Noir
| Noir | |
|---|---|
| http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/2163/square02cp7.jpg Les deux vierges régnent sur la mort. | |
| Original Manga | |
| Director/Artist | Koichi Mashimo |
| Format | Anime (TV) |
| Made By | Bee Train |
| Episode Length | 25 minutes |
| # of Eps/Volumes | 26 |
Contents
Genre
Action, Mystery, Girls With Guns
Sum it up in a Sentence
A series about a pair of female assassins who are trying to uncover information about their pasts whilst simultaneously carrying out assassination contracts and surviving attacks from a mysterious organization that seems to wish to destroy them.
Main Descrption
The series begins when Mireille Bouquet, a Corsican assassin living in Paris, receives an email from a Japanese girl called Kirika Yuumura inviting her to "make a pilgrimage to the past" with her. Intrigued, Mireille the travels to Japan in order to find her. Their first meeting however is interrupted when a number of men in black attempt to kill both of them, though the pair makes short work of these attackers. Afterwards, Kirika reveals to Mireille that she's suffering from amnesia and requires her assistance to discover information about her past. The fact that Kirika possesses a pocket watch that figures prominently into her own past causes Mireille to reluctantly agree to form an alliance with Kirika under the codename Noir in order to discover more information about both their pasts and the mysterious organization that seems to be trying to destroy them.
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Personal Opinions
Factor VIII
Noir is a show that I found to be quite enjoyable to watch. The art and music quality are both excellent, while the action scenes are very well animated and the story is quite interesting. The only weaknesses of the show are that it sometimes needlessly repeats some flashbacks and that its ending was rather anticlimactic. It is also a bit slow, but that shouldn't be a problem unless someone tries to marathon the whole series. Overall, I consider it to be well worth watching for someone who likes action shows.
Totalizator
While Noir does have an interesting story to tell, the extremely slow pace of the show and overused flashbacks kill most of the fun of discovering Kirika and Mirelle's pasts. The music is very good, however the animation is pretty average most of the time. The last two episodes and the ending are ok, however they arrive too late to save the show. Overall, I consider Noir a show based on a good idea, that was killed by having twice as many episodes then it should have.
