[3] Based on a popular adult manga which had been made into an anime series, Weather Report Girl, the movie tells the story of a woman who becomes a phenomenally successful TV weatherwoman by exposing her panties on the air.
Bandai, mistakenly attributing the video's success to its sexual content, produced a sequel which emphasized the sex and concentrated less on the storyline and dark humor of the original.
Bandai responded by pulling the original video from the market and releasing the film theatrically.
[4] Following in the rise of her Weather Woman popularity, Mizutani recorded a CD single in 1996 entitled He Loves Me (ヒー・ラヴズ・ミー).
[2] In July 2000, she was a guest at San Diego Comic-Con, where the English version of Weather Woman received its premier.