The result is a fine action film, but not the anime that its creator intended. ![]() The debut American version of Kite released by Media Blasters under the Anime Works label is a heavily edited recut with extensive missing footage, scenes out of their original order, and the original two episodes edited together into a single film. This “International Version” is a slightly different edit of the heavily censored American Anime Works version of Kite. The only version of Kite still in print in Japan is the more recent “International Version” released to Japanese VHS and DVD in 2000. Unfortunately, this original Japanese release is now out of print in Japan. This original Japanese version was uncut but digitally censored in accordance with Japanese law. The original Japanese version of Kite was released in Japan on two VHS and laserdisc volumes in 1998, followed later by a two volume DVD release. The only existing 100% uncut and uncensored version of Kite available on DVD is ironically available only on a German PAL format Region 2 DVD that includes the original Japanese language audio and a German language dub, but no English translation. Some from Media Blasters, Anime Works and others from Ebay and other site. and I have recently found out that they are edited Kite version that I have bought. (incl.I am looking for the original uncut unedited Kite version anime dvd.
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