Noir - Shades of Darkness (Vol. 1)
starring: Christine M. Auten, Victor Carsrud, Mandy Clark, Melinda DeKay, Jason Douglas (IV)
directed by: Matt Greenfield, Kôichi Mashimo
directed by: Matt Greenfield, Kôichi Mashimo
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Studio: Adv FilmsRelease Date: 02/18/2003Run time: 125 minutes
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In Paris, professional assassin Mireille Bouquet meets emotionally shatteredKirika Yumura: neither woman can remember her past, but they're bothextremely good at killing people. (Kirika doesn't even look--she just pointsthe gun and fires and her victim falls.) The two women form a partnership as"Noir," but after a couple of murders for hire, they realize someone istrying to kill them. The mysterious Soldats seem to beeverywhere, so it's kill or be killed. The only recurring characters inNoir are amnesiacs, who are essentially blank slates and therefore notvery interesting. Director Kouichi Mashimo may set a new record for repeatingfootage in an animated series--some shots crop up three times in a singleepisode, including portentous images whose significance is more apparent thanreal. The result feels like a watered-down combination of GunsmithCats and Serial Experiments Lain. (Rated 15 and older: violence,grotesque imagery) --Charles Solomon
Studio: Adv FilmsRelease Date: 02/18/2003Run time: 125 minutes
Amazon.com:
In Paris, professional assassin Mireille Bouquet meets emotionally shatteredKirika Yumura: neither woman can remember her past, but they're bothextremely good at killing people. (Kirika doesn't even look--she just pointsthe gun and fires and her victim falls.) The two women form a partnership as"Noir," but after a couple of murders for hire, they realize someone istrying to kill them. The mysterious Soldats seem to beeverywhere, so it's kill or be killed. The only recurring characters inNoir are amnesiacs, who are essentially blank slates and therefore notvery interesting. Director Kouichi Mashimo may set a new record for repeatingfootage in an animated series--some shots crop up three times in a singleepisode, including portentous images whose significance is more apparent thanreal. The result feels like a watered-down combination of GunsmithCats and Serial Experiments Lain. (Rated 15 and older: violence,grotesque imagery) --Charles Solomon
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Rating: - noir- open for business
Noir is an adventure series based around a French hit woman named Mireille and a Japanese school girl named Kirika. Mireille is capably living under her own terms when she received an e-mail from a girl in Japan that lures her east believing there may at long last be the answers to the murders of her parent years ago.
What she finds is Kirika a young girl with a false past and no real knowledge of where she came from but with phenomenal killing skills. In her possession is a pocket watch ... Read More
Rating: 
- Very Impressed
Iv'e been watching anime for a while now, and I have to say after viewing many amazing series(Examples: Gankutsuou, Kino's Journey, paranoia agent, cowboy bebop, Elfen Lied etc, etc) to be perfectly honest Noir ranks up there right with the greats, this is a truely A-List title.
Firstly I would like to say that before watching Noir I wasn't really expecting much, I had read quite a few negative reviews stating that it was very slow moving and that it was difficult to pay close attention to, and ... Read More
Rating: - Astounding anime
I must say I was quite impressed with this anime. Everything from music to story to characters, this is a definite masterpiece series. I learned about this anime after watching some previews from my Full Metal Panic DVDs. I figured this one looked good and I decided to give it a try.
Since it's only Vol.1, it's difficult to put the whole thing in words. Mystery is the theme of this anime. So much of it that it gets baffling at times, but once again, it's only Vol.1, so don't expect answers ... Read More
Rating: 
- A Bit of a Yawn
From the descriptions I read of "Noir," and the sleekly designed black DVD, I expected something cutting-edge and urban.To my disappointment, there is nothing sleek and urban about Noir, except the name.
Professional assassin Mireille works in Paris, taking jobs via e-mail. Mireille is stereotypically blond and blue-eyed.Her character design looks like it is from the 1980's.She meets a strange girl with amnesia.This girl kills without effort.Mireille teams up with the girl (known ... Read More
Rating: - whole series-slightly over-rated
After reading all the positive reviews, I saw/got the series, NOIR.
As reviewers correctly pointed out, the lack of blood & perfect shooting was a let-down. I did not have a problem about not seeing blood from the gunshots ie I dont have blood-lust I guess, but the real problem wasthat both, especially Kirika, are super-human crackshots. There was no backstory to explain this prowess.
I'm sorry but practicing shooting tight groups in underground does not constitute super-killing ... Read More
- noir- open for businessNoir is an adventure series based around a French hit woman named Mireille and a Japanese school girl named Kirika. Mireille is capably living under her own terms when she received an e-mail from a girl in Japan that lures her east believing there may at long last be the answers to the murders of her parent years ago.
What she finds is Kirika a young girl with a false past and no real knowledge of where she came from but with phenomenal killing skills. In her possession is a pocket watch ... Read More
- Very ImpressedIv'e been watching anime for a while now, and I have to say after viewing many amazing series(Examples: Gankutsuou, Kino's Journey, paranoia agent, cowboy bebop, Elfen Lied etc, etc) to be perfectly honest Noir ranks up there right with the greats, this is a truely A-List title.
Firstly I would like to say that before watching Noir I wasn't really expecting much, I had read quite a few negative reviews stating that it was very slow moving and that it was difficult to pay close attention to, and ... Read More
- Astounding animeI must say I was quite impressed with this anime. Everything from music to story to characters, this is a definite masterpiece series. I learned about this anime after watching some previews from my Full Metal Panic DVDs. I figured this one looked good and I decided to give it a try.
Since it's only Vol.1, it's difficult to put the whole thing in words. Mystery is the theme of this anime. So much of it that it gets baffling at times, but once again, it's only Vol.1, so don't expect answers ... Read More
- A Bit of a YawnFrom the descriptions I read of "Noir," and the sleekly designed black DVD, I expected something cutting-edge and urban.To my disappointment, there is nothing sleek and urban about Noir, except the name.
Professional assassin Mireille works in Paris, taking jobs via e-mail. Mireille is stereotypically blond and blue-eyed.Her character design looks like it is from the 1980's.She meets a strange girl with amnesia.This girl kills without effort.Mireille teams up with the girl (known ... Read More
- whole series-slightly over-ratedAfter reading all the positive reviews, I saw/got the series, NOIR.
As reviewers correctly pointed out, the lack of blood & perfect shooting was a let-down. I did not have a problem about not seeing blood from the gunshots ie I dont have blood-lust I guess, but the real problem wasthat both, especially Kirika, are super-human crackshots. There was no backstory to explain this prowess.
I'm sorry but practicing shooting tight groups in underground does not constitute super-killing ... Read More
