The first episode was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi. If you recognize his animation and directing style from FLCL's fifth episode, Gurren Lagann, Dead Leaves, Panty & Stocking and Kill la Kill, you already know what you're in for. His characters don't animate the _most_, but they animate in creative, exaggerated and really funny ways. Combined with the peppy soundtrack, the abstract backgrounds and the comedic tone, they make up a 1-hour romp of Cutie Honey beating up on villains while losing all her clothes. The remaining two episodes aren't nearly as good. The second one is animated like a regular cheap TV show, while thethird one abandons the light tone in favor of a more serious conclusion. After the first episode, you will want to see the conclusion to the story because episode 1 was so good. But it's a bit of a waste of time.

I can still heartily recommend the first episode, which I've rewatched many times. It's fun, it's funny, and it feels like it goes by in the blink of an eye. I appreciate it even more after Kill la Kill - Imaishi's stuff is usually best when it's short and sweet, a big burst of enjoyable energy. If you can get behind the content in Kill la Kill, you owe it to yourself to get a concentrated version of that.