Claymore is the female version of Berserk (and Goblin Slayer and Demon Slayer) and has similar character design to that of the Witcher series (as they all came out around the same time, more or less, likely all influencing each other). Clare truly is Guts’ long lost sister of the sword.
While having nearly an entire female cast, this is no "girly anime", there's no/zero fanservice, and even their chest sizes are realistic, as these girls are all business, and that business is killing yomas*
The girls are known as "Silver-Eyed Witches", as they're half-human and half-yoma, giving them their superhuman and inhuman power and abilities. They also are known as "Claymores", due to wielding 6 ft long claymore swords, and with only 1 hand, and they know how to use them. You don't f'k these girls, they f'k you.
Everyone LOVES Claymore, I've yet to meet a single person who doesn't love it, and also girls too love Claymore surprisingly, despite that Claymore is more of a guy's anime (action, violence, etc).
Also, Claymore is the most similar anime to Attack On Titan, even spoiling some major concepts in Attack On Titan. But, it's also completely different from Attack On Titan, of course. So, if you like Attack On Titan, you'll definitely love Claymore as well! If you think Mikasa is sexy and badass... wait until you see Clare (and someone else too)... grins
(japanese/raw or english dub, both are very good, you can see which you like better)
(at least it's my list, but I'd recommend everyone to try any of them fully, and I'll bet you'll think they're great/epic/best/legendary anime of all time, too, hehe)
(NOT ranked, just listed)
01. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
02. Bleach
03. Naruto (+Shippuuden, +Boruto)
04. One Piece
05. Berserk (old: 1985-ish, animated films/ovas, 2016, 2017)
06. Gantz (the old anime series, and the new Gantz: O)
07. Black Lagoon (+Roberta’s Blood Trail)
08. Attack On Titan
09. Claymore
10. Blood+
11. Trinity Blood
12. Fullmetal Alchemist (+Brotherhood)
13. Full Metal Panic (+Fumoffu, +Invisible Victory)
14. Wolf's Rain
15. The Big O
16. Soul Eater
17. The Soul Taker
18. Spice and Wolf
19. Birdy the Mighty Decode (JP: Tetsuwan Birdy Decode)
20. Tenjou Tenge
21. History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
22. Samurai Champloo
23. The Sacred Blacksmith (JP title: Seiken no Blacksmith)
24. Moribito: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit
25. Rideback
26. Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
27. My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute (JP shortened title: Oreimo)
28. Noein
29. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
30. Medaka Box (+Abnormal)
31. Lord Marksman and Vanadis (Madan no Ou to Vanadis)
32. Konosuba (shortened JP title)
33. Princess Jellyfish (JP title: Kuragehime)
34. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
35. Keijo
36. Jyu Oh Sei: Planet of the Beast King
37. Hundred
38. Highschool of the Dead
39. Highschool DxD (+New, +Born, +Hero)
40. Hellsing Ultimate (+Hellsing, though its too old-school now)
41. Gunslinger Girl
42. Devil May Cry
43. Death Note
44. Eureka 7
45. Code Geass
46. Cat Planet Cuties / Bombshells from the Sky (JP title: Asobi Ni Iku Yo)
47. Dragon Ball (+Z, +GT, +Super)
48. Ga-Rei: Zero
49. Witchblade
50. SCRYED
51. The Testament of Sister New Devil (JP title: Shinmai Maou no Testament)
52. Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai (the lucifer ecchi anime, not the popular adventure fantasy anime)
53. Prison School
54. Shimoneta (shortened JP title) (US title: A boring World Where Dirty Jokes Don’t Exist)
55. Wanna Be the Strongest in the World (JP title: Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai)
56. Rurouni Kenshin (old anime series, live actor movies, ovas / animated films, etc)
57. Rosario to Vampire
58. Guyver: The Bio-boosted Armor (JP title: Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver) (2005)
59. Ikkitousen (+DD: Dragon Destiny, +GG: Great Guardians, +XX: Xtreme Xecutor)
60. Cowboy Bebop
61. Trigun
62. Grenadier
63. Baccano
64. Canaan
65. Burst Angel (JP title: Bakuretsu Tenshi)
66. Chobits
67. Darker than Black
68. Elfen Lied
69. El Cazador: The Witch Hunter (JP title: El Cazador de la Bruja)
70. Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
71. Grappler Baki
72. Solty Rei
73. Desert Punk (JP title: Sunabouzu)
74. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
75. The Ambition of Oda Nobuna (JP title: Oda Nobuna no Yabou)
76. DanMachi (US title: is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon)
77. Date A Live
78. Watamote (shortened JP title, US title: no matter what, it’s your guys fault that I’m not a popular girl)
79. Eromanga Sensei
80. Corpse Princess (JP title: Shikabane Hime)
81. Fairy Tail
82. Goblin Slayer
83. Dragonaut
84. Chuu-Bra
85. Nana
86. Monster
87. Outlaw Star
88. Qwaser of the Stigmata
89. Hajimete no Gal
90. Manyuu Hikenchou
91. B Gata H Kei (Yamada’s First Time)
92. Kampfer
93. Vampire Knight
94. Triage X
cool, you got a myanimelist! (some like 'anilist' or something like that, say it got better features and etc for categorizing anime and etc stuff), but I'm just used to myanimelist, probably lots of such sites for anime organizing/tracking/etc
got a ton of recommends... lol (lots of animes, lots of good animes, lol)
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unarmed martial art animes:
1. Grappler Baki (seasons 1, and season 2: tournament) + Baki 2018 (season 3: another "tournament", but it's a bit different, lol)
2. History's Strongest/Mightiest Disciple Kenichi (~50 episodes, I think) (+OVA season's 12 or 24 episodes): it's like Baki in that it starts out kinda slow (again school punks / nobodies, and then kicks up to the real fights and badass characters, it's a really good martial art anime. Unlike Baki, Kenichi starts out as a normal student, not knowing any martial arts at all and hates violence and fighting... but he becomes really powerful MA fighter, grins)
3. Tenjho Tenge: really good MA anime with a really good story/plot... basically it was about trying to see or create who is the ultimate warrior: taijutsu (physical) vs ninjutsu (magical) martial artist // if you seen any of naruto... should be familiar to you... but there's a lot of other stuff going on, too... grins
4. Ikkitousen (5 seasons of it): it's basically the 3 kingdoms historical figures getting reincarnated over and over again, doomed to keep reliving their history/fates, except... most of them are reincarnated into females... and it's a fighting-school setting... it's really quite brutal... despite being girls, they're vessels/avatars for male warriors, so they love to fight, not caring at all about their female bodies (lots of fanservice, lol)...
5. Medaka Box (+2nd season: Abnormal): while this starts off as seemingly a fanservice anime, it's really not.. there's a lot of martial arts in it, so it's hard to decide whether this is a martial arts anime or an anime with martial arts in it, as it has some other deep themed content in it too. Medaka Kurokami has to copy/mimic humans in order to fit in as a human, as she's not human, she's a god-monster... She's literally the female Goku, and beyond... She doesn't merely go into super saiyan mode or ultra instinct mode, she goes into warrior god mode... The only reason there's fanservice, in Medaka's own words (well, paraphrasing): "I am sexy and beautiful, why would I deny others from enjoying the beautiful and sexy sight of my body? I have nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about", lol. It gets much darker and much more brutal, but the beginning is a lot of fanservice comedy... being introduced to Medaka Kurokami... but there's a big story and plot taking place... that slowly gets revealed...
6. Naruto (+Shippuuden, +Boruto): while not really a martial art anime, it's got so much martial arts and so insanely good martial arts, I'm putting it here anyways, lol
7. Dragon Ball (+Z, +GT, +Super): not really a martial art anime, but it's martial arts galore, lol. Got to include it here, lol
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armed/weapon (mostly swords) martial art animes:
1. Samurai Champloo
2. Afro Samurai
3. Rurouni Kenshin (+ origin story OVAs, US title: Samurai X, parts 1-4/1-3, meh) (+live actor movies, best live actor movie of anime, the fight choreography is fkn insane...)
4. Sword of the Stranger (anime film-movie)
5. Moribito: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit (Balsa, and her teacher, are fkn insane spear users... fkn most badass spear combat/choreography of all time! Balsa's so badass. Balsa is pretty much the female Kenshin, she's killed so many men, now she's trying to save the same number of lives that she's killed... yikes... lol, that's more than a lifetime of redemption... lol. This is really an amazing anime with really good graphics and music as well as awesome fights, though there's actually only a few fight scenes, they're really good. The main story/plot is kinda lame, as it deals with stupid supernatural stuff, but learning about Balsa is really it's real story/plot, lol)
6. Ga-Rei: Zero: it's all about Yomi, she's damn good with a sword, grins. Not a martial art anime, but I'm putting it here anyways, because the swordsmanship martial arts is such a big part of this anime, especially Yomi, grins
7. Blood+ (and Blood C: just for the fighting only): this is also not really a martial art anime, but the swordsmanship of Saya, is why I'm putting it here anyways, Saya is "the samurai girl", as a character will call her, lol (actually he calls her "the samurai man" for quite a while, not knowing its a she, lol). This is an epic science anime, but it starts off seemingly like a horror anime, but it's not a horror anime at all... but it takes awhile to get into the main story and plot, where it explodes... it's 50 episodes... one of the best animes of all time, but no one knows or it anymore, sighs
8. Highschool of the Dead: I'm putting this here too, as it's got lots of martial arts, even though it's not a martial arts anime, Saeko Busujima's swordsmanship alone, is all we need, grins. Saeko is so fkn badass, grins
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anime with martial arts in them:
1. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2. Full Metal Alchemist
3. Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
4. Full Metal Panic (4 seasons)
5. Soul Eater
6. Birdy the Mighty Decode
7. Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
8. Death Note
9. Gunslinger Girl: Triela is a fkn beast, don't let her hit you! (and also Pinoccio has some serious skills too)
10. Witchblade
11. Goblin Slayer: he has some serious martial arts abilities (along with archery, throwing, and swordsmanship/melee abilities, he's an expert in all forms and distances of combat, lol)
12. Canaan: Alphard Alshua is so fkn badass... ya, Canaan is too, but got to love Alphard Alshua, grins
13. DanMachi: Bell's quite the knife wielder and also becomes good at martial arts (along with Ais being really good at martial arts too)
14. Cowboy Bebop: there's a lot of fkn insane martial arts in this.. grins
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1. Berserk
2. Claymore
3. Vinland Saga
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You should watch (I think you'll LOVE it) and react (would love to see it) to:
Claymore (26 episodes): https://myanimelist.net/anime/1818/Claymore
Claymore is the female version of Berserk (and Goblin Slayer and Demon Slayer) and has similar character design to that of the Witcher series (as they all came out around the same time, more or less, likely all influencing each other). Clare truly is Guts’ long lost sister of the sword.
While having nearly an entire female cast, this is no "girly anime", there's no/zero fanservice, and even their chest sizes are realistic, as these girls are all business, and that business is killing yomas*
* yomas/youmas/yokai: asian/japanese demons/monsters
The girls are known as "Silver-Eyed Witches", as they're half-human and half-yoma, giving them their superhuman and inhuman power and abilities. They also are known as "Claymores", due to wielding 6 ft long claymore swords, and with only 1 hand, and they know how to use them. You don't f'k these girls, they f'k you.
Everyone LOVES Claymore, I've yet to meet a single person who doesn't love it, and also girls too love Claymore surprisingly, despite that Claymore is more of a guy's anime (action, violence, etc).
Also, Claymore is the most similar anime to Attack On Titan, even spoiling some major concepts in Attack On Titan. But, it's also completely different from Attack On Titan, of course. So, if you like Attack On Titan, you'll definitely love Claymore as well! If you think Mikasa is sexy and badass... wait until you see Clare (and someone else too)... grins
(japanese/raw or english dub, both are very good, you can see which you like better)
THEE BEST ANIME OF ALL TIME:
(at least it's my list, but I'd recommend everyone to try any of them fully, and I'll bet you'll think they're great/epic/best/legendary anime of all time, too, hehe)
(NOT ranked, just listed)
01. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
02. Bleach
03. Naruto (+Shippuuden, +Boruto)
04. One Piece
05. Berserk (old: 1985-ish, animated films/ovas, 2016, 2017)
06. Gantz (the old anime series, and the new Gantz: O)
07. Black Lagoon (+Roberta’s Blood Trail)
08. Attack On Titan
09. Claymore
10. Blood+
11. Trinity Blood
12. Fullmetal Alchemist (+Brotherhood)
13. Full Metal Panic (+Fumoffu, +Invisible Victory)
14. Wolf's Rain
15. The Big O
16. Soul Eater
17. The Soul Taker
18. Spice and Wolf
19. Birdy the Mighty Decode (JP: Tetsuwan Birdy Decode)
20. Tenjou Tenge
21. History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
22. Samurai Champloo
23. The Sacred Blacksmith (JP title: Seiken no Blacksmith)
24. Moribito: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit
25. Rideback
26. Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
27. My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute (JP shortened title: Oreimo)
28. Noein
29. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
30. Medaka Box (+Abnormal)
31. Lord Marksman and Vanadis (Madan no Ou to Vanadis)
32. Konosuba (shortened JP title)
33. Princess Jellyfish (JP title: Kuragehime)
34. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
35. Keijo
36. Jyu Oh Sei: Planet of the Beast King
37. Hundred
38. Highschool of the Dead
39. Highschool DxD (+New, +Born, +Hero)
40. Hellsing Ultimate (+Hellsing, though its too old-school now)
41. Gunslinger Girl
42. Devil May Cry
43. Death Note
44. Eureka 7
45. Code Geass
46. Cat Planet Cuties / Bombshells from the Sky (JP title: Asobi Ni Iku Yo)
47. Dragon Ball (+Z, +GT, +Super)
48. Ga-Rei: Zero
49. Witchblade
50. SCRYED
51. The Testament of Sister New Devil (JP title: Shinmai Maou no Testament)
52. Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai (the lucifer ecchi anime, not the popular adventure fantasy anime)
53. Prison School
54. Shimoneta (shortened JP title) (US title: A boring World Where Dirty Jokes Don’t Exist)
55. Wanna Be the Strongest in the World (JP title: Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai)
56. Rurouni Kenshin (old anime series, live actor movies, ovas / animated films, etc)
57. Rosario to Vampire
58. Guyver: The Bio-boosted Armor (JP title: Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver) (2005)
59. Ikkitousen (+DD: Dragon Destiny, +GG: Great Guardians, +XX: Xtreme Xecutor)
60. Cowboy Bebop
61. Trigun
62. Grenadier
63. Baccano
64. Canaan
65. Burst Angel (JP title: Bakuretsu Tenshi)
66. Chobits
67. Darker than Black
68. Elfen Lied
69. El Cazador: The Witch Hunter (JP title: El Cazador de la Bruja)
70. Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
71. Grappler Baki
72. Solty Rei
73. Desert Punk (JP title: Sunabouzu)
74. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
75. The Ambition of Oda Nobuna (JP title: Oda Nobuna no Yabou)
76. DanMachi (US title: is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon)
77. Date A Live
78. Watamote (shortened JP title, US title: no matter what, it’s your guys fault that I’m not a popular girl)
79. Eromanga Sensei
80. Corpse Princess (JP title: Shikabane Hime)
81. Fairy Tail
82. Goblin Slayer
83. Dragonaut
84. Chuu-Bra
85. Nana
86. Monster
87. Outlaw Star
88. Qwaser of the Stigmata
89. Hajimete no Gal
90. Manyuu Hikenchou
91. B Gata H Kei (Yamada’s First Time)
92. Kampfer
93. Vampire Knight
94. Triage X
got a ton of recommends... lol (lots of animes, lots of good animes, lol)
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unarmed martial art animes:
1. Grappler Baki (seasons 1, and season 2: tournament) + Baki 2018 (season 3: another "tournament", but it's a bit different, lol)
2. History's Strongest/Mightiest Disciple Kenichi (~50 episodes, I think) (+OVA season's 12 or 24 episodes): it's like Baki in that it starts out kinda slow (again school punks / nobodies, and then kicks up to the real fights and badass characters, it's a really good martial art anime. Unlike Baki, Kenichi starts out as a normal student, not knowing any martial arts at all and hates violence and fighting... but he becomes really powerful MA fighter, grins)
3. Tenjho Tenge: really good MA anime with a really good story/plot... basically it was about trying to see or create who is the ultimate warrior: taijutsu (physical) vs ninjutsu (magical) martial artist // if you seen any of naruto... should be familiar to you... but there's a lot of other stuff going on, too... grins
4. Ikkitousen (5 seasons of it): it's basically the 3 kingdoms historical figures getting reincarnated over and over again, doomed to keep reliving their history/fates, except... most of them are reincarnated into females... and it's a fighting-school setting... it's really quite brutal... despite being girls, they're vessels/avatars for male warriors, so they love to fight, not caring at all about their female bodies (lots of fanservice, lol)...
5. Medaka Box (+2nd season: Abnormal): while this starts off as seemingly a fanservice anime, it's really not.. there's a lot of martial arts in it, so it's hard to decide whether this is a martial arts anime or an anime with martial arts in it, as it has some other deep themed content in it too. Medaka Kurokami has to copy/mimic humans in order to fit in as a human, as she's not human, she's a god-monster... She's literally the female Goku, and beyond... She doesn't merely go into super saiyan mode or ultra instinct mode, she goes into warrior god mode... The only reason there's fanservice, in Medaka's own words (well, paraphrasing): "I am sexy and beautiful, why would I deny others from enjoying the beautiful and sexy sight of my body? I have nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about", lol. It gets much darker and much more brutal, but the beginning is a lot of fanservice comedy... being introduced to Medaka Kurokami... but there's a big story and plot taking place... that slowly gets revealed...
6. Naruto (+Shippuuden, +Boruto): while not really a martial art anime, it's got so much martial arts and so insanely good martial arts, I'm putting it here anyways, lol
7. Dragon Ball (+Z, +GT, +Super): not really a martial art anime, but it's martial arts galore, lol. Got to include it here, lol
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armed/weapon (mostly swords) martial art animes:
1. Samurai Champloo
2. Afro Samurai
3. Rurouni Kenshin (+ origin story OVAs, US title: Samurai X, parts 1-4/1-3, meh) (+live actor movies, best live actor movie of anime, the fight choreography is fkn insane...)
4. Sword of the Stranger (anime film-movie)
5. Moribito: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit (Balsa, and her teacher, are fkn insane spear users... fkn most badass spear combat/choreography of all time! Balsa's so badass. Balsa is pretty much the female Kenshin, she's killed so many men, now she's trying to save the same number of lives that she's killed... yikes... lol, that's more than a lifetime of redemption... lol. This is really an amazing anime with really good graphics and music as well as awesome fights, though there's actually only a few fight scenes, they're really good. The main story/plot is kinda lame, as it deals with stupid supernatural stuff, but learning about Balsa is really it's real story/plot, lol)
6. Ga-Rei: Zero: it's all about Yomi, she's damn good with a sword, grins. Not a martial art anime, but I'm putting it here anyways, because the swordsmanship martial arts is such a big part of this anime, especially Yomi, grins
7. Blood+ (and Blood C: just for the fighting only): this is also not really a martial art anime, but the swordsmanship of Saya, is why I'm putting it here anyways, Saya is "the samurai girl", as a character will call her, lol (actually he calls her "the samurai man" for quite a while, not knowing its a she, lol). This is an epic science anime, but it starts off seemingly like a horror anime, but it's not a horror anime at all... but it takes awhile to get into the main story and plot, where it explodes... it's 50 episodes... one of the best animes of all time, but no one knows or it anymore, sighs
8. Highschool of the Dead: I'm putting this here too, as it's got lots of martial arts, even though it's not a martial arts anime, Saeko Busujima's swordsmanship alone, is all we need, grins. Saeko is so fkn badass, grins
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anime with martial arts in them:
1. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2. Full Metal Alchemist
3. Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
4. Full Metal Panic (4 seasons)
5. Soul Eater
6. Birdy the Mighty Decode
7. Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
8. Death Note
9. Gunslinger Girl: Triela is a fkn beast, don't let her hit you! (and also Pinoccio has some serious skills too)
10. Witchblade
11. Goblin Slayer: he has some serious martial arts abilities (along with archery, throwing, and swordsmanship/melee abilities, he's an expert in all forms and distances of combat, lol)
12. Canaan: Alphard Alshua is so fkn badass... ya, Canaan is too, but got to love Alphard Alshua, grins
13. DanMachi: Bell's quite the knife wielder and also becomes good at martial arts (along with Ais being really good at martial arts too)
14. Cowboy Bebop: there's a lot of fkn insane martial arts in this.. grins