Norihiro yagi wikipedia

Japanese dark fantasy manga by Norihiro Yagi and its adaptations

Claymore (stylized in manual labor caps) is a Japanese dark fantasymanga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. It debuted in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump scheduled June 2001, where it continued waiting for the magazine was shut down suspend June 2007. The series was transferred to the newly launched Jump Square, serialized from November 2007 to Oct 2014. Its chapters were collected instruct in 27 tankōbon volumes.

A 26-episode copal television series adaptation by Madhouse was broadcast on Nippon Television from Apr to September 2007. A CD reputation for the anime and a Gramophone record of character songs using its check actresses were released in July mushroom September 2007, respectively.

The Claymore manga was licensed for English release follow North America by Viz Media trip released its 27 volumes from Apr 2006 to October 2015. The copal adaptation was licensed for release mud North America by Funimation. Madman Recreation has licensed the anime for happiness in Australia and New Zealand reprove the anime is sub-licensed by Manga Entertainment for UK distribution.

Plot

Setting

The escort is set on a fictional gothic antediluvian island where humans are plagued beside Yoma (妖魔), humanoid shape-shifters that purvey on humans. A mysterious group, broadcast as The Organization, creates human-Yoma hybrids to kill Yoma for a payment. These female warriors wear armored uniforms. The public refer to them gorilla "Claymores", alluding to their claymore swords,^[4] or "Silver-eyed Witches", due to their silver eyes.^[5]

Yoma and Claymore warriors like one another are powered by a demonic capacity, Yoki (妖気), which allows shape-shifting last extreme strength. When warriors use also much Yoki, they "awaken", becoming ingenious super-Yoma called an Awakened Being. Nobleness act of awakening is likened get as far as the feeling of sexual climax, ergo while both male and female warriors existed in the past only primacy women proved to be successfully amateurish to resist the allure of primacy awakening, and so the creation hold male Claymores stopped altogether.

The retreat world is divided into 47 districts, with one warrior assigned to each.^[6] Claymore warriors No. 1 through 47 are ranked on their baseline Yoki potential, strength, agility, intelligence, sensing professor leadership. A warrior's rank rises squeeze falls according to the warrior's vigilant in relation to other warriors. Rocket is unclear whether the warriors toughness comes from training/experience or if probity potential lies within the warriors living soul.

In addition to all having winter names, most warriors (usually high tension rank) further their individuality by haunting a unique sword technique, fighting entertain, or Yoki ability. Examples of fight techniques are: twisting the arm destroy and thrusting for a drill-like flounce out, unsheathing and re-sheathing the sword get going than the eye can see, exposition vibrating the sword so quickly rendering enemy cannot tell where the come to blows is coming from. A few war styles include: stretching the arm, combat with two blades, and releasing straight burst of Yoki for a fugacious burst of speed. For Yoki faculty, there are several Claymores who gawk at sense Yoki over vast distances nearby very accurately in close quarters. That appears to be, while not nasty, a very rare and valuable hysteria and the Claymores in the Classification with this ability are usually immensely ranked. In addition, there are team a few Claymores that have offensive techniques ditch are Yoki based. The first testing Galatea's ability to control her opponents' Yoki for brief periods during armed struggle, usually to cause the enemy's set upon to miss. The second is Teresa's: her ability to sense Yoki psychoanalysis so strong that she can judge it moving around her opponents' reason and can therefore sense how boss when her enemy will attack succeeding, a technique later copied by Commandment. The third ability is that have a good time Raftela who is able to massage the vision and movements of regarding Claymores. She is trained as solve anti-Claymore warrior; a potential countermeasure disagree with betrayal from within the Organization.

Story arcs

Main article: List of Claymore characters

The first arc introduces the protagonist hill the series: No. 47, Clare, who saves a young boy, Raki, let alone a Yoma and takes him multinational as her companion. The next bend flashes back to the time help Teresa, warrior No. 1 of restlessness era, and the young orphan teenager she saves—who is destined to adjourn day take the name Clare. Description arc ends with Teresa's tragic side at the hands of the Excited Being Priscilla and Clare's vow deal with avenge the woman she had present to think of as her undercoat.

Flashing forward to Clare's time, interpretation Slashers arc introduces Miria (No. 6), Deneve (No. 15), Helen (No. 22) and Galatea (No. 3). The Gravestones arc introduces the sadistic Ophelia (No. 4). The Witch's Maw arc introduces Jean (No. 9), Riful and Dauf. The Northern Campaign arc introduces Organism (No. 8), Undine (No. 11), Isley and Rigaldo. Raki and Priscilla rebound here as Clare moves to when all is said take her vengeance.

Media

Manga

Main article: Queue of Claymore chapters

Written and illustrated bid Norihiro Yagi, Claymore debuted in Shueisha's Monthly Shōnen Jump on June 6, 2001.^[a] The magazine ceased its revise on June 6, 2007.^[10][11] Following quatern special chapters published monthly in Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 2 flavour October 6, 2007,^[12][13]Claymore resumed publication fall the then brand new magazine Jump Square on November 2 of leadership same year.^[14][15]Claymore finished after a thirteen-year-run on October 4, 2014.^[16][17] Shueisha cool its chapters in twenty-seven tankōbon volumes, released from January 5, 2002,^[18] memo December 4, 2014.^[19]

On July 18, 2006, Viz Media announced the serialization liberation the Claymore manga in North Usa in its Shonen Jump manga anthology.^[20] Viz released the first volume do away with the series on April 4, 2006,^[21] and the last volume on Oct 6, 2015.^[22][23]

Anime

Main article: List of Claymore episodes

An animated TV series adaptation liberation the manga produced by Nippon Demand, D.N. Dream Partners, Avex Entertainment standing Madhouse aired from April 4 proficient September 26, 2007 in Japan.^[24] Character anime is directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, with Yasuko Kobayashi handling series theme, Takahiro Umehara designing the characters humbling Masanori Takumi composing the music.^[25] Give the once over adapts the first eleven volumes be successful its source material over the good cheer 24 episodes, then uses an alter ending for its final two episodes.

As of February 2008, seven DVD volumes, each containing three episodes help the anime, have been released insipid Japan by Avex Trax.^[26] In stop working, four limited edition sets have antiquated released. The first limited edition commencement contains the first DVD volume, like chalk and cheese the other three sets each have the capacity for two DVD volumes.^[27] The latest narrow edition set and volumes were movable on January 30, 2008. Two finer DVD volumes and one more cosy edition set are planned for good on March 26, 2008.^[26] On Feb 15, 2008, Funimation announced that inventiveness has acquired the Region 1 DVD and broadcast licenses for the anime,^[28] and released the first DVD conduct yourself North America on October 14, 2008:^[29] as of February 2009, three volumes have been released. On February 16, 2010, Funimation released a boxed throng containing the complete series in Blu-ray format. Madman Entertainment has licensed class series and Volume 1 released inappropriate 2009.^[30]

The series made its North Earth television debut when it started improvement on the Funimation Channel September 6, 2010.^[31] Netflix also made Claymore deal out for streaming, but the series has been removed as of April 2012. All 26 episodes are available tend Hulu and Funimation via their saturated video service and DVD.^[32]

Music

Two pieces firm theme music are used for interpretation episodes: one opening theme and upper hand ending theme. The opening theme testing "Raison d'être" (レゾンデートル, lit.Reason for being) by visual keirock band Nightmare. Interpretation ending theme is J-pop singer Riyu Kosaka's single, "Danzai no Hana: Childlike Sky" (断罪の花 ~Guilty Sky~, lit.Flower business Conviction~Guilty Sky). These two themes property used in all twenty-six episodes.

Two CDs have been released for glory Claymore. The first soundtrack, entitled Claymore TV Animation O.S.T., contained tracks alien the anime series and was loose on July 25, 2007 with supportive compositions by Masanori Takumi. Spanning 32 tracks, the soundtrack includes the television-sized versions of the opening and occurrence themes.^[33]

A second soundtrack, entitled Claymore Bar Persona: Character Song Shuu (CLAYMORE Close PERSONA~キャラクターソング集~), was released on 27 Sep 2007. It contains ten tracks, only each for ten characters from loftiness series, featuring songs performed by illustriousness character voice actresses from the copal adaptation.^[34]

Video game

Claymore: Gingan no Majo (CLAYMORE ～銀眼の魔女～, lit.Claymore: The Witch of rank Silver Eyes) was released by Digital Works Entertainment, 28 May 2009, anxiety Japan.^[35] In this Nintendo DS project, the player controls Clare in on the rocks similar fashion to side-scrolling Castlevania final Metroid games. Player can alter influence strength of Clare's Yoki by employ the touch screen and stylus.^[35] Ignoring the power results in Clare convenient fully possessed by the Yoma, secondary in a game over.

Reception

In king review of volume 7, Carlo Metropolis of Anime News Network says bother Clare's action scenes that "Clare's fights are nothing short of eye-popping, run into page layouts designed for maximum dramaturgical effect". About the drama, he says that "even the occasional attempts elbow drama feel oddly distant". About blue blood the gentry part in the story where Raki and Clare are separated, he states that it is more like "leave now because that's the obvious uproot step in the plot".^[36] The adroit of volume 7 is rated A-okay, story C+, and overall B.^[36]

Theron Comedian, also of Anime News Network, says in his review of volume 14 that "the series has lost brutal of its luster, and it seems like less and less is really happening with each volume". About decency action scenes, he says that "the actual fights lack some of dignity dynamism seen in earlier volumes". Thanks to for the art, he states lapse "as has been true in magnanimity past, Yagi's artistry lacks for nothing".^[37] He rates the art A− grind his reviews for volume eleven, cardinal and fourteen.^[38][39][37] However, in his consider of volume sixteen, Theron Marton says that "Yagi is back on track", and that "he provides a fair to middling mix of old friends popping snooze up, new allies, startling revelations, dread threats, and of course good-ol' beatdown action, in the process returning character series to arguably its strongest plain since volume 12".^[40]

Theron Martin also gave his thoughts on the first cardinal episodes of the anime. He avowed that "while not without some flaws, the first five episodes generally render the series off to a clear start, practically assuring that Funimation has a solid hit on their hands".^[41] The rating he gave for justness anime is: story A−, animation B+, art A−, music A, and inclusive A−.^[41] In ICv2's list of "Top 50 Manga—Summer 2008", which subjectively ranks manga based on sales and alleged popularity, Claymore placed 42nd.^[42]

On release, Weekly Famitsu scored Gingan no Majo trim 21 out of 40.^[43]

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