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The New Trailer For CUTIE HONEY: TEARS Hits All The Feels

Director Takeshi Asai’s newest live-action manga effort, Cutie Honey: Tears, stands quite far in its bubbly tone as displayed in the 1973 manga from which it’s based, and that of Anno Hideaki’s own attempt back in 2004. Nonetheless, the trailers are nothing short of impressive in visuals and the overall slick design of its futuristic metropolitan setting to accomodate its slightly darker millieu, and with an actress like Nishiuchi Mariya definitely looking the part in this somewhat ambitious new take on Nagai Go’s sexy android heroine. SYNOPSIS: The late 21st century has become a jet-black world dominated by AI. The city has been divided by class, with the wealthy literally living above the poor. Life is a daily struggle for the lower class, who must deal with dirty rain and pollution from those on top. Hoping to shake up the status quo, a scientist named Kisaragi creates a new type […]

A Manga Heroine Returns In The New CUTIE HONEY: TEARS Teaser Trailer!

Lee B. Golden III

Manga author Nagai Go found a means to showcase his craft back in the 1970’s and from then on with the popular Akita Shonen print, Cutie Honey, the story of a sexy android superhero on a mission to avenge her “father”‘s death at the hands of a horde of supervillains known as the Panther Claw. The property has since stood the test of time through several manga publications therafter, as well as anime and OVA installments and a 2007 live-action drama; Director Anno Hideaki adapted a 2004 live-action film that didn’t pan out well for its production company at the time. This year now, we have a new feature-length adaptation on the rise from Toei following its completion late last year with a version that looks hella slick and edgy. For this, we now get director Takeshi Asai’s latest, Cutie Honey: Tears with 22-year-old actress Nishiuchi Mariya (Yamada-kun and the […]