Editing Noir (TV series) (section)

==Production==
According to the director Kōichi Mashimo, he envisioned ''Noir'' and ''Madlax'' as part of a trilogy exploring the [[girls with guns|girls-with-guns]] genre, and soon after the release of the latter, he confirmed having plans to produce the third installment,<ref name="Wong">{{cite journal|last=Wong|first=Amos|title=Inside Bee Train|journal=[[Newtype USA]]|pages=8–15|date=March 2005}}</ref> which would later become ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]''.<ref name="NTUSA_Apr07">{{cite journal|title=Interview with Kōichi Mashimo|journal=[[Newtype USA]]|date=April 2007|volume=7|issue=4|quote=During an interview, I accidentally blurted out something about [''Noir'' and ''Madlax'' being part of] a 'trilogy', which forced me to follow through and actually make a third installment!}}</ref>

For Mireille's personal sidearm, Mashimo wanted a gun with "a more modern image", therefore the production staff decided on the [[Walther P99]].<ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123025930/http://www.projectnoir.com/armes/index.shtml|archive-date=November 23, 2011|url=http://www.projectnoir.com/armes/index.shtml|title=Walther P-99|work=Project Noir|access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref> After considering several compact pistols, including the [[Walther PPK]] and the [[Glock 26]], for Kirika's personal sidearm, the [[Beretta M1934]] became the weapon of choice, because of its "classic, European feel" that suited the premise of the series' story.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.projectnoir.com/armes/beretta.shtml |title=Beretta M1934 |work=Project Noir |access-date=August 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926210606/http://www.projectnoir.com/armes/beretta.shtml |archive-date=September 26, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Because of the organization's premise, European guns were chosen for the members of Les Soldats. The assassins in black suits that are sent after the protagonists throughout the series all carry the [[SIG Pro 2340]], which at the time of production was the newest model of its line, while other members were given increasingly older weapons, depending on the member's rank.<ref name="ADV Films"/>

According to producer [[Shigeru Kitayama]], [[Kotono Mitsuishi]]'s voicing of Mireille was a continuation of the working relationship they had from creating ''[[Excel Saga]]'', where Mitsuishi voiced the protagonist Excel.<ref name="pnep2"/>