Anime: Claymore
Genre: Action, Fantasy

Initial Thoughts:

Before I ever download any new anime shows, I always want to look for at least one screenshot of how the anime looks like. I was already sold on the animation quality alone. The story is equally as good. We have a medieval world plagued by monsters and the only way to defeat these monsters are to send these women who are half human and half monster with silver colored eyes. They can sense where these monsters are and are strong enough to kill them. They carry large claymore swords and therefore people name them Claymores. Very interesting watch indeed, because I know there’s plenty of fighting involved.

So enter the main character Clare. She appears to this one town who’s had some townspeople killed by a monster. The town requested for her assistance. While everyone fears her, a young teenage boy finds interest in her. He follows her around town to learn more about her. In the end, she ends up saving him from the monster. The townspeople fear that this boy, Raki, might also turn into a monster so he is casted out of the town. He ends up following Clare on her journeys.

So what I do think?

Awesome show so far after three episodes. Good characters and good animation quality. It’s like an action, detective show because it involves finding the monster, called a Yoma, and the monster hides in human form. Sometimes it could be fairly obvious, and other times, you’re guessing who’s the enemy. Once the monster is found, the action begins, and so on. There’s plenty of character backgrounds to go on, plus watching the opening sequence, there are still many characters that have yet to be introduced, so I foresee a relatively long series. Probably a full 26 episode series. My recommendation: pick this one up. It has a lot of potential and it has yet to disappoint me.