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Cutey Honey

Cutie Honey
Cutie Honey manga Shonen Champion volume 1 of 2.jpg
Volume 1 of a 2-volume version of Nagai's 1973 Cutie Honey manga, published by Akita Shoten
キューティーハニー
(Kyūtī Hanī)
Genre Action, Adventure, Magical girl
Manga
Written by Go Nagai
Published by Akita Shoten
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion
Original run October 1, 1973April 1, 1974
Volumes 2
Anime television series
Directed by Tomoharu Katsumata
Written by Masaki Tsuji
Music by Takeo Watanabe
Studio Toei Animation
Licensed by
Original network TV Asahi
Original run October 13, 1973March 30, 1974
Episodes 25 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by Go Nagai
Illustrated by Ken Ishikawa
Published by Akita Shoten
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Boken Oh, Bessatsu Boken Oh
Original run November 1973May 1974
Volumes 1
Manga
Written by Go Nagai
Illustrated by Yuu Okazaki
Published by Kodansha
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine TV Magazine, Nakayoshi
Original run October 1973February 1974
Volumes 1
Manga
Written by Go Nagai
Illustrated by Masatoshi Nakajima
Published by Tokuma Shoten
Magazine TV Land
Original run November 1973March 1974
Volumes 1
Manga
Cutie Honey 90s
Written by Go Nagai
Published by Fusosha
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Shukan SPA!
Original run July 8, 1992April 7, 1993
Volumes 2
Manga
Cutie Honey Tennyo Densetsu
Written by Go Nagai
Published by Futabasha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Weekly Manga Action
Original run August 21, 2001July 29, 2003
Volumes 9
Manga
Cutie Honey a Go Go!
Written by Hideaki Anno
Illustrated by Shimpei Itoh
Published by Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Tokusatsu Ace
Original run November 28, 2003July 1, 2005
Volumes 2
Manga
Written by Go Nagai
Illustrated by Komugi Hoshino
Published by Akita Shoten
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Young Champion
Original run June 22, 2004February 14, 2006
Volumes 4
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Cutie Honey (Japanese: キューティーハニー Hepburn: Kyūtī Hanī?, also spelled Cutey Honey) is a Japanese 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.

The Cutie Honey franchise spans many works, including numerous manga series, two TV anime series, two OVA series, two drama CDs, and two live action adaptations. The first anime aired in 1973 and is considered a magical girl series in retrospect.

The original works of the franchise were two different manga series, one made by Go Nagai and the other written by Ken Ishikawa with Nagai illustrating it, and an animated TV series. Nagai's inspiration for the character of Honey comes from classic shows that featured protagonists who took seven different forms, including the Bannai Tarao mysteries and Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972). 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 in the anime, 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.


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