Cutey Honey / Cutie Honey OP (1973)

In fact she uses technology, not magic. But what a technology!!!!

was this show at the same time as speed racer

It's not the first magical girl show, the first one was like in 1960, called "Magical Sally" I think?

I would say it might be the first "transforming girl" show but I'm not sure. I'm not sure if it's magic if she uses technology to attack and transform.

It was the first "Magical Warrior" anime (IIRC), a subset of "magical girl" shows, Mahotsukai Sally, (magical witch Sally) was of the "cute witch" type of magical girls. Most of the modern one's are more like the "magical warrior" than the "cute witch"

Cutie Honey was the first magical girl targetted to a male audiance. She was also the first henshin heroine - and the first magical girl heroine.

Honey is responsible for re-inventing the genre. Her along with Majokko Megu-chan, and the Pierrot Studio magical girls.

Animation, the era it's from, the some what perverted scenes, and the over all quirkiness reminds me of Lupin the third :)

got the original ost

Naturally.

19.

18, if you want to count Sailor V.