Mezzo Forte

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Mezzo Forte
DVD Poster (16 Up Cover) featuring Mikura Suzuki and Momomi Momoi
メゾフォルテ
Genre	Girls with guns,[1] hentai[2]
Original video animation
Directed by	Yasuomi Umetsu
Produced by	Osamu Koshinaka Tarō Miyabe
Written by	Yasuomi Umetsu
Music by	Tooru Shura
Studio	ARMS
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Media Blasters (former) SoftCel Pictures
Released	May 25, 2000 - June 25, 2001 (OVA edition) July 23, 2004 (movie edition)
Runtime	OVA edition: 60 minutes (with sex scenes) 50 minutes (without sex scenes) Movie edition: 70 minutes (without sex scenes)
Episodes	2 (OVA edition) 1 (Movie edition)

Mezzo Forte (メゾフォルテ, Mezo Forute) is a 2000 original video animation (OVA) directed by Yasuomi Umetsu, but in the United States these OVAs are edited into an anime movie and released it on DVD on the same year.

The OVA, which concerns a young woman, Mikura Suzuki, and her mercenary business, the Danger Service Agency (D.S.A.), is the spiritual sequel to Umetsu's Kite, as both feature the continuing elements of a highly trained female protagonist, dark comedic tone, extremely violent and slickly directed over-the-top action sequences, as well as the graphic sex scenes, which can be found only in the uncut version. Mezzo Forte takes place sometime after the events of Kite.

Like Kite, the OVA was released both in the United States and Japan in two different versions: one with graphic sex scenes taken out, and the other with them left intact. Both versions, however, retain the more violent aspects of the movie. The United States release contains 20 minutes of extra footage not seen in the Japanese release, however, none of the pornographic content from the Japanese director's cut was included. The abridged version of Mezzo Forte, however, has no sex scenes and only contains two nude scenes (in which unobscured female breasts and labia are depicted). In addition, an international version was released in Japan on July 23, 2004. This version includes 20 minutes of extra footage, but none of the adult scenes found in the director's cut or the uncut version.