I'm in Tears!

Today's movie was Cutie Honey Tears. It was a huge disappointment (especially in comparison with the 2004 version with Eriko Sato) and I suspect that the box office will reflect that. It's only showing in one cinema in my vicinity and I was the only one in the theatre. Alas, just as I was ready to start making noise and use my phone and kick the seats, another dude came in. The lead actress is some dramatic lead named Mariya Nishiuchi and to describe her as dull is an insult to boring people. Her costume looked like a Toys R Us knock off and the worst affront of all is she was a brunette! Come on, everyone knows Cutie Honey should be a redhead or a pinkhead! The only saving grace was the head villainess, she was gorgeous and snickered malevolently.

Here is a flyer that was given out to promote the movie.

Hey in this flyer and the photo below shown at the theatre portrays her with Reddish hair. What gives?

Here is the Tearful trailer:



To add to my woes, the awesome theme song was nowhere to be found except as a short redub in a disco scene. Listen to this and you'll see why I was annoyed.



Oh well. I guess I'll have to find a copy of the original and view it again. You can watch an English dub of it if you're so inclined.



Today's Ghostbuster goodie is a flyer that came out when it was released.

I like the two-page spread that it folds out into.

The snack of the day is not even Halloween oriented. I don't recommend it as a gift for Trick or Treaters, this KitKat contains some Sake!

For those who have been disemvoweled, here is a fellow blogger by the name of AEIOU and Sometimes Why. Check out what they have going on.

Just so you don't think today was a complete letdown for me, I popped into a Family Mart to grab a quick dinner and there is a Halloween-kuji!

I only bought one entry and, Woohoo, I won the top prize, a vampiric Chip!

Let's Go Nagai, Let's Go!

The fine folks at Mitsuya All Zero Cider teamed up with PansonWorks again to bring us a sextet of 永井 豪, Gō Nagai characters.

The first two are デビルマン/Devilman, I'm afraid that I'm not well-versed in the mythos so I don't know why there are two different ones. I did like the movie though!

My favourite of the batch has to be キューティーハニー/Cutie Honey of course. I liked this movie too.

I am unfamiliar with the witch, えん魔くん Enma-Kun but based on the anime, she looks pretty cool! (Take that, Wendy, the Good Little Witch.)

I suppose this one could be deemed a real Go Getter. ゲッターロボ or Getter-Robo and apparently it's a Giant-Robot vs Mecha-Dinosaurs thing!

Finally is Mazinger Z, one of the original Giant Robots!

Room I♥Doll.

Back when I was addicted to UFO Catcher, I won this back in '02 and then stuffed in a box with a bunch of other junk. I recently came across it and I wonder what the heck it is used for. It may have some function as a telephone holder but I can't figure out where it goes. 佐藤 江梨子 (Eriko Sato) does say two incomprehensible phrases in a tinny robotic voice.








If anyone can tell me what it states on the box, pipe in and let me know.










Of course she was naught but a Gravure Idol back then, but the following year she entered Cinematic Fame as Cutie Honey! As is everything else terrific in Japan, Cutie Honey started out as a manga (written by Go Nagai, moved on to an anime, a TV show and finally graduated to a live-action movie starring guess who?

Whenever I'm doing the Karaoke thing, I ask my female friends to sing the tune (warning: animated boobies in the link) so I can help out with the chorus.



The movie theme was sung by uber-cute Kumi Kouda as follows:


















When Japan (myself included) was caught up in Honey fever, this 35-minute DVD featuring the trailer, interviews, a making of and other tidbits was released.

There are a ton of trailers and clips everywhere like the one below, seek them out if you're in a mood for mindless fluff.



IMPORTANT UPDATE!
(Spoiler alert: a slightly sexist comment follows...) The talking Eriko says two set phrases when you push her button, yet as I discovered in the wee hours, she also utters a handful of other phrases about once an hour at random intervals. As with most women, there is no off button.


Just so you don't think I put in an addendum just to say something stupid, here are 2 cushions from '05 that the Yellow Cab Model Agency enticed UFO addicts with. I've given a few of them away over the years but managed to hang onto 2. One of them may be Eriko, can anyone identify the gals?






Update to the Update:
I found another pillow that appears to be Eriko and I also discovered how to turn Eriko off. (Incidentally I rarely have a problem turning women off in real life!)