Black Claw’s design in Re: Cutie Honey (and the 2004 film) is an homage to Mazinger Z villains, Count Brocken and Baron Ashura

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Producer Toshio Katsuta (勝田稔男) introduced a strong willed character like Naojiro, to act as a good contrast to Honey. Unlike Seiji, who he described as “silly and weak”

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Taranche Panther and Scissors Claw are the only original Panther Claw minions to also appear in Flash. Their names are presented as Tarantula Panther, and Scissors Panther, just like in the original manga.

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Haruko Kitahama (北浜晴子) is the only actress to play two Panther Claw agents consecutively. She voiced Black Claw and Fire Claw in the first two episodes. Afterwards, there was a rotation with other actresses.

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In Cutey Honey Flash, Principal Pochi is reimagined as Alphonne's pet dog. This a joke on the fact "Pochi" is a generic dog's name, much like "Spot"

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In the 2004 film and OVA, Honey has a fondness for onigiri. This an aspect of her character that is exclusive to those adaptations. Ironically, in the last episode of the original series, Honey has onigiri (or rather, "omusubi") as apart of her lunch

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The Shogaku Youchien Cutey Honey F manga only depicts the defeat of Zora, but *not* Jill. Sister Jill is last seen in the penultimate chapter fleeing. This is ironic, since its typically the other way around in most versions!

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Next episode previews sometimes feature alternative footage, or unused shots. The preview for episode 3 in particular includes a whole sequence of Honey fighting goons that isn't in the actual episode.

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Honey's transformation in the second episode of "New Cutey Honey" emulates her first one from the original series.

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The preview for episode 16 has the King of Manaco pushing Junpei and Danbei aside. In the actual episode, Junpei is replaced with Seiji. If you listen closely, you can hear Junpei's voice during this scene

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Originally, Seiji was going to have a little sister named Zuko. Her design became the basis for the guest character, Queen Dirty Marie in episode 6.

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In both the original TV series, and Universe, Honey "meets" Zora in the last episode.

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In the first three animated adaptations, Honey defeats her arch nemesis by creating diamonds. In New and Flash, it was used to seal them away.

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If you look closely at the crowd in the beginning of episode 2, you can see Akira Fudo (Devilman)

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Prior to playing Ms. Alphonne in Cutie Honey, late voice actress Noriko Tsukase (つかせのりこ) voiced Mr. Alphonne's wife and son in Devilman.

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The ending credits for New Cutey Honey episode 4 depict Chokkei's first meeting with Honey.

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In an interview, director Yasuchika Nagaoka revealed the secret behind Honey's statue would've been addressed in episodes 9 and 12 of New Cutey Honey. Unfortunately the OVA was canceled with 8 episodes.

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Honey's best friend, Natsuko, is killed off in only two animated adaptations. Ironically, in both versions Sister Jill is directly involved. In the original manga, Natsuko and Jill never even met.

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