Cutie Honey

Cutie Honey
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, 1973 – April 1, 1974
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Tomoharu Katsumata
Written by	Masaki Tsuji
Music by	Takeo Watanabe
Studio	Toei Animation
Licensed by	NA Discotek Media
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	October 13, 1973 – March 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 1973 – May 1974
Volumes	1
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Yuu Okazaki
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	TV Magazine, Nakayoshi
Original run	October 1973 – February 1974
Volumes	1
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Masatoshi Nakajima
Published by	Tokuma Shoten
Magazine	TV Land
Original run	November 1973 – March 1974
Volumes	1
Manga
Cutie Honey 90s
Written by	Go Nagai
Published by	Fusosha
English publisher	NA Studio Ironcat
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Shukan SPA!
Original run	July 8, 1992 – April 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, 2001 – July 29, 2003
Volumes	9
Manga
Cutie Honey a Go Go!
Written by	Hideaki Anno
Illustrated by	Shimpei Itoh
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA Seven Seas
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Tokusatsu Ace
Original run	November 28, 2003 – July 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, 2004 – February 14, 2006
Volumes	4

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.