"Nowâru" (2001) TV series

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Action | Animation | Thriller | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Noir is a tale of assassins, in particular one named Mireiyu Buke, a contract killer who receives a...

Plot Keywords:

Assassin | Anime | Amnesia | Good Versus Evil | Fable

Cast

Jason Douglas

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Additional Voices / ... (26 episodes, 2001)

Also Known As:

"Noir" (USA)

Runtime:

25 min (26 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

UK:12 (some epiosodes) | UK:PG | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Germany:16 | USA:TV-PG

Company:

ADV Films

Trivia:

At the beginning of Episode 2, "Daily Bread", during the brief scene when Mireille and Kirika are window shopping, one of the stores has the name "Bee-Train". Bee Train is the name of one of the companies that produces the show.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Mireille checks the background info and news on Taiwan on her computer, the news text is on Hunan province of Mainland China. Furthermore, there's no such temple in Taiwan either.

Quotes:

Kirika Yuumura: Love may kill people... but hatred cannot save them.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Yuki Kajiura Live (2008) (V)

Masterpiece!

This show is great. Every Anime fan should have this in his/her repertoire. But please, they could have skipped Mirellies flashback scenes, they very annoying when they pop up now and then. Other than that, I have to say: Just watch it!!!