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Kite (OAV)

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©1998 YASUOMI UMETSU/GREEN BUNNY.


Related anime:
    Kite (live-action movie) (remake)
    Kite Liberator (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
A Kite
Domination Nakite (French)
Sexo Letal (Spanish)
Кайт - девочка убийца (Russian)
カイト (Japanese)
Age rating: Adults only! (Contains explicit sexual content)
Plot Summary: Sawa is a school girl, an orphan, and an assassin. She is being controlled by a corrupt cop who gives her targets to kill, detailing to her the crimes these men have committed in order to justify their death. Some of his power over Sawa has to do with her deceased parents and the promise of revenge. When another orphan, a teenage boy called Oburi, is brought in to assist Sawa, the two teenage killers form a bond of sorts. As they heal each other's emotional wounds, they begin to dream of a life that would not be spent under the shadows of murder.
Video:
User Ratings: 901 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 44 votes (sub:28, dub:14, edit.dub:2)
 Excellent: 100 votes (sub:71, dub:24, Spa.sub:2, ?:1, Por.sub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 182 votes (sub:118, dub:54, Spa.sub:3, ?:2, edit.dub:2, Rus.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Good: 246 votes (sub:172, dub:58, ?:4, raw:2, Rus.sub:2, Rus.dub:2, edit.dub:2, Ger.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 151 votes (sub:115, dub:30, edit.dub:3, Rus.dub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 54 votes (sub:33, dub:18, ?:1, Rus.dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 35 votes (sub:25, dub:9, Ita.dub:1)
 Weak: 40 votes (sub:31, dub:6, edit.dub:2, Ger.dub:1)
 Bad: 22 votes (sub:18, dub:3, edit.dub:1)
 Awful: 17 votes (sub:13, dub:3, Ger.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:3, Ger.dub:1, Ara.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1645 users, rank: #372
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.676 (Good-.32), std. dev.: 2.0691, rank: #2293
Weighted mean: 6.603 (Good-.39), rank: #2288 (seen all: 6.64 / seen some: 5.30 / won't finish: 3.11)
Bayesian estimate: 6.613 (Good-.38), rank: #1983
Running time: 26 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Vintage: 1998-02-25
Releases: We have 8
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
Two versions were initially released: a "General Release" version (rated 16-Up) and a "Director's Cut" version (rated 18-Up), which contains nearly 10 minutes of explicit footage. This Director's Cut version, however, is missing some scenes found in the original Japanese release. A third release, labeled "Special Edition", contains Kite in its original, uncut form.
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Reviews:
    Kite

DVD
    Kite (DVD) 2006-02-14 (from $17.24)
    Kite - Special Edition Uncut - w/ T-Shirt (DVD) 2006-02-14 (from $24.99)
    Kite - w/ T-Shirt (DVD) 2006-02-14 (from $19.99)
    Kite - Director's Cut (DVD) 2002-01-29 (from $20.89)
    Kite - Special Edition Uncut (DVD) 2004-09-28 (from $20.89)
    Kite Remastered (DVD) 2009-03-24 (from $12.99)
    Kite Remastered/Kite: Liberator (DVD) 2009-03-24 (from $19.99)
    Kite/Mezzo Forte Double Pack (DVD) 2008-03-04 (from $15.99)
    Kite/Mezzo Forte Double Pack [uncut] (DVD) 2008-03-04 (from $17.99)
VHS
    Kite (Dub.VHS) 2000-03-07
    Kite (Sub.VHS) 2000-03-07
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Yasuomi Umetsu
Music: An Fu
Character Design: Yasuomi Umetsu
Art Director: Shigeru Ikehata
Animation Director: Yuki Iwai
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Yosuke Moriguchi
Alto And Soprano Sax: Atsushi Ikeda
Animation Inspection: Kawatatsu
Color setting: Haremi Miyakawa
Production Assistant:
Shintaro Nozaki
Yuki Ogata
Production Coordination: Yasuyuki Kogoshi
Recording: Shoji Hata
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo
Supervision: Dr. Pochi
 
Tatsuo Matoba as Kanie

Douglas Cartwright as Bodyguard A
Gary Wynn-Jones as Bodyguard C
Hiroshi Aida as Comedian A
Itsumi Sawada as Street Kid B
Michiko Yamaguchi as Old Lady
Naho Hirokawa as Street Kid A
Nobuyuki Takano as Comedian B
Takayuki Hiramatsu as Investigator
Tomoko Furakawa as Reporter
William Rain as Bodyguard B
Japanese companies 
Backgrounds: Jiwoo Production
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Editing: Inoue Editing
Photography: Studio Wood
Publicity: Tomoko
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Title Production: Yonchome Factory
VTR Editing: Studio Brain
English staff 
English cast 
Translation: Tokyo Rose
Executive producer:
Gary Sierra
John Sirabella

Audio Engineer: Nick Stuteville
Communications: Billie Houle
Dialogue Mixer: Ron Abfalter
Duplications: B.J. Toney
FX Designer: Skip Bowerman
Graphic Design: Merideth Mulroney
Music & Effects Editor: Kevin Turner
Packaging Design: Merideth Mulroney
Production Assistant: Clark Cheng
Production manager: Sam Liebowitz
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux
Script Supervision: Scott Simpson
Voice Direction: Scott Houle
 

Ann Connel as Old Lady
Bob Edwards as Detective 2
Daniel Richani as Bodyguard 1
Heather Laska as Reporter
J.R. Rodriguez as Bodyguard 2
Jeff Johnston as Comedian A
Kevin Potts as Bodyguard 3
Les Jenkins as Molester
Marc Matney as Comedian B
Michael Leigh as Manager
Paul Johnson as Prosecutor
Rick Sisk as Twin B
Scott Bailey as Detective 1
Sean P. O'Connell as Investigator
Suzan Somerz as Office Girl

English companies 
Distributor:
AnimeWorks (Regular Version)
Kitty Media (Director's Cut/Special Edition)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Editing Studio: RG Video
Licensed by: Media Blasters
French staff 
French companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: Banzaï
French cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 
Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta

Dubbing Assistant: Elvy Scalise
 
Italian companies 
Distributor: Yamato Video
German staff 
German companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster: VOX
Distributor: ACOG
German cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 
Production: MC Entertainment
Russian cast 
(none)
 
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