Kite Liberator, the science-fiction sequel to the 1998 OVA about a teenage assassin, will be released on DVD in Japan on March 21, and in North America only four days later on March 25. The project was originally slated for a late January Japanese release, but that date has been pushed back because of unspecified production issues. Media Blasters, the distributor that holds the North American license to the original Kite, co-produced Liberator and will be distributing the 57-minute film.
Only a few anime have ever premiered in both Japan and North America in the same week. ADV Films officially scheduled its North American DVD release of Akitaro Daichi’s Grrl Power (Makasete Iruka!) DVD two days before the Japanese release. Afro Samurai ran on America’s Spike T.V. four months before it ran on Japan’s WOWWOW channel (in a director’s cut edition).
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