
Also known as ノワール
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Mireille Bouquet is a professional assassin, and a very good one at that. But when she follows up an e-mail from a young Japanese girl named Yumura Kirika, inviting her to take "a pilgrimage to the past", her life becomes even more dangerous than it already is. Now, with a haunting melody invoking the memory of an event long past, Mireille and Kirika decide to work together to find the truth about a thousand year old organization that has controlled both of their lives since before they were born. And the only clue in their search, the only thing Kirika remembers about herself, becomes their working codename: a name designating an ancient fate, of two maidens who reign over death--Noir.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Noir is the first original anime by director Kouichi Mashimo and studio Bee Train, which focused on the "Girls with Guns" sub-genre. It was later followed by two spiritual successors: Madlax in 2004 and El Cazador de la Bruja in 2007. Together, they are considered to be a Girls with Guns trilogy, even though the three TV series are unrelated story-wise. A live-action adaptation of the anime series produced by TV network Starz was planned to release in the summer of 2012. But following a two-year hiatus starting in March 2012, the project was canceled in January 2014.
Openings
"Coppelia no Hitsugi (「コッペリアの柩」 Coppelia's Casket)" by ALI Project
Endings
"Kirei na Kanjo (「きれいな感情」 Beautiful Emotions)" by Akino Arai
English title
Noir
Romaji title
Noir
Japanese title
ノワール
Synonyms
Unknown
Main studio
Bee Train
Producers
Victor Entertainment
Licensors
ADV Films, Funimation
Japanese title
ノワール