#Cutie Honey Manga

[artsycheerios]

Deadass my first time redrawing a manga panel and I chose Cutie Honey and I'm SO happy with how it came out. 😭

Hey you! Yeah, you. I take commissions!

[sister-jills-of-mercy]

I love how childish and incompetent the Police are depicted in Cutie Honey

[hotwaterandmilk]

Series: Cutey Honey Flash Artist: Iisaka Yukako Publication: Ciao Magazine (04/1997) Source: Scanned from my personal collection

[lostinmac]

Cutie Honey (2004)

Dir. Hideaki Anno

[retrosofa]

I've finally collected the four issues of Tanoshii Youchien that feature Yoshiko Suganuma's Cutie Honey manga! I honestly never thought this day would come, considering how rare these back issues are. These little comics will probably never be released again, so I'm very thankful to own them.

The Tanoshi Youchien manga was marketed to little kids and basically an advertisement for the TV series. Each chapter is two pages long and usually holiday-themed for whatever reason. Aside from the first chapter, there is almost no action or violence. There is also no nudity, which is rare for any Cutie Honey product! We don't see Honey's iconic "Honey Flash" even once.

Suganuma's artwork is absolutely stunning. Her drawing style is truly the epitome of classic shoujo manga. I can't find a lot of information about her but it seems she was last active in the 80's, drawing horror manga. Not sure how she got involved with Cutie Honey.

Below are summaries of each chapter, along with some additional information on each issue:

November 1973 (New Serial): Honey Kisaragi introduces herself and stops Panther Zora from stealing jewels. Zora requests the help of Sister Jill and swears she'll make Honey pay in next month's issue.

December 1973: Panther Zora tries to steal Christmas cake from Honey but is easily thwarted. Zora and her subordinates are mounted like decorations on Honey's Christmas tree. Honey tells the readers to look forward to her New Years story.

January 1974: Honey is getting ready for New Years with Mami and Junpei, when a Panther subordinate attacks. Honey and Junpei drive him away. The final panel is a coloring page. The next chapter is advertised as "It's Setsubun, Honey." This was the only chapter printed in black and white.

The furoku for this issue included a "Hikari Train", which featured Honey as one of the passengers. This issue also included a full-color two panel comic about Honey losing a game of hanetsuki.

February 1974: Honey, Seiji, Mami, and Junpei celebrate Setsubun. Sister Jill and her minions try to run off with stolen jewels, but they slip on fukumame. Honey and Seiji laugh, and then warn children to be careful of where they're walking.

The furoku for this issue included a Honey paper doll. This issue also included "Popular Manga Karuta" which featured Honey on several cards.

The final chapter tells the readers to check out next month's issue but doesn't imply the continuation of Honey's adventures. It could be the editorial staff were unsure if they were continuing the serial or not.

Please do not repost these images without my permission.

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Hideaki Anno and Erika Sato on the set of Cutie Honey (2004)

[cuteybunny]

She would find her in every universe

[srvanderino]

The things he has to do for love...

[epickiya722]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN CUTIE HONEY?!

[showamagicalgirls]

Cutie Honey (キューティハニー) sticker created & given to me by my pal, @retrosofa

[omercifulheaves]

Cutie Honey Art by Go Nagai

[retroanimejapan2]

Illustration by animator Shingo Araki

[ilmutus]

! NEW VIDEO ! hi i hope you're ready to learn some CUTIE HONEY LORE. because today i'm diving super deep into one of the earliest "magical girls". as well as talking about a bunch of hideaki anno movies, plus a bit of magical girl discourse. ENJOY!

[retrosofa]

I guess a lot of people didn't realize this but the English release of the original Cutie Honey manga sold poorly. It tanked so bad, Seven Seas Entertainment decided against licensing anymore Go Nagai manga.

It's heartbreaking but that's just how the cookie crumbles, I guess. What's funny is that as far as I know, Cutie Honey does pretty well for Discotek? I'm assuming the original TV series did well for them, since they went on to nab New Cutey Honey, The Live, and Re: Cutie Honey. I guess American fans just weren't feeling the manga.

Also, if you see a copy of the Cutie Honey manga in a local comic shop: buy it. It's officially out of print and copies are going for a lot online.

[shinjinrui]

[xbuster]