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• Originally, Kite was a 2-episode OVA(Original video animation, also known as straight-to-video in the U.S.) running approximately 60 minutes. Each episode got it's very own uncut VHS and DVD release in Japan in 1998. In 2000, Kite was re-released in Japan in a slighty edited version, removing questionable sexually explicit scenes, known as the International Version/Director's Cut which was the foundation for the first U.S. release of Kite.
  
  
• In 2000, the first VHS and DVD U.S. releases of Kite were based upon the international version from Japan. Even then, roughly 15 minutes of explicit sexual scenes were deleted to allow this to be a general release with a 45 minute runtime and a 16+ viewer rating by it's distributor, Media Blasters. The two episodes were also not kept in original format because of all the editing and were spliced together to form one long movie like episode, having a single opening and ending credits.
  
  
• In 2002, Media Blasters released Kite again on DVD with a Director's Cut. This version, while nearly perfect, still omits roughly one minute of material involving sex with a minor. This version continues down the path of having both episodes spliced together, making this more of a movie than a 2 episode OAV as it was meant to be, and is labeled with an 18+ viewer rating.
  
  
• In 2004, Kitty Media, Media Blaster's company label for adult's only titles, releases Kite with a Special Edition Uncut version. This version is indeed uncut and in original format, having each episode presented as they were in Japan with their own openings and ending credits. This is exactly how Kite looks and plays in it's original Japanese releases of 1998.
  
  
• The complete uncut and unrated edition, containing both episodes in their original form, was release on DVD in Germany, too. It features the original Japanese dub with subtitles.
  
  

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