The main character really kind of reminds you in a lot of ways of Sawa from the first film. The stereo effects were really accurate and made listening to the movie through headphones much more enjoyable than through standard speakers.Ĭharacters: I felt you could empathise with the characters in the story quite well in a similar way as you could for the first movie albeit for different reasons. The themes worked well with the scenes throughout and the sound effects and timing were spot on. Sound: Another case of 'doing what it says on the tin'. Everything was well-rendered or accurately drawn and this component stood out justifyably, fully deserving the 10. The combination of computer graphics as well as more traditional constructions made it very pleasing on the eye. The story element is something that most people will have differing views on but I think 7 is a fair score for this component.Īrt: Well, I have to say that this was one of the standout features of the OVA. At least with Kite you could imagine the events happening in real life. In it's own right, the sci-fi plot is quite entertaining but I was disappointed with massive leap in terms of content from the gritty original to something completely fictional. Even though it is only an hour long in length, the way the plot is constructed makes it feel like a full-length movie. might say that the absence of sex scenes makes the anime not seem like a true sequel and I would have to agree to some extent, but I feel that to do a sequel too similar to the original would have inevitably not have been as good. Whilst the original focused on a gritty underworld story of corruption and violence (which featured nudity), Kite Liberator takes a completely different tact and focuses more on a kind of action-based sci-fi plot. Story: First off I'll start by saying that I thought it was very interesting that they made a non-hentai sequel to a hentai-pigeonholed movie. But as you can see from the ratings I'm part of the contingent that liked it. However, the bone armored monster makes short work of them that by the time the survivors (including Kōichi Doi) were able to escape, most of them died and the lone survivor died in the explosion of the reentry tube in an effort to kill it after attaching an explosive on its leg.Well, this is a tricky one to review as it's something that most people will have mixed feelings about as the original Kite was a very interesting work in its own right. SWAT Team: The ISS has SWAT teams stationed there.No Ending: The OVA ends after Monaka catches the attention of the bone armored monster, who happens to be Orudo Noguchi.Monumental Damage: When the space shuttle goes for a controlled landing, they land on the Fuji Broadcasting Center building.The Men in Black: Near the end of the OVA, Defy Foods has agents clad in black suits and shades in (at least) one car with diplomatic license plates in order to capture and/kill the bone armored monster that survived the space shuttle crash.Driving Question: Why was Monaka doing vigilante work? How was she recruited? Also how did the Red Club came into the possession of Monaka?.Diplomatic Impunity: The sedans used by DF agents were seen with blue diplomatic license plates, likely in an effort to make sure law enforcement doesn't impede their operations.Continuity Nod: Monaka acquires the Red Club, Sawa's old sidearm in Kite.Can't Bathe Without a Weapon: 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.Boom, Headshot!: Monaka takes out the two DF agents and Doi after they find out that Monaka's father is the other bone armored monster inside the car with diplomatic plates.Body Horror: Monaka's astronaut dad transforms into a twelve-foot monster made of solid bone.What Liberator doesn't feature is gratuitous rape and sex scenes. Additionally, the sequel features a cameo by Sawa, now all grown up, Older and Wiser waitress colleague of Monaka (and a single mother). wrong after doing work in space linked with the ISS and a company called Defy Foods. 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. It follows a new young female assassin named Monaka Noguchi, who poses as a waitress in a maid cafe and kills criminals as "The Angel of Death" by night (said cafe also serves as the front organization). The OVA was when Xanthe Huynh debuted as a voice actor after winning the AX Idol contest in 2007. It was released in English by Media Blasters. KL was released in Japan on Maon DVD and on Novemin Blu-Ray. It takes place ten years after the events of Kite. Kite Liberator is a 2008 Original Video Animation written and directed by Yasuomi Umetsu.
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