Claymore

Claymore 	Claymore
Genre 	Dark fantasy, action, drama
Manga 	Manga
Written by 	Norihiro Yagi
Published by 	Shueisha
Demographic 	Shōnen
Original run 	May 2001 – Present
Volumes 	25
Anime television series	Anime television series
Original run 	April 3, 2007 - September 25, 2007
Episodes 	26
Claymore 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 still published monthly. When Jump Square was introduced in November 2007, the series was moved to it. The individual chapters are published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with 23 volumes released as of December 2012.
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 has released 23 volumes as of October 1, 2013. 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-licenced by Manga Entertainment for UK distribution.
==Anime==
# 	Title 	Original air date
1 	"Great Sword" 	April 3, 2007
2 	"The Black Card" 	April 10, 2007
3 	"The Darkness in Paradise" 	April 17, 2007
4 	"Clare's Awakening" 	April 24, 2007
5 	"Teresa of the Faint Smile" 	May 1, 2007
6 	"Teresa and Clare" 	May 8, 2007
7 	"Marked for Death" 	May 15, 2007
8 	"Awakening" 	May 22, 2007
9 	"Those Who Rend Asunder, Part 1" 	May 29, 2007
10	"Those Who Rend Asunder, Part 2" 	June 5, 2007
11	"Those Who Rend Asunder, Part 3" 	June 12, 2007
12	"The Endless Gravestones, Part 1" 	June 19, 2007
13	"The Endless Gravestones, Part 2" 	June 26, 2007
14	"Qualified to Fight" 	July 3, 2007
15	"The Witch's Maw, Part 1" 	July 10, 2007
16	"The Witch's Maw, Part 2" 	July 17, 2007
17	"The Witch's Maw, Part 3" 	July 24, 2007
18	"The Carnage in the North, Part 1"	July 31, 2007
19	"The Carnage in the North, Part 2"	August 7, 2007
20	"The Carnage in the North, Part 3"	August 14, 2007
21	"Invasion of Pieta, Part 1" 	August 21, 2007
22	"Invasion of Pieta, Part 2" 	August 28, 2007
23	"Critical Point, Part 1" 	September 4, 2007
24	"Critical Point, Part 2" 	September 11, 2007
25	"For Whose Sake" 	September 18, 2007
26	"To the Successors" 	September 25, 2007
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