I'm not a fan of Majou Shoujo but when I saw this I just watched it cause I don't know what else to watch at the moment.
Cutie Honey is based on the anime of the same title created by Go Nasai (who had a cameo in the movie). The movie loosely tells the story of cutie Honey who battle to defend humanity and to avenge her father. Her powers came from the Imaginary Induction System or I system ("I" written as Ai japanese for the word love).
I really never heard of Cutie Honey before I watched this so I really don't know if this movie resembles the original story. The story was pretty simple, her uncle got kidnapped by the secret organization Panther Claw and she must save him. When she did, she met Natsuki Aki police officer in charge of the related cases to Panther Claw. She also met a mysterious reporter named Seiji Hayami who claims he's on Honey's side and gives her some leads.
The effects on the movie is a like too unpolised which makes it look too animated, which works of course since this movie is based on an anime.
In a review of this on TV I heard that this movie is created by the fans of the original anime. Everything on this movie is made by the fans, to costume design, to the actors who's going to play and the effects created. In short this movie is created by the fans for the fans and the others who might take interest in watching the movie.
Eriko Sato played the lead star, some fans are saying she doesn't resemble the character because of some physical features. Erika played her part well, one thing I noticed is the when Honey's personality changes her voice changes as well, when Honey is fighting her voice is almost deep and serious and then when Honey is acting her usual genki self, her voice is almost pitchy. Mikako Ichikawa played Natsuki Aki, she looks like the character and looks quite bossy. Can you believe she's 32 years old? As for her performance, she's really good, she made me like Natsuki a lot.
The costume and make-up of the Panther Claw group is really good. The details is quite fasinating!
A little warning though the movie has lots of half naked scenes. I think this targets children because of Honey's bubbly and innocent personality and the villians whose almost like those villians in Power Rangers. But because of the costumes and those half naked scenes, I don't know if this should be recommended by children... Oh well with proper guidance I think this is suitable for all ages!
originally posted: January 28, 2010
