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Disclaimer: I watched this episode last night after I got in from celebrating a friend's 21st. I may've been a touch inebriated, having indulged in a few cheeky drinks as the kid do these days, so I don't know how...
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Opening: "Raison D’être" by Nightmare Short Summary: Claymores, or also called the silver-eyed witches, are half-human, half-yoma (demon) women. They are the only ones that can distinguish between humans and yomas that took the form of a human. In the town where the boy Raki lives, several people got killed, amongst others Rakis' parents. The people don't know what to do and call for the Claymore Claire. Everybody's afraid of her...besides Raki who tries to get in contact with her. When he returns home he has to find out the yoma took the brain and body of his brother. The yoma now tries to kill Raki before he leaves twon, but Claire comes and saves him. Afterwards she immediatly leaves the town for another job. Of course the people are afraid Raki could turn into a yoma, too. So they throw him out of the village. He decides to follow Claire but collapses in the dessert. When he awakes he findes himself saved in a neraby town. Claire paid for his room in a tavern. He wants to thank her and gets to know a Claymore is looking for him in the forest behind the town. But it's not Claire waiting for him tehre, but a yoma that takes him as a hostage to defeat Claire. Claymore and demon fight - Claire wins. Raki finally has the chance to thank her for saving him. This seems to appeal to Clair's human origin and she decides to take him with her till he finds a village where he wants to settle down. My opinion: Claymore is not my show so far, although animation is great, the mixture of modern and traditional music fits it perfectly. There are tons of blood and a very depressing atmosphere. I might give it a second try, because the show definitley is good, but it might just not be my genre. Ending: "Danzai no Hana~Guilty Sky" by Riyu Kosaka
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Mother died, and father disappeared…why do I feel I’ve heard this somewhere before? It’s funny how obsessions come and go- earlier this week I was briefly addicted to the children’s Flash site Club Penguin, but a mere two days later I had exhausted all its possibilities and found it quite boring. What will next week’s obsession [...]
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Opening Sequence: OP: 「Raison D’être」 by Nightmare
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The villagers in Lucky’s town have been plagued by gut-eating demons called Yoma. The Yoma can disguise themselves as humans, and only the half-human/half-Yoma beings known as Claymores can detect the Yoma’s aura (Yoki). Although the Claymores are useful, the villagers fear the “silver-haired witches” almost as much as Yoma and samurai in [...]
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I’ve been enjoying Claymore for a while, so it’s nice to see it animated so well now by Madhouse. The anime looks to be a very literal adaption of the manga, almost scene for scene. Not that I really care, since the scenes were awesome in the first place. The story of Claymore takes place [...]
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Series Information ANN Encyclopedia | AniDB | AnimeNfo Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural OP: [Raison D’être] by by Nightmare ED: [Danzai no Hana~Guilty Sky] by Riyu Kosaka CLAYMORE.com [Episode 1: Big Sword -Claymore-] [Enjoyment Value: 9.1/10] [Opening sequence] OP: [Raison D’être] by Nightmare [Thoughts] You know, I’m not at all surprised that this first episode turned out to be as great as I thought [...]
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According this tidbit at Comicpress, Claymore will
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I’ve noticed a fair amount of excitement about this show, and after watching the first episode, it seems to deserve it. It has a really dark and gritty feel to it, reminiscent of previous MADHOUSE series like Gungrave and Black Lagoon, which works very well considering how its story looks. Clare is an interesting character [...]
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