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Claymore

★ 8.0 18K votes 2007–2007 1 season · 26 episodes Ended Nippon TV
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 8/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10Monster horrorCreatures and slashers, fear made physical.This show: 7/10High fantasyInvented worlds with magic and rules of their own.This show: 7/10AdrenalineAction and thrills as the primary reward.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Todd HaberkornStephanie YoungHouko KuwashimaCherami LeighMotoki TakagiToru Nara
Written by
Norihiro Yagi
Starring
Todd HaberkornStephanie YoungHouko KuwashimaCherami LeighMotoki TakagiToru Nara
Written by
Norihiro Yagi
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Gothic dread and swordplay before the story stumbles"

In a world plagued by shapeshifting demons called Yoma, silver-eyed female warriors known as Claymores are bred and trained to hunt them, at the cost of their own humanity. The story follows one such swordswoman as she takes on contracts in grim, isolated villages while hints of a darker organizational conspiracy simmer beneath the monster-of-the-week structure. Tone is bleak and gothic, pace is moody with bursts of brutal swordplay, and the atmosphere of quiet dread carries it more than plot twists do.

Watch it for

the atmosphere, striking character designs, and genuinely tense sword duels against monstrous foes.

Maybe skip if

you need a satisfying finale, since the back stretch famously rushes past the source material.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12007
7.87K269h 32m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Dai ken -Kureimoa-7.4
34622 min
▶2Kuro no sho7.4
30522 min
▶3Ma horo ba no yami7.6
28722 min
▶4Kurea no kakusei7.8
28122 min
▶5Bishou mi no Teresa8.0
29122 min
▶6Teresa to Clare8.4
31822 min
▶7Shisha no rakuin8.2
28822 min
▶8Kakusei9.0
36822 min
▶9Kiri saku mono tachi: Part 17.6
25422 min
▶10Kiri saku mono tachi: Part 28.1
26422 min
▶11Kiri saku mono tachi: Part 37.8
25022 min
▶12Hate naki bohyou: Part 17.8
25422 min
▶13Hate naki bohyou: Part 27.8
24422 min
▶14Tatakau shikaku7.9
24822 min
▶15Majo no agito: I7.6
23522 min
▶16Majo no agito: II7.7
23622 min
▶17Majo no agito: III8.1
25022 min
▶18Kita no senran: I7.6
23222 min
▶19Kita no senran: II7.8
23622 min
▶20Kita no senran: III7.2
23222 min
▶21Pieta shinkou: I7.7
22522 min
▶22Pieta shinkou: II7.9
22922 min
▶23Rinkai ten: I7.8
23222 min
▶24Rinkai ten: II7.5
22322 min
▶25Dare ga tame ni7.5
22622 min
▶26Uketsugu mono he7.3
24822 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Todd Haberkorn Raki
Stephanie Young Claire
Houko Kuwashima Clare
Cherami Leigh Young Clare, Additional Voices, Eva
Motoki Takagi Raki, Yoma A
Toru Nara Bandit, Male 'Awakened' 1, Man 1
Monica Rial Miria
Jamie Marchi Helen
Caitlin Glass Deneve
Anastasia Munoz Additional Voices, Clarice, Cynthia

Crew

Norihiro Yagi

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