Claymore (manga)
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Clare on Claymore 1 tankōbon cover
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クレイモア (Kureimoa) |
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| Genre | Dark fantasy, Action |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Norihiro Yagi |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shonen |
| Magazine |
Monthly Shōnen Jump (former) Weekly Shōnen Jump (former) Jump Square |
| Original run | May 2001 – December 4, 2014 |
| Volumes | 27 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Tanaka |
| Written by | Yasuko Kobayashi |
| Music by | Masanori Takumi |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NTV |
| English network | |
| Original run | 3 April 2007 – 25 September 2007 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Game | |
| Claymore: Gingan no Majo | |
| Developer | Digital Works Entertainment |
| Genre | Action |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
| Released | 28 May 2009 |
Claymore (Japanese: クレイモア Hepburn: Kureimoa?) is a dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. The series initially premiered in the now defunct Monthly Shōnen Jump in the May 2001 issue. When the magazine was canceled in June 2007, the series was temporarily moved to Weekly Shōnen Jump where it was published monthly. When Jump Square was introduced in November 2007, the series was moved to it. The individual chapters were published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with 27 volumes released between January 2002 and December 2014.
Madhouse adapted the first eleven volumes of the series into a twenty-six episode anime series. Directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, the series premiered in Japan on NTV on April 3, 2007 and ran until September 25, 2007. A CD soundtrack for the anime series and a CD of character songs using the anime voice actresses were released on July 25, 2007 and September 27, 2007, respectively.
The Claymore manga is licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media. It released the first volume of the series on April 4, 2006 and the last volume on October 6, 2015. The anime adaptation is licensed for release in North America by Funimation Entertainment, which has released the first DVD for the series in Fall 2008 and released the entire series on Blu-ray in Spring 2010. Madman Entertainment has licensed the anime for release in Australia and New Zealand and the anime is sub-licensed by Manga Entertainment for UK distribution.
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