>>214
i've seen all three and noir is one of my favorite anime ever to exist for some reason even though it's not the most polished show around it has so much soul and atmosphere i love it, it influenced me in a big way.

madlax was so bad it was hilarious but still a fun watch because i like to ponder themes that perhaps aren't there.

el cazador de la bruja was ok but not as good as noir.

in particular the noir bluray rips are just beautiful.

these wide shots with the character in the center are likely influenced by john ford, since the director had admiration for him and it was ford's signature move of sorts.

OP here, I've been rewatching Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom lately. I'm almost finished with it, and I've been enjoying it much more now than the first time I watched it for some reason.

I loved Noir when I watched it years ago, but I tried Madlax like 3 different times and dropped it every time before episode 12

>>215
What happened to the noirfag? I emailed them and never heard back.

>>243
You didn't get my reply? Check your inbox.

Here's some more screenshots so we don't derail the thread too much.

The girls with guns trilogy is what got me to prefer anime with female MCs.

>>236
It's terribly underrated.

>>236
Hey anon. No hope you're still around, but how do you feel about Cal? Why did Reiji rush things so much? Really what stopped him from at least checking in once? The Cal was just waiting there while he fled without looking back. Maybe because of Elen? Still that part felt so wrong. And the way Cal appears later tore my heart, it was so sad.

>>214
Sometimes I think about starting Noir again until I remember that I have to listen to that fucking awful OP. Rest of the soundtrack is good though, as usual for Kajiura.

>>514
I'm still here. And I agree, Cal deserved better.
He should have made more of an effort to search for her after the apartment bombing, rather than assuming that she was dead. Perhaps Elen had his focus and the trauma of being reunited with someone he thought was dead while at the same time losing someone else was overwhelming?


It reminds me a little bit of the relationship between Mireille/Kirika/Chloe in Noir. What happened to Chloe in the end was sad, I remember being heartbroken when I first saw it. But one of the key differences being the Noir trio were fulfilling the centuries-old prophecy of a secret society.
And the Phantom of Inferno visual novel came out a year before Noir, so I'm sure that influenced it heavily.