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| Claymore | |||
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 Teresa, a Claymore, a close friend of Clare. |
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| クレイモア (Kureimoa) |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Adventure, Medieval Drama, Horror, Supernatural | ||
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| Author | Norihiro Yagi | ||
| Publisher |  Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen | ||
| Serialized in | Monthly Shōnen Jump (May 2001 - June 2007) Weekly Shōnen Jump (July 2007 - October 2007) Jump Square (November 2007 - Ongoing) |
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| Original run | May 2001 – ongoing | ||
| Volumes | 14 Volumes with 80 chapters and 4 bonus chapters (Ongoing) | ||
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| Director | Hiroyuki Tanaka | ||
| Studio | Madhouse Studios |
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| Licensor |  FUNimation Entertainment |
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| Network | NTV |
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| Original run | April 3, 2007 – September 25, 2007 | ||
| Episodes | 26 | ||
Claymore (クレイモア Kureimoa?) is a dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi produced for Monthly Shōnen Jump. As of October 2007, 13 volumes of the original Japanese-language edition and 11 in English have been released. Each chapter in the manga is referred to as a "scene".
As of June 6, 2007, the final issue of Monthly Shōnen Jump was released and the magazine cancelled, while the Claymore manga appeared on a monthly basis for a brief period in Weekly Shōnen Jump. Claymore continued in the first issue of Jump Square, which was released on November 2, 2007.
An anime series based on the manga began airing in Japan on April 03, 2007, and completed its run on September 25, 2007. On February 15, 2008, Funimation Entertainment announced that it has acquired the Region 1 license to release the Claymore anime series in North America.
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[edit] Background
[edit] Story & Setting
Claymore is set in 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?) sentient monsters that feed on human organs. The Yoma, being shapeshifters, are capable of taking on a human form and living in disguise amongst humans. By consuming a human's brain, Yoma can also absorb their memories, allowing them to disguise themselves as specific people without alerting even 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.
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, and other Claymores. As the series progresses, she becomes stronger and a better 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 Beings.
[edit] Claymores
This organization creates the Claymores by implanting Yoma flesh and blood into humans, thus creating hybrids that are more powerful than the original Yoma, in addition to their weapons training and often greater intelligence. These hybrids use large claymore swords that normal humans lack the strength to wield and are characterized by their silver eyes and light-blond-to-white hair (a few of them also have elf-like ears). A Claymore's standard abilities include overall enhanced physical prowess (most noticeably, strength), faster healing, limited shape modification and the ability to detect Yoma by sensing their Yoki (妖気?). To use their special abilities, they access the powers of their Yoma-half. However, if the Yoma powers of each Claymore are pushed over a certain limit the Claymore loses all humanity and becomes a powerful, highly intelligent, and incredibly bloodthirsty Yoma called an Awakened Being. A Claymore will ask a friend (usually a fellow Claymore) to kill them if they sense they are "Awakening", ensuring that they do not turn into the very monsters they hunt.
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/slayers" or "monsters". Family members of individuals impersonated by Yoma tend to be banished from villages for fear that they might be Yoma too. Claymores are often girls who suffered this fate or survivors of villages wiped out by Yoma. Due to one or more of their background, Yoma blood, training, social isolation and harsh lives, Claymores tend to be serious and at least outwardly cold. Claymores often live unhappy, lonely lives due to their solitary lifestyle and the knowledge that they will eventually die or become monsters. Some become hot-tempered and easily angered, while some other Claymores 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. All Claymores are female, since the organization's past experiments with male hybrids have shown them to be prone to become Awakened Beings too quickly.
[edit] The Organization
The secret organization is usually contacted by towns or villages afflicted by Yoma, and goes on to dispatch an appropriate number of Claymores to eliminate the target(s). Upon a successful kill, it then sends an agent to collect a large fee for its services. A town that fails to pay will never receive any further assistance, and will be left at the mercy of the Yoma. It has been insinuated that the organization itself sends Yoma to the towns that fail to pay, or at least inform the Yoma that said towns are no longer under Claymore protection. 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, though most are either unwilling or unable to act on the matter as it would mean conflict with other Claymores.
The Claymores themselves are culled from the ranks of orphaned girls adopted by the organization, undergoing brutal training and tests to prove their mettle. Those who successfully join the ranks of the 47 Claymores are expected to be unwaveringly loyal to the organization, and adhere to its rules without exception. Those who display any form of outward rebellion, or attempt to betray or leave the organization, are often marked for death. They are either dispatched on suicide missions against Yoma or Awakened Ones beyond their ability to defeat, or killed off by their fellow Claymores. Similarly targeted are Claymores who are partially Awakened, such as Clare or Miria, although the rationale behind this has never been explicitly revealed.
As of Volume 12 of the manga series, following a 7-year time-skip, the organization has modified its modus operandi in response to the Northern campaign, where it lost 24 Claymores to a gathering of the normally-solitary Awakened Ones. Where once it only hunted the powerful Awakened for a fee, a group of Claymores is now permanently stationed in the Northern regions to actively hunt and eliminate them.
The Organization's composition, aside from its Claymores, is relatively unknown. Thus far it has been shown to employ numerous agents that act as handlers for the Claymores, passing on mission details, equipment, and funds to the warriors. These handlers double as money collectors, helping to collect the fees incurred by those who hire the Claymores. Though there appears to be no standard uniform, all handlers are usually identifiable by their all-black ensembles.
Miria hypothesizes in chapter 79 that the current setting of the series is actually a testing ground for the creation of Awakened Beings. She reveals that there is another mainland across the ocean where two massive nations have been at constant war for over a hundred years. One nation, employed nonhuman creatures with tough skin, referred to as the "Dragon-kins". The other nation, in an effort to defeat the "Dragon-kins", created the Organization to develop a weapon to defeat them. The weapon they are trying to create are the Awakened Beings, and Claymores are just one step in the creation process.
[edit] Claymore characteristics
Due to their hybrid nature, Claymores possess strength, speed, and reflexes far greater than that of any human. Because of their great strength, Claymores can wield a heavy claymore single-handed with ease and grace. In addition to this, Claymores possess vast regenerative capabilities and resilience, allowing them to survive normally-fatal injuries such as evisceration. Any wound that does not kill them heals over completely within hours. Claymores with a talent for regeneration, such as Deneve, can even regenerate entire limbs within minutes. These abilities, combined with their combat training and weaponry, allow Claymores to fight on par with most Yoma.
Aside from their strength, perhaps the most well-known ability wielded by Claymores (and the one for which they are most prized by their clients) is their ability to sense Yoma. This is achieved through the sensing of Yoki (Yoma energy). Specialized Claymore can detect the aura of a Yoma from as far as several miles away, depending on the individual Claymore's skill. Clare herself has proven capable of sensing residual Yoki on humans who come into close contact with Yoma. A refined use of sensing Yoki allow the Claymores Teresa and Clare to read and predict the Yoma movements, to the point of reacting before the Yoma attacks. Some claymores can use their sense of smell to locate yoma. Clare and Miata have exhibited this ability.
All of a Claymore's abilities are dependent upon her control over her body's Yoki. By regulating the amount of Yoki used or localizing it to specific body parts/functions, Claymores can further augment their already-prodigious physical attributes, or utilize a number of exotic abilities. The average Claymore will tend to simply tap/release a greater percentage of their total Yoki, causing great increases in base strength, speed, and healing ability. If a Claymore releases 10% of their power, their eyes will gleam gold and become cat-like. If they release 30%, their face will contort and become monstrous. If they release 50%, their body will deform. Tapping too great an amount (over 80% of the body's total Yoki), however, causes Claymores to become Awakened (see below). Higher-ranking Claymores usually display far greater control, and exhibit enhanced ability with their standard abilities or unique powers, such as Irene's Quicksword, or Helen's ability to extend her arms.
Claymores require far less food in order to survive than normal humans. They need only consume a few bites of food every few days, and if required, can go for over a week without any. Partially awakened Claymores occasionally feel hungry. Claymores are generally only seen resting by sticking their claymore swords into the ground and leaning against them, rather than sleeping in a lying position or on a bed. In terms of physical appearance, most Claymores appear fully human save for their silver eyes and pale hair (extremely weak Claymores can retain some hair color). However, some possess inhuman traits such as pointed ears. Early in the manga, it appears that the front of Teresa's torso is hideously deformed, although we never see it directly. However, when we do see Jean's, later, no deformation is seen. This discrepancy has not been explained, though it may be related to the implanting of yoma flesh and its placement.
Almost all Claymores are created against their will, only becoming Claymores because they had no other way of living or because they were sold to the organization. Many are orphans, abandoned children, or survivors of towns and families attacked by Yoma (although the organization has been known to take children from their family, if they have an unusual quality they desire). The only known exception is Clare, who asked the organization to put Teresa's flesh and blood inside her body in order to become a Claymore and take revenge on Priscilla. Thus, many Claymores have a personal vendetta against Yoma and throughout the series, stories appear of the horror of these young survivors; most notably, Deneve and Priscilla. Some, such as in the case of Clare and Ophelia, seek revenge against specific Yoma (usually Awakened Beings).
The Claymore organization has a strict hierarchy, in which the Claymores are each given a rank corresponding their relative strength. Claymore #1 is the strongest, while #47 is the weakest (and receives a corresponding lack of respect). The number of existing Claymores at any time is officially 47 as that represents the total number of regional jurisdictions that the Claymores are responsible for. Claymores take orders from their black-clad handlers/money-collectors, who in turn appear to take orders from a small council of older males. It should be noted that the name 'Claymore' was originally coined by laymen - the organization and its warriors do not, in fact, have any official name. As such, few Claymores will ever refer to themselves as a 'Claymore'. Instead they refer to themselves by the term "senshi" which roughly translates to "warrior". All Claymores seem to go by a single name with a few earning particular epithets due to a distinguishing characteristic such as personality (Teresa of the Faint Smile), physical prowess (Muscular Sophia), fighting styles (Stormwind Noel, Undine of the Twin Swords, Flash Sword Irene) and special techniques (Phantom Miria, Windcutter Flora). During the "Endless Gravestones" arc, the character Ophelia expresses the desire to have such an epithet of her own (Rippling Ophelia).
Originally, most Claymore warriors were male, but it was soon discovered that releasing Yoki was pleasurable for men, an experience feeling similar to an orgasm. As such, they were unable to control their release of Yoki and Awakened quickly. Consequently, all Claymore warriors are now women.
[edit] Attack styles
In Volume #7, the character Ophelia reveals that there are two types of Claymore combat style: The offensive and defensive style. The nature of a Claymore's attack style determines the Claymore's regenerative/self-healing abilities. According to Ophelia, a Claymore's fighting is determined by "whether one tries to win a fight by surviving, or by killing the opponent." In a further explanation in Volume #10 by Deneve, the strength of a Claymore's instinct to live will determine the attacking style that she will use. The stronger the desire to live, the more likely the claymore's attacking style will be the defensive attacking style.
The defensive category endows the Claymore with incredible self-healing abilities. A unique characteristic is that if a Claymore loses any limbs and regenerates them, the new limbs will maintain their original demonic strength and powers. Galatea, Veronica, Cynthia, Deneve, and Yuma are known to be in this category.
Those in the offensive category are capable of more powerful attacks. However, they are not able to regenerate their bodies as effectively. If a Claymore in this category loses any limbs and she regenerates them, the strength of these limbs will only be equivalent to that of a normal human being. Clare, Ophelia, Rafaela and Irene are in this category. However, they can reattach recently severed limbs, including limbs originally belonging to another Claymore.
[edit] Uniform
Claymores wear a distinctive uniform consisting of a pale grey, close fitting shirt and pants. Over this they wear some pieces of armour: shin high, slightly high heeled metal boots (Sabatons) large wrist guards (Vambraces) large shoulder pieces (Spaulders) partial skirt (Fauld). Finally, they wear a short cape and a piece of fabric marked with the individual Claymore's specific certification symbol attached to their neck. Each Claymore's symbol is unique and serves as an identification marker. It also appears on their sword and black card.
[edit] The Black Card and Other Customs
Inside the handle of every Claymore's sword is a rolled black card with the wielder's symbol. Should the Claymore feel that they are losing their hold on their humanity and the steep descent to Awakening is beyond their control, they would remove the card and give it to a handler to be sent to a chosen Claymore. The Claymore receiving the Black Card, usually a close friend or teammate, would then meet her at an agreed location and proceed to mercifully kill the Claymore who requested it, allowing her to die with dignity rather than turning into an Awakened Being.
Like many organizations and military units, the warriors of the organization have several customs unique to them. Besides the Black Card, one often seen in the manga is the crossing of swords as a sort of salute when friends among the Warriors meet or part. This is first seen at the conclusion of the "Slashers" arc when Miria, Deneve, Helen and Clare part. It is again observed on a much larger scale during a flashback in the "Together with the Soul" arc when the twenty-four Claymores defending Pieta did so before the full scale Battle of the North began[citation needed].
Although Claymores usually function as solitary Warriors, Awakened Being hunts are typically undertaken by a team of four or five Claymores. The highest ranking Warrior in the party is the leader by default and this is so even if the Claymore in question does not display any leadership skills or has a personality unsuited to command. One example of this is seen in Extra Scene 2 (The Phantom and the Evil Warrior) when Ophelia lead a team despite displaying sociopathic tendencies. Also of note is that Miria was present in the team and did not take command even though she is renowned for her tactical acumen. This seems to be extrapolated to larger groups as seen in the "Battle in the North" arc.
[edit] Yoma
The main enemy of the human race, the Yoma (妖魔 yōma?) are a species of humanoid monsters that coexist with humans in the Claymore world.
Common Yoma are the same size as humans, but some can be noticeably larger and more heavily muscled. Their bodies are generally similar in shape to those of humans, but their skin texture is significantly different. Most have rows of stubby spikes growing from their upper backs. Their limbs are also elongated, ending in clawed digits. Yoma heads sport large, fang-filled jaws and pointed ears, giving them a bestial appearance. In the anime, they also have purple blood.
Yoma seem to have intelligence approximately equal to that of humans, though sometimes dulled/influenced by their bestial nature. Their strength, speed, and durability far exceed those of normal humans, allowing the average Yoma to assault large groups of unarmed humans or small groups of armed humans with impunity. Their regenerative capabilities also allow them to survive grievous wounds and heal faster than normal. Body parts that cannot be regenerated in humans, such as eyes, grow back within days.
Perhaps the single greatest asset of the Yoma is their ability to shape-shift. All Yoma can alter their shape and color in order to become physically identical to humans, even if their natural form is considerably larger. Yoma can perfectly copy the shape of specific humans, becoming completely indistinguishable from the original. They can take the shape of any type of human, even a human corpse. By eating a human's brain, a Yoma can absorb their memories. This allows Yoma to secretly replace any person within any given community without alerting anyone, not even close family members and friends. Thus far, the only sure way of detecting Yoma in their human form is through the sensing of their Yoki, an ability unique to Yoma and Claymores.
Older, more experienced Yoma eventually learn to exploit their shape-shifting powers for more offensive uses. A common technique is to hyper-extend their fingers or limbs at great speeds. Yoma can use this technique to punch clean through armoured humans from as far as ten meters away. Some Yoma can grow bat-like wings, allowing for flight and aerial attacks.
It should be noted that there appears to be only one gender of Yoma, all seemingly male. In Chapter 3 of the manga, a Yoma who disguised itself as a Claymore was still referred to by Clare as a "he" despite it's outwardly perfect female form. This brings into question how Yoma reproduce in the first place which hasn't yet been brought up within the series.
In Chapter 79, it was suggested by Phantom Miria that Yoma are in fact created by the Organization, perhaps for the sole purpose of developing Claymore experiments.
[edit] Awakened Beings
'Yoki' (妖気?) or Yoma 'life energy' flows through the bodies of Claymores and Yoma. Claymores can control their release of Yoki to enhance their abilities. However, once a Claymore goes beyond 80%, the release of yoki is out of her control and increases to 100% within seconds. When this happens, the Yoma aspect becomes dominant, and the Claymore hybrid transforms into an Awakened Being. It is not generally thought that an awakening hybrid can retain their humanity and revert. However, during the course of the manga, it is discovered that this is possible, though extremely risky. The organization continues to deny this, even though they make use of it.
Awakened are exceptionally powerful Yoma with an incredible craving for human innards. Awakened will retain the intelligence and memories of their Claymore and human lives, but will otherwise have the mentality of a Yoma. The Awakened are the secret shame of the Claymore organization, "super-Yoma" resulting from the organization's own tampering. The Claymores use the term Voracious Eaters when referring to Awakened with outsiders, and claim that they are simply old Yoma with great strength and wisdom in order to hide their true origins. Before the war in the north, the organization would treat them the same way as other Yoma, not dealing with Awakened unless they had been hired to do so. In the new arc, however, the organization has changed to actively hunting Awakened. This is in response to Isley gathering together an army of Awakened in the northern lands.
In dealing with Awakened, the organization usually dispatches a team of four Claymores, led by a "single-digit" Claymore (i.e. one ranked within the top 9).
Thus far, all Awakened bear little or no physical resemblance to one another (i.e. some remain humanoid like Priscilla, or become serpentine like Ophelia), suggesting the process varies greatly from individual to individual. Common traits of Awakened include large size (ranging from over two meters to several stories tall) and armored hide. Thus far, Awakened Beings have not displayed the same type of shapechanging abilities as yoma, the ability to mimic any form. Most have an "Awakened" form and a human form which appears to be the same in appearance as their original forms before they became Claymores. However Awakened Beings seem to have far greater control of their body shape; many can extend limbs or fingertips to act as weapons and both Isley and Luciela can apparently assume a hybrid shape somewhere between their Awakened and human form. It may be that they've never felt the need to do so.
The Awakened are also varied in character, ranging from openly malicious and wantonly destructive to calm and composed. However, each and every Awakened has an insatiable hunger for human flesh, and the ones who act and look civil only appear so for the sake of disguise and to subtly catch a meal. The power of each Awakened varies as well, depending on his or her power before Awakening. The Awakening itself grants a tremendous power boost, allowing an Awakened formerly of low rank to match even a single digit Claymore.
Of all the Awakened currently alive, there are three who were formerly ranked 1 in the Claymore organization. These three are referred to as Those of the Abyss, Dwellers of the Deep or The Abyssal Ones, and are generally believed to be the most powerful beings in the Claymore world. Rivals in power include Alicia, the organization's current number #1 who can fully awaken controllably, and Priscilla, an Awakened Being who is even more powerful than the Abyssal Ones.
Some Claymores are partially Awakened. This occurs when a Claymore surpasses the Yoki use limit (losing control of their Yoki), but somehow manages to restrain themselves from fully Awakening. This permanently strengthens the Claymore, and allows them to exceed the 80% limit again without Awakening, but the organization regards these members with deep suspicion. Although this is a permanent state, it is unknown whether it is stable or if they will become fully Awakened eventually.
It is unclear how each female Claymore feels when awakening. Clare describes it as pleasurable and painful,[1] while Helen has sensations similar to orgasm (which is also what hybrid men experience when awakening). Most Claymore describe the feeling of awakening as being between "violent pains and ecstacy".
Miria has recently hypothesized that Awakened Beings are the final stage in an experimental program to create an ultimate weapon to defeat a powerful nation across the ocean in another land.
[edit] Characters
- Clare (クレア Kurea?)
- Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima
- The series' protagonist. Clare is a distant and quiet Claymore, but occasionally shows an impulsive side. After one of her assignments, she picks up a boy called Raki, who was exiled from his village. Raki gradually manages to break through her shell and they become friends. It is unclear whether their relationship is fraternal or romantic, although it has similarities to her relationship to Teresa, a Claymore who adopted Clare as a child. Clare is ranked #47 of the Claymores, the last and therefore weakest of all. Over the course of the series, she grows in power. Her main goal is to take revenge on the Awakened Being Priscilla.
After the Seven Year gap, Clare is one of the seven survivors of the War in the North and has become immensely more powerful. She has mastered Flora's Windcutter technique which has also strengthened her Quick Sword technique, determined to find Raki, she returns to the South.
- Raki (ラキ Raki?)
- Voiced by: Motoki Takagi
- A young boy whose family was murdered by a Yoma. The Yoma was slain by Clare. Raki, suspected of being a Yoma himself, was exiled from his village, although he denies this to Clare and claims to have left voluntarily. Clare originally offered to take him with her to the next village, but eventually they get attached to each other and continue their journey together. He ends up under the care of Isley, oblivious to his true identity and stays with as Priscilla has taken a liking to him. Raki is devoted to Clare and aspires to become strong enough to protect her, leading him to train under Isley. After the seven year gap, Raki has been travelling through the path he traveled with Clare in hopes of meeting her again. He makes his reappearance in his hometown with a small girl on his shoulder and easily dispatches a Yoma with his sword and new armour.
- Teresa (テレサ Teresa?)
- Voiced by: Romi Paku
- Teresa was the strongest Claymore of not only her time but also of all time as revealed by Miria in episode 25 of the anime adaptation. Her special ability was an exceptional sense of the yoki flows of her adversaries. Her appearance is like that of a goddess and it is backed-up by her awesome strength and power. Teresa was known as Teresa of the Faint Smile (微笑のテレサ bishō no Teresa?, lit. Smiling Teresa).
- As a Claymore, Teresa was originally a cold-blooded killer who cared for no one, only helping villages because she was ordered to. During a hunt, Teresa saved the young Clare from a Yoma that kept her as a plaything. Clare chose to follow the initially unwilling and hostile Teresa. Eventually Clare's determination moved Teresa and a close bond was formed between the two. After leaving Clare in a village which was subsequently attacked by bandits, Teresa broke the cardinal rule of Claymores by killing the human offenders in order to save Clare. Faced with execution Teresa chose to break with the organization and make a new life with Clare.
- Priscilla (プリシラ Purishira?)
- Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa
- A Claymore who qualified during Teresa's peak, Priscilla was quickly promoted to #2. It was believed she would become stronger than Teresa in time, and she was one of the group of four Claymores sent to execute her following her break with the organization. Her lack of experience led to her awakening with horrific consequences.
[edit] Adaptations
[edit] Manga
[edit] Anime
A twenty-six episode anime adaptation of Claymore was produced by Nippon Television.[2] Directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka and Madhouse Studios, the series premiered on the Nippon Television channel on April 3, 2007 and ran until September 25, 2007. The anime character designs were created by Takahiro Umehara. The anime series follows the plot until episode twenty before diverging into its own storyline.
As of February 2008, seven DVD volumes and four limited edition sets containing compilations of those volumes have been released in Japan by Avex Trax. Funimation has announced that it has acquired North American licenses for the anime series[3] and will release the first DVD volume in fall 2008.[2]
[edit] Music
- Opening Theme: "Raison D’être" by Nightmare
- Ending Theme: "Danzai no Hana~Guilty Sky" by Riyu Kosaka
[edit] OST
The Original Soundtrack was released on July 25, 2007.
- Composer: Masanori Takumi
- Arranger: Kotaro Nakagawa
CLAYMORE TV Animation O.S.T. Track listing:
- Gingan no majo (銀眼の魔女?)
- Ookina Ken (大きな剣?)
- Yōma no Okite (妖魔の掟?)
- Sabaku to Kaze (砂漠と風?)
- Kirisakumono-tachi (斬り裂く者たち?)
- Osoroshiki fujin (恐ろしき布陣?)
- Bishō no Teresa (微笑のテレサ?)
- Kanashiki shukumei (哀しき宿命?)
- Kakusei no kodō (覚醒の鼓動?)
- Seikan naru tatakai (精悍なる闘い?)
- Shinpi to shin'en (神秘と深淵?)
- Yobikakeru kioku (呼びかける記憶?)
- Kita no chi to hakugin no ō (北の地と白銀の王?)
- Hateshinaki tabiji (果てしなき旅路?)
- Kyōjin na chikara (強靭な力?)
- Kōya no rakujitsu (荒野の落日?)
- Kokoro no kizuato (心の傷跡?)
- Shōkei (憧憬?)
- Machinami (街並み?)
- Den'en to ogawa (田園と小川?)
- Utsushiki kariudo-tachi (美しき狩人たち?)
- Ayashikimono no shukumei (妖しき者の宿命?)
- Kyōsenshi (凶戦士?)
- Kakusei e no midare (覚醒への乱れ?)
- Sōzetsu na shitō (壮絶な死闘?)
- Erabareshimono (選ばれし者?)
- Haruka na michinori (遥かな道程?)
- Itoshisa to mukumori (愛しさとぬくもり?)
- Chiheisen no kanata (地平線の彼方?)
- Ishizukuri no ienami (石造りの家並み?)
- Hito o omō koto (人を想うこと?)
- Fukaki mori no naka de (深き森の中で ?)
- Raison d'Etre (レゾンデートル Rezon dētoru?) by Nightmare
- Danzai no Hana ~Guilty Sky~ (断罪の花～Guilty sky～?) by Riyu Kosaka
Some of the tracks used in the anime weren't included in the OST.
[edit] Claymore Intimate Persona
A character songs CD, entitled Claymore Intimate Persona: Character Song Shuu (CLAYMORE INTIMATE PERSONA~キャラクターソング集~ ) has also been released. It contains 10 songs, each representing a character, and sung by their voice actress.
Tracklisting
- Memory (記憶 Kioku?, Clare)
- Transfiguration (変貌 Henbō?, Priscilla)
- Rebellion (反逆 Hangyaku?, Galatea)
- Awakening (覚醒 Kakusei?, Deneve)
- Hatred (憎悪 Zōo?, Ophelia)
- Hurricane (疾風 Shippu?, Irene)
- Eternity (永遠 Eien?, Sophia)
- Reincarnation (転生 Tensei?, Teresa)
- Lamentation (慟哭 Dōkoku?, Helen)
- Phantom (幻影 Gen'ei?, Miria)
[edit] References
- ^ Full quotation of Clare's description of her feelings: "I felt a rush of suffering and ecstasy. Somehow I was able to pull myself back.", Norihiro Yagi: "Claymore #6", VIZ Media, February 2007
- ^ a b AnimeOnDVD.com (2008-02-18). "FUNimation Entertainment Acquires Claymore from NTV". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
- ^ Funimation Licenses Claymore Anime Series. Anime News Network (2008-02-15). Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
[edit] External links
- Official Shueisha Claymore manga website (Japanese)
- Official Shueisha Claymore anime website (Japanese)
- Official NTV Claymore anime website (Japanese)
- Official Avexmovie Claymore anime website (Japanese)
- Official Funimation Claymore anime website
- Claymore (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Claymore (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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