Ever since my ISP problems, which still aren’t solved, my ability to get new Anime episodes is limited to how good the connection is in the university, or on how often I visit my friend’s house to get new episodes. Therefore, it’s quite hard for me to keep up with the latest things.
But those are not all the reasons. Some of the Animes I stopped writing about because of the lack of interest I grew. I stopped Death Note because I had the final volumes of the first “season” of the manga, so I read them, stopped when the second season started, and right now I think until it’s near the end until I resume it. I haven’t been downloading it either.
Kanon 2006 is an anime I want to catch up with again, and one that I was enjoying a lot. Unfortunately, the only friend that I know that is watching it usually takes a long time to share stuff with. So I will have to find a way to download it myself.
Naruto Shippuuden had a great start, but right now I find the pace incredibly slow. They are trying to stretch the story as much as they can, so they won’t catch up to the manga very soon. If they had done that like Bleach or One Piece did I wouldn’t have any complains, but they don’t. I think I’ll wait out until the “cool part” begins before I start watching it again. But I hope that the artists stop what they’re doing to the show right now, because it’s slowly killing it.
The last Anime I watched was Ouran High Host Club (yes, I know I promised the readers a review), and although I haven’t written about it yet, it was a brilliant show. Great story, great character development, great comedy and great animation. It’s an Anime that seems strange at first, but then becomes incredibly addictive. Since the type of episodes drift from drama, to comedy, it’s very hard to grow tired of it.
But now I’ll tell you a bit about Claymore.
It’s not your typical Shonen action anime. There is action, but there is much more violence, and so far, the character development has been great. Which makes me wonder if the show will be very short, or if it will grow stale after a bit.
Last, but not least, I watched today the first four episodes of Claymore. A strange and violent, but very interesting Anime. The concept of the story reminded me of Chrno Crusade a bit, except that this time the story is set in a medieval time.
There are demons in this world called Youma, and in order to fight them, an organization was formed that creates hybrid humans, which are basically normal humans embedded with Youma blood and “skin”, in order to fight with the Youma on equal ground. For some unknown reason, so far only women have survived this transformation, and they are known as the silver-eyed witches, or as Claymores, due to the huge Claymore swords they all carry.
The main character of the story, is one of those said Claymores, and from the very first episode, we see her struggling, and on all of the episodes so far, it seems like the show is just about to end. I was guessing I’d get used to it, but so far I haven’t, and this Anime manages to keep me captivated. The artwork is brilliant, not just the first episode (unlike Naruto and many other series), but throughout all of the episodes so far.
The music is a bit awkward, but so is the story, therefore they complement each other quite nicely.
If you liked Berserk and Chrno Crusade, then I think that this Anime is right up your alley. It’s certainly one to be on the lookout for.
You should probably watch few episodes asap, for many fans the next story arc is what really solidifies their fandom for the Claymore series.
I’m working on it. Hopefully I’ll be able to watch the next three episodes today
Hi ! Since I’ve just got news that anime Claymore is made on Anidb.info, and I also read this manga too, I feel that it’ll be good anime. Thanks for your short review! BTW, has this anime released by Fansubs yet ?
Eclipse is subbing it, they’re already on Episode 10: http://eclipse.no-sekai.de/