I'll start this review by pointing out that I sincerely don't understand why there is a claim circulating that this is some sort of Sailor Moon spin-off. The production team might have been the same talented one behind the absolute masterpiece of animation Sailor Stars, but there is nothing Sailor Moon specific here except some really tenous visual homages to that one like a one-and-done lips animation during a Cutie Henshin pose, or some barebone concepts similar to those present in that one. For the rest, this beast (in a good way) of an anime is a thing of its own, with the main characterhaving a different modus operandi, che supporting cast being completely different, the ending being completely different, etc. etc. etc. With that out of the way, the Sailor Stars production team apparently was EXTREMELY TALENTED beyond belief because this, together with the equally shoujo-tinted tokusatsu penned by the Eddie Van Halen of Tokusatsus Toshiki Inoue, manages to elevate what was the absolute worst animated product I've ever experienced in my whole life since starting to watch animes back in the early 90's - the original Hideous with a capital H Tokusatsu/Exploitation 70's Cutie Honey "anime" series by master of overrated hacks and wanna-be exploitation/porn director Go Nagai - to a really enjoyable, fun, engaging, heartfelt and cute series that you'll watch from start to end with no hickups, no will to drop it, amazed by the top-notch animation (incredible compared to the unwatchable and extremely dated by the time animation of the 70's crap), well choreographed and diverse fights, shoujo inserts that are friggin' loveable ecc. ecc. ecc. The only thing that might a bit bother you is the usual japanese sexism for which a woman's only dream in life is to marry and have kids which is not true in any way, but between treating a characters literally ONLY and not ALSO as a stimulant for sexual libido (there are indeed several shots in this series with Honey completely naked during the Cutie henshin sequence, but they don't feel like forcibly trying to elicit a wanking from you) in the most hamfisted, unpleasant and in-your-face way ever put on animated form and this kind of sexism I think I'll go safely with the latter if the result is an enjoyment over 9000. This series and the linked short OAV (an elongated episode) are literally the definitive version of the character, completely trumping everything with the direct intervention of sucky Go Nagai in all regards. Watch this and forget the godfriggin' awful nightmarish monster - I can't legitimately stress how bad it is, the spectator being a man or a woman it doesn't matter. I am a man, I HATE that thing with all myself - from the 70's ever existed in the first place.