What to say about Claymore ?
Graphics are neat, animation is good.
As for the story, as it's been said, it's not for the faint hearted. The violence as much physical as psychological is ever present. Even if they must have toned down it in the anime ( not much of entrails shown for all Yoma talk about it constantly ) there's much ripping and blood. There's also the short livedness of second characters, although we must except Raki to survive for a long time (imho alas!).
The shot in the past episodes where pretty cool and were perfectly fitted for what happened in next episode.

Definetely a show to follow.

Claymore is more violent than your average action anime, but the art and plot are very interesting. I think my favorite aspect about this series is its refusal to stereotype its group of female fighters. They may be compared to the Sailor Scouts in that these women are fighting to protect humans, but the comparison ends there. In Claymore, we get the less explored typecast of highly intelligent girls who border on monsters themselves. The series is dark but very good if you like the genre.

Claymore has more to offer than is expected for a combat based anime. Outside of the prominence of the various female characters, none of them are as simple as they appear to be. This is rather amazing considering the numbers of secondary characters that constantly flow on and off screen. A chance comment or two and a defining ability make these seemingly unimportant characters less disposable even as they are disposed of. Another thing that makes this series a bit unusual is that the gore isn't by its nature disgusting. Despite its frequent appearance, the gore accents the characters' pain rather than being so dramatic as to remove the focus from the plot. I'm quite pleased by the "twisted within" that hidden and then revealed in turn as these women fight. There is an interesting contrast in the morality of the women despite their tainted nature. This contrast is in fact the most powerful part of the story. There is also a re-occurring question of whether they fight because they really wish to protect people, or if at this point, they fight because they have fought so long they can see no other path. Are they heroes or sheep?

While selecting the animes id watch from the Spring Season 2007. Clayomre stumbled through my eyes. After a couple of research, some guy said, its just another Shonen plotless anime.

I thought id give a try, because i usually dont trust other reviews, besides my own.

My thoughts on Claymore are: It may be just another Shonen adventure, but it definetely got me hooked up. Its a series i want to acompany to the end now. One of the best in the new season.

One of my friends reads the manga and got me acquainted with the name. So one day during my anime club they just happened to screen the first episode. The animation impressed me, but at that point the plot didn't. Well, since my friend loves the manga, I decided to check it out more, because she has high tastes in quality anime/manga. Once I got to the Teresa backstory arc I got hooked and she became my favorite character (plus she's voiced by Romi Paku!). I was disappointed that there are so few stock images of Claymore, so I had to take my own screenshots in order to get any. The result of that is the sig I'm wearing, which is the awesome Teresa from episode 8. The ending of that episode is so horribly shocking though... What Clare does after that changes the initial shock into a different type of shock...which is awesome plotwise. So now I'm currently waiting for more episodes and I recently got a hold of the manga to read as well. Great series so far. Can't wait to see what happens next.

I was going to make one of these threads. Glad someone did!

I was hooked on Claymore after the first episode...period. This has to be the BEST hot-ass action chick anime that I've seen since Black Lagoon (if God is kind, there will be a 3rd season).

Clare has me salivating on myself as much I do over Revy from BL. I love her coldness and no nonsense attitude. She knows how to kick ass, take names, and send you to the Reaper...all before breakfast.

Nysha

One of my friends reads the manga and got me acquainted with the name. So one day during my anime club they just happened to screen the first episode. The animation impressed me, but at that point the plot didn't. Well, since my friend loves the manga, I decided to check it out more, because she has high tastes in quality anime/manga. Once I got to the Teresa backstory arc I got hooked and she became my favorite character (plus she's voiced by Romi Paku!). I was disappointed that there are so few stock images of Claymore, so I had to take my own screenshots in order to get any. The result of that is the sig I'm wearing, which is the awesome Teresa from episode 8. The ending of that episode is so horribly shocking though... What Clare does after that changes the initial shock into a different type of shock...which is awesome plotwise. So now I'm currently waiting for more episodes and I recently got a hold of the manga to read as well. Great series so far. Can't wait to see what happens next.

I know exactly what you mean, before the Teresa arc I wasn't really interested, but got hooked the minute I saw the scene where Teresa finally knew the meaning as to why Clare would go so far to be with her.

SPOILER (click to view)

They have both experienced the same pain of having been torn from their loved ones and tossed out by their villages. Neither Clare or Teresa really had a meaning that they sought to live for until they found each other. They have the same eyes that have endured such dreadful pain and that's why Clare follows and tries so hard to hug Teresa at their second meaning due to the fact that's the one thing she has wanted someone to do for her in a long time. Talk about true despair that Teresa had to die to such a cheap trick leaving poor Clare alone in the world until she meets Raki and the other Claymores. That was a GREAT arc and point in the show, so much drama.

After that, I just had to write this review because it keeps getting better and better. I was depressed to see Teresa like that . If anyone's noticed, the animation in episode 11 improved compared to the episodes before. Hopefully, they will keep the consistency of their efforts in giving us and other fans high quality animation.

Claymore's story is a fictional world with medieval technology. Politically, it appears to consist of a large number of scattered, apparently independent, towns. In this world, humans coexist with creatures called Yoma (妖魔, Yoma?) sentient monsters that feed on human innards. The Yoma, being shape-changers, can take on human form and live in disguise amongst humans. By consuming the humans' brains, Yoma can also absorb their memories, allowing them to disguise themselves as specific people without alerting any of their close friends or family.
A nameless and highly secretive organization has created an order of superhuman warriors to protect humans from the Yoma. These warriors have come to be popularly known as Claymores, after the immense claymores they wield. Villages being attacked by Yoma hire Claymores to kill the Yoma for a large fee.
This organization creates the Claymores by implanting Yoma flesh and blood into humans, creating hybrids that are more powerful than the original Yoma, in addition to their weapons training and possibly greater intelligence. A Claymore's standard abilities include overall enhanced physical prowess (most noticeably, strength), faster healing, limited shape modification and the ability to detect other demons and hybrids. They all wear the same armor and use large claymore swords that normal humans lack the strength to wield, and are characterized by their silver eyes and hair. However, the Yoma powers of each Claymore will increase over time until the Claymore loses all humanity and becomes a powerful, highly intelligent, and incredibly bloodthirsty Yoma called an Awakened. They also constantly run the risk of speeding up their transformations into Yomas if they overuse their powers. A good Claymore will ask a friend (usually a fellow Claymore) to kill them if they sense they are "Awakening" so they would not become a Yoma.
The secret organization is contacted by the town council about Yoma killings and will then send a Claymore to kill the demons, although not every hybrid does so willingly. Upon a successful kill, it then sends an agent to charge a large fee for its services. A town that fails to pay will never receive further assistance and will be left at the mercy of the Yoma. It has been insinuated that the organization themselves send Yoma to the towns that could not pay. The organization is often strict and harsh; hybrids who break the rules (for example, by killing a human, even accidentally or to protect others) will be hunted down by their fellow hybrids. Claymores who cause trouble or Claymores suspected to be on the verge of Awakening will be sent on suicide missions without their knowledge. Various characters throughout the series suspect the organization of being much more sinister than it appears.
Despite saving humans on a regular basis, Claymores are often alienated from and feared by humans due to their incredible powers, their relation to Yomas, and generally aloof attitudes. Humans will often call them "silver-eyed witches" or "monsters". Surviving family members of a Yoma's masquerade are often banished from villages for fear that they might be Yoma too. Females who suffer this fate are often forced to become Claymores to survive. Claymores often live unhappy, lonely lives due to their solitary lifestyle and the knowledge that they will eventually die or become monsters. Presumably from one or more of their Yoma blood, their training, and their harsh lives, many Claymores are generally serious and at least outwardly cold. Others become hot-tempered and easily angered, while some other Claymores develop an incredible thirst for blood and become bloodthirsty killers who enjoy taking life, more savage than the Yoma they hunt. Almost all of them avoid any sort of companionship with humans.
The story of Claymore follows the adventures of the Claymore warrior Clare. The plot follows her as she fights Yoma and struggles to hold on to her humanity. Starting in the 3rd volume, there is a flashback to her childhood on how she was 'adopted' by the Claymore Teresa. After Teresa rebels against the organization and is subsequently killed, Clare volunteers to become a Claymore using Teresa's flesh in order to take revenge on the Awakened who killed her. With determination and her human friend Raki by her side, Clare overcomes her low demonic power by honing the skills she inherited from Teresa. As the series progresses, she becomes a stronger and stronger fighter, gradually earning the respect of strong allies and coming in conflict with the shadowy organization, the top Claymores who support them, and many powerful Awakened.

I really love Claymore because it has the ability to make me cry.
Very touching stories.

Gmoney91

Claymore's story is a fictional world with medieval technology. Politically, it appears to consist of a large number of scattered, apparently independent, towns. In this world, humans coexist with creatures called Yoma (妖魔, Yoma?) sentient monsters that feed on human innards. The Yoma, being shape-changers, can take on human form and live in disguise amongst humans. By consuming the humans' brains, Yoma can also absorb their memories, allowing them to disguise themselves as specific people without alerting any of their close friends or family. A nameless and highly secretive organization has created an order of superhuman warriors to protect humans from the Yoma. These warriors have come to be popularly known as Claymores, after the immense claymores they wield. Villages being attacked by Yoma hire Claymores to kill the Yoma for a large fee. ............................................

No to be harsh, but was that really necessary? The thread's about dicussing, not summarizing. By the way, you have too many spoilers in your summary, especially in the third paragraph and may spoil the Teresa arc to new viewers.

This anime is raely good!Watched first 11 episodes and they are all great
I ve mane 2 AMVs on that anime :)

Here are the links to my AMVs
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v54367749XqzXTD
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v565742zA9DrN3g

What I realy like about that anime is that you cant predict what will happen next (example episode 8)

Done watching episode 4. I already suspected...

SPOILER (click to view)

the dead corpse had something to do with the plot of the last two episodes,...

...since the camera was doing too many zooms around it...

ihih

yet, it was a very good episode. I can see that Raki is stopping being a cry baby and becoming more mature. The story still hasn't taken a concrete line, and i sincerely hope it does, not to become some monster-of-the-week anime.

IMO probably one of the best show this year. Really good animation, awsome soundtrack ad very interesting plot. I read the manga already, all I have to say is story gets better and better.

This anime owns
I should read the manga o_o

I thinks pic sums Clare up for the Kick Ass Take Names Award:



This picture screams, "You want to fight me? Fine. After turning you into a quad, I'm going to disembowel you. Then I'm going to get breakfast."

I Clare