Cutie Honey (film)
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Promotional poster of the film, with Eriko Sato as Cutie Honey
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| Directed by | Hideaki Anno |
| Produced by |
Morio Amagi Motoo Kawabata |
| Screenplay by |
Hideaki Anno Rumi Takahashi |
| Based on |
Cutie Honey by Go Nagai |
| Starring |
Eriko Sato Mikako Ichikawa Jun Murakami Mitsuhiro Oikawa Hairi Katagiri Shie Kohinata Mayumi Shintani Eisuke Sasai Toru Tezuka Ryō Kase Ryo Iwamatsu Suzuki Matsuo Kyusaku Shimada Ryuhei Matsuda Masaki Kyomoto Hideko Yoshida |
| Music by | Mikio Endō |
| Cinematography | Kosuke Matsushima |
| Edited by | Hiroshi Okuda |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. (Japan) Bandai Entertainment (North America) |
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93 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | US$ 4,300,000 |
Cutie Honey (キューティーハニー Kyūtī Hanī?) is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu (live-action) film adaptation, produced by Gainax, of the 1970s manga and anime series Cutie Honey.
The film stars popular Japanese model Eriko Sato as the hyperactive Honey. Directed by Hideaki Anno, the film loosely retells the classic story of Cutie Honey's battle to defend humanity and avenge her father against Panther Claw. In this version, Honey's powers come from the Imaginary Induction System. Called I-system for short, the name is a pun on the word "love" (愛 ai?). Villains Honey faces include Sister Jill, Gold Claw, Cobalt Claw, Scarlet Clawa and Black Claw. The film also features a cameo by creator Go Nagai.
In its native Japan, Cutie Honey was followed two months later by an animated series, Re: Cutie Honey, based on the film. In the United States, the film was released direct-to-DVD on April 17, 2007 by Bandai Entertainment. Previously, the 1994 New Cutie Honey OVA was the only incarnation of Cutie Honey to have been commercially released in the U.S.
Honey Kisaragi (played by Eriko Sato) is the daughter of professor Kisaragi. She was a normal person until she had an accident where her human body died. Her father saved her by creating an android body and transferring her mind into it. Thanks to the AI system, she is able to transform into almost any identity she needs. When transformed into Cutie Honey, she becomes a powerful warrior wielding a sword. She needs to have energy in order to change from Honey Kisaragi to any of her transformations. When depleted, she has to eat a lot to regain her abilities (her diet solely consists of onigiri and green tea). Her father was killed by the organization Panther Claw, and she vows revenge against them by any means necessary. Although she has a lively and carefree personality, she has no friends and most people take advantage of her naiveté. Her only relative is Dr. Utsugi, a friend of Dr. Kisaragi who has continued his research.
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