i hated gunslinger girls, why you ask? it had no central plot or idea, meaning there was no point in the damn show,
also leading to it being incredibly boring. and no crap the characters are well developed, cause EACH episode is
devoted to one girl. Overall, there is no story or plot in the whole show at all, this is of course not counting each
side story for each character.
Its quite ironic though, cause as celluz said, the artwork is amazing, design/backgrounds are very accurate, and the
soundtrack is quite amazing.
As for Noir, i enjoyed it more obviously, but i had to admit it got boring in the middle. But unlike gunslinger girls
it actually had a central plot and focus to drive the show. and of course it was nowhere as boring or dry as gunslinger
girls. also the soundtrack was damn nice coming from yuki kajiura.