Editing Madlax (section)

===Character design===
By comparison with ''Noir'', ''Madlax'' features a much larger primary cast, including multiple recurring male [[character (arts)|characters]], an element nearly absent in the former. It was not so in the original screenplay draft written by Mashimo and Kitayama: for example, "Madlax" was Margaret's own nickname and [[List of Madlax characters#Charlie|Charlie]] (Vanessa's colleague at Bookwald Industries) had one of the central roles similar to Speedy's in ''[[Avenger (anime)|Avenger]]''. Only the "draft" characters' names remained of them when Kuroda has rewritten the script. A total of three [[character designer]]s collaborated on ''Madlax'' cast: Satoshi Ohsawa (who also worked on ''Noir'' cast) created the central heroines Margaret and Madlax; [[Minako Shiba]] drew Friday Monday and Carrossea Doon; and Satoko Miyachi was entrusted with the "mysterious" characters, Laetitia and Poupee.<ref name="ST12">{{cite AV media notes |title=Madlax Volume 1: Connections |orig-year=2004 |others=[[Kōichi Mashimo]] |type=insert leaflets ''Staff Talk #1 (Shigeru Kitayama)'' and ''#2 (Yosuke{{sic}} Kuroda)'' |publisher=[[ADV Films]] |location=[[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]] |id=DMAD/001 |year=2005}}</ref><ref name="ST4">{{cite AV media notes |title=Madlax Volume 2: The Red Book |orig-year=2004 |others=[[Kōichi Mashimo]] |type=insert leaflet ''Staff Talk #4 (Minako Shiba and Satoko Miyachi)'' |publisher=[[ADV Films]] |location=[[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]] |id=DMAD/002 |year=2005}}</ref><!-- This entire subsection was extracted from the DVD inserts. -->