Noir (TV series)
| Noir | |
Cover of the first ADV Films DVD volume | |
| ノワール (Nowāru) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure, girls with guns |
| Created by | Ryōe Tsukimura |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kōichi Mashimo |
| Produced by | Shigeru Kitayama |
| Written by | Ryōe Tsukimura |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Bee Train |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 6, 2001 – September 28, 2001 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Noir (Japanese: ノワール, Hepburn: Nowāru) is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series created and written by Ryōe Tsukimura and produced by Victor Entertainment and Bee Train. The series was directed by Kōichi Mashimo, with Yoko Kikuchi, Minako Shiba and Satoko Miyachi in charge of character designs, Kenji Teraoka in charge of mechanical design, and Yuki Kajiura composing the music. The DVD version was released by ADV Films in North America and the United Kingdom and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand.
Noir was followed by two spiritual successors, Madlax and El Cazador de la Bruja. Together, these series constitute a trilogy exploring the "girls-with-guns" genre.