Big fan of this ones setting as the title might imply. Crime city: where everyone is a criminal and anyone is open to turning into a fucked up creature. Is there anything else you could ask for? Well yes considering the final product but Ill start with some positives. Ill say this feels like a more realized adaptation than its original. Not in terms of text again I havent read the original manga but in intent: a fun story with creative action scenes with indulgent fanservice which yes Ill call it as such despite my otherwise open aversion to it in other anime but in this it definitely has the same vibe as the original series something thats marketed from the getgo something the audience expects and is built into that universe if that makes sense. And I do genuinely enjoy the setting a dystopian eternally dark city inhabited by various freaks really makes Honeys various transformations shine whether theyre for infiltration combat or just whatevers appropriate or funny for the scene. While I do think their reinterpretation of Panther Claw as this much more fantasy born of darkness type works for this it does clash with their prior iteration as a soft scifi criminal organization of androids. Not that this iteration is out of place in the franchise considering Cutie Honey Flash for example which seems to have been partially inspired by that direction in particular. Im also enjoying the original villains though their Panther Clawesque transformations are kinda hitormiss for me. I dont like Chokkei yall I dont like that they put a young sidekick in this I dont like his weird romantic arc with Honey I dont like that she sort of reciprocates his feelings Ill keep it short he was my least favorite part moving on. I think that its kinda blatant that like the previous anime this was cut blatantly short and yeah Four episodes short of what was intended and it reads exactly as a show that was cut at the twothirds point.On first viewing it especially made the episodes that were breaking from pace like episode 6s feudal japan? amusement park definitely felt more jarring as a thirdtolast than it was originally intended. Had they known of the cancellation in prior Im sure they wouldve reordered the episodes in such a way to leave that episode 4 cliffhanger as the show finale same as the original. Still I had plenty fun a genuinely great followup to the original anime in spite of everything and its visuals still look great. Not really first Cutie Honey material but still great. The reveal of MechaDanbei in episode 1 was excellent and the most hype thing in the show dont me. Total Screenshots: 56 mostly the NotPantherClaw villains some of the Devilman references and some of Honeys fits