New Cutey Honey: Collection One

Genre: Sci-Fi (Action themed) Length: 120 minutes (Four OVAs) Audience: 17 Up

Opinion: Unless you love every episode of a series similar to this, like Sailor Moon, this title is a gamble.

This is a review of the DVD release.

Based from the manga of Go Nagai.

I guess the future is pretty bleak in all forms of Sci-fi. New Cutey Honey takes place in a city that is virtually controlled by the evil cyborg Dolmeck. Police are powerless and the villain's mutant minions that our soon to be heroine's sidekick's, Chokkei, cybernetic grandfather cannot easily defeat. Fortunately, there is a prophecy for a time when an evil force like Dolmeck rises to power which is the arrival of a somewhat ancient heroine who is out to protect the weak. Chokkei learns about this from his grandfather when he asked a question about a statue that looks a lot like the mayor's secretary, Honey. Well Chokkei's grandfather is immediately sure that she is the Honey from the prophecy, so the only think left to do is to convince her that she is super human. Since the mayor is at the top of the villains hit list, they better convince her soon.

Production Credits:

Produced by:Toei Video Co., LTD.. Based upon original characters by: Go Nagai. Production Planning: Tahashi Nagai (Dynamic Planning, Inc), Masao Hoide & Naoho Takahashi. ADR Director: Matt Greenfield. Original screenplay by: Isao Shizuya. Produced by: Tomiro Huriyama, Masanori Sakamoto. Directed by: Yasuchika Nagaoka.