David R. Ellis was initially the film's director, however, part way through filming, Ellis was found dead in the bathroom of his Johannesburg, South Africa hotel room. As a result, Ralph Ziman took over as director.
The live-action version of Kite is significantly toned-down, and is based on the 45 minute censored animé version (Rated 16+ by Animé Works), and not the uncut 18+ Kitty Media version.
Most of the characters are original to the live-action version, and don't appear in the animé.
A good friend of Samuel L Jackson, Darius Jackson was an on-set assistant, and appeared in many background scenes.