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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))
Objectionable content: Significant
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 Kirika Yumura, 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: 2937 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 462 votes (sub:326, dub:111, raw:4, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:18
5 German dubbed
3 French subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 614 votes (sub:382, dub:200, raw:5, ?:2, others:25
5 Russian subtitled
5 Spanish subtitled
4 German dubbed
3 Spanish dubbed
2 French subtitled
2 French dubbed
2 German subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 623 votes (sub:409, dub:183, ?:8, edit.dub:3, raw:2, others:18
5 German dubbed
4 Spanish dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Good: 554 votes (sub:350, dub:170, ?:7, raw:4, others:23
7 Portuguese subtitled
4 French subtitled
4 Polish subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
2 German dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 284 votes (sub:184, dub:85, ?:3, raw:3, others:9
3 Spanish dubbed
2 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 194 votes (sub:128, dub:61, others:5
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 Not really good: 62 votes (sub:37, dub:20, raw:2, others:3
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 87 votes (sub:57, dub:23, ?:1, others:6
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Bad: 40 votes (sub:28, dub:11, others:1
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Awful: 12 votes (sub:6, dub:4, others:2
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:4, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 5552 users, rank: #136 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.587 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.9275, rank: #1526 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.506 (Very good−), rank: #1639 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.79 / seen some: 6.46 / won't finish: 4.42)
Bayesian estimate: 7.506 (Very good−), rank: #1356 (of 7243)
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)
2004-12-12 to 2005-02-09 (France)
2006-04-24 to 2006-10-16 (Animax Latin America)
2006-10-16 (Spain - Buzz Channel)
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Coppelia no Hitsugi" (コッペリアの柩; Coppelia's Casket) by ALI Project
Ending Theme:
"Kirei na Kanjō</" (きれいな感情; Beautiful Emotions) by Akino Arai
Insert song:
"canta per me" by Yuriko Kaida
"lullaby" by Yuriko Kaida
"salva nos" by Yuriko Kaida
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 10
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 9
Comment:
Noir is the first entry in Koichi Mashimo's/Bee Train's "girls-with-guns" trilogy; Madlax is the second and El Cazador de la Bruja is the third.
Reviews:
Noir Blu-Ray (Jul 31, 2015)
Noir DVD (Sep 21, 2011)
Noir DVD 3 (Jun 30, 2003)
Noir DVD 2 (May 5, 2003)
Noir DVD 1 (Jan 29, 2003)
Noir DVD 1 (Jan 24, 2003)
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Yuki Kajiura concert (Jul 21, 2003)
New ADV Releases in June (Mar 23, 2003)
Alternate Noir Review (Jan 29, 2003)
Noir DVD update (Jan 3, 2003)
ADV Talks Noir Dub (Jan 3, 2003)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Noir - The Complete Series [Anime Classics] (Blu-ray) 2015-04-14 (from $31.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Noir - The Complete Series [Anime Classics] (DVD) 2011-08-09 (from $21.08)
    Noir - Shades of Darkness [High Definition] (DVD 1) delayed/cancelled
    Noir - Shades of Darkness (DVD 1) 2003-02-18 (from $9.99)
    Noir - Shades of Darkness + Artbox + T-shirt (DVD 1) 2003-02-18 (from $14.50)
    Noir - The Hit List (DVD 2) 2003-04-08 (from $5.49)
    Noir - The Firing Chamber (DVD 3) 2003-05-13 (from $17.99)
    Noir - Death Warrant (DVD 4) 2003-06-24 (from $17.99)
    Noir - Terminal Velocity (DVD 5) 2003-08-05 (from $17.99)
    Noir - Cloaks and Daggers (DVD 6) 2003-09-16 (from $5.01)
    Noir - The End of the Matter (DVD 7) 2003-10-28 (from $11.68)
    Noir - The Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-7) 2005-06-14 (from $69.95)
    Noir - The Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-7) 2008-06-17 (from $99.99)
    Noir - Maidens with Black Hands [AniMini] (Dub.DVD 1) 2004-06-15 (from $9.99)
    Noir - Daily Bread [AniMini] (Dub.DVD 2) 2004-08-03 (from $20.00)
Soundtrack
    Noir - Original Soundtrack (OST 1) 2005-05-03 (from $10.81)
    Noir - Original Soundtrack (OST 2) 2005-10-04 (from $19.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kōichi Mashimo
Script: Ryoe Tsukimura
Storyboard:
Hideyo Yamamoto (6 episodes
eps 6, 12, 15-16, 20, 24
)

Itsuro Kawasaki (eps 3, 8-9)
Kōichi Mashimo (eps 1, 7)
Masaki Tachibana (5 episodes
eps 2, 13, 18, 22, 25
)

Shinya Kawatsura (ep 21)
Shunsuke Tada (eps 5, 11)
Toshiro Kawasaki (eps 23, 26)
Yuki Arie (as Yuuki Arie; eps 4, 10, 19)
Episode Director:
Hideyo Yamamoto (6 episodes
eps 6, 12, 15-16, 20, 24
)

Itsuro Kawasaki (eps 3, 8-9)
Kōichi Mashimo (ep 1)
Masaki Tachibana (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 18, 22
)

Shinya Kawatsura (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 21, 25
)

Toshiro Kawasaki (eps 23, 26)
Yuki Arie (as Yuuki Arie; 6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 14, 19, 23, 26
)

Music:
Hitoshi Konno (Violin)
Yuki Kajiura
Yuriko Kaida (Vocals)
Original Concept: Ryoe Tsukimura
Art Director: Toshihisa Koyama
Mechanical design: Kenji Teraoka
Sound Director: Kōichi Mashimo
Director of Photography:
Kenji Takehara
Seiichi Morishita
Producer: Shigeru Kitayama

Animation: Yoko Kikuchi (OP)
Animation producer:
Kuninori Egawa
Meiri Kanbayashi
Art Assistant: Yoshimi Umino
Assistant Episode Director:
Hideyo Yamamoto (ep 1)
Masaki Tachibana (ep 1)
Shinya Kawatsura (ep 1)
Yuki Arie (as Yuuki Arie)
Color Coordination:
Makiko Kojima (Studio Road; eps 2, 4, 8)
Sayuri Yoshida (Studio Road; eps 6, 9-25 odd)
Yuko Tsumori (13 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10-26 even
)

Yumiko Katayama
Finish Check: Takayuki Yokose (Studio Road; eps 2-26)
In-Between Animation:
Hiromi Sahara (MSC; eps 3, 8)
Naoko Igarashi (MSC; eps 8-9)
Rie Kawai (ep 3)
Toshifumi Niijima (MSC; eps 3, 8)
Yukiyo Komito (MSC; eps 3, 8-9)
Yuriko Ishii (MSC; eps 3, 8-9)
In-Between Check:
Daisuke Nakamura (eps 19, 25)
Eriko Kiguchi (eps 20, 23)
Hiromi Sahara (ep 3)
Kyoko Kotani (4 episodes
eps 5, 12, 17, 24
)

Mika Sakuraba (eps 8-9)
Sachiko Mori (4 episodes
eps 7, 14, 16, 22
)

Takaaki Chiba (eps 15, 18, 26)
Takato Nakajima (eps 1, 7)
Wakako Yoshida (4 episodes
eps 4, 11, 13, 21
)

Yūichi Maru (eps 2, 10)
Key Animation:
Akihiko Mamashita (eps 4, 15)
Akihiro Izumi (eps 25-26)
Akiko Nagashima (Production I.G; ep 18)
Akiko Nishio (eps 1, 6)
Akinori Fudesaka (DAST; eps 13, 17)
Akio Shimotsukasa (eps 22, 26)
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 25)
Chikara Sakurai (eps 17, 25)
Chikashi Kubota (ep 10)
Chizuru Miyawaki (eps 3, 8-9)
Chūichi Iguchi (eps 5, 10)
Daisuke Nakamura (4 episodes
eps 14, 16, 23, 26
)

Eriko Kiguchi (4 episodes
eps 14, 19, 23, 26
)

Fumi Morita (Production I.G; 4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
)

Fumino Fujii (eps 19, 23)
Hirofumi Suzuki (ep 20)
Hiromi Muranaka (Studio Mu; ep 24)
Hironori Yamamoto (ep 20)
Hiroyo Izumi (Production I.G; 4 episodes
eps 11, 17-18, 21
)

Hiroyuki Notake (eps 2, 15)
Hiroyuki Takahashi (ep 25)
Hitoshi Kamata (eps 22, 25)
Kaname Watanabe (DAST; eps 13, 17)
Kayoko Nabeta (eps 3, 8-9)
Kazuaki Chishima (ep 20)
Kazuko Matsumura (ep 24)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (ep 26)
Kenji Adachi (Production I.G; eps 7, 11, 17)
Kenji Irie (eps 1, 9)
Kenji Teraoka (OP,ED)
Kenji Yokoyama (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 13, 16, 20, 26
)

Kiichi Suzuno (eps 2, 13, 19)
Kimiko Matsushita (ep 24)
Kiyoshiro Kato (eps 4, 14, 19)
Koichi Nakaya (Studio Mu; ep 24)
Kōichi Takai (Anime R; eps 3, 8)
Koji Haneda (DAST; eps 13, 17)
Kunisu Watanabe (eps 13, 17, 22)
Kyoko Kotani (5 episodes
eps 1, 14, 16, 22, 26
)

Kyoko Taketani (Production I.G; 4 episodes
eps 7, 17-18, 21
)

Makiko Yamazaki (DAST; eps 13, 17)
Makoto Furuta (ep 13)
Makoto Sawazaki (eps 22, 26)
Makoto Shimomura (ep 7)
Mamoru Hoshino (eps 5, 12)
Manabu Fukazawa (ep 26)
Mariko Emori (OP, ED; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8-9, 12, 14, 22-23
)

Masahide Yanagisawa (ep 12)
Masahiko Aoyagi (eps 15-16)
Masahiko Arai (eps 4, 13)
Masahiro Satō (eps 3, 8)
Masako Onozawa (5 episodes
eps 2, 10, 16, 19, 23
)

Masayo Ogura (Production I.G; 5 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17-18, 21
)

Mayumi Oda (Studio Mu; ep 24)
Michinori Chiba (ep 1)
Michio Satō (ep 2)
Mieko Ogata (ep 9)
Mieko Saitou (ep 24)
Minako Shiba
Minoru Ueda (Production I.G; OP; 5 episodes
eps 11, 17-19, 21
)

Misao Abe (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 15, 22-23, 26
)

Mitsunobu Nakamura (Production I.G; 5 episodes
eps 11, 17-19, 21
)

Miyako Yatsu (Production I.G; OP; eps 17-18, 21)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (Anime R; eps 3, 8)
Motoi Nakamura (DAST; eps 2-3, 8)
Nobuhiko Genma (OP; eps 2, 22, 26)
Nobuo Horii (ep 19)
Rie Maehara (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Ryota Niino (Production I.G; OP; 4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
)

Ryōtarō Akao (ep 25)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (eps 2, 15)
Sachiko Mori (4 episodes
eps 1, 14, 22, 26
)

Satoko Miyachi (OP, ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 16, 20, 24
)

Satoru Iida (ep 26)
Satoshi Kubo (ep 4)
Satoshi Ohsawa (OP; ep 24)
Sawako Hirabayashi (eps 10, 15-16)
Shinji Abe (eps 13, 16, 20)
Shinmei Saito (ep 19)
Shinsuke Terasawa (ep 5)
Shintaro Muraki (ep 5)
Tadashi Muraoka (ep 22)
Taeko Oda (eps 1, 6)
Takaaki Chiba (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 14, 16, 22, 26
)

Takahiro Kuroishi (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15
)

Takamasa Shimizu (eps 15-16)
Takao Abo (ep 20)
Takashi Iwao (ep 25)
Takato Nakajima (eps 1, 14, 19)
Takeshi Yoshioka (eps 25-26)
Tatsuya Oka (OP, ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 12, 14, 20, 24
)

Tetsu Honda (eps 16, 20, 24)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (5 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17-18, 21
)

Tokuyuki Matsutake (OP; ep 20)
Tomoaki Kado (eps 4, 15)
Tomomi Ishikawa (Production I.G; ep 18)
Tōru Ōkubo (Production I.G; ep 18)
Toshiya Washida (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 22, 26
)

Tsutomu Kikuchi (DAST; 7 episodes
eps 2-3, 8, 13, 17, 22, 25
)

Tsuyoshi Konakawa (ep 13)
Wakako Yoshida (5 episodes
eps 1, 14, 19, 23, 26
)

Yasuhiro Okuda (ep 20)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 25)
Yasutaka Kubota (Production I.G; ep 18)
Yoshiaki Honda (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15, 19
)

Yoshiaki Tsubata (ep 25)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Anime R; eps 3, 8)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi (9 episodes
eps 3-4, 8-10, 14, 16, 19, 23
)

Yoshinori Higuchi (eps 4-5)
Yoshitaka Katō (ep 16)
Yoshiyuki Kodaira (ep 17)
Yūichi Maru (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 14, 22
)

Yūichi Nakazawa (Anime R; eps 3, 8)
Yuji Hosogoe (Production I.G; OP; eps 11, 17-18)
Yuka Shibata (ep 26)
Yūki Nakajima (Production I.G; ep 21)
Yukie Suzuki (7 episodes
eps 1, 6, 12, 15-16, 20, 24
)

Yukiko Ban (ep 25)
Yukiyo Komito (ep 9)
Yuko Iwaoka (ep 26)
Yuriko Ishii (ep 9)
Mechanical animation Director: Kenji Teraoka
Music Director: Masao Fukuda
Music Performance: Ayano Kasahara (Cello)
Musician:
Kyoichi Sato (Drums)
Masayoshi Furukawa (A. Guitar)
Tomoharu 'Jr' Takahashi (Bass)
Photography:
Daisuke Horino (eps 2-26 even)
Fumiyo Baba (eps 2-24 even)
Hitoshi Saito (13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Katsuaki Kamata (eps 2-26 even)
Katsutoshi Ooi (eps 1-23 odd)
Koji Sawada (eps 2-26 even)
Masayuki Iwata (eps 2-26 even)
Mikako Kamio (eps 2-24 even)
Miyuki Nagashima (eps 1-25 odd)
Risa Yamagata (eps 1-23 odd)
Satoshi Kunitsune (ep 25)
Satoshi Morimoto (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Tadashi Ono (eps 1-25 odd)
Takashi Aoki (eps 1-25 odd)
Tatsuya Kikuchi (eps 1-25 odd)
Planning: Shiro Sasaki
Sound Effects:
Masaru Urahata
Sound Producer: Tōru 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
Banjō Ginga as Remy Breffort
Eiji Maruyama as Professor (ep 19)
Emi Shinohara as Marennes
Fumihiko Tachiki as Killam
Fumiko Osaka as
Belladonna Lily Woman (ep 3)
Woman (ep 5)
Gorō Naya as Soldats Man (ep 11)
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Councilor (4 episodes
eps 19-20, 22, 26
)
Hideyuki Umezu as Don Marco (ep 8)
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
Hisayoshi Izaki as Man A (ep 1)
Hitoshi Takagi as Edringer
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Claude Feyder
Jun Hazumi as Councilor (4 episodes
eps 19-20, 23, 26
)
Kan Tanaka as
Doctor (ep 6)
Driver (ep 18)
Informant (ep 10)
Old Man (ep 17)
Song (ep 15)
Kaori Tsuji as Girl (ep 8)
Katsumi Chou as Francesco
Katsunosuke Hori as Nazerov
Keiichi Sonobe as Don Lucio (ep 8)
Keikou Sakai as
Man B (ep 1)
Man D (ep 11)
Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Councilor (4 episodes
eps 19-20, 22, 26
)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Beltonie
Kōichi Sakaguchi as
Dupois
Knight (ep 20)
Loshuman
Man (eps 21-22)
Man A (eps 11, 19)
Prisoner B (ep 7)
Radio Voice (ep 3)
Renoir
Kōsei Yagi as Priest (ep 9)
Kotono Mitsuishi as Odette Bouquet
Kouichi Nagano as
Andore
Close Aide (ep 15)
Foster (ep 4)
Man (eps 22-23)
Man A (ep 13)
Man B (ep 11)
Member A (ep 16)
Prisoner A (ep 7)
Public Prosecutor (ep 10)
Ricardo
Rocard (ep 2)
Vinto
Kumiko Higa as Student A (ep 1)
Masaharu Satō as Councilor (eps 19-20, 22)
Masako Joh as
Female Guest (ep 4)
Woman (ep 8)
Masako Katsuki as Borne
Masamichi Satō as Burke (ep 4)
Masaru Ikeda as Yun
Masaru Motegi as
Man B (ep 3)
Man C (ep 1)
Member B (ep 16)
Mika Itō as Rosalie
Minako Moto as Henri (ep 2)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Man (eps 5-6)
Miyako Tao as
Boy (ep 22)
Henri's mother (ep 2)
Old Woman (ep 6)
Woman (ep 26)
Naoko Miura as Clerk (ep 3)
Naotsugu Yoneda as Member C (ep 16)
Naoya Uchida as Hammond
Nobuaki Sekine as Messenger of Soldats (ep 15)
Osamu Kobayashi as Salvatore
Reiko Suzuki as Old Woman (ep 18)
Rie Kanda as
Girl (ep 22)
Student B (ep 1)
Woman (ep 26)
Rokurō Naya as Zellner
Ryunosuke Ohbayashi as Arberl Dukus
Shigeru Ushiyama as Wellman (ep 4)
Taimei Suzuki as Distan
Takashi Taniguchi as Izudin
Takeshi Watabe as Tristan
Takkō Ishimori as Old Man (ep 7)
Takuma Suzuki as
Rizzo (ep 8)
Rolan
Tanner (ep 4)
Tamio Ohki as Old Bartender (ep 5)
Tarō Arakawa as Galle
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as
Guerrilla A (ep 7)
Heinz
Tomoyuki Kōno as
Chu
Employee (ep 18)
Guard (ep 12)
Knight (ep 20)
Lune
Man (eps 17, 22-23)
Man A (ep 3)
Man B (eps 13, 19)
Man C (ep 11)
MC (ep 2)
Policeman A (ep 10)
Ricardo (ep 8)
Vanel
Toshihiko Seki as Milosh Habel (ep 13)
Urara Takano as Shaoli
Yoshiko Asai as Mary
Yousuke Akimoto as General Kanora
Yūji Fujishiro as Yubell
Yumi Touma as Silvana "Intoccabile" Gleone (eps 8-9)
Yuriko Yamaguchi as Paulette
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Soldats Man (ep 18)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Bee Train
Backgrounds: Production ai
Distributor: Victor Entertainment
Film Processing: Imagica
Key Animation:
Anime R (eps 3, 8)
D.A.S.T Corporation (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 8, 13, 17
)

Production I.G (eps 17, 21)
Studio Mu (ep 24)
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Original Titles: Maki Production
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Production Cooperation:
M.S.C (eps 3, 8-9)
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Producer: HALF H·P STUDIO
Titles: Maki Production
Video Editing:
Imagica
Video-Tech
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Matt Greenfield
Art Director:
Ruby Halipoto (Vol. 1-2)
Project Translator: Shoko Oono
ADR Script: Matt Greenfield
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer: Matt Greenfield

Commentary:
Hilary Haag (eps 15-16)
Matt Greenfield (eps 15-16)
Monica Rial (eps 15-16)
Shelley Calene-Black (eps 15-16)
Tiffany Grant (eps 15-16)
Creative Director:
Chris Hawley (Vol. 3-7)
David Del Rio (Vol. 3-7)
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Graphics: Larry Koteff
DVD Producer: David Williams
FUNimation Re-Release Trailer: Alexis Tipton (Vocals)
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design:
Andrew Orjuela (2008 Thinpak)
Larry Koteff
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production Assistant:
Carole Pavlik
Maki Nagano
Marta Bechtol (eps 6-26)
Miyuki Kamiya
Puppet Construction: Fumiko Chino (Noir - The Unsoled Story)
Recording engineer:
Cesar Inserny (eps 1-5)
Jason Grundy (eps 6-26)
Sound Design:
Christopher Bourque (eps 1-16)
Wade Shemwell (eps 17-26)
Special Props: Fumiko Chino (Noir - The Unsoled Story)
Subtitle Script: Andrew Kent
Subtitle Timing: Andrew Kent
Monica Rial as Kirika Yumura
Shelley Calene-Black as Mireille Bouquet
Sheri Sims as Mireille Bouquet (Young)

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
Melinda DeKay as Mary
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 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
ADR Production: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Licensed by:
ADV Films (expired)
FUNimation Entertainment (2010)
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Soundtrack)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
French staff
French cast
Helene Bizot as Kirika Yumura
Nathalie Bienaime as Mireille Bouquet

Olivia Dutron as Altena
Pascale Chemin as Chloé
Pascale Duchemin as Chloe 

Alain Floret as
Homme de l'organisation
Membre de la mafia chinoise
Bruno Magne as
Albert Dux
Jean-Jacques Legrand
Turner
Christine Paris as Marlène
Danièle Hazan as
Marguerite
Marie
Vieille femme
Eric Missoffe as
Barman
Claude (Mirielle's uncle)
François Jaubert as
Chef de l'organisation
Dubois
Général
Gérard Surugue as
Nazarov
Salvatore
Jacques Bernard as Tristan
Laurence Bréheret as
Femme du cimetière
Rosalie Hammond
Marie-Annick Mahé as Silvana
Nathalie Bleynie as
Paulette
Shaoli
Valène
Philippe Roullier as Zellner

French companies
Broadcaster:
Canal + (from 12 December 2004)
Canal+
Gong (from May 2009)
Nolife (from 15 September 2014)
Distributor: Dybex (France)
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)

Production manager: Belkys Lezama
Screen Inserts: Manu Heras (Spain dub)
Claudia Nieto as Mireille Bouquet
Jaione Insausti as Kirika Yumura (Spain dub)
Jhaidy Barboza as Mireille Bouquet (child)
Maria Teresa Hernandez as Kirika Yumura
Mónica Erdozia as Mireille Bouquet (Spain dub)

Ana Begoña Eguileor as Chloe (Spain dub)
Citlalli Godoy as Altena
Maribel Legarreta as Altena (Spain dub)
Rebeca Aponte as Chloe

Alazne Erdozia as Mary (Spain dub; ep 17)
Alvaro María Sánchez as
Killam (Spain dub; ep 7)
Milosh Havel (Spain dub; ep 13)
Wellman (Spain dub; ep 4)
Ana Teresa Bengoetxea as
Marennes (Spain dub; eps 24-26)
Paulette (Spain dub; ep 13)
Rosaly Hammond (Spain dub; ep 4)
Shaoli (Spain dub; eps 15-16)
Anabel Peña as Henri's mother (ep 2)
Angel Balam as Tanner (ep 4)
Armando Volcanes as
Francescco (ep 8)
Yun (ep 16)
Yuri Nazarov (ep 6)
Aura Caamaño as Belladona (eps 3, 5)
Carlos Arraiz as
Jean Jacque Legrand (ep 2)
Vanel (ep 5)
Carlos Vitale as Ghali (ep 13)
Edilu Martinez as Odette Bouquet (eps 25-26)
Elena Diaz Toledo as
Marguerite (ep 22)
Shaoli (eps 15-16)
Gonzalo Fumero as
Guerrilla (ep 7)
Heinz (ep 12)
Guillermo Martínez as George Madeline (ep 17)
Héctor Indriago as Wellman (ep 4)
Isabel Vara as Marie (ep 17)
José Granadillo as
Dominicco (eps 8-9)
Foster (ep 4)
Henri's father (ep 2)
Milosh Havel (ep 13)
Shalnar (ep 12)
Soldat (eps 19-20, 22)
Jose Luis Irigoien as
Salvatore (Spain dub; ep 7)
Yuri Nazarov (Spain dub; ep 6)
Jose Manuel Vieira as Remmy Breffort (eps 23, 25)
Juan Guzmán as Judge D'Estaing (ep 10)
Juan Carlos Loriz as Izudin (Spain dub; ep 7)
Juan Martín Goirizelaia as
Domenico (Spain dub; eps 8-9)
Tanner (Spain dub; ep 4)
Juan Ramón Fernández de Castro as
D'Estaing (Spain dub; ep 10)
Dieter Reimann (Spain dub; ep 12)
Kahiamal Martínez as Guerrilla (ep 7)
Ledner Belisario as Pierre Cressoy (ep 2)
Lileana Chacón as
Rosalie de Hammond (ep 4)
Silvana Greone "la Intoccabile" (eps 8-9)
Luis Carreño as Claude Feyder (eps 14-15)
Luis Pérez Pons as
Old man
Sibolt (ep 22)
luis miguel perez as
Casper Edlinger (ep 19)
Dupois (ep 14)
President Hammond (ep 4)
Manu Heras as
Dupois (Spain dub; ep 14)
Francesco (Spain dub; ep 8)
Jean Jacque Legrand (Spain dub; ep 2)
Remy Brefford (Spain dub; eps 23-25)
Yun Shutong (Spain dub; eps 15-16)
Maribel Legarreta as
Marguerite (Spain dub; ep 22)
Silvana Greone (Spain dub; eps 8-9)
Maythe Guedes as Marina (Marennes) (eps 24-26)
Melanie Henriquez as
Borne (eps 24-26)
Henri (ep 2)
Mercedes Prato as Paulette (ep 13)
Pedro Arrieta as
Albert Dux (Spain dub; ep 3)
Claude Feyder (Spain dub; eps 14-15)
George Madelin (Spain dub; ep 17)
Pierre Cressoy (Spain dub; ep 2)
Renzo Jiménez as Soldat (eps 19-22)
Rolman Bastidas as Burke (ep 4)
Ruben Leon as Albert Dux (ep 3)
Tere Jaio as
Belladonna (Spain dub; eps 3, 5)
Borne (Spain dub; eps 24-26)
Txema Moscoso as Paolo (Spain dub; eps 8-9)

Eduardo Gorriño (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Animax (Latin America; Latin America)
Buzz Channel (Spain)
Lasexta (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: K2000 (Spain dub)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Internet Streaming:
Qubit.tv (subtitled; expired; eps 1-13)
Vitanime.tv
Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment (Latin America)
Locomotion (Latin America; expired)
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

Michele Sterr as Chloe

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:
Animax Germany (from 11 November 2009)
VIVA (2004-04-05 to 2004-06-29)
Dubbing: Circle of Arts
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Germany)
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Production Coordination: Jeroen Schiffer
(none)
Dutch companies
Distributor: Dybex
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: Mega-Anime
Russian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Wellington Lima
Translation: Ednaldo Esteves
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Animax
Animax Brazil
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
Translation: JBC
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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