Amazon.com: This 1994 OAV was the first of several revivals of the 1973 TV series based on Go Nagai's manga stories. The characters are an assortment of familiar types. Diminutive, cartoony Grandfather Denbei appears alternately powerful and lecherous. Chokkei is the blushing teenage boy whose innocent charm earns him the protection of the buxom title character, the "lovely warrior" android who fights evil while losing her clothes with a frequency that would shock Little Annie Fannie. They're pitted against the demonic Dolmek and his hench-creatures who are trying to take over Cosplay City. But Honey proves more than a match for these nasty but ultimately ineffectual villains as she jiggles her way from victory to victory. New Cutey Honey embodies the "big eyes, big guns, big breasts" clichés that cause detractors to dismiss all Japanese animation--and send adolescent boys' pulses racing. Rated 17 Up: Nudity, violence, profanity. --Charles Solomon
Awesome Sure, the plots are simplistic and the boobie-flashes are sophomoric. But... really now... just what DID you expect?!? It's damn good, mindless anime. Throw it on at a party. Your guest'll love it!
Now I believe in Superheroes again Boredom with endlessly repeating "Crisis of infinite crossover twists" and plots aimed at juveniles, I quickly grew disinterested with the "Superhero" genre. I loved the 'deconstructionist' things, like "Marshall Law" and "Watchmen"...
But this anime is just so good. Cutey Honey is a true superhero, an endless, selfless crusader for justice who willingly fights to defend those around her but also needs them to believe in her. My favorite scenes are the "Burning up" song intro from chapter 3, and then the fight on the bridge scene from ep 5.
Thanks to YouTube, I found out this was animated in the 70's, but not shown in the USA... Thanks Disney...and public stereotyping of comics and cartoons as kids stuff only.
Naked Girl Androids! Critical Reviews! Great Fun! Back in the early 1970s, Go Nagai and the animators at Toei thought up Cutey Honey. Busty, bouncy, very pretty, violent, and often naked, Cutey Honey was one of the first world-famous magical girl superheroines. And American critics have had a field day ever since proclaiming that they of course are not fans of naked girl androids, and reassuring us - and anxious parents - that the plot is pretty silly, the animation hopelessly old-fashioned, the characterizations paper-thin, and the whole thing is really only a marginal show at the very best. And certainly NOT FOR KIDS! Well, I won't argue with people about it, but -- and there *is* a but.
If "Cutey Honey" is so bad, why does it get all those 5-star reviews? Because "Cutey Honey" is thoroughly enjoyable. If you're old enough, you'll remember when movie theatres showed cartoons - Daffy Duck, for example - and they were simply entertaining. The episodes on these two DVDs are precisely that kind of cartoon. Heroic good guys! Evil bad guys! Funny grandpas! Gorgeous naked android girls! Lots and lots of them, in an unabashed celebration of a kind of animation that has become very rare today. Yet I have read reviews of "Cutey Honey" that solemnly tell us that the video transfer is really excellent. If you're watching "Cutey Honey" for its excellence of video transfer, maybe you should watch the test patterns instead, because "Cutey Honey" is not about excellence of video transfer. It's about Heroic Good Guys, Evil Villains, Funny Grandpas, and Naked Android Girls, all running around loose in a cartoon world without a shred of reality to it. The violence is about as serious as Coyote falling off a cliff, and if you're going to tell me that Mayor Light is "unrealistic," maybe next you'll tell me that Bugs Bunny isn't a biological rabbit either.
"Spirited Away," "Innosenzu," "Ergo Proxy," and "Akira" this is not. "Cutey Honey" is a high-speed romp, a comedy done in the grand manner without any pretensions at all. If you like cackling villains with tattoos and blue eyebrows or if you like naked android girls who are the heroine, you will LOVE "Cutey Honey." And, if not, well, maybe you're missing something, or, if you're old enough, maybe you've forgotten something. Once, cartoons were fun. Nothing serious, no great messages, no philosophy, just fun. And "Cutey Honey" is pure entertainment. So sit back and enjoy it, and forget about the excellence of the video transfer. Very highly recommended.
Cutey Honey Cutey Honey - Essential Anime Collection (Vols. 1 & 2) Who ever said the sound quality was poor on this DVD was lying. I admit it isn't the best, but it wasn't the poorest either. I have heard much worse. Well, it is at least better in sound and picture quality than the VHS version, which is what you really want anyway. Overall, the anime series is hilarous and provides plenty of fan service, if you like that sort of thing, and a lot of action, and I don't mean of the fan service kind. If you were dissapointed in the quality of the VHS version, pick up this one, it is definately a step up. For those of you who like to see women in skippy outfits in serious cat fights, sexual hijinks and a heartwarming love story, screw the mushy stuff, pick it up for the cat fights and sexual hijinks. Honey Flash! Sorry, I just couldn't resist the temptation.
Everything but the sound... I suppose it's odd that my first review should be about the sound quality of the DVD. After all, DVDs have stunning, digital mind bending sound right? Well, not in this case. There's plenty of music but the problem is the mix. Throughout the entire series the voices on the English tracks are buried in the background music and sound effects. I ended up putting the subtitles on as well and, interestingly enough, got very different dialog on some of the conversations I *could* hear!
Now for the good stuff. It's fun and fluffy for the most part and if you let your 13+ kids watch anime on TV the only thing new they're going to see is bouncy breasts with nipples and Barbie genitals. If you think your 14 year old hasn't seen this yet then by all means hide their eyes!
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