In Japan Animes very much often run in the cinemas. Often they are even much more successful than real-films.
The Anime
"Mononoke Hime" (Japan, 1997) is for example the most successful movie of all times in Japan (better than E.T.).
From Cutey Honey F there has been a movie as well, that has been produced by TOEI Animation and that has been shown in the summer of 1997 (from 21.7.97?)
on the movie-festival "TOEI Anime Fair " .
This special-program was shown in many cinemas in Japan.
Since the production of Anime-movies is very costly (for example is the animation-quality mostly clearly higher than that of TV-series or OVAs), these are often not as long as " normal " movies but comparatively short.
There exist Anime-movies with a length of 30 or 40 minutes.
Many films are 60 minutes long. Since this is too short for one showing, the films are often shown with other Anime-movies together, either with one or with two other films.
The Cutey Honey F - film has a length of approximately 40 min and was together-shown with other films, probably with "Hell Teacher Nube ", that has also been shown with the Toei Anime Fair. (For the corresponding TV-series of " Hell Teacher Nube " was always done advertisement after each CHF-episode besides.)
The CHF-movie was published later on LD and on video then.
Here is front and rear of the LD:
(To see the pictures in big, simply click on it.)
Data and facts of the LD:
- Price: 3900 yens ( The video should have cost 2800 yens.)
- Catalog-number: LSTD01426
- Length 43 min (38 min without something certain, presumably without the Track 12 of the LD (" Disc End Special - Salia clip in Cutey Honey F ")
- CLV, multi audio, Vista Size, didital audio, NTSC
Content of the film:
[As I neither have seen the film, nor can read the summary on the rear of the LD, the statements are supported by an "eyewitness-report " which has been sent to the Cutey Honey-MailingList at 22.06.98.
Here is the translation of the e-mail with comments and tied in pictures (from the rear of the LD.) [Since it would be silly to translate the translation back into English the
original text of the e-mail is shown here.]
]
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:24:52 EDT
From: Personwm@aol.com
To: honey@yawara.anime.net
Well here's the scoop on the F movie From the video Standpoint and then I'll get into the plot. I only found it on Video Cassette (but that doesn't mean it is not on Laserdisc, because I didn't check) I doubt I can send it to anyone to Fan-Sub-dub because well my parents would not be very happy with me. In Japan the "F" movie costed 2800 yen that approximatley $20 dollars or so. So if you order it will cost much much more Here it is from a plot standpoint.
It starts off with this man clutching a container getting chased by some panther claw agents through the park. Then as soon as the panther claw people are about to attack him Scoop Honey comes out of nowhere and blinds them all with her camera and goes onto smashing one in the face with the camera. Then Honey jumps behind a statue,turns into nurse honey and ties up one of the agents with bandages. Honey talks an agent talks and then Honey turns into Cutey Honey uses "Honey Boomrange" and kills all the Panther Claw agents. The Man's container hits the ground a pops open. Inside the container is a what looks like a seashell or cocoon shaped object.
Then it goes to the theme song (with special added special effects not in the orginal version)
Then it reopens with Honey and Nat-chan (I can't remeber her real name) standing over the man's body in Honey's room. Then the teacher lady comes in and starts yelling at honey and nat-chan (I assume for having a man in her room). The Man wakes up and says something to the teacher which really pisses her off. Then Shinji (is that his name I can't get it right) and the School master come in and ask the man a few questions. The man explains what the cocoon thingie is and it has to do with a lady who looks alot like honey. Then in the middle of this a Monster (who looks like a big beetle) that can shoot bullets from her head jumps in through the window. and tries to get the container. Shinji and the school master decks the moster and Honey, the Man, and Nat-chan run downstairs out the door only to be intercepted by some Panther Claw agents. this big rollie-polly bug comes puts Nat-chan in this really weird web type stuff and then the panther claw people get in a truck and drive away.
What happens is the Man and Honey get into a car and chase the truck. Honey Jumps on to the side of the truck, and the man looks at her ass as she climbs up the truck. The Man's Car's tire's get shot out and as runs off the rode Honey does her thing and turns into Hurricane honey Kicks through the window takes out a Panther Claw agent and points at the other one with a gun. While this is happening eveyone at the school forms pretty much a riot commendeers a bus , which has Seiya on it mind you, and joins the chase.
At the truck Honey is grab through one of the seats by the beetle monster and is thrown into the back of the truck. The bus rams the truck and it goes flying off the side of the road into the lake bellow, but now before honey is thrown from the truck. Honey thinks Nat-chan is dead and starts crying. (on this part I don't remeber if that's exactly how it goes but it's the jist of it)
Then Honey the Man and Shinji decide to go after the panther claw people. They Fly to South America (No english or Spanish needed!) and go get a room. Honey gets pissed because there is only one room and she needs to shower. She throws the guys out of the room and she showers as they talk (this also has the only shower scene in all of the Cutey Honey F). The Man goes into the room and Shinji starts (from what it looks like to me) contemplating what to do to stay out side of the room or go in, while you hear fighting in the backround. Honey screams "Shinji-san!" and shinji runs in to find the monsters grabing the container and fighting with everyone. The Monsters and Panther claw agents flee and so our heroes, and herione follow them.
They are searching some acient underground tunnels, when a bug falls on
Shinji's shoulder he gets scared and goes face first into Honey Breasts! (I
had to mentchion that) Honey calls him a pervert and man yells at them both,
then they continue on. Honey and co. find Nat-chan in a secret room under the
tunnel with all the other Monsters. Nat-chan is put in some skimpy scrafice
gear and other things. (oh I forgot to mentchion earlier there was a scene
which as some praying mantis lady yell at the beetle and rolly-poley monster.
and also a Weird bug monster lady was there. All 4 monsters were there when
they got there.) Well honey and the man make a wrong move and they fall into
a big trap hole. There honey's hair gets caught onto the man's chain which
has a picture of the man and the mysterious lady on it. He explains about her
and then they get back to buissness. Honey makes the man close his eyes and
Honey goes "Honey flash!!!!!!!" and turns into a jungle woman who only wears
a loin cloth (yep no bra) and throws a rope down to the man. Then it goes
back to the temple area above where the highest evil lady is saying some crap
and is watching the cocoon. Right now Shinji has also been turned into a
sacrifice wearing a loin cloth. Then the cocoon hatches and a butterfly
emerges, the evil bug lady tries to grab the butterfly but the man shoots her
in the hand with a shot gun, and the shot doesn't hurt her.
At the top of the room a beatiful goddess emerges and says something which
stops everyone, but it turns out to just be honey in another form. She says
her whole speech and turns into Cutey Honey. then a big fight starts and
everything is going pretty well, Honey even "honey lightning flare!"s the
beetle monster (which kills it) and both her and the man are kicking some
Panther claw butt. Then the Mantis lady puts a long blade to Shinji's neck and
blackmails honey by something like "If you don't stop killing us pretty boy
dies." Honey surrenders and the rolly-poley thingie even has some web around
Cutey Honey's neck.
Out of nowhere Misty Honey emerges and "Honey Sexy Dynamite!!" 's the Mantis
lady's butt. Then the "Taga no Prince" jumps out and kills the Rolly-poley
thingie with one strike from his flowers. Honey fights some panther claw
goons and kills them. Misty HOney and the "Taga no Prince" use a portal to
teleport elsewhere. Then the evil bug lady gets pissed and turns into a giant
scorpian. Honey tries fighting her but the scorpian lady just keeps
deflecting her attacks. the scorpian lady then follows the butterfly trying
to catch it. Honey tries one last weak attack with he boomrange, but the
scorpian lady avoids it and puts her giant stinger into HOney's back (oooh
that had to hurt!).
In the end The Man, Shinji, Honey, and Nat-chan go outside to see hundreds of beatiful butterfly flying everywhere that all look just like the special one from the cocoon. Then the Man thanks Honey for helping him and calls her "Cutey Honey." Which totally takes her back (you only transformed right in from of him you bimbo!)
Ending theme.
If you bought the video tape version after the movie there is an interview with the voice actress who does honey (or at least sings the theme song)!
Extra points: the movies had more sexual jokes and had more nudity then the normal TV series such as you could see honey transform every time. Also as jungle Honey she was completely topless!!!!!! Also the animation quality was much higher then the tv series. Also during the theme song the animators include special sounds not in the orginal version. It was more like a long episode of Cutey Honey F then like a real movie (It was about 40 minutes)
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