を公開|url=https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20040322/toei.htm|access-date=2021-07-01|website=av.watch.impress.co.jp}}</ref> The eight filmed episodes were released by [[A.D. Vision|ADV Films]] in the United States. [[Jessica Calvello]], the voice of Honey in the English language version, was hand-picked by Nagai, though he originally wanted [[Winona Ryder]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jessicacalvello/status/1397768762665975809|title=100% true.|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> Until [[Discotek Media]] picked up the first anime, this series remained the only ''Cutie Honey'' anime to be commercially released in the US. Discotek Media released the series on [[Blu-ray]] in August 2019.<ref>{{Citation|last=Nagaoka|first=Yasuchika|title=New Cutey Honey Complete OVA Series|date=August 27, 2019 |url=https://www.amazon.com/New-Cutey-Honey-Complete-OVA/dp/B07T3NQB4P|access-date=2021-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=New Cutey Honey OVA Series DVD|url=https://www.discotekmedia.com/New-Cutey-Honey-Complete-DVD.htm|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Discotek Media}}</ref>

====''Cutie Honey Flash''====
{{main|Cutie Honey Flash}}
[[Toei Animation]] also produced a ''[[shōjo]]'' ''Cutie Honey'' series, known as ''Cutie Honey Flash''. It began broadcasting on [[TV Asahi]] on February 15, 1997, and aired until its conclusion on January 31, 1998. Employing many of the same animation staff as the recently-finished ''[[Sailor Moon Sailor Stars]]'', including Miho Shimagasa, ''Flash'' features similar character designs and fits the more traditional mold of magical girl series. It 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.

The series stars [[Ai Nagano]] in her debut, as Honey Kisaragi. Nagano originally read for Natsuko Aki but was asked to read for Honey instead. 

The series was dubbed and aired in Germany and South Korea.

The series is unrelated to the previous anime productions, being more of a re-imagining of the story. Most of the characters from the original TV series return, with the exception of Junpei, Naojiro, and the staff of Paradise School. The anime also introduces Misty Honey, a rival and self-proclaimed younger sister of Cutie Honey, whose name was chosen through a contest in Japan. Honey has a larger array of transformations as well, including versions of [[#Cutie Honey (TV series)|her original forms]] Hurricane Honey and Cutie Honey.

An anime film, ''Cutie Honey Flash: The Movie'', was released in July 1997. The film takes place between episodes 19 and 20 of the television series.<ref>{{Cite web|title=THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 – Cutey Honey Flash the Movie|url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=447|access-date=2021-07-01|website=www.themanime.org}}</ref>

====''Re: Cutie Honey''====
{{main|Re: Cutie Honey}}
[[Gainax]], along with [[Toei Animation]], produced ''Re: Cutie Honey'', a three-episode OVA series that adapts and expands on the 2004 live-action film, ''[[Cutie Honey (film)|Cutie Honey]]''. It was first shown on the [[Animax]] [[Satellite television|satellite television network]], with the first episode airing on July 24, 2004, two months after the live-action film was released. DVD releases for each episode followed, with the first on September 21. While [[Hideaki Anno]] directed the series in general, each episode also had its own director and the three episodes differed in style. This time, Honey is portrayed by [[Yui Horie]].

The Re: Cutie Honey Complete DVD, released on September 21, 2005, includes a CD drama starring the four voice actresses that have voiced Honey up to then: [[Eiko Masuyama]] (the '70s series), [[Michiko Neya]] ([[New Cutie Honey]]), [[Ai Nagano]] ([[Cutie Honey Flash]]), and [[Yui Horie]] ([[Re: Cutie Honey]]).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-02-25|title=GAINAX NET｜Works｜Animation & Films｜Re: キューティーハニー｜News&Topics Back Number|url=http://www.gainax.co.jp/anime/re_cutie/oldnews.html#news21|access-date=2021-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225162235/http://www.gainax.co.jp/anime/re_cutie/oldnews.html#news21|archive-date=February 25, 2008}}</ref>

====''Cutie Honey Universe''====
{{main|Cutie Honey Universe}}
Another anime television series in ''Cutie Honey'' franchise, ''Cutie Honey Universe'', premiered in April 2018 as part of creator [[Go Nagai]]'s 50th anniversary as a manga artist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Cutie Honey Universe Anime Announced for 2018|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-21/new-cutie-honey-universe-anime-announced-for-2018/.125609|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Anime News Network|language=en}}</ref> The series, with its storyline and character designs closely patterned after the original manga, was directed by Akitoshi Yokoyama at [[Production Reed]] with [[Gosei Sentai Dairanger|Natsuko Takahashi]] handling series composition, and Syūichi Iseki designing the characters and credited as chief animation director. The series stars [[Maaya Sakamoto]] as Honey Kisaragi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cutie Honey Universe Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals Main Cast, April Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-08/cutie-honey-universe-anime-2nd-promo-video-reveals-main-cast-april-premiere/.127526|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 8, 2018|date=February 8, 2018}}</ref>

After Panther Claw holds hostages at a jewelry store, Honey teams up with the Panther Claw Criminal Investigative Services to fight against them. Unbeknownst to Honey, the group's key investigator, Inspector Genet, is really Panther Claw's leader, Sister Jill

===Live-action films===
The 2004 live-action film ''[[Cutie Honey (film)|Cutie Honey]]'', produced by [[Gainax]] and directed by [[Hideaki Anno]], stars popular Japanese model [[Eriko Sato (actress)|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. It was released direct-to-DVD in the United States in April 2007 by [[Bandai Entertainment]]. It is popular in Thai culture, and was distributed by Sutida Inc. media conglomerate. The film was not successful at the box office in Japan, leading to the bankruptcy of the production company, Towani, in September 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Excite エキサイト|url=https://www.excite.co.jp/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=www.excite.co.jp}}</ref>

In this film, there have been frequent cases of mass robbery of precious metals and disappearances of young women in Tokyo. Police inspector Aki Natsuko suspects Panther Claw's involvement in these incidents and begins chasing Cutie Honey, who was seen battling them. Honey Kisaragi, who works in an office, joins forces with reporter Seiji Hayami and Natsuko to defeat the evil Panther Claw and their leader, Sister Jill.

Another film, ''[[Cutie Honey: Tears]]'', was released in the fall of 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-03/cutie-honey-gets-new-live-action-film-starring-mariya-nishiuchi/.99371|title= Cutie Honey Gets New Live-Action Film Starring Mariya Nishiuchi|date= March 3, 2016|access-date= May 6, 2016|work= [[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> Unrelated to the previous film, it stars [[Mariya Nishiuchi]] as a new version of Honey (here named Hitomi) in a [[cyberpunk]] world.

In the future, abnormal weather, as well as a virus, have caused a decline in the human population. In this world, the rich and powerful dominate the world and live above the poor, who suffer on the polluted streets below. One man from the upper area, Dr. Kisaragi, plans to change the world for the better by creating an android using the brain patterns of his deceased daughter. The android, Hitomi Kisaragi is brought down to lower areas at the cost of Dr. Kisaragi's life. On the surface, Hitomi pairs up with reporter Seiji Hayami and the resistance leader Kazuhito Uraki to fight against the oppressors of the world, controlled by the evil android Jill.

===Live-action TV series===
{{main|Cutie Honey: The Live}}
Made to commemorate Go Nagai's 40th anniversary as a writer, a live-action TV remake, ''[[Cutie Honey: The Live]]'', premiered on TV Tokyo on October 2, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=テレビ東京・あにてれ：キューティーハニー THE LIVE|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/honey-thelive/intro.html|access-date=2021-07-02|website=www.tv-tokyo.co.jp}}</ref> Starring [[gravure idol]] [[Mikie Hara]] as Honey,<ref>"Cutie Honey". ''Newtype USA''. <span title="Vol. 6 Num. 12-page 15">'''6''' (12) 15</span>. December 2007. {{ISSN|1541-4817}}</ref> the series focuses on a set of three transforming girls with different personalities and a Panther Claw run by four leaders. Dr. Kisaragi is portrayed by Go Nagai, the creator of the Cutie Honey series.

Honey Kisaragi, a second-year high school student who attends Shirobara Gakuen, hides her android status and lives a human life as an ordinary high schooler. She fights the mysterious secret society Panther Claw with the private detective Seiji Hayami. Meanwhile, Honey meets Miki Saotome and Yuki Kenmochi, but after several clashes with Panther Claw together, Honey gets know to the others, and their friendship deepens, forming a team of Cutie Honey, Sister Miki, and Sister Yuki.

===Video games===
* {{nihongo|''Cutie Honey FX''|キューティーハニーFX|Kyūtī Hanī FX}}, was developed by Datawest and released by [[NEC]] in 1995 for the [[PC-FX]].<ref name="PCFXWorld">{{cite web |title=Cutie Honey FX |url=https://www.pcenginefx.com/PC-FX/html/pc-fx_world_-_game_overviews_-28.html |website=PC-FX World |access-date=31 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509161215/https://www.pcenginefx.com/PC-FX/html/pc-fx_world_-_game_overviews_-28.html |archive-date=9 May 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=1:26202 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720092255/http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=1:26202 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |title=Cutey Honey FX – Overview |publisher=allgame |date=November 10, 1995 |access-date=April 30, 2009}}</ref><ref name="GameSpy">{{cite web |title=Cutey Honey FX (PC-FX) |url=http://cheats.gamespy.com/pc-fx/cutey-honey-fx/ |website=[[GameSpy]] |publisher=[[IGN Entertainment]] |access-date=31 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015211247/http://cheats.gamespy.com/pc-fx/cutey-honey-fx/ |archive-date=15 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The game has an original story. The player becomes a private detective and investigates mysterious disappearances alongside Honey.<ref name="DengekiDaioh-FX">{{cite magazine |journal=[[Dengeki Daioh]] |title=|date=December 1, 1995 |issue=43 |page=16 |publisher=[[ASCII Media Works]] |language=Japanese}}</ref> New Honey transformations '''Fantasy Night Honey''', '''Wrestler Honey''', and '''Command Honey''' were added. It is packed with over 40 minutes of animated scenes, using over 10,000 [[Cel|animation cels]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Newtype November 1995 issue|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|year=1995|type=magazine}}</ref>
* ''Cutey Honey F'', also known as ''Cutey Honey Flash'' (キューティーハニーフラッシュ), is a [[Sega Pico]] game released in 1997, based on the [[Cutie Honey Flash|anime series of the same name]]. Sister Jill kidnaps Natsuko to lure out Cutie Honey. Honey investigates Natsuko's disappearance while having to deal with the Panthers stationed around her school and community. By helping her classmates and defeat the Panthers. Honey fights against Jill after tracking her down and wins rescuing Natsuko. Players control Honey by moving around various areas and interacting with other characters. At certain points, Honey can assume alternate forms to play mini games that advance the plot, most of which involve the Panther grunts and after the games are over, Honey becomes Cutie Honey and finishes them off. Every time one of these minigames are played, Honey loses a heart point and to recover them she interacts with certain NPCs in conversation and going on dates with some of them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newgin.co.jp/pub/machine/cutiehoney/index.html |title=Sega Retro: Cutey Honey F |access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref>
* ''Cutie Honey Love Flash'' (キューティーハニー ラブ♥フラッシュ, ''Cutie Honey Love♥Flash'') is a mobile phone game developed by [[DeNA]] that was released in 2011 as social game offered through [[Mobage]] for feature phones. [[Dynamic Planning]] had a hand in the development including the animation designing. The game introduces new characters alongside familiar faces. It functions similar to other phone games that use digital cards in its gameplay. Players select an avatar that uses the Atmospheric Element Condenser, effectively becoming a Cutie Honey. To advance the game, players collect jewelry and makeover cards in the story mode quests in the fights against Panther Claw. Once enough is collected, the player performs a Honey Flash gaining new forms and abilities (e.g. '''Kung Fu Honey''', '''Angel Honey''', and '''Maid Honey''').<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201110/28052734.html|magazine=Famitsu|title=『キューティーハニー ラブフラッシュ』この頃流行のプクッとボインな女の子、登場です|date=October 28, 2011 |access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref>
* ''CR Cutie Honey'' (CRキューティーハニー) is a 2017 [[pachinko]] game manufactured by [[Newgin]]. The game character designs and forms for Cutie Honey in the game are loosely based on past incarnations of the character, with ''RE: Cutie Honey'' being the strongest influence as Cutie Honey's superhero costume in this title is a revamped version of the 2004 design.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newgin.co.jp/pub/machine/cutiehoney/index.html |title=CR Cutie Honey website for pachinko game |access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref>

=== Stage plays ===
Several stage plays based on the ''Cutie Honey'' franchise have been produced, the first of which was in April 1997, when ''Cutie Honey F Show'' was performed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/|access-date=2021-07-01|website=www.youtube.com|language=en}}</ref> The next time Cutie Honey would be seen on stage was in 2003, when ''Cutie Honey Magical Stage'' was held at the [[Bandai Museum]] from July to August of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=マンガ・キューティーハニーを紹介。|trans-title=Introducing the manga Cutie Honey. |url=http://cuteyhoney.web.fc2.com/news_2003.html |access-date=2021-07-01 |website=cuteyhoney.web.fc2.com |language=Ja}}</ref>

''Cutie Honey Emotional'' was performed in February 2020 at the Sunshine Theater in Tokyo. Cutie Honey is portrayed by former [[NMB48]] member, [[Kei Jonishi]]. The play was written and directed by Ichidai Matsuda.<ref>{{Cite web|title=元NMB48の上西恵がキューティーハニー役に 舞台『Cutie Honey Emotional』の上演が決定 {{!}} SPICE – エンタメ特化型情報メディア スパイス|url=https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/259978|access-date=2021-07-01|website=SPICE（スパイス）｜エンタメ特化型情報メディア スパイス}}</ref>

''Cutie Honey The Live Autumn Cultural Festival !!!'' was performed from September to October 2020 at Tokyo Theater 1010.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Inc|first=Natasha|title=ライブが中心の「キューティーハニー 秋の文化祭」開催決定、上西恵ら続投|url=https://natalie.mu/stage/news/393135|access-date=2021-07-01|website=ステージナタリー|language=ja}}</ref>

''Cutie Honey CLIMAX'' was performed in June 2021 at Tokyo Theater 1010. The play is a sequel and final chapter to ''Cutie Honey Emotional and Cutie Honey The Live Autumn Cultural Festival !!!''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=舞台「キューティーハニー CLIMAX」開幕！|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001656.000012949.html|access-date=2021-07-01|website=プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1｜PR TIMES|date=June 17, 2021}}</ref>

== Theme song ==
{{Main|Music of Cutie Honey}}
The ''Cutie Honey'' [[theme song|opening theme]], which appears throughout all of the ''Honey'' anime and live-action versions, except for ''Universe'', is known for its lyrics by {{nihongo|"Claude Q"|クロード・Q|Kurōdo Kyū}}<ref name="lineup1">{{cite web |script-title=ja:キューティーハニー |url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/lineup/tv/honey/ |author=Toei Animation |language=ja |access-date=January 29, 2008 |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><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="genderandpower-song">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbgYcRauQJAC&pg=PA228 |title=Gender and Power in the Japanese Visual Field |section=Busty Battlin' Babes: The Evolution of the ''Shōjo'' in 1990s Visual Culture |last=Orbaugh |first=Sharalyn |editor=Joshua S. Mostow |editor2=Norman Bryson |editor3=Maribeth Graybill |publisher=[[University of Hawaii Press]] |page=228 |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-8248-2572-0}}</ref> The 1973 series' theme, originally intended for [[Linda Yamamoto]] to perform,<ref name="yamamoto">{{harvnb|吉田陽一|1999|p=050}}.<!-- Add quote here. --></ref> was sung by [[Yoko Maekawa]].<ref name="lineup1"/> In ''Cutie Honey Flash'', it is performed by SALIA.<ref name="wp-jimports">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021600674.html |title=Japanese Imports |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |newspaper=The Washington Post |pages=2 (WE27) |date=February 17, 2006 |access-date=December 9, 2008}}</ref> In the ''New Cutie Honey'' OVA, the original song is performed by les-5-4-3-2-1,<ref name="adv-cosplay">{{cite episode |title=Extras: Costume Play |series=New Cutey Honey: Essential Anime Collection}} (English subtitles)</ref> and the English language version by Mayukiss.<ref name="hundredfifty">{{cite episode |title=Challenge! The Fangs of the Evil Sky Monster |series=New Cutey Honey: Essential Anime Collection |number=5}} Opening sequence.</ref> [[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.

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|Animetal Lady]] also did a cover of the song for their 1998 album ''[[Animetal Lady Marathon]]'', with the lyrics sung by [[Mie (singer)|Mie]] 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=July 19, 2006 |access-date=March 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207120638/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200607/200607190010.html |archive-date=February 7, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Harp player Mika Agematsu covered the theme—and songs from ''[[Lupin the Third|Lupin III]]'', ''[[Candy Candy]]'', and others—in her album ''Anipa'' (UCCS-1088); it was released by [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]] in June 2006 in Japan, and in February 2009 in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001S0WFP4/ |title=Anipa: MP3 Downloads: Mika Agematsu |website=Amazon |access-date=May 10, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/classics/j_classic/mika_agematsu/discography.html |title=Mika Agematsu Discography (上松美香 ディスコグラフィー) |language=ja |publisher=[[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]] |year=2009 |access-date=May 10, 2009}}</ref> In the fourth edition of her 2016 "BELIEVE" single, [[Mariya Nishiuchi]] recorded a "CUTIE HONEY -TEARS- version" of the song for the B-side; "BELIEVE" is the theme song of the live action film ''[[Cutie Honey: Tears]]'', in which she played the title character.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avexnet.jp/release/detail.php?id=1024282|title=Believe（初回特殊パッケージCd+スマプラ}}</ref> [[Japanese idol|Idol singer]] [[Ayaka Sasaki]] of [[Momoiro Clover Z]] has also sung the song in various concerts, including the 2019 [[Tokyo Idol Festival]].

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) |access-date=January 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326020718/http://www.geocities.com/yogirinohanii/sighting.html|archive-date=March 26, 2007}}</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="aa-princess1">{{cite web |title=Princess Princess Vol. 2 Chorus Of Cuties |url=http://activeanime.com/html/2007/09/07/princess-princess-vol-2-chorus-of-cuties/ |last=Ellingwood |first=Holly |work=activeanime.com |date=September 7, 2007 |access-date=January 27, 2008}}<!-- http://www.activeanime.com/html/content/view/1677/57/ --></ref>

A "self cover" CD, ''Cutie Honey (21st century ver.)'', with new versions of the opening and ending themes by Maekawa herself, was released in February 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=ja |date=December 26, 2007 |access-date=January 20, 2008 |work=Dengeki Online.COM |publisher=Media Works}}</ref>

==Connections to other works==
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:

* '''Cutie''' ([[Fencing|fencer]])
* '''Hurricane''' (military)
* '''Idol''' ([[stewardess]])
* '''Flash''' (photographer)
* '''Misty''' (police officer)
* '''Fancy''' ([[bodybuilder]])

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.

Also, Honey's best friend Nat-chan (Aki Natsuko) – or a girl strongly resembling her – appears in the ''[[Devilman]]'' manga. Her appearance is brief before she is killed by a demon.

===Anime===
{{For|Honey's appearance in ''[[Majokko Megu-chan]]''|Cutie Honey (theme song)}}

Honey makes an appearance in the last episode of the OVA adaptation of ''[[Kekkō Kamen]]'' as a student; her teacher from the 1973 TV series, Alphonne, also makes two [[Cameo appearance|brief appearances]] there.<ref name="sightings1"/> Danbei is a main character in Go Nagai's 1975 anime ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]''; in episode 50 of ''Grendizer'', Seiji Hayami appears taking pictures in a crowd. This scene also featured cameos by Hayato from ''[[Getter Robo]]'' 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" />

===Video games===
A [[strategy video game]], ''[[Majokko Daisakusen: Little Witching Mischiefs]]'', was developed by [[Toys for Bob]] and released by [[Bandai]] in 1999, and features Cutie Honey and other magical girls from the animation studio [[Toei Animation|Toei]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/data/575031.html |title=Little Witching Mischiefs Release Information for PlayStation |publisher=GameFAQs |access-date=April 30, 2009}}</ref>

An [[role-playing game|RPG]], ''Legend of Dynamic Goushouden: Houkai no Rondo'', was developed and released by [[Banpresto]] in 2003, and features Honey and other characters created by Nagai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/home/918934.html |title=Legend of Dynamic Goushouden: Houkai no Rondo for Game Boy Advance |publisher=GameFAQs |access-date=April 30, 2009}}</ref>

==Notes and references==
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* {{Anchor|encyclopediach|CITEREF吉田陽一1999}}{{cite book |script-title=ja:エンサイクロペディアキューティーハニー : 永井豪ワール |trans-title=Encyclopedia Cutie Honey: Go Nagai World |editor={{nihongo2|吉田陽一}} |location=Nakano, Tokyo |publisher=Keibunsha |date=June 25, 1999 |isbn=978-4-7669-3236-2}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/lineup/tv/honey/ ''Cutie Honey'' anime (original)] at Toei Animation {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/honey/ ''Cutie Honey F'' (anime)] at Toei Animation {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060716104234/http://www.toei-video.co.jp/re-cutiehoney/ ''Re:CUTIE HONEY''] at Toei Video {{in lang|ja}}
* {{anime News Network|manga|3946}}

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