Japan Synopsis
キューティーハニー
“Super cute and super fun.”
When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Cutie Honey. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2003–2005 Japan Window
Cutie Honey holds position #200 of 298 Japan films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Cutie Honey premiered alongside 95 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 95 other Japan films in 2004.
The 1601st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
63 audience reviews — more than 68% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (68th percentile) outruns trending popularity (47th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Cutie Honey, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- terrorist group · 2
- cutie honey · 2
- android · 19
- warrior · 10
- go nagai · 7
- based on manga · 297
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,442 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (25th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,335 of 1,714 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Towani, Cine Bazar, VAP, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Bandai Visual |
| Runtime | 1h 34m |
| Release Date | May 29, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0409860 |