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Noir (TV)

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Alternative title:
Нуар (Russian)
ノワール (Japanese)
黑色天使 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, drama, mystery
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: 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.
User Ratings: 2227 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 246 votes (sub:137, dub:89, Ger.dub:4, raw:4, Fre.sub:3, ?:2, Ger.sub:2, edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Por.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 515 votes (sub:323, dub:169, Spa.sub:5, Ger.dub:4, ?:4, Rus.sub:3, Fre.dub:2, Por.sub:2, Spa.dub:1, raw:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Very good: 508 votes (sub:338, dub:143, ?:5, Ger.dub:5, Spa.dub:3, edit.dub:3, Por.sub:2, Rus.sub:2, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, Dut.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Good: 426 votes (sub:282, dub:116, Por.sub:7, ?:5, Pol.sub:4, Fre.sub:3, raw:3, Ger.dub:2, Ger.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Decent: 229 votes (sub:156, dub:61, Spa.dub:3, ?:3, Rus.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, raw:1, Por.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 So-so: 139 votes (sub:94, dub:42, Spa.dub:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 49 votes (sub:30, dub:14, raw:2, Ita.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Weak: 67 votes (sub:47, dub:16, Ger.dub:1, Por.sub:1, ?:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Bad: 34 votes (sub:23, dub:10, Por.dub:1)
 Awful: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:2, Por.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:4, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 4258 users, rank: #91
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.492 (Good+.49), std. dev.: 1.8907, rank: #1008
Weighted mean: 7.411 (Good+.41), rank: #973 (seen all: 7.70 / seen some: 6.57 / won't finish: 4.36)
Bayesian estimate: 7.412 (Good+.41), rank: #736
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2001-04-06 to 2001-09-28
2004-04-05 to 2004-06-29 (Germany, VIVA)
2004-12-12 (France Air Date)
2006-04-24 to 2006-10-16 (Animax Latin America)
2006-10-16 (Spain - Buzz Channel)
Releases: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"「コッペリアの柩」 - Coppelia no Hitsugi (Coppelia's Casket)" by ALI Project
Ending Theme:
"「きれいな感情」 - Kirei na Kanjo (Beautiful Emotions)" by Akino Arai
Links: We have 6
Trivia: We have 8
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 9
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Reviews:
    Noir DVD 3
    Noir DVD 2
    Noir DVD 1
    Noir DVD 1

DVD
    Noir - Shades of Darkness (DVD 1) 2003-02-18 (from $5.00)
    Noir - Shades of Darkness DVD + Empty Artbox + Tshirt (DVD 1) 2003-02-18 (from $33.74)
    Noir - The Hit List (DVD 2) 2003-04-08 (from $5.00)
    Noir - Death Warrant (DVD 4) 2003-06-24 (from $5.00)
    Noir - Terminal Velocity (DVD 5) 2003-08-05
    Noir - Cloaks & Daggers (DVD 6) 2003-09-16 (from $21.29)
    Noir - Shades Of Darkness [Mini] (DVD) 2004-06-15
    Noir - The Hit List [Mini] (DVD) 2004-08-03
    Noir - High Definition (DVD 1) 2005-03-08 (from $16.99)
    Noir - The Firing Chamber (DVD 3) 2003-05-13 (from $19.67)
    Noir - The End of the Matter (DVD 7) 2003-10-28 (from $5.00)
    Noir - Complete Collection (Thinpak) (DVD 1-7) 2005-06-14 (from $52.99)
    Noir - Complete Collection (DVD 1-7) 2008-06-17 (from $29.99)
Soundtrack
    Noir - Original Soundtrack I (OST) 2005-05-03
    Noir - CD Soundtrack 2 (OST) 2005-09-06
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Script: Ryoe Tsukimura 
Screenplay: Ryoe Tsukimura
Original Concept: Ryoe Tsukimura
Art Director: Toshihisa Koyama
Mechanical design: Kenji Teraoka
Sound Director: Koichi Mashimo
Director of Photography:
Kenji Takehara
Seiichi Morishita
Animation: Yoko Kikuchi (OP)
Color Coordination: Yumiko Katayama
Editing: Seiji Morita
Episode Assistant Director:
Hideyo Yamamoto
Masaki Tachibana
Shinya Kawatsura
Yuki Arie (as Yuuki Arie)
Key Animation: Minako Shiba
Mechanical animation Director: Kenji Teraoka
Music Director: Masao Fukuda
Musician:
Kyoichi Sato (Drums)
Masayoshi Furukawa (A. Guitar)
Tomoharu 'Jr' Takahashi (Bass)
Planning: Shiro Sasaki
Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata
Sound Production: Toru Nakano
Sound Production Manager: Takeshi Takadera
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hisaaki Hogari
Mikiya Katakura
Theme Song Composition:
Akino Arai
Mikiya Katakura
Theme Song Lyrics:
Akino Arai
Arika Takarano
Theme Song Performance:
Akino Arai (ED)
Ali Project (OP)
 
Houko Kuwashima as Kirika Yumura
Kotono Mitsuishi as Mireille Bouquet

Aya Hisakawa as Chloe
TARAKO as Altena

Ai Satou as Marguerite
Banjou Ginga as Brefforl
Emi Shinohara as Marennes
Hikaru Miyata as Jean Jacque Legrand
Hiroshi Ito as Reimann
Hiroshi Kamiya as Dominiques
Hiroshi Yanaka as Pierre Cressoa
Hiroya Ishimaru as Madran
Hisao Egawa as Paolo
Hitoshi Takagi as Edringer
Houchu Ohtsuka as Krode Feddi
Katsumi Chou as Francesco
Katsunosuke Hori as Nazerov
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Beltonie
Koichi Sakaguchi as
Dupois
Loshuman
Renoir
Kouichi Nagano as
Andore
Ricardo
Vinto
Mika Itou as Rosalie
Naoya Uchida as Hammond
Osamu Kobayashi as Salvatore
Rokuro Naya as Zellner
Ryunosuke Ohbayashi as Arberl Dukus
Taimei Suzuki as Distan
Takeshi Watabe as Tristan
Takuma Suzuki as Rolan
Taro Arakawa as Galle
Tomoyuki Kouno as
Chu
Lune
Vanel
Toshihiko Seki as Milosh Habel (ep 13)
Urara Takano as Shaoli
Yoshiko Asai as Mary
Yousuke Akimoto as General Kanora
Yuji Fujishiro as Yubell
Yumi Touma as Silvana "Intoccabile" Gleone (eps 8-9)
Yuriko Yamaguchi as Paulette
Japanese companies 
Animation Production: Bee Train
Backgrounds: Production AI
Film Processing: Imagica
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Original Titles: Maki Productions
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Production Cooperation: M.S.C. (eps 8-9)
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Producer: Half H-P Studio
Video Editing:
Imagica
Video Tech
English staff 
English cast 
ADR Director: Matt Greenfield
Art Director: Ruby Halipoto
ADR Script: Matt Greenfield
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer: Matt Greenfield

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Graphics: Larry Koteff
DVD Producer: David Williams
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Project Translator: Shoko Oono
Recording engineer:
Cesar Inserny
David Grundy
Sound Design: Christopher Bourque
Subtitle Script: Andrew Kent
 
Monica Rial as Kirika Yumura
Shelley Calene-Black as Mireille Bouquet

Hilary Haag as Chloe
Tiffany Grant as Altena

Andy McAvin as
Cressoy (ep 2)
Don Marco
Charles Kennedy as
Paolo
Roshman (ep 12)
Christine M. Auten as Belladonna
David LeMaster as Ricardo
Dean Turner as Driver
Derek Degeyter as
Dupois
Rene (ep 14)
Don'l Johnson as Guerrilla
Emily Carter-Essex as Margaret
Frank Page as Don Lucio
George Manley as
Bertonie (ep 17)
Francesco
Informant (ep 10)
Soldats Man (ep 22)
Illich Guardiola as
Burke
Guerilla (ep 7)
James Marshall as Man in Flashback
Jason Douglas as
Feyder (ep 14)
Henri's Father
Public Prosecutor (ep 10)
Jay Hickman as
Guerilla (ep 7)
Milosh (ep 13)
Vanel
John Gremillion as
Doctor
Guerilla (ep 7)
John Kaiser as
D'Estaing (ep 10)
Priest
Soldats' Man (ep 11)
John Swasey as
Dux (ep 3)
Priest
Reimann (ep 12)
Salvatore (ep 8)
John Tyson as Council Member D
Kelly Manison as
Henri's Mother
Shaoli
Kevin Charles as Council Member B
Kevin Corn as Henri
Kira Vincent-Davis as
Kid
Russian Boy (ep 6)
Young Nazarov (ep 6)
Laura Chapman as Paulette
Laura Scott as Borne (24-26)
Mandy Clark as Rosalie
Marcy Bannor as Old Lady (ep 18)
Marcy Rae as Old Woman
Mark X. Laskowski as
Rizzo
Security Guard Kicked in Balls
Matt Culpepper as Dupois
Mike Kleinhenz as Legrand
Mike Vance as Hammond
Nathan Parmer as Waiter
Phil Ross as Bartender
Randy Sparks as Tanner
Rick Peeples as
Old Man
Zellner (ep 12)
Rob Mungle as
Foster
Izuddin (ep 7)
Rocard (ep 2)
Robert Anderson as
2nd Bodyguard (ep 12)
Guerrilla
Ron Howald as Andre
Ross Walton as Associate
Sasha Paysinger as Village Girl
Scott White as Galle
Sean O'Neel as Vint
Sheri Sims as
Mireille Bouquet (Young)
Russian Girl
Ted Pfister as
Hubert
Minister Song (ep 15)
Nazarov (ep 6)
Tiffany Grant as Store Clerk
Tiffany Terrell as Marennes
Vic Mignogna as
Domenic
Heinz
Wellman
Victor Carsrud as
Captain
Killam
Professor
Renoir

English companies 
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
French staff 
French cast 
ADR Director: Philippe Roullier

 
Helene Bizot as Kirika Yumura
Nathalie Bienaime as Mireille Bouquet

Olivia Dutron as Altena
Pascale Chemin as Chloé

Bruno Magne as
Albert Dux
Jean-Jacques Legrand
Turner
Eric Missoffe as Claude (Mirielle's uncle)

French companies 
Broadcaster:
Canal +
Canal+
Gong (from May 2009)

Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish cast 
Claudia Nieto as Mireille Bouquet
Luis Pérez Pons as Old man
Maria Teresa Hernandez as Kirika Yumura
Rebeca Aponte as Chloe
Spanish companies 
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
Distributor: Selecta Visión (Spain)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
German staff 
German cast 
Synchronregie & Dialogbuch: Susanna Sandvoss
 
Kathrin Filzen as Kirika Yuumaru
Tolilah Jolas as Mireille Bouquet


Dieter Memel as Dieter Reimann (General)
Jörg Stuttman as
Jean-Jacques Le Grand
Mr. Hammond
Kathrin Simon as Altena
Manfred Trilling as Pierre Cressoy
Martina Dunker as Borne (Ordensschwester)
Michaela Amler as Silvana
Thomas Rauscher as Konrad Zellner
German companies 
Broadcaster: VIVA (2004-04-05 to 2004-06-29)
Distributor:
ACOG
OVA Films
Dutch staff 
Dutch cast 
Production Coordination: Jeroen Schiffer
 (none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Dybex
Russian staff 
(none)
Russian companies 
Distributor: Mega-Anime
Russian cast 
(none)
Tagalog staff 
Tagalog companies 
(none)
 
Dubbing: GMA 7 (Broadcaster)
Tagalog cast 
(none)

Portuguese cast 
Portuguese staff 
Dubbing Director: Wellington Lima
Angelica Santos as Mireille Bouquet
Luciana Baroli as Kirika Yumura


Adriana Pissardini as Silvana/Intocabile
Cecília Lemes as Belladonna
Fábio Moura as Jean Jacque Legrand
Wellington Lima as Cressoir
Portuguese companies 
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
Translation: JBC
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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