Claymore

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Japanese: クレイモア
English: Claymore
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 4, 2007 to Sep 26, 2007
Premiered: Spring 2007
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 01:26 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, FantasyFantasy
Theme: GoreGore
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 7.741 (scored by 326925326,925 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #11382
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #301
Members: 672,704
Favorites: 8,529

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Synopsis

When a shapeshifting demon with a thirst for human flesh, known as "youma," arrives in Raki's village, a lone woman with silver eyes walks into town with only a sword upon her back. She is a "Claymore," a being manufactured as half-human and half-youma, for the express purpose of exterminating these monsters. After Raki's family is killed, the Claymore saves his life, but he is subsequently banished from his home. With nowhere else to go, Raki finds the Claymore, known as Clare, and decides to follow her on her journeys.

As the pair travel from town to town, defeating youma along the way, more about Clare's organization and her fellow warriors comes to light. With every town cleansed and every demon destroyed, they come closer to the youma on which Clare has sought vengeance ever since she chose to become a Claymore.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Clare

Main
Kuwashima, Houko
Japanese

Raki

Main
Takagi, Motoki
Japanese

Teresa

Supporting
Park, Romi
Japanese

Miria

Supporting
Inoue, Kikuko
Japanese

Galatea

Supporting
Orikasa, Ai
Japanese

Irene

Supporting
Takayama, Minami
Japanese

Ophelia

Supporting
Shinohara, Emi
Japanese

Jean

Supporting
Mitsuishi, Kotono
Japanese

Riful

Supporting
Mizuki, Nana
Japanese

Helen

Supporting
Nagasawa, Miki
Japanese

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Reviews

Apr 25, 2024
Awesome Anime from the bygone era of the early 2000s anime!

The animation is decent, not the greatest but enjoyable enough.

The soundtrack is pretty good, no memorable soundtracks but it is good enough.

The story is probably the best part of this anime, think of The Witcher but instead of all males, it switches to all females. There is a reason for this in the anime which I won't spoil ;)

The characters are pretty cool, the male protagonist is a little annoying but that is expected because he is a young kid. Clare, the female protagonist is awesome. Her backstory is jaw-dropping and her storyline with the ...
Apr 5, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Let's go:

This anime is perhaps the closest to a perfect beginning, a very continuous middle and a questionable ending. Honestly, the story is very good, it explains itself as the episodes progress and it looks a lot like the female version of The Witcher. The end of the anime was a little more rushed, without as much explanation as it had at the beginning and it really fooled me, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's a great plot.

If I could summarize, I would say that the anime starts out as a very good seinen, but over time it becomes ...
Oct 15, 2022
FunnyFunny
Reviewing a series from 2007 in 2022 because why not.

As a fellow dark fantasy fan, I'm very disappointed, especially that there are barely any anime of this genre, we have SNK or Berserk...or Berserk... Maybe also Berserk!

Claymore is like the Witcher 3, but without the lore or its' charisma, actually only with the bounties part, or Dark Souls, but without any memorance for world design and boss fights. It's a very cheap, poorly designed souls-like with barely any story at all.

Plot:
I hate describing series as "boring", but Claymore really has barely anything interesting to hold on. Side-plots lack any meaning or bright points, they ...

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