A widely known anime and manga series created by Go Nagai. Although an android, the main character Honey is shows striking similarities to the magical girl concept (e.g., she can change into any outfit, especially when revealing herself to enemies) with a few key differences.
- Honey's powers are mechancial rather than magical. However, in practical terms she could still be defined as a magical girl.
- Cutey Honey is buxomy adult, while most magical girls are young girls. Honey was originally intended for an older audience, although there is a slightly more 'cleaned-up' version years later, which has younger female fans.
Most famously, the character Sailor Moon (the most famous magical girl outside of Japan) used overt theme references when the series was made into an anime from the original manga. Like Honey, Sailor Moon has a tendacy to speechify before a fight in an amusing way, as well as fighting almost sometimes attractive yet bizzare, exclusively female monsters.