The TV anime "Cutie Honey Universe" will air in April, and Atsuko Tanaka and Rie Kugimiya will play the main characters of the enemies!

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of manga artist Go Nagai's debut, a new key visual and additional cast members have been unveiled for the new "Cutie Honey" - "Cutie Honey Universe" - TV anime that will begin airing in April.

Cutie Honey" is an action manga by Go Nagai. The manga depicts the death struggle between Cutie Honey, a beautiful android created by the genius scientist Dr. Kisaragi, and the Panther Claw, a mysterious crime syndicate. and live-action films have been produced. The new "Cutie Honey" is titled "Cutie Honey Universe," and the TV anime is scheduled to air in April 2018.

The main character, Kisaragi Honey/Cutey Honey, will be played by Maaya Sakamoto, and in addition to Kisaragi Honey and Cutie Honey, the five transformed honeys, [Hurricane Honey], [Fancy Honey], [Flash Honey], [Misty Honey], and [Idol Honey], will be The project has been the topic of much discussion since it was announced that the five transformed honeys, Hurricane Honey, Fancy Honey, Flash Honey, Misty Honey, and Idol Honey, would be played by different voice actors. Following the recent announcement of two additional cast members, Yui Horie (Akinatsuko) and Shintaro Asanuma (Seiji Hayami), a new key visual depicting an enemy character, additional cast members, and cast comments have been released.

The new key visual depicts the profile of Kisaragi Honey and her six honeys in the upper heart motif, and Cutie Honey's whole body in the center. In the upside-down heart is the enemy character "Sister Jill" holding a white rose and smiling fearlessly!

The voice of "Sister Jill," the leader of the criminal organization "Panther Claw," is voiced by Atsuko Tanaka. The following comments from the two actresses and scene photos of Jill and Tarantula Panther have arrived.

Character introductions】 ※Titles omitted

Sister Jill (CV: Atsuko Tanaka)
The leader of the "Panther Claw" criminal organization. A sadist with absolute charisma.
She is after Honey's "airborne elemental fixation device.

Atsuko Tanaka Comment
The anime of my childhood was Cutie Honey! I was glued to the erotic world that was different from that of wizards. Being able to play Sister Jill in "Cutie Honey Universe" this time feels like a reward for my life as a voice actress. I wonder what my face would look like if I were to tell my younger sister and myself back in the days when we laughed at each other as Honey and Jill.　I will enjoy playing the ever-mysterious Jill as much as I can, so please don't look away from me until the end.

Tarantula Panther / Rie Kugimiya
Sister Jill's follower, she has strong loyalty and admiration for her. She has the ability of a spider.

■Rie Kugimiya Comment
I will be playing the role of Tarantula Panther.
I will do my best! I look forward to working with you!

Work information

TV anime "Cutie Honey Universe
<Broadcasting station information

<First broadcast
AT-X From April 8 (Sun), every Sunday from 21:00
TOKYO MX1 From April 9 (Mon.), every Monday 19:00~.
J:COM TV From April 10 (Tue.), every Tuesday from 22:30
Tochigi TV From April 10 (Tue.), every Tuesday from 23:00
BS-11 From April 11 (Wed.), every Wednesday from 25:00
Gunma Television Co.
Broadcasting dates are subject to change.

＜STAFF＞ ＜Originally written by
Original story: "Cutie Honey" by Go Nagai
Director: Akitoshi Yokoyama
Series Composition/Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi
Character Design：Shuichi Izeki
Assistant Director: Atsushi Wakabayashi
Color Designer: Aki Watanabe
Art Director/Art Designer: Satoshi Shibata
Sound Director: Toru Nakano
Sound Mixing and Coordination: Kazuyuki Kikuchi
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Sound Production: Pony Canyon Enterprise
Music: Masato Nakayama (F.M.F)
Music Producer: Atsushi Isoyama
Music Production: Exit Tunes
Animation Production: Production Lead

＜CAST>
Cutie Honey / KISARAGI Honey SAKAMOTO Maaya
?? Honey Uchida Marei
Honey Tomoyo Kurosawa Honey Kurosawa Tomoyo
Honey Kana Hanazawa ? Honey Kana Hanazawa
Honey Kana Hanazawa ? Honey Yukari Tamura
Honey Kana Hanazawa ? Honey Suzuko Mimori

Akinatsuko Yui Horie
Seiji Hayami Shintaro Asanuma
Sister Jill Atsuko Tanaka
Tarantula Panther Rie Kugimiya

(c)Go Nagai/Dynamic Planning-Project CHU