Editing Noir (TV series) (section)

==Media==
===TV airings and home video===
{{See also|List of Noir episodes}}
The 26 episodes of the ''Noir'' anime series initially ran from April 6 through September 28, 2001 on [[TV Tokyo]] in Japan and was released on DVD and VHS in 13 compilations, each containing two episodes, by [[Victor Entertainment]] between July 25, 2001 and March 21, 2002.<ref name="japrel">{{cite web|url=http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/m-serve/tv/noir/dvd.html|title=｢ノワール｣ビデオカセット・DVD|trans-title='Noir' Videocassette・DVD|language=ja|publisher=[[Victor Entertainment]]|access-date=September 30, 2009}}</ref> After giving hints, announcements, and retractions for almost a year,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-04-20/acen-adv-acquisitions|title=ACEN - ADV Acquisitions|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 20, 2002|access-date=October 2, 2009}}</ref> [[ADV Films]] released the series in English in seven DVD compilations, the first containing five episodes, the others containing three or four episodes, between February 18 and October 28, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00007KK2K/ |title=Noir - Shades of Darkness (Vol. 1)|date=18 February 2003 |publisher=Amazon |access-date=September 30, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000C9JET/ |title=Noir - End of the Matter (Vol. 7)|date=28 October 2003 |publisher=Amazon |access-date=September 30, 2009}}</ref> Prior to that, the first episode was included on the DVD insert of the January 2003 issue of ''[[Newtype USA]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.projectnoir.com/news/press02.shtml |title=Sneak Preview in ''Newtype USA''! |publisher=[[ADV Films]] |work=Project Noir |access-date=October 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603233749/http://www.projectnoir.com/news/press02.shtml |archive-date=June 3, 2011}}</ref> As of November 1, 2010, the series is now licensed by [[Funimation Entertainment]].,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-03/funimation-adds-excel-saga-noir-bubblegum-crisis|title=Funimation Adds Excel Saga, Noir, Bubblegum Crisis|work= Anime News Network|date=2010-11-03}}</ref> and re-released the series as a part of their Anime Classics line on August 9, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/vW9eFhCyGZGLosfFcj/browse/item/90811/4/0/0|title=Noir Complete Collection - Classic Line|publisher=Right Stuf.com|access-date=2011-01-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911105346/http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/vW9eFhCyGZGLosfFcj/browse/item/90811/4/0/0|archive-date=2012-09-11}}</ref>

Victor Entertainment has remastered the series from its original 35mm elements and released a Blu-ray Disc version on February 19, 2014 in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-30/noir-blu-ray-box-remastering-previewed-in-ad|title=Noir Blu-ray Box's Remastering Previewed in Ad|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 30, 2013|access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/flyingdog/tv/noir/remasteredbox/|title=Noir Remastered BD-BOX|publisher=www.jvcmusic.co.jp|access-date=February 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEuoV863Wso| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/TEuoV863Wso| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Noir Remastered BD-BOX trailer| date=24 December 2013|publisher=www.jvcmusic.co.jp|access-date=February 11, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Funimation released the series on Blu-ray on April 15, 2015 in North America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/46XEySXmfX2kbtfsUs/browse/item/104764/4/0/0|title=Noir Blu-ray Complete Series (Hyb) - Anime Classics|publisher=[[Right Stuf Inc.]]|access-date=2015-01-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150129223420/http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/46XEySXmfX2kbtfsUs/browse/item/104764/4/0/0|archive-date=2015-01-29}}</ref> Following [[Sony]]'s acquisition of [[Crunchyroll]], the dub was moved over to Crunchyroll.<ref>{{Citation |title=Watch Noir |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR19PXG06/noir |language=en |access-date=2022-12-18}}</ref>

===Soundtrack===
Like many of studio Bee Train's other works, the ''Noir'' soundtrack was composed by [[Yuki Kajiura]], accompanied by primary vocalist [[Yuriko Kaida]], secondary vocalist [[Yuri Kasahara]], and Kajiura's band [[See-Saw (group)|See-Saw]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}

The series makes use of two pieces of [[theme music]]. {{nihongo4|"Coppelia no Hitsugi"|コッペリアの柩|Kopperia no Hitsugi|lit. "Coppelia's Casket"}} by [[Ali Project]] is used as opening theme, while {{nihongo4|"Kirei na Kanjō"|きれいな感情||lit. "Beautiful Emotions"}} by [[Akino Arai]] serves as ending theme.<ref>{{cite episode|title=黒き手の処女たち|episode-link=List of Noir episodes#ep01|series=Noir|network=[[TV Tokyo]]|airdate=April 6, 2001|number=1}}</ref>

[[Victor Entertainment]] published a single and three [[original soundtrack]] albums for the series. "Coppelia no Hitsugi" was released as a single on May 23, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=441668&samecd=1|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=October 5, 2009|title=コッペリアの柩|trans-title=Kopperia no Hitsugi}} {{Dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref> The first and second soundtracks, called ''Noir: Original Soundtrack I'' and ''Noir: Original Soundtrack II'', were released on June 21 and October 3, 2001, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=444820&samecd=1|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=October 3, 2009|title=Noir Original Soundtrack I}} {{Dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=456567&samecd=1|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=October 3, 2009|title=Noir Original Soundtrack II}} {{Dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref> The third soundtrack, called {{nihongo|''Blanc dans Noir''|〜黒の中の白〜|Kuro no Naka no Shiro|English: ''White in Black''}}, was released on November 7, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=459955&samecd=1|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=October 3, 2009|title=Noir Blanc dans Noir〜黒の中の白〜|trans-title=Noir: Blanc dans Noir: White in Black}} {{Dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline        = Coppelia no Hitsugi
| total_length    = 8:18
| title1          = Coppelia no Hitsugi
| note1           = {{nihongo4||コッペリアの柩|Kopperia no Hitsugi|"Coppélia's Casket"}}
| lyrics1         = Arika Takarano
| music1          = Mikiya Katakura
| length1         = 3:59
| title2          = Après le Noir
| lyrics2         = Takarano
| music2          = Katakura
| length2         = 4:17
}}

{{Track listing
| headline        = Noir: Original Soundtrack I
| extra_column    = Artist
| all_music       = [[Yuki Kajiura]], except where indicated
| total_length    = 56:06
| title1          = Coppelia no Hitsugi
| note1           = {{nihongo3||コッペリアの柩|Kopperia no Hitsugi|"Coppélia's Casket"}}
| lyrics1         = Arika Takarano
| music1          = Mikiya Katakura
| extra1          = [[Ali Project]]
| length1         = 3:59
| title2          = Les Soldats
| length2         = 2:26
| title3          = Snow
| length3         = 2:11
| title4          = Canta per me
| length4         = 3:13
| title5          = Corsican Corridor
| length5         = 3:47
| title6          = Ode to Power
| length6         = 2:54
| title7          = Solitude by the Window
| length7         = 3:08
| title8          = Romance
| length8         = 3:43
| title9          = Silent Pain
| length9         = 2:01
| title10         = Lullaby
| length10        = 3:16
| title11         = Melodie
| length11        = 1:58
| title12         = Chloe
| length12        = 2:24
| title13         = Whispering Hills
| length13        = 3:32
| title14         = Zero Hour
| length14        = 2:36
| title15         = Liar You Lie
| length15        = 3:14
| title16         = Sorrow
| length16        = 2:41
| title17         = Salva Nos
| length17        = 4:29
| title18         = Kirei na Kanjō
| note18          = {{nihongo4||きれいな感情||"Beautiful Emotions"}}
| lyrics18        = Akino Arai
| music18         = Arai
| extra18         = [[Akino Arai]]
| length18        = 4:16
}}

{{Track listing
| headline        = Noir: Original Soundtrack II
| extra_column    = Artist
| total_length    = 59:03
| title1          = Le Grand Retour
| length1         = 6:24
| title2          = Secret Game
| extra2          = [[Yuri Kasahara]]
| length2         = 3:44
| title3          = Fake Garden
| length3         = 2:01
| title4          = Les Soldats II
| length4         = 3:27
| title5          = In Memory of You
| length5         = 3:54
| title6          = Colosseum
| length6         = 3:46
| title7          = Salva Nos II
| extra7          = [[Yuriko Kaida]]
| length7         = 2:46
| title8          = Maze
| extra8          = Yuri Kasahara
| length8         = 2:14
| title9          = In Peace
| length9         = 2:27
| title10         = Despair
| length10        = 1:58
| title11         = Power Hungry
| length11        = 2:16
| title12         = Black Is Black
| length12        = 2:42
| title13         = Canta per me II
| extra13         = Yuriko Kaida
| length13        = 3:21
| title14         = At Dusk
| length14        = 1:51
| title15         = Premonition
| length15        = 3:18
| title16         = Killing
| length16        = 2:56
| title17         = A Farewell Song
| length17        = 3:34
| title18         = Kirei na Kanjō
| note18          = Piano Version
| music18         = [[Akino Arai]]
| length18        = 1:46
| title19         = Indio
| extra19         = [[See-Saw (group)|See-Saw]]
| length19        = 6:25
}}

{{Track listing
| headline        = Blanc dans Noir (CD 1 - Vocal Song Collection)
| extra_column    = Artist
| total_length    = 36:54
| title1          = Aka to Kuro
| note1           = {{nihongo4||赤と黒||"Red and Black"}}
| lyrics1         = Arika Takarano
| music1          = Mikiya Katakura
| extra1          = [[Ali Project]]
| length1         = 4:52
| title2          = Prelude
| length2         = 0:56
| title3          = Canta per me
| note3           = Japanese Version
| extra3          = [[Hōko Kuwashima]]
| length3         = 3:15
| title4          = Lullaby
| note4           = Japanese Version
| extra4          = [[Tarako (singer)|Tarako]]
| length4         = 3:16
| title5          = Aime Moi
| note5           = {{nihongo4||エム・モア|Emu Moa}}
| lyrics5         = Kenzo Saeki
| music5          = Hirofumi Asamoto
| extra5          = Hōko Kuwashima
| length5         = 4:17
| title6          = Himitsu
| note6           = {{nihongo4||秘密|"Secret"}}
| extra6          = [[Aya Hisakawa]]
| length6         = 5:03
| title7          = Salva Nos
| note7           = Dialogue Remix
| extra7          = Yuriko Kaida and [[Kotono Mitsuishi]]
| length7         = 4:26
| title8          = Love
| extra8          = Chiaki
| length8         = 4:59
| title9          = Gensou Rakuen
| note9           = {{nihongo4||幻想楽園||"Illusion Paradise"}}
| extra9          = Yuriko Kaida
| length9         = 5:41
}}

{{Track listing
| headline        = Blanc dans Noir (CD 2 - BGM Outtrack Collection)
| extra_column    =
| total_length    = 18:02
| title1          = Guest B
| length1         = 1:04
| title2          = Melodie
| note2           = Salva Nos Version
| length2         = 3:03
| title3          = Jealousy
| length3         = 2:52
| title4          = At Dawn
| length4         = 1:37
| title5          = Black Society
| length5         = 2:45
| title6          = Family Affection
| length6         = 2:52
| title7          = Church
| length7         = 1:51
| title8          = At Ease
| length8         = 1:50
}}