Noir - Vol. 1: Shades of Darkness

Pros: Phenomenal opening to the story
Cons: Some audio issues?

Originally published on otakureview.net The Story Our main character is Mireille Bouquet, an assassin for hire working out of France. One afternoon she receives a mysterious email and finds out quickly that it’s come ...

Pros: -Beautiful lead character -Quality animation
Cons: -Slow and boring -Trite in many ways

While the title of this show is "Noir," perhaps it would be more accurate if the name of this anime were "Bore" as boredom is mostly what is found when watching this show. While "Noir" has an interesting premise and tries to solicit a feeling of French ...

Pros: Great action, excellent artwork, and compelling writing. Takes risks.
Cons: Some of the exposition moves slowly. Lots of flashbacks. Violent and bloody, but not gory.

Following the lead of films like 1994's Leon (The Professional) and 1998's Ronin, we have one of the ...

Pros: Great action sequences set to unique and exciting music, cool murder tactics
Cons: Violence galore!

Noir. The main characters thus far are two young women-- Kirika Yumumura and Mireille Bouqet (Kirika is still apparently still in her teenage years), both hailing from from two different parts of the world. They're assassins for hire, really. The first ...