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Cutey Honey - Essential Anime Collection (Vols. 1 & 2) Number of Items: 2 Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, Surround Sound Running Time: 240 minutes Studio: A.D. Vision Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2004-05-25 Buy from Amazon

From 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

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 16 Average rating: 4.0 "4 words describe this show: Graphic Violence and Cleavage!" Just watch and see, it's intensely violent, and the nudity is certainly on a perverted scale. However, this is Go Nagai we're talking about here, so it is ultimately not a huge surprise. "Good, but OH MY GOD!!!!!" ok,your probably thinking, what is a kid watching a hentai show? of course, my mom is cool and lets me buy whatever as long as it doesn't have whopee(i hope u know!) as far as adult shows, ive watched steel angel kurumi, chobits and yohko...but back to the review! i liked the girl-kicks-(...) theme, cause its like guys are always saving the day.....but, this is a great show, so, u go Honey!! ""She's The Girl With The . . . Uh . . . "" yeah, I forget! With Honey's bouncy breasts and ample derriere- jutting, the words in the title song are somewhat lost. Cutey Honey is a fun anime that I plan to keep watching. In this first volume, the title character makes her debut. A demure secretary for Mayor Light, Honey Kisaragi discovers her true identity with the help of a dirty old man, Grandpa Danbei. Honey can "change" appearance and costume into just about anything, including a gorgeous mermaid, depending on what the situation calls for. All she has to do is yell "Honey, FLASH!!" In Cosplay City, where all the buildings close up look suspiciously like The Flintstones' houses, there are all kinds of He-Man reject villians attacking anything right and just. Mayor Light is the last bastion of justice for the city. Little Grandpa Danbei, whose body is really a cyborg, enhanced with powerful weapons, knows Honey's secret. His grandson, Chokkei, and Chokkei's parents, live with him and Honey. Chokkei's dad is also a pervert. One disturbing scene shows an enraged Chokkei's mom, naked and ranting about what a good body she has, after she has captured her husband and father-in-law spying on Honey in the shower. The scene is disturbing because Chokkei is grabbing his naked mom, trying to stop her. Where does Honey come from? Much more of the mystery of her past has yet to be revealed. In the third episode, it is revealed she is an android. The main He-Man Villian Reject, Dolmek, comments that Honey, the "lovely warrior" is part of a prophecy. What is the prophecy? Is Honey unknowingly playing into the bad guys' hands? I am a little confused. Honey's changing involves the magical girl genre, but she is an android. So is she magic or mecha? In anime, the two are rarely combined. Oh, well, maybe I am overthinking it. Let's watch the jiggling, round chest and fabulous physique. "She's the Girl With The . . . Uh . . . " "Honey is too cute" Chokkei feels like he is the luckiest boy in the world cause he gets to protect the lovely warrior "who's an android but still looks good" who fights evil at all causes. Why he gets to protect her cause of his innocent charm which some how work on her. Good thing this is the kind of android who can't keep her clothes on. Vols. 1 & 2 are in this case their both interesting. Rated 17 up: nudity, violence, and profanity "Cutey Honey!" Cutey Honey is an acquired taste even for anime fans, but it's endlessly pleasing to its fans. This isn't just because of its frequent nudity or its interesting battles, it's also because it has colorful, likeable characters and a very creative premise. Honey, able to change from one female form to another at will, has near-limitless means of trouncing her opponents, but she's not indestructible and part of the fun comes from how she figures her way out of certain sticky messes. The DVD is low on extras but the picture and sound quality are excellent and it's great to have all the episodes in one package. The English dub isn't the best I've ever heard but since there is the option of watching it in Japanese with subtitles I'm not complaining. This is a good collection and it's a shame there were never more episodes released. Cutey Honey is a fun and funny series that leaves you wanting more.