Ok...I read claymore and i know that its a good MANGA but the anime makes it horrible!
the animations are not smooth, the facial expression is bad...and they make clare seem sooo weak,
even though she's pretty strong...I DON'T UNDERSTAND! I hate it when animators just doesn't
go with the story line and come up with their own ideas, dude, u don't own it!! and i hate it when
they just suddenly stop making claymore in anime..it sucks

Claymore was very well received,it is really a typical shounen story. We follow Clare as she meets up with young Lucky and pursues her quest for vengeance. Clare is pretty blond as far as protagonists go, and she doesn’t exhibit much character growth in the series Heck, even Teresa exhibits more growth than Clare. Coupled with the fact that Clare gets all fugly in battle and groans “MOAAAARRRR” all the time, it’s clear that Clare isn’t really all that cool.

Lucky is not cool either. As Clare’s sidekick, the bar is set much lower for him, but he manages to mess it up by going on an extended emo-trip in the end. He spent most of the last episodes bitching and moaning, and then a gravely injured Jean had to carry him to the volcano. This is not at all inspiring, especially with all his talk about protecting Clare. While Lucky did provide some unintentional comedy, it’s easy to see why the start of the season was not that good, as it was just the Adventures of Lucky and Clare.

Fortunately for the series, the company that Clare works for hired/created a lot of really cool employees. The strength of the series has to be the colorful comrades that Clare encounters, and their unique powers. While some powers are stock (Miria’s mirages, Deneve’s powerful self-healing), quite a few are really tricky (Galatea’s Yoki manipulation, and Helen’s Gum Gum arms). It’s sad that many of the best episodes center around other Claymore, but sometimes that’s the way it goes.

In a world rife with deadly creatures called youma, a young silver eyed woman, Clare, works on behalf of an organisation that trains female youma halfbreeds (alot like inuyasha) into warriors with the ability to destroy these creatures.
Clare, a new Claymore in the organization’s ranks, is on the mission in a small mountain town when she meets a boy named Raki. This fateful meeting Starts a test for clare to see can she indeed control her youma side

Review

Claymore is a great action packed show with a great plot.The animation is also awesome. .but im pretty sure by now most of you guys and girls have heard of lots of plots like this before, take my word for it the story is an interesting twist on the sword and magic.

The fight scenes in this series are great.I love the sword duels in this anime. Lots of action and very fast paced. if your looking for action you will not be disappointed. But it does have alot of blood for those of you who do not like seeing too much blood.

the artwork I especially liked (hooray for anime Girls that don’t look like they are twelve years old!). It’s hard at first to make tell the group apart because that have the same hair and eye color, but their faces, hairstyles and sometimes even poses make them easier to tell apart throughout the series

- Review by emred13

Claymore is one of those anime that captures your attention the minute it begins. If you're into amazing in-depth story lines with many twists and turns, beautiful anime women with giant swords who brutally duke it out and non-stop action each episode than this anime is certainly for you. In any case, the show itself is very violent; hacking off limbs and blood spewing every which way will send off a red light for anyone with young children present.

The only real problem anyone seems to have with the anime is one or two particular flash backs which appear 1-3 times an episode. (It gets incredibly annoying at times if you're watching episodes back to back). That being said, it's an anime unlike any other. Very original and very watchable. If you have been searching for a good anime, look no further.

Any fan of great action and deep story lines MUST give this one a try.

In a fantasy world where your neighbor could be a flesh eating monster in disguise, mankinds only hope of survival lies in beautiful half human, half monster girls dubbed claymores after the two handed swords they wield. On the flip side not everything is so great about being a claymore as they have to forever battle with the monster within, least they lose their human self and become a monster themselves.

The story revolves around a claymore named Claire and a human boy named Raki both who have had their entire family killed by monsters. After a series of events Raki ends up traveling with Claire. He tends to provide the readers voice throughout the narrative, for example, being shocked at the strange and terrible things Claire is forced to do. Raki's company makes Claire reveal more of her human side, his presence undoubtedly helping in her struggle to remain human.

The art is consistent, but the style seems a little dated and character designs are kind of lackluster. The layout is well set out, making the dialogue, story and action easy to follow. Claymore does feature quite a bit of violence and was probably aimed at older teens, but besides being in comic form, it's also fantasy violence, anyone thirteen or older would not be phased from it.

With the final chapter not really leading onto anything else, it's hard to tell where exactly where the story of Claymore is going. It's made apparent that Claire goes from village to village clearing out the monsters. The story is a bit weak in that regard, at least in this volume, there is no real conveyance of any greater goal to follow on through to the next volume.

one of the most outstanding animes..i've ever seen...yet i don't think there'd be season 2 due to their noticible change of the anime's ending then the manga...ow well unless the writers do something more outstanding and amuse me

Claymore is a action packed anime. The series follows Claire, a Claymore who quests with a young boy named raki. Claymores have an organization, to kill off monsters and protect monsters. Watch Claire as she is assigned different tasks, and follow her through her epic battles with her claymore ( sword)
The storyline is great, it flows really nicely.
Music is appropiate for the scenes that have it
Each main character has a story, side characters all have there own abilities.
Animation is great, intense fighting scenes and no parts where the anime seems "frozen"
Overall Claymore is a great 26 episodes of fun. You would like it if you watched it.