Kite (OAV)
Alternative title
A Kite, Domination Nakite, Sexo Letal, Кайт - девочка убийца, カイト
Genre: Neo-noir, drama, girls with guns, action, drama, erotica, psychological
Themes: assassins, girls with guns, Police
Original video animation
Directed by: Yasuomi Umetsu
Studio: Green Bunny
Licensed by: ARMS, AnimeWorks (edited), Kitty Media (director's cut)
Released: 1998
Runtime: 45 Min (Cut), 60 Min (Uncut)
Episodes: 2
Related anime: Kite (live-action movie), Kite Liberator (OAV)
Ratings: Adults only! (Contains explicit sexual content)
Kite (カイト, Kaito), also known as A Kite, is a highly controversial Japanese anime OVA written and directed by Yasuomi Umetsu.
The original Japanese release ran for two 30 minute episodes. However, subsequent releases, including the first two releases in the United States, have edited the OVA into one hour-long "movie".
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.
Ratings
USA: 16+ (General Release), 18+ (Director's Cut and Special Edition)
ratings issued by the distributor, Media Blasters
Japan: R-18
South Korea: 18+ (censored version)
Australia: 18+ (censored version)
Norway: 18+ (censored version)
France: 18+ (cut)
released as Domination NaKite
Germany: 18+ (uncut/uncensored)
New Zealand: R-16
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite_(OAV)
