Editing Madlax (section)

===Writing===
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" /> which would later become ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]''.<ref name="NTUSA_Apr07">{{cite journal |title=El Cazador<!-- Kōichi Mashimo directed ''[[.hack//Roots]]'' ('''6''' (4): pp. 34–37) so get this right. --> |journal=Newtype USA |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=54–55 |date=April 2007 |issn=1541-4817 |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> In late 2002, Mashimo invited [[Shigeru Kitayama]], the producer of ''Noir'' who once came up with its original idea, to discuss a new series entitled ''Madlax''. Kitayama greatly expanded Mashimo's original [[screenplay]] plan, but it was not until [[Yōsuke Kuroda]] was put in charge of the script that the series took its final appearance. It took Kuroda around one year to finish the screenplays for all 26 episodes, during which he was constantly encouraged by Mashimo to add his own original ideas to their initial plan. Kuroda has admitted that at the time he received Mashimo's invitation, he felt frustrated after his first project has been canceled by the publisher, so he decided to make ''Madlax'' "really extravagant", blending as many genres at once as he could. Kōichi Mashimo, furthermore, admitted that the most unusual [[plot twist]]s, like Margaret and Madlax's connection to each other, were invented by Kuroda and him while drunk.<ref name="Wong" />