A KITE
(OVA/color/16:9/Dolby Digital/Japanese/Japan)
International Version – 47min
Premium Collectors Version [Vol.1 – 28min, Vol.2 – 27min]
Genre: Mystery Animation

Story
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). This anime-a cross between THE PROFESSIONAL and LA FEMME NIKITA is sure to shock and entertain every anime fan!

Cast (Voice):
Kotomi NARUSE, Shingo OYAMADA, Goro SHIBUSAWA, Tatsuo MATOBA

Staff:
Original Story, Script, Character Design, Storyboad & Director: Yasuomi UMETSU / Planning: Kaio KANEKI, Yudai TENCHI / Producers: Taro MIYABI, Osamu ECCHU / Supervisor: Dr. Pochi / Art Director: Shigeru IKEHATA / Director of Photography: Yosuke MORIGUCHI / Music: AN FU / Production: ARMS / Produced by: Beam Entertainment

©1998, 2000 YASUOMI UMETSU/GREEN BUNNY

Director: Yasuomi UMETSU

Born in 1960. Graduated from Chiyoda Institute of Art and Technology and after working for Madhouse, he is under an exclusive contract with Arms as an animator, a character designer and a director for animation. His elaborate style of drawing and incisive portrayal of action scenes is highly rated. Rob Cowen and Quentin Tarantino are known to be the fans of Yasuomi UMETSU.

KITE LIBERATOR
(OVA/57 min/color/16:9/Dolby Digital/Japanese/Japan)
Genre: Mystery Animation

Story
In the previous “A Kite”, an assassin Sawa succeeded in avenging her parents’ deaths. Since then, her whereabouts has been unknown…

A few years later, a girl appears in the city’s darkness.
The Angel of Death eliminates her target brilliantly and disappears into the darkness again.

An ordinary high school girl Monaka…her quiet and subdued look is only a part of her.
Momoka has two faces…
The Angel of Death is one of her faces.

Her unknown past and her relationship with Akai who is dead now…
In spite of her ironic fate, she has strength not to despair.
But at the same time she has a delicate and sensitive heart.
What kind of future does she see in her eyes?
A girl Monaka shoots the darkness!!

Cast (Voice):
Marina Inoue as Monaka Noguchi / Rikiya Koyama as Orudo Noguchi / Setsuji Sato as Koichi Doi / Kenji Nomura as Ichizo Noguchi / Kei Shindo as Azuki Noguchi / Masakazu Morita as Rin Gaga / Mugihito as Torokuro  Amuzu / Akemi Okamura as Manatsu Mukai /　Yasuhiro as Kichi & Kai Tsuin / Masaaki Tsukada as Doctor

Staff:
Executive Producers: Michio Suzuki, Osamu Koshinaka, Masato Suzuki, John Sirabella / Producers: Mariko Kusuhara, Yasuyuki Kogoshi, Yoko Hayama / Production: Arms / Original story, Storyboards, Character design, Unit Director: Yasuomi Umetsu / Animation Directors: Yasuomi Umetsu,  Shuichi Kaneko / Art Design: Shuichi Hirata / Art Directors: Takeshi Sato (Kusanagi), Eiji Wakamatsu (Kusanagi) / Director of Photography: Toru Sugawara (Studio Cosmos) / Editor: Takeshi Seyama (Seyama Editing Suite) / Music: Tomohisa Ishikawa /

©2008 Yasuomi Umetsu, “KITE LIBERATOR” Production Committee, Fever Dreams LLC