- All USA releases have overlays over the Japanese ending credits.
- The version rated 16+ has closeups of Sawa and Akai's faces after they have sex.
- There is International Version which was released in Japan and South Korea, The Green Bunny logo is missing in the international version, the international version is missing the first sex scene between Sawa and Akai. The start of a tracking shot is missing in the international version. Oburi is shown longer as he descends the escalator. The international version has the flash back sex scene drawn differently for the international version. The scene of the man grabbing Sawa and them falling out the window is different in the international version, the international version shows it from the front while the uncut version is shown from the side. A shot of the guy falling is a bit longer in the original version. The ending credits of the first episode as well as the Green Bunny logo at the beginning of episode two are missing in the international version. Another part of the second episode's credits is missing in the international version.The international version is missing a shot of the building's interior as Sawa and the guy fall down. A man and a woman are having sex as the two speed past the window. The title card of the second episode is missing. After the scene at the police station: A short tracking shot outside Kanie's apartment is missing. Cut to inside. Kanie is having sex with a tied-up and gagged young woman as he suddenly notices a sound. He quickly draws his weapon, but it's only Akai asking if he was done soon. Kanie puts his gun aside as Akai draws a knife. The uncut version shows Kanie, the girl from the cut before and Akai. As Kanie talks on the phone, the girl blows Akai. The international version shows a completely different shot. The international version shows Akai a little longer before fading to black. Conversely, it completely misses Oburi being, at gun point, forced by Kanie to watch Akai having sex with Sawa. Short flash backs are missing, too. Finally, you can see Akai's ear wound bursting open and blood squirting on the bed. The ending credits differ. In the international version, they roll in English while in the uncut version, they do in Japanese.
- 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 slightly 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 under their Kitty Media label with a Director's Cut version. This version, while nearly perfect, still omits roughly 12 seconds 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 anime label for adult's only titles, released Kite with a Special Edition Uncut version. This version is uncut and is in its original format, restoring the 12 seconds worth of footage missing from the Director's Cut version, 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 its original Japanese releases of 1998.
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