The feature opens with a shot of earth from space as the camera pans around a space station. Liberator feels like a reboot (which, in and of itself, would be fine) that forgoes the inclusion of explicit content (also fine) and tries to weave a science fiction storyline together with the tale of a young female assassin. Kite: Liberator is purported to take place several years after the original Kite but, outside of a few vague bits of dialog and a minor character's resemblance to Sawa, any ties to its predecessor are not readily apparent. Oh man, what happened? Of all the directions Yasuomi Umetsu's follow-up to his controversial adult OVA could have taken, this is what he came up with? Avoid it like the radioactive, bone-growing space plague. The original Kite can be a tricky title to review for several reasons but Liberator is an easy call: it's illogical, dumb and entirely devoid of any redeeming values. As a result, nothing in the feature gels I'd hesitate to even call it mush. Liberator takes on too much plot for its 50-minute runtime to sustain. The English dub isn't synched well with the animation, but is otherwise passable. It doesn't deliver visually at all, really while the character designs are appealing, as you'd expect, the animation is sporadically choppy and awkward. There isn't even any decent action after an opening chase sequence. The two plots have almost nothing to do with each other, neither makes sense anyway, and the characters are uninteresting. I.Oh man, what happened? Of all the directions Yasuomi Umetsu's follow-up to his controversial adult OVA could have taken, an effective reboot awkwardly mashing stupid sci-fi horror with random sleazy action was not what I was expecting. Tags 25th 25th Anniversary 80s action action figures animation Anniversary Arctic Assault Bazooka best boxed Brothers carded change Cobra collecting Conditions Crimson Guard decade Donald Pleasance Duke DVD exclusive Extreme female figure figures films G.I.Rumour has it a third OVA is in the works, but hopefully we won’t have to wait several years before that shows up, and hopefully it won’t throw another swerve in the narrative flow and take place underwater or something. But once again it’s left in the air because of the abrupt ending. The CGI feels out of place in that it makes no attempt at disguising itself but is limited mainly to the space station scenes.Īnd for those wondering what happened to Sawa, there are very subtle hints that Monaka’s co-worker in a diner, Mukai, may be Sawa under an assumed identity. It’s probably a simple technique, but that detail really sells the energy and tension. I found myself admiring how the animators shake the “camera” when characters are running. Still, the action scenes are kinetic and the animation is great. Or can we even do that? The OVA abruptly ends before any loose ends can be tied off and before the narrative even ends. One of these astronauts is Monaka’s father so you can imagine the tragic irony when Monaka shoots her dad in the only vulnerable spot, his mouth. WTF!!!īasically, two astronauts exposed to solar radiation and a new experimental food designed to increase bone density transform into armor-plated Doomsday type monstroids. Kite Liberator still deals with an underage female assassin - here it is a teenager named Monaka, aka The Angel of Death - meting out justice against pedophiles, but her modus operandi is sidetracked when she is charged to kill a xenomorph that has crash-landed on Earth from an orbiting satellite. How You Will Feel About The Abrupt Ending
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