Title: Kite
Genre: Action
Credits: Kitty Media (unedited) / AnimeWorks (edited)
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Cover Description:
Dangerous things come in small packages…
She may be cute. She may be young. She may seem innocent and naïve, but don’t be fooled. She’s a cold-blooded killer, and if you’re on the wrong side of the law, you may be her next target.
After being orphaned at a young age, her parents the victims of a brutal double murder, Sawa was taken in by the detective assigned to her case. Not content to just watch as the imperfect justice system lets more and more criminals go loose every day, he’s decided to train her to be his instrument of justice. After all, who’d suspect a pretty college student of being a deadly vigilante!
Now she must decide between her allegiance to her guardian and her loyalty to her one and only friend, a fellow sword of justice.
Watch as this brutal story unfolds with stunning animation from the lethal mind of Yasuomi Umetsu, the character designer & animation director of such anime classics as MegaZone 23 Part 2, Robot Carnival (Presence), and the New Gatchaman (G-Force).
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NOTE: This description was written sometime in 2001 and was recorded in Hentai Neko as “early 2001 ed 10.11.2001″. Unfortunately the database would not accept non-numerical values, so this review is now dated January 01, 2001 by default.
Three words: I was pissed. This could have been a masterpiece. Everything in it screams that it is a masterpiece. It has spectacular animation and artwork. The crowning touch is the twisted story of 2 young assassins secretly working for a lunatic police officer. True it it can be very violent at times that I had to cover my head with a pillow in between blood-gushing, literally explosive scenes, but all the elements I want in a movie are in Kite! Truly an anime like no other.
You ask why I was pissed? Here’s your answer: The ending was so depressing it kept me awake for days and gave me nightmares during the hours of sleep! Bad endings are a big no-no in my list.
DIRECTOR’S CUT UPDATE (Ecchi level upgraded): I got hold of the director’s cut several months after watching the edited version and I have noticed that not only have the sex scenes been deleted on the wholesome installation, but there are also missing important conversations that provide important foreshadowing as to how Kite is going to end. The reason for this is because these conversations take place after Sawa had just had one of her more brutal sex sequence ever. I thought the violence was the only thing that would have me turning my head away, but I also got a little scared of the hentai parts. This is not because there were tentacles or anything out of the ordinary like that. None of those icky alien stuff were present. It was more because most of the men here have Lolita complex. Looking at those frail female bodies being assaulted by probably the largest human male members I have ever seen in my entire h-watching life was like, “Gawsh, that looks pretty painful!”
Almost every adult male here define the word “perversion” as more than a psychological disturbance. The assassin trainer himself and his assistant Kanie, who hate pedophiles with a passion, are afflicted with the same sexual aberration as his targets. Shadow concept?* You bet it is!
*Shadow concept = What you hate most about others is what you hate most in yourself.
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NOTE: This description was written sometime in 2001 and was recorded in Hentai Neko as “early 2001 ed 10.11.2001″. Unfortunately the database would not accept non-numerical values, so this review is now dated January 01, 2001 by default.
Individual Rating: Art/Animation: 10 Story/Plot: 9 Characters: 9 Sounds: 8 Ecchi Level: 10
