History Anime / Kite1998

In Tokyo, a string of bizarre, unsolved murders have the police confounded and the media in a frenzy. The only known connections are the killer's use of exploding bullets, and the fact that each of the victims were famous, wealthy, or powerful individuals. Akai, the [[DirtyCop lead detective]] in these cases, knows more than he is letting on. Not only have he and his partner Kanie ordered each of the killings, but many of them have been carried out by his [[{{Squick}} lover and adopted daughter]], Sawa.

* CoitusUninterruptus: Akai walks in on his partner Kanye having sex with a young woman. Kanye stops, draws his gun, sighs, says "Oh, it's just you," and then continues on with the sex.
* CorruptTheCutie: Aki's MO; taking an innocent girl and turning her into a cold-blooded killer who's ''also'' essentially his sex slave.

* DirtyCop: Akai and his partner Kanie, who make it a habit of kidnapping and raping young women, as well as [[{{Tykebomb}} training children to be their personal assassins]].

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Akai. Although he initially acts like he's a VigilanteMan or something, it is later made clear that he's only using Sawa as his personal assassin.

* RapeAsBackstory: Aki did this to Sawa in part to "condition" her.
* SexySecretary: During the above mentioned action sequence in which Sawa falls down a skyscraper, the action briefly cuts into an office building in which a corporate suit is having sex with his secretary as Sawa falls past the window.

* WrongSideAllAlong: Sawa believes that she is acting as a vigilante who ends up with the criminal scum, when the reality is that she is acting as Aki's hitman.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After they escape their former "guardians" to start a new life together, Oburi is [[DiabolusExMachina ambushed and murdered by the same young girl he encountered earlier]] while Sawa patiently waits for him at home.]]

* KillEmAll: Every main character save Sawa is dead by the end.

''Anime/KiteLiberator'' follows a new young female assassin named Monaka Noguchi, who poses as a waitress in a [[FanserviceWithASmile maid cafe]] and kills criminals as "The Angel of Death" by night (said cafe also serves as the FrontOrganization). There are two primary storylines: one about the older brother of one of Monaka's past targets seeking revenge, and the other about Monaka's astronaut father coming home from space... [[BodyHorror wrong]]. Additionally, the sequel features a cameo by Sawa, now all grown up, OlderAndWiser waitress colleague of Monaka (and a single mother). What ''Liberator'' [[BleachedUnderpants doesn't feature is gratuitous rape and sex scenes]].

!!This series contains examples of:

* ActionGirl: Sawa and Monaka, although Sawa didn't exactly choose to be one.

* CantBatheWithoutAWeapon: One poster for ''Liberator'' shows Monaka taking a bath with two guns in the water and a clip laying on the rim of the bathtub.

''Kite'' is an {{Anime}} series in the action genre, written and directed by Yasuomi Umetsu. Originally released as a two-part OVA in 1998 by Japanese studio Green Bunny, it has since been edited for release in North America as a single "movie" by Creator/MediaBlasters (general release) and Kitty Media (''Kite: Director's Cut'' and ''Kite: Special Edition''). The original series was followed in 2008 by a sequel, ''Kite Liberator''.

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''Kite Liberator'' follows a new young female assassin named Monaka Noguchi, who poses as a waitress in a [[FanserviceWithASmile maid cafe]] and kills criminals as "The Angel of Death" by night (said cafe also serves as the FrontOrganization). There are two primary storylines: one about the older brother of one of Monaka's past targets seeking revenge, and the other about Monaka's astronaut father coming home from space... [[BodyHorror wrong]]. Additionally, the sequel features a cameo by Sawa, now all grown up, OlderAndWiser waitress colleague of Monaka (and a single mother). What ''Liberator'' [[BleachedUnderpants doesn't feature is gratuitous rape and sex scenes]].

* MarketBasedTitle: In Japanes, it's known as ''A KITE''.

* CantBatheWithoutAWeapon: One poster for ''Liberator'' shows Monaka taking a with two guns in the water and a clip laying on the rim of the bathtub.

* GroinAttack: Happens to an unfortunate mook during a botched hit. [[spoiler:In addition, Akai is shot multiple times in the groin by Sawa at the end.]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Every main character save Sawa is dead by the end.]]

* CoitusUninterruptus: Akai walks in on his partner Kanye having sex with what looks like a prepubescent girl. Kanye stops, draws his gun, sighs, says "Oh, it's just you," and then continues on with the sex.

* BodyToJewel: Akai had some of Sawa's parents' blood fashioned into an earring, which has been her most prized possession ever since.

* ActionGirl

* CorruptTheCutie

--> [[spoiler:'''Sawa''' (to Oburi's cats): "Be patient, my friends. Very soon, Oburi will come home to us - right?"]]
* {{Gorn}}

* RapeAsBackstory

A LiveActionAdaptation of the original OVA is currently in the works with [[SnakesOnAPlane David R. Ellis]] set to direct.

* [[spoiler:DiabolusExMachina: Oburi's death-from-out-of-nowhere that leads to the OVA's DownerEnding.]]

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: After they escape their former "guardians" to start a new life together, Oburi is [[DiabolusExMachina ambushed and murdered by the same young girl he encountered earlier]] while Sawa patiently waits for him at home.]]

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: Every main character save Sawa is dead by the end.]]

In Tokyo, a string of bizarre, unsolved murders have the police confounded and the media in a frenzy. The only known connections are the killer's use of exploding bullets, and the fact that each of the victims were famous, wealthy, or powerful individuals. [[CompleteMonster Akai]], the [[DirtyCop lead detective]] in these cases, knows more than he is letting on. Not only have he and his partner Kanie ordered each of the killings, but many of them have been carried out by his [[{{Squick}} lover and adopted daughter]], Sawa.

* OverlyLongGag: After a particularly lengthy and brutal fight scene, the mood is lightened somewhat ''after'' a bodyguard latches onto Sawa, throwing her and himself out the hole in the wall from said scene in a high-rise building. They then proceed to latch onto a neon sign, which breaks off at the hinges, sending them falling once more until they land on the roof of a car waiting on an overpass. The weight of their impact somehow sends the car through the bottom of the overpass, landing on a truck waiting below the overpass. This impact then sends the whole pile ''through the ground'' into a subway station. Then the neon sign falls onto everything, causing the truck to explode... sending Sawa hurtling through another window ''into'' an adjacent building. It's like ''TheyLive'' crossed with ''Film/{{Wanted}}''.

* OverlyLongGag: After a particularly lengthy and brutal fight scene, the mood is lightened somewhat ''after'' a bodyguard latches onto Sawa, throwing her and himself out the hole in the wall from said scene in a high-rise building. They then proceed to latch onto a neon sign, which breaks off at the hinges, sending them falling once more until they land on the roof of a car waiting on an overpass. The weight of their impact somehow sends the car through the bottom of the overpass, landing on a truck waiting below the overpass. This impact then sends the whole pile ''through the ground'' into a subway station. Then the neon sign falls onto everything, causing the truck to explode... sending Sawa hurtling through another window ''into'' an adjacent building. It's like ''TheyLive'' crossed with ''{{Wanted}}''.

''Kite'' is an {{Anime}} series in the action genre, written and directed by Yasuomi Umetsu. Originally released as a two-part OVA in 1998 by Japanese studio Green Bunny, it has since been edited for release in North America as a single "movie" by MediaBlasters (general release) and Kitty Media (''Kite: Director's Cut'' and ''Kite: Special Edition''). The original series was followed in 2008 by a sequel, ''Kite Liberator''.

In Tokyo, a string of bizarre, unsolved murders have the police confounded and the media in a frenzy. The only known connections are the killer's use of exploding bullets, and the fact that each of the victims were famous, wealthy, or powerful individuals. [[{{CompleteMonster}} Akai]], the [[DirtyCop lead detective]] in these cases, knows more than he is letting on. Not only have he and his partner Kanie ordered each of the killings, but many of them have been carried out by his [[{{Squick}} lover and adopted daughter]], Sawa.

* YourHeadAsplode: Sawa, taking a page from ''GhostInTheShell'', uses bullets that explode five seconds after impact, typically causing the head to explode in bloody gore.

* [[spoiler: DiabolusExMachina: Oburi's death-from-out-of-nowhere that leads to the OVA's DownerEnding.]]

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: After they escape their former "guardians" to start a new life together, Oburi is [[DiabolusExMachina ambushed and murdered by the same young girl he encounted earlier]] while Sawa patiently waits for him at home.]]

--> [[spoiler: '''Sawa''' (to Oburi's cats): "Be patient, my friends. Very soon, Oburi will come home to us - right?"]]

* GroinAttack: Happens to an unfortunate mook during a botched hit. [[spoiler: In addition, Akai is shot multiple times in the groin by Sawa at the end.]]

* [[spoiler: KillEmAll: Every main character save Sawa is dead by the end.]]

* PlotWithPorn