Cutie Honey (film)
Cutie Honey (キューティーハニー, Kyūtī Hanī) is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film directed and co-written by Hideaki Anno. It is an adaptation of the 1970s manga and anime series Cutie Honey.
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Promotional poster of the film, with Eriko Sato as Cutie Honey | |
| Directed by | Hideaki Anno |
| Screenplay by | Hideaki Anno Rumi Takahashi |
| Based on | Cutie Honey by Go Nagai |
| Produced by | Morio Amagi Motoo Kawabata |
| 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 |
| Cinematography | Kosuke Matsushima |
| Edited by | Hiroshi Okuda |
| Music by | Mikio Endō |
Production company | Towani |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures Japan |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $4.3 million |
The film stars popular Japanese model Eriko Sato as the hyperactive Honey. 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).
Cutie Honey was followed two months later by an OVA series, Re: Cutie Honey, based on the film. In North America, 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 United States.