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Claymore

Original title: Kureimoa
  • TV Series
  • 2007
  • TV-MA
  • 24m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
16K
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POPULARITY
3,342
172
Claymore (2007)
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Adult AnimationAdventure EpicAnimeBody HorrorComing-of-AgeDark FantasyFantasy EpicHand-Drawn AnimationShōnenSupernatural Horror

Hybrid warrior Clare and her comrades fight to protect their land from shape-shifting demons.Hybrid warrior Clare and her comrades fight to protect their land from shape-shifting demons.Hybrid warrior Clare and her comrades fight to protect their land from shape-shifting demons.

  • Creator
    • Norihiro Yagi
  • Stars
    • Todd Haberkorn
    • Stephanie Young
    • Houko Kuwashima
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    16K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,342
    172
    • Creator
      • Norihiro Yagi
    • Stars
      • Todd Haberkorn
      • Stephanie Young
      • Houko Kuwashima
    • 43User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Episodes26

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    TopTop-rated1 season2007

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    Claymore: Complete Series Box Set
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    Claymore: Chapter Four
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    Claymore: Chapter Four
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    Claymore: Chapter Five
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    Claymore: Chapter 3
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    Todd Haberkorn
    Todd Haberkorn
    • Raki
    • 2007
    Stephanie Young
    Stephanie Young
    • Claire
    • 2007
    Houko Kuwashima
    Houko Kuwashima
    • Clare
    • 2007
    Cherami Leigh
    Cherami Leigh
    • Young Clare…
    • 2007
    Motoki Takagi
    • Raki…
    • 2007
    Tôru Nara
    • Bandit…
    • 2007
    Monica Rial
    Monica Rial
    • Miria
    • 2007
    Caitlin Glass
    Caitlin Glass
    • Deneve
    • 2007
    Jamie Marchi
    Jamie Marchi
    • Helen
    • 2007
    Anastasia Munoz
    • Additional Voices…
    • 2007
    Yôichi Nishjima
    • Yoma…
    • 2007
    Laura Bailey
    Laura Bailey
    • Jean
    • 2007
    Brina Palencia
    Brina Palencia
    • Priscilla…
    • 2007
    R. Bruce Elliott
    R. Bruce Elliott
    • Rubel…
    • 2007
    Yûichi Nakamura
    Yûichi Nakamura
    • Villager B…
    • 2007
    Kristi Kang
    • Additional Voices…
    • 2007
    Hana Takeda
    • Deneve…
    • 2007
    Trina Nishimura
    Trina Nishimura
    • Flora…
    • 2007
    • Creator
      • Norihiro Yagi
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews43

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    8blackamateratsu

    Hastily ended

    For those who know nothing about anime it should better be on your list of firsts.Except in the last 2 episodes and some scene in third last episode and hardly in some scenes of other previous ones the anime story follows the main story.but the real -2 on the anime is that it is hastily ended on following the manga it ends in a total wreck.besides that the main characters are excellent ; well connected to the story , the story-line is strong and the animation is good.what makes this anime good are the characters of the story line,they are complex as well as fairly simple to understand and feel for.the story line since is a monthly shonen so,doesn't suffer much stretching as for most of the weekly ones and has a sense of flow to it.It has everything you'd expect from a sword,dark fantasy tragedy anime and much more.

    so if you are anime fan and like to watch it i think you should skip last two episodes and continue the story-line with manga.
    poppajhn

    Superb, Action Adventure Fantasy---Claymore

    What a great anime series. I've watched it at least 4 times since first viewing it 6 months ago. I guess I'm still expecting what would have happened if the show was continued for another season.I agree with most other reviewers as far as the character development in this story,and that this is definitely more mature material than many other anime series. Mr. Norihiru Yagi and the other writers did an excellent job, in that the heroines in this story, while far superior to normal humans were not infallible, and the yoma monsters themselves were quite perceptive and sometimes full of surprises. In fact I rate it right along with "Lord of the Rings" trilogy as far as action,adventure,fantasy genre goes. But I think it's hard for animation to get the same level of respect as regular motion pictures. Would love it if they ever made a feature length sequel to this series.
    10MoffatLPTVreviews

    A Must Watch from Start to Finish

    I started watching 'Claymore' just out of curiosity. I never expected to be so hooked onto a show in my life. It's fair to say that I am addicted. Normally that doesn't happen with me but this one is too good to pass up. From the very first episode all the way to the climatic battle in the final one there is great action scenes, lots of dismemberment and decapitation, and lots of blood. But what really made the show were the characters. There are so many antagonists in the show it's almost impossible to count. But despite the countless antagonists, there are other great characters that make the show what it is. The only flaw in this show was the fact that shortly into the first season the episodes jump into the past, kind of like a flashback, but without exactly telling you what happened. It's sort of like something you have to find out on your own just simply by watching and thinking. But despite these flaws and the fact that many episodes drag out (especially the flashback ones) it doesn't even slightly make it a worse television series.
    9Vantek

    Could have been one of the most amazing things I've ever seen

    Claymore depicts a dark, cold, cruel, depressing and creepy world where happiness seems to be as rare and brief as the light of a shooting star. We follow the story of seemingly cold and distant but secretly burningly passionate beautiful characters who defy all difficulties and struggle to resist the monsters who could destroy everything good and pretty in existence at any moment. As the story develops, everything that we get attached to are instantly torn away from us again, and yet we are left with hope that it might all work out in the end. And to me, all of this is just magical.

    Once I stop to think about it, I'm not really sure why I love Claymore so much. In fact, I'm pretty damn embarrassed by it. While I would objectively still rate it as good, there's a decent amount of cheese and cheap stuff in it which should prevent me from being utterly amazed by it. But it doesn't. I guess I just happen to have a soft spot for this kind of cold and depressing but beautiful atmosphere and Claymore has randomly found that soft spot and squeezed it to oblivion. Or maybe it has something to do with the fact that both times I watched it I had a high fever. Whatever it is, Claymore could have turned out to be one of the most wonderful screen experiences I've ever had.

    That's right, *could've*. There is exactly one very big and obvious flaw with Claymore. As it is based on a portion of slowly advancing, still ongoing manga, staying faithful to manga would require the anime to have an abrupt ending. Because of this, the producers of the anime (apparently never intending to continue the anime series) have changed the last portion of the anime storyline in order to give it some feeling of closure. And... they have utterly, miserably failed at it. Not only is the ending just as abrupt, on top of that the last few episodes are now filled with nonsensical hysteria. It is so horrible it just makes me cry. It is not even my personal opinion, everyone else say the exact same thing.

    I would have been more than happy to see the anime series remain faithful to manga all the way, even if it meant just leaving it hanging in the end. Were it to be continued in similar quality after several years, it would have been a perfect 10/10 and hands down my favourite anime and just one of my favourite things, ever. Even with those fatal flaws, I am still loving it. If everything was the way it should have been, it would have simply blown me away.

    In the end, I have to call Claymore on its flaws and can't recommend it as a genuinely brilliant anime, only as a decent one. But if my rant about cold and depressing but beautiful atmosphere rung a bell, I suggest you give it maximum chances as maybe, just maybe it will find your soft spot just like it did mine.
    8thommy741

    Yes it's a little sentimentale BUT

    The last Anime I've really enjoyed must have been Death Note which impressed my with it's overall genius plot and the character development. Although Claymore clearly cannot reach this (well actually it's kinda cruel comparing 2 Animes of different categories), it sure has some really good moments as well. The main focus of this series lies, obviously, on good old sword combat mixed with some really impressive ideas on how to swing, slash and bash a Claymore-sword in almost every way possible. While the story seems to start slow, there is definitely a certain appeal, which I've missed on several other Anime series I've tried for the last two years. If you manage to stay with the story until the first twists and turns you start to get into the characters and what first seems to be another bad half-Hentai porn (just by judging the fact that the title is presented by full-laden blonde "girls" on the cover) turns out to be less sexistic and more action-laden like any other Anime you've watched for quite a long time.

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    • Trivia
      They adapt the first through eleventh volumes of the manga over twenty-four episodes. The remaining two episodes follow an original storyline not found in the manga written by Yagi.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Glass Reflection: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2010)

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    • Release date
      • April 3, 2007 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
      • Korean
      • German
      • Italian
      • French
      • Portuguese
      • Spanish
      • Tagalog
    • Also known as
      • Kureimoa
    • Production companies
      • Nippon Television Network (NTV)
      • D.N. Dream Partners
      • Video Audio Project (VAP)
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    • Runtime
      24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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