Cutie Honey: The Complete TV Series

I was 110% satisfied with my purchase of this collection of the original 1973 TV series! It was the catchy theme song that originally drew my attention to this classic, but at once I was attracted to the artwork and the animation when I saw snippets of the show on YouTube. When my order finally arrived, I was very impressed by the very simple packaging, which is replete with artwork from the show and Cutey Honey flashed all over and inside the box. You can tell that whoever designed the packaging did so with love, especially when compared to some inferior packaging design from bigger studios that have given us questionable blu ray and DVD boxsets for the likes of Avatar, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones. This series is a worthy and natural successor to Go Nagai's Devilman TV series, which was shown in Japan the previous year. Much of the artwork and animation is very similar between the two shows, and one of the characters in Cutey Honey looks literally like Akira Fudo's brother from the Devilman series. There's nothing wrong with plagiarizing your own artwork; I guess if it works then why fix it, right Go Nagai? Finally there is the content itself, which spans 25 episodes. Though not as long of a show as Devilman's 30+ episodes, Cutey Honey is still fulfilling and will take up a good chunk of your time if you binge watch the show. Though one should be aware that the season abruptly ends seemingly without a definite conclusion; the reason being that the Cutey Honey 1973 TV show is tied in with Go Nagai's manga of Cutey Honey which came out at around the same time. So if you want to find out how Cutey Honey finally deals with Panther Zora and Sister Jill as they pertain to the TV series, you must seek out the manga editions and read them. Still, the TV show is a fantastic ride and a fascinating look at the origins of much of modern day anime, which owes quite a bit to Go Nagai's early work. A great addition to your DVD collection, to be sure!

We must live in a pretty cool era to have the original 1970's Cutie Honey TV series available in America. I simply though that this was something that would never ever occur. If you're a fan of anime, especially Mahou Shojo ( Magical Girl Genre), you cannot ignore Cutie Honey as a trailblazer. Cutie Honey is a very good look at the early history of the 'transforming' super hero. The entire genre owes, in a way, it's entire existence on the ideas Cutie Honey embodies, Although Cutie Honey is in fact a Shonen (Boys Genre) of Anime. The DVD set is compact, neat, and pretty simple. All in Japanese with English subs that can be turned off. The audio and Picture are excellent, obviously having been beautifully restored at some point. Beautiful , crisp picture, natural grain, psychedelic colors, funky 70's fashion. Goofy humor. Cutie Honey is great. All we need is the Cutie Honey Flash and Re: series, and we'll have a party!

I saw a panel at otakon 2016 on anime from this period and was very upset to get home and learn that I was unable to get this show. I'd heard about the 90s ova but the snippets of the show I saw at the panel really ignited my interest in the show. When I got this DVD and started watching it, it was exactly what I was hoping it would be! It's a little more shonen than magical girl, and the animation may seem shoddy by today's standards, but the series is loads of fun and I really can say that my collection is much better for having this in it. Kudos to Discotek for bringing more subtitled anime from this time period to us!

Cutey Honey has starred in three different anime series (not to mention live action series) over more than twenty years, of which only the first two are available in English (the later OVA series is available either separately New Cutey Honey: Collection 1 and New Cutey Honey: Collection 2 or together New Cutey Honey: Collection 1 & 2 ). Given the host of problems the production ran into it is astonishing that this first series was ever made, but the frantic attempts at rewriting it to fit the differing audience and time slot assigned made it what it became: the very first magical girl series... for boys. Honey Kisaragi is a mischievous 16-year-old student at an all girls Catholic school who discovers to her shock at the murder of her father by the criminal group Panther Claw that she is in fact an android who possesses inside her, her father's invention for turning air into matter. Desired for creating gold and jewels out of thin air, it is sought by her father's murderers, who initially don't know where it is or what she is, but Honey vows to use it instead for vengeance against them. With the help (and I use that term loosely) of the Hayami family: father, older son, younger son, and eventually nephew, lust crazed idiots all, she battles against the Panther Claw weirdo woman representative of the week. I was astonished by the beauty of the nearly 45-year-old animation, (clearly this has been restored at sometime by somebody!), it almost looks like Blu-ray! However, the weird combo of wacky humor and deadly menace took some getting used to. There is also a repetitious sameness to the episodes, most of which follow the exact same pattern. Last of all we come to Cutey Honey's gimmick: whenever she changes costume by using her father's inborn invention she is briefly, temporarily, utterly and completely nude. How does this hold up? Well, I think it is safe to say that almost half a century later, they'd still have to censor it to get it on American TV. True, it might not be as large and clear and slow moving as modern Japanese animation, but one can certainly see the reason for its fame. Note: This series represents another triumph due to the efforts of Discotek Media who are also responsible for the release of the old TOEI classics Horus, Prince of The Sun (Little Norse Prince) , The Wonderful World of Puss 'N Boots , and Animal Treasure Island . Note: This show is only subtitled in English. There is no English voice dubbing. In addition there was no effort to subtitle the signs that are used for a lot of the joke telling.

This excellent slice of anime history courtesy of Discotek Media is a great showcase for the early years of color TV anime, and Toei Animation's productions in particular were some of the very best for those early owners of color televisions. Bright, bold color designs and unique and sometimes visually abstract graphics were a trademark of Toei anime in the late 60s and early 70s. This 1973 Cutie Honey TV series created by Go Nagai may well be the Toei trademark pushed to the very extreme end...it's like a massive visual sugar rush of color. Aside from that, though, what else is there here for the modern animation fan, let alone modern anime fans? The plots in Cutie Honey, are, admittedly, Saturday Morning Cartoon calibre. There are wacky visual gags and fairly standard "Villain of the Day" plots. I wouldn't exactly call this a series aimed at younger children, either; there is plenty of bawdy humour, some "fan service" and the violence, while not graphic, is a little bloodier and harder edged than typical Sat AM animation. Some of the bizarre villains--a Go Nagai trademark--can come off scary to some young children. While I personally would not have a problem with children aged 7 and up watching this, I would recommend parents to use their own discretion in this case. I think this series is best enjoyed by teenagers who are not discriminating about "old" animation and adults who were raised on Saturday Morning Cartoons. It manages to be nostalgic while still having enough naughty and winking humour to entertain older viewers. Also notable is the "groovy" 70s style soundtrack. The video quality for this release is very good, although Discotek has very good sources to work with here.

以前国内盤の2巻を購入しています。その後高くて購入を断念していましたが、安価なこちらを購入しました。国内プレーヤーで観賞できました。2倍速の音声で楽しめるのは、国内機だけですね。リージョンフリー機を所有していますが。国内プレーヤーで観賞できることは、嬉しいです。映像も満足です。2枚を重ねて収納するので、2巻、4巻目を見るときは前の巻を外すことが手間ですが収納スペースを考えるとこれで良い。

This old series is just a good entry in the magical girl genre in anime. It does look dated by today standards but for any wants to check this out worth checking out.

1126 Cutie Honey Complete TV Series [DVD] [Import] 販売: 〇DWス〇ア 【平日土曜16時までは当日国内出荷 ※速達(複数ご購入で2点目以降200円ずつ割引)】 No.7480/1/AG//2022/12/13/13:14TUE 決済方法がクレカか携帯決済/後払いしか無く コンビニATM電子マネー払いは出来ず わざわざギフト券を買いに走り注文後次日の 2便でレターパックライト360+￥10円切手 貼付で届いたはいいが>リージョン2も含まれ る為再生可能＜のはずなのにAnyDVDで再生 出来ずハードか？ソフトか？盤か？切り分け が出来ない為出品者にサポートお願いしたが 返信は ありません。 追って追記します。 生産国は不明ですが仕向地は北米？の様。 見れる様になれるといいなっ。 2022/12/13/16:28TUE ☆追記 ジャケットが少し厚めのプラジャケを 開くとケース裏に前後に1枚ずつ2枚 真ん中に1枚のディスクホルダーの 裏表に１枚ずつ２枚のマウントされ 視聴するのには凄く使い易い。 ジャケット絵も旅客機の尾翼に7変化体 全員登場で本編出演には特にキュート なのに出番の少ないアイドルハニーが 左下に一番大きく描かれているのは いいですね(笑) 7人の服装と色使いを見ると フラッシュハニー/日本人？ ハリケーンハニー/イタリア系西欧人？ アイドルハニー/ポーランドorジョージア orルーマニアあたりの中欧人？ ファンシーハニー/フランス系西欧人？ ミスティーハニー/オープニングでは 黒人歌手だが本編1話では白人歌手？ 如月ハニー/スラブ系東欧のロシア人？ キューティーハニー/無国籍 の設定+日本国内事象の様に見せるが 建物や学校 施設 自動車やバイク (第一話でのスクーター？はイタリーの ベスパorランブレッタ？)など欧州系。 番組終了間近に出る次回のエージェント のセリフ(了解 直ちに日本に向かいます) を見ても国際犯罪組織な訳で外国文化が 取り入れられてるのが違和感無い設定。 国内版と違いBOXに入って無く場所を 取らない分 普段視聴には使い易く また進物にしてもウケると思います(笑) 2022/12/20/20:06TUE

DVDなので、本当に日本のプレイヤーで再生可能か心配でしたが、他の方のレビューを見て思い切って購入してみました。 うちのパナソニック DMR-BRW500 で問題なく再生できました。 映像も結構綺麗だと思います。（映像の美しさにこだわりがなければ大丈夫なレベルかと。） ちなみに購入時の為替レートでは、 amazon.com より日本で購入する方が安価でした。 古いアニメなので、リアルや再放送で楽しんでいた世代にしか受けにくいかもしれませんが、懐かしく楽しめました。