They refuse to release unedited Kite in the 
US. Even on DVD. Now if that isn't just 
STUPID...

That's funny, I thought we were talking about 
Fushigi Yuugi.

Anyway, the portions of Kite that were edited out 
can be taken as child pornography.  In the US, 
distributing child porn is a FELONY, which means 
that you can be sent to jail and registered as a 
sex offender for distributing it.  Obviously, 
Media Blasters didn't want to go to jail, so they 
didn't release the kiddie-porn parts.

I got the uncut release in France, which, oddly 
enough, was actually much cheaper than the US 
DVD.  I generally oppose editing, but Media 
Blasters were between a rock and a hard place wrt 
Kite.  (Incidentally, the Kite Director's Cut 
also doesn't include the kiddie porn sequence-- 
which means that the director didn't want the 
scene in there in the first place.  That's 
probably the best version to get.)