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Storyline

Noir is a tale of assassins, in particular one named Mireille Bouquet, a contract killer who receives a message from a young girl with no memory about herself, but is an incredibly efficient killing machine. The story takes us on a pilgrimage to the pasts of both girls, which leads them to Paris, France, and someone is trying to stop them...

Country: Japan

Type: scripted

Status: Ended

Language: Japanese

Release Date: April 6, 2001

Also Known As: 黑色天使, Нуарノワール, Noir |  See more »

Genres

Plot Keywords

assassin
amnesia
emotional vulnerability
corsica
anime
girls love
female assassin
girls with guns
gun violence
handgun
introvert
shot in cold blood
violence
shot to death
abandonment
cold blooded murder
death of parents
emotionally disturbed person
murder of uncle
night
rain
stabbed to death
tension
thunder
dark past
fight
torture chamber
traumatic past
france
very little dialogue
controversy
good versus evil
tragic hero
dark heroine
female warrior
hate
mafia
political manipulation
poison
gothic
justice
gun fu
martial arts
underworld
tragedy
death of father
death of mother
anti heroine
attraction
brutality
bullet dodging
cat
cemetery
chandelier
computer
crime syndicate
death
explosion
fear
feline
female protagonist
gun
gunfight
held at gunpoint
memory
mercilessness
murder
photograph
pistol
pocket watch
punched in the face
reference to dostoyevsky
reference to fyodor dostoevsky
reference to fyodor dostoevsky's the idiot
reference to the idiot the novel
reminiscence
repeated scene
searching for the truth
secret organization
shooting
shootout
silencer
snowing
stoicism
strong female lead
sunset
suspense
teenage girl
younger version of character
assassination
fork
guest
gunfire
killing
laptop computer
female female kiss
reference to alice in wonderland
saying thank you
vineyard
asking to be killed
begging to be killed
billiard table
brainwashing
cane
candle
cape the garment
castle
danger
desolation
drawing
evening
flower
full moon
hypnotism
knife fight
letter
lightning
loss of father
loss of mother
loss of parents
mask
masked man
massacre
moonlight
mysticism
niece murders uncle
roof
sniper rifle
quick draw
rescue
return
revelation
revolver
self sacrifice
showdown
tea party
crying
final showdown
tears
troubled past
village
wine
anime animation
leitmotif
female nudity
surrealism
flashback
fictional war
responsibility
messiah
wuxia fiction
innocence
legend
poetic justice
triad
love
mercy
lesbian
kindness
friendship
emotionally vulnerable
lesbian innuendo
compassion
child assassin
fable
puppy love
forgiveness
strangulation
atrocity
warrior
moral ambiguity
art
espionage
dagger
redemption
hyperrealism
swarm tactic
childhood sweetheart
christ allegory
conspiracy
secret society
neo noir
hero
chosen one
tyrant
cult tv
swarm
title spoken by character

Company Credits

Production Co: Bee Train, Victor Entertainment

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

2001 | 26 Episodes

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