Wednesday, April 7, 1993

Cutie Honey


Genre: Action, Adventure, Magical girl


Cutie Honey (キューティーハニー, Kyūtī Hanī, also spelled Cutey Honey) is a Japanese media franchise created by Go Nagai. Cutie Honey first appears on volume 41 of the 1973 edition of Shōnen Champion. According to Nagai, she is the first female to be the protagonist of a shōnen manga series.

The franchise spans many works, including numerous manga series, two animated TV series, two OVA series, two drama CDs, and two live action adaptations. The first anime, aired in 1973, is considered a magical girl series in retrospect. The animated and live-action versions share a common theme song, which has been covered many times by different performers. While Honey's exact appearance differs among the various versions, they all portray her as an outwardly ordinary girl named Honey Kisaragi, who can transform into the busty, red or pink-haired heroine Cutie Honey and other specialized forms to fight against assorted villains who threaten her or her world. One of the trademarks of the character is that all of these transformations involve the temporary loss of all her clothing in the brief interim from changing from one form to the other.

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 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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutie_Honey

Tuesday, February 2, 1993

Ah! My Goddess

Alternative titlesOh My Goddess!, ああっ女神さまっ (Ā Megami-sama)
GenreComedy, Romance, Fantasy

Manga
Written byKōsuke Fujishima
Published byKodansha
English publisherDark Horse Comics
DemographicSeinen
MagazineAfternoon, Super Manga Blast!
Original runSeptember 1988 –
Volumes41

Original video animation
Directed byHiroaki Gōda
StudioAIC
ReleasedFebruary 2, 1993 – May 17, 1994
Runtime153 minutes
Episodes5

TV anime: Adventures of Mini-Goddess
Directed byHiroko Kazui, Yasuhiro Matsumura
StudioOriental Light and Magic
NetworkWOWOW
Original runApril 6, 1998 – March 29, 1999
Episodes48

TV anime: Ah! My Goddess
Directed byHiroaki Gōda
StudioAIC
Licensed byMedia Blasters, Funimation Entertainment, Network TBS
Original runJanuary 6, 2005 – September 14, 2006
Episodes50

Novel: Oh My Goddess! First End
Written byYumi Tōma
Illustrated byKōsuke Fujishima, Hidenori Matsubara
Published byKodansha
English publisherDark Horse Comics
PublishedJuly 20, 2007

Original video animation: Ah! My Goddess: Fighting Wings
StudioAIC, Aniplex
ReleasedDecember 12, 2007
Episodes2

Film: Ah! My Goddess: The Movie