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* ''Anime/Area51'' has a very pronounced chiaroscuro art style and a private detective protagonist in a wretched town. Despite those elements though, there's quite a bit of humor. And also lots of monsters, gods, and other fantastical creatures.

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* ''Anime/Area51'' ''Manga/Area51'' has a very pronounced chiaroscuro art style and a private detective protagonist in a wretched town. Despite those elements elements, though, there's quite a bit of humor. And also Also, lots of monsters, gods, and other fantastical creatures.



* ''Manga/CaseClosed'', being a series about a GreatDetective solving murders and fighting a deadly criminal organization, uses plenty of noir tropes.



* ''Anime/ErgoProxy''. Especially the first few episodes.

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* ''Anime/ErgoProxy''. Especially ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. It's the first few episodes.real deal, but the character of Gai Kurasawa (a private detective), is used to parody it.



* ''Anime/ErgoProxy'', especially the first few episodes.



* ''Manga/{{Golgo13}}''

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* The York Shin Arc of ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' has a noir feel to it that gets more prominent as the tone becomes darker.
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'' has this vibe sometimes, DependingOnTheWriter.
* ''Manga/Monster1994'' has some elements of this trope.



* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. It's the real deal, but the character of Gai Kurasawa (a private detective), is used to parody it.

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* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. It's ''Anime/OddTaxi'' is a murder mystery where the real deal, but taxi-driving protagonist gets involved with corrupt cops, rival Yakuza members of the character same gang, and the seedier side of Gai Kurasawa (a private detective), is used to parody it.glamourous idols.



* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' has some elements of this trope.
* The York Shin Arc of [[Manga/HunterXHunter Hunter x Hunter]] has a noir feel to it that gets more prominent as the tone becomes darker.
* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' and ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', which are written by the same author, both have definite noir elements, the former focusing on mafia members and the latter focusing on gang members, with plenty of private-eye monologues from [[EnsembleCast multiple characters]].
* ''Manga/{{Yuureitou}}'' is a murder-mystery set in TheFifties with this type of setting
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'' has this vibe sometimes, DependingOnTheWriter.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'', being a series about a GreatDetective solving murders and fighting a deadly criminal organization, uses plenty of noir tropes.
* ''Anime/{{Oddtaxi}}'' is a murder mystery where the taxi-driving protagonist gets involved with corrupt cops, rival Yakuza members of the same gang, and the seedier side of glamourous idols.
* ''Manga/TheWitchAndTheBeast'' is this in spades. Just ''look at it''. Even one of the main characters smokes and the atmosphere is perpetually dark and gloomy. May or may not bleed into Main/FantasticNoir.

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* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' has some elements of this trope.
* The York Shin Arc of [[Manga/HunterXHunter Hunter x Hunter]] has a noir feel to it that gets more prominent as the tone becomes darker.
* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' and ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', which are written by the same author, both have definite noir elements, the former focusing on mafia members and the latter focusing on gang members, with plenty of private-eye monologues from [[EnsembleCast multiple characters]].
* ''Manga/{{Yuureitou}}'' is a murder-mystery set in TheFifties with this type of setting
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'' has this vibe sometimes, DependingOnTheWriter.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'', being a series about a GreatDetective solving murders and fighting a deadly criminal organization, uses plenty of noir tropes.
* ''Anime/{{Oddtaxi}}'' is a murder mystery where the taxi-driving protagonist gets involved with corrupt cops, rival Yakuza members of the same gang, and the seedier side of glamourous idols.
* ''Manga/TheWitchAndTheBeast'' is this in spades. Just ''look at it''. Even one of the main characters smokes smokes, and the atmosphere is perpetually dark and gloomy. May or may not bleed into Main/FantasticNoir.FantasticNoir.
* ''Manga/{{Yuureitou}}'' is a murder-mystery set in The50s with this type of setting.


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* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' and ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', which are written by the same author, both have definite noir elements, the former focusing on mafia members and the latter focusing on gang members, with plenty of private-eye monologues from [[EnsembleCast multiple characters]].
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*''{{Series/Ripley}}'' is a dark, gritty thriller with a conman protagonist who's willing to [[spoiler:murder those who get in his way]]. The entire series is filmed in {{Main/Deliberately Monochrome}}, emphasising its Film Noir nature.

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* ''Les Enquêtes Polar de Philippine Lomar''. Besides being right there in the title ("polar", the French term for "noir"), the eponymous teenage detective regularly helps clients, has a PrivateEyeMonologue, and deals with criminals from the seedy underworld.

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* ''Les Enquêtes Polar de Philippine Lomar''. Besides being right there in the title ("polar", the French term for "noir"), the The eponymous teenage detective regularly helps clients, has a PrivateEyeMonologue, and deals with criminals from the seedy underworld.


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* ''VideoGame/TheSilverCase'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/TheTwentyFifthWard'' from Creator/Suda51 have aspects of the genre, with some of the protagonists being hardboiled investigators (of varied dubious morality in nature and methods) who unravel conspiracies. They lean a bit more towards cyberpunk (especially in the sequel), but qualify otherwise.
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A common form of FormulaBreakingEpisode is the NoirEpisode -- a work spends a single episode {{homag|e}}ing or {{parody}}ing Film Noir style ([[ShallowParody or just has everyone wearing trilbies and talking about the rain, in black and white]]). FantasticNoir is a sub-genre with [[{{Fantasy}} fantastic]] or ScienceFiction elements. See also our SoYouWantTo/WriteAFilmNoir guide.

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A common form of FormulaBreakingEpisode is the NoirEpisode -- a work spends a single episode {{homag|e}}ing or {{parody}}ing Film Noir style ([[ShallowParody or just has everyone wearing trilbies and talking about the rain, in black and white]]). FantasticNoir is a sub-genre SubGenre with [[{{Fantasy}} fantastic]] or ScienceFiction elements. See also our SoYouWantTo/WriteAFilmNoir guide.
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* ''ComicBook/JewGangster''

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