And since Cutie Honey has always been a symbol of risque fun, the new show has now in turn inspired three imaginative anime lingerie sets.
Since Cutie Honey herself is a transforming magical girl (which was still a relatively novel idea back when Cutie Honey debuted in 1973), the character is represented by two different lingerie sets.
Follow Casey on Twitter, where he remembers seeing Go Nagai autograph a guy’s arm under his Cutie Honey tattoo at the very first anime convention he ever went to.
For instance, Nagai’s Cutie Honey (star of the franchise of the same name) was one of the very first manga heroines who was not only superpowered, but also unabashedly sexy.