Line #45 Trivia/CuteyHoney


1	* ActingForTwo:
2	** For the 1973 TV series, Hystler and Panther Zora are played by Nobuyo Tsuda.
3	** In ''Cutey Honey Flash'', Seira Hazuki and [[spoiler:Seira Hayami]] are both played by Creator/AkikoHiramatsu.
4	** In the English dub of ''Cutie Honey Universe'':
5	*** Dr. Takeshi Kisaragi and Alphonne are both played by Creator/DavidWald.
6	*** Creator/AndrewLove voiced Pochi and Kogoro Iboji.
7	*** Junpei Hayami and Cutter Claw are played by Creator/AmberLeeConnors.
8	*** Cat Thomas plays Akebi Tetora and Jumbo Panther.
9	*** Breast Claw and Ika are voiced by Creator/ChristinaKelly.
10	*** Tomahawk Claw and Naoko are both played by Creator/KatelynBarr.
11	*** Margaret [=McDonald=] voices Momomi Wareme and Scissors Claw.
12	*** Maguro and Gill Panther are voiced by Holly Segarra.
13	*** Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack voices Iron Shadow and Mayor Terada.
14	* TheCastShowoff:
15	** Creator/MichikoNeya gets to do her own singing in ''New Cutey Honey''.
16	** Both Mitsuhiro Oikawa and Creator/DanGreen use their singing abilities in the live-action film.
17	* ChannelHop:
18	** The 1973 TV series and ''Cutey Honey Flash'' originally aired on Creator/TVAsahi, while ''Cutie Honey Universe'' aired on Tokyo MX [[note]] as well as well as Tochigi TV and Gunma TV [[/note]], [=BS11=] and AT-X.
19	** Creator/ToeiAnimation animated the 1973 TV series, the ''New Cutey Honey'' OVA, ''Cutey Honey Flash'' and ''Re:Cutie Honey''. ''Cutey Honey Universe'' was produced by Creator/AshiProductions.
20	* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/GoNagai chose Creator/JessicaCalvello as Honey Kisaragi's voice actress for the English dub of ''New Cutey Honey''.
21	* CrossDressingVoices:
22	** In ''Cutey Honey Flash'', Alphonne was voiced by the male Creator/ToshioFurukawa. Her ''Universe'' counterpart was voiced by Creator/MinoruShiraishi.
23	** In ''New Cutey Honey'', Creator/RicaMatsumoto voices Chokkei Hayami, a young boy.
24	** In the English dub of ''Cutie Honey Universe'', the non-binary Creator/MarissaLenti voices the female Sister Jill.
25	* DirectedByCastMember:
26	** In addition to directing the English dub of ''New Cutey Honey'', Matt Greenfield provided additional voices.
27	** The live-action film's English dub was directed by Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, who voiced Detective Todoroki.
28	** In the English dub of ''Cutie Honey Universe'', David Wald is the ADR Director and the voice of both Dr. Takeshi Kisaragi and Alphonne.
29	* MilestoneCelebration: ''Cutie Honey Universe'' was released in 2018, just in time for the 50th anniversary of Go Nagai's works.
30	* NoExportForYou: Very little of the series ever made it outside Japan. The original 1973 ''Cutey Honey'' TV series was released in France as "Cherry Miel", and 1997's ''Cutey Honey Flash'' was very popular in Germany, and [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1197934 the original series was released in the United States in 2013]]. It was eventually [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-13/seven-seas-licenses-original-cutie-honey-manga/.121318 averted with the original manga]] [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-13/seven-seas-licenses-cutie-honey-a-go-go-manga/.111021 as well as Cutie Honey a Go Go!, thanks to Seven Seas Entertainment.]]
31	* TheOtherDarrin: The cast has gone through several actor replacements over the years:
32	** Honey Kisaragi herself had five different voice actresses: Creator/EikoMasuyama, Creator/MichikoNeya, Ai Nagano, Creator/YuiHorie and Creator/MaayaSakamoto. Masuyama originally voiced the character for the 1973 TV series, before she was replaced by Neya on ''New Cutey Honey'' in 1994 and by Nagano on ''Cutey Honey Flash'' from 1997 to 1998. As for ''Re: Cutey Honey'', Honey was voiced by Horie, with Masuyama, Neya and Nagano reprising the previous roles as guest characters. Finally, in ''Cutie Honey Universe'', Sakamoto plays the titular character this time around.
33	** Seiji Hayami was voiced by Creator/KatsujiMori in the 1973 TV series. Creator/SusumuChiba replaced Mori on ''Cutey Honey Flash'' from 1997 to 1998. In 2004, the role was recast again with Creator/HideoIshikawa. Finally, Creator/ShintaroAsanuma voiced Seiji for ''Cutie Honey Universe'' in 2018.
34	** In the 1973 TV series, Naojiro was originally voiced by Hiroshi Masuoka in his debut episode before being replaced by Shoji Nishizaki in episode 23 through 25.
35	** Creator/JojiYanami originally voiced Dr. Takeshi Kisaragi for the 1973 TV series; he was briefly replaced by Eken Mine for episode 16. In 1997, the role was recast with Creator/AkiraKamiya for ''Cutey Honey Flash''. When Dr. Kisaragi again appeared in ''Cutie Honey Universe'', he was voiced by Creator/KatsujiMori, Seiji's original voice actor.
36	** The late Nobuyo Tsuda voiced Panther Zora for the 1973 TV series. In ''New Cutey Honey'', she was voiced by Kumiko Takizawa. Takizawa was replaced by Rumi Watanabe for ''Cutey Honey Flash''. For ''Cutie Honey Universe'', the role was recast once again, this time with Sachiko Kobayashi.
37	** Alphonne was originally played by the late Noriko Tsukase in the 1973 TV series. After Tsukase's 1989 death, Creator/{{Kujira}} took over for Alphonne in ''New Cutey Honey''. In 1997, the role was recast again with Creator/ToshioFurukawa in ''Cutey Honey Flash''. By the time ''Cutie Honey Universe'' aired in 2018, Alphonne was voiced by Creator/MinoruShiraishi.
38	** In the 1973 TV series, Sister Jill was played by Noriko Uemura, although she was briefly replaced by Haruko Kitahama for episode 12. When ''Cutey Honey Flash'' aired from 1997 to 1998, Jill was voiced by Chiho Ōkawa. When ''Re:'' was released in 2004, Jill was voiced by Creator/KazueIkura. In ''Cutie Honey Universe'', the role was recast again with Creator/AtsukoTanaka.
39	** As for Honey's English voice actresses, Creator/JessicaCalvello voiced the titular character for ''New Cutey Honey''. In the live-action film, Creator/CarrieKeranen replaced her. Calvello would later return to reprise her role for ''Cutie Honey Universe'' and ''Re: Cutie Honey''.
40	* ProductionPosse:
41	** Many of the ''Cutey Honey Flash'' creative team previously worked on ''Anime/SailorMoon'', including director Takuya Igarashi, art designer Yoshiyuki Shikano, character designer Miho Shimogasa and main writer Ryota Yamaguchi.
42	** For the 2004 film, Creator/HideakiAnno brought in some of his frequent collaborators, including assistant director Masayuki, character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, and actress Mayumi Shintani (Scarlet Claw). His wife Creator/MoyocoAnno was one of the character designers.
43	* QueerCharacterQueerActor:
44	** In the English dub of ''Universe'', Alphonne (who is in a relationship with the principal's wife) is voiced by the openly gay Creator/DavidWald.
45	** For the English dubs of the 2004 film and ''Universe'', Sister Jill (who frequently has a crush on Honey Kisaragi) is respectively played by the trans woman Creator/MaddieBlaustein and the non-binary Creator/MarissaLenti.
46	* RoleReprise:
47	** After playing Danbei Hayami in the original TV series, Kousei Tomita would later go on to reprise the role for ''New Cutey Honey'' and ''Cutie Honey Universe''. ''Universe'' would be the final time Tomita voiced the character before his fatal stroke in September 2020.
48	** Creator/JessicaCalvello, who previously voiced the titular character in ''New Cutey Honey'', reprised her role as Honey in ''Cutie Honey Universe'' and later reprised her role again in the dub of ''Re:''.
49	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The 1973 series was canceled because Creator/TVAsahi executives got unhappy about the nudity.
50	* ThrowItIn: While composing the title song to the 1973 TV series, Takeo Watanabe added the "kawaru wa yo"[[note]]"I'm going to change"[[/note]] at the end.
51	* TwoVoicesOneCharacter: In ''Cutie Honey Universe'', Creator/MaayaSakamoto voiced Honey Kisaragi and Cutie Honey, while her alternate incarnations were voiced by Creator/MaayaUchida, Creator/YukariTamura, Creator/TomoyoKurosawa, Creator/KanaHanazawa and Creator/SuzukoMimori.
52	* UncreditedRole: Kozo Morishita was an uncredited assistant director in the first episode of the 1973 TV series.
53	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
54	** Linda Yamamoto was given initial consideration to sing the title song for the 1973 TV series. Instead, it went to jazz singer Yoko Maekawa.
55	** In ''Cutey Honey Flash'', Misty Honey was originally named Dirty Honey.
56	** Creator/WinonaRyder was considered to voice Honey Kisaragi in ''New Cutey Honey''. However, when Creator/ADVFilms was unable to afford Ryder, Go Nagai eventually selected Creator/JessicaCalvello to play the title character.
57	* WrittenByCastMember: In the English dub for ''New Cutey Honey'', Tristan [=MacAvery=] is the ADR scriptwriter as well as the voice of Danbei.
58	* YouSoundFamiliar: Ai Nagano, Honey's voice actress in ''Cutey Honey Flash'', also plays the girl who befriends Scud Panther in episode 28.

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