Cutie Honey
is a 2004 Japanese superhero film directed and co-written by Hideaki Anno. It is an adaptation of the the manga series of the same title created by Go Nagai. The film stars popular Japanese model Eriko Sato as the titular character and loosely retells the 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 .
Plot
Honey Kisaragi is a cheerful woman living in Tokyo. Following a fatal accident a year prior, Honey's father, Professor Kisaragi, revived her by transferring her mind into an android body using nanotechnology called the "I-System". Honey is a skilled swordsman, fighter, and master of disguise, going by the alter ego of Cutie Honey. She maintains a day job as an office temp, but her routine tardiness and airheaded personality irritate her colleagues.
More details
| author | Hideaki Anno Rumi Takahashi |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Tokyo |
| director | Hideaki Anno |
| editor | Hiroshi Okuda |
| genre | action live-action |
| keywords | alter ego android attack burn butler capture cutie honey fatal accident karaoke kill love morning murder nanotechnology national security agency nsa nsa agent sing tokyo bay aqua-line tokyo tower |
| musicBy | Mikio Endō |
| producer | Morio Amagi Morio Imagi Motoo Kawabata Tatsuya Kato Tzadik Penimi |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| theme | japanese martial arts superhero |