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Claymore (TV)

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©Norihiro Yagi / Shueisha © DNDP, VAP, avex entertainment, Madhouse


[ adapted from Claymore (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Клеймор (Russian)
クレイモア (Japanese)
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: In a world rife with deadly creatures called "youma", a young silver eyed woman, Clare, works on behalf of an organisation that trains female youma halfbreeds into warriors with the ability to destroy these creatures. Considered a rogue for picking up a stray child & almost losing herself to her youma side by "Awakening", she is constantly assigned rather dangerous missions...
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User Ratings: 2779 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 521 votes (sub:471, dub:25, Spa.sub:12, raw:6, Por.sub:3, English:2, Ita.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, edit.dub:0, ?:0, Ger.sub:0)
 Excellent: 985 votes (sub:860, dub:70, Spa.sub:22, raw:8, Por.sub:7, Fre.sub:6, Rus.dub:2, Ita.sub:2, Pol.sub:2, Ger.sub:2, ?:2, Spa.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Very good: 656 votes (sub:585, dub:36, Spa.sub:13, raw:7, Rus.sub:4, Por.sub:2, Ita.sub:2, Pol.sub:2, Fre.sub:2, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Good: 332 votes (sub:309, dub:14, Spa.sub:3, Ita.sub:2, ?:1, raw:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Decent: 135 votes (sub:123, dub:5, Rus.edit.dub:2, raw:2, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 So-so: 55 votes (sub:49, raw:2, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 44 votes (sub:37, raw:3, dub:1, Por.sub:1, Dan.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Weak: 18 votes (sub:14, dub:1, raw:1, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 14 votes (sub:11, Spa.sub:2, raw:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:3, Por.sub:1, dub:1, raw:0)
 Worst ever: 14 votes (sub:7, raw:4, Spa.sub:2, Kor.sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 4643 users, rank: #68
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.384 (Very good+.38), std. dev.: 1.5341, rank: #190
Weighted mean: 8.1689 (Very good+.16), rank: #216
Bayesian estimate: 8.16671 (Very good+.16), rank: #146
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2007-04-03 to 2007-09-25
Releases: We have 20
Opening Theme:
"Raison D’être" by Nightmare
Ending Theme:
"Danzai no Hana~Guilty Sky" by Riyu Kosaka
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 2
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka

Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi

Storyboard: Yuzo Sato (supervisor)

Music: Masanori Takumi

Original creator: Norihiro Yagi

Character Design: Takahiro Umehara

Art director: Manabu Otsuzuki

Chief Animation Director:
Haruhito Takada
Kim Dong Joon
Takahiro Umehara

Art design: Nobuto Sue

Sound director: Yasunori Honda

Director of Photography:
Lee Suk Bum
Oh Senog Ha

Producer:
Manabu Tamura
Masao Maruyama
Toshio Nakatani

2nd Key Animation: Mi Kyoung Lee

Animation producer: Ryouhei Takahashi

Assistant producer: Mikiko Kobayashi

Color Coordination: Harue Ono

Editing: Satoshi Terauchi

In-Between Animation:
In Bum Hwang
Kyung Suk Park
Mi Sun Hwang
Min Kyoung Kim
Won Suk Choi

In-Between Check: Eun Soon Byun

Key Animation:
Hee Kyu Jang
Jong Heon Kim
Soon Young Seo
Sung Jin Lee
Ye Ja Ko
Young Ju Park

Music producer: Kazunari Sengoku

Planning:
Hiroshi Hirayama
Suzuko Fujimoto

Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa

Special Thanks To: Alex Yeh

Theme Song Performance:
Nightmare (OP)
Riyu Kosaka (ED)

 

Houko Kuwashima as Clare

Aya Hisakawa as Priscilla

Hana Takeda as Deneve

Hiroaki Hirata as Rubel (Clare's handler)

Kikuko Inoue as Miria

Koji Yusa as Isley (Abyssal One)

Miho Miyagawa as Cynthia

Miki Nagasawa as Helen

Motoki Takagi as Raki

Nana Mizuki as Riful (Abyssal One)

Romi Paku as Teresa

Ai Orikasa as Galatea

Akeno Watanabe as Veronica

Akira Ishida as Zaki (Raki's brother, ep. 1)

Ayako Kawasumi as Elena (ep. 2)

Cho as Ermita (Galatea's, Miria's handler)

Emi Shinohara as Ophelia

Ginpei Sato as Rig (eps. 5-6)

Hiro Yuuki as Ligardes

Hiroyuki Yoshino as Sid

Houchu Ohtsuka as Orsay (Teresa's handler)

Junko Takeuchi as Noel

Kappei Yamaguchi as Awakened Male 3 (ep. 18)

Kazuma Horie as Galk

Kenji Hamada as
Dauf
Man in Black (handler, ep. 9)

Komina Matsushita as
Hilda (ep. 11)
Village Chief's Wife (ep. 1)

Kotono Mitsuishi as Jean

Kunihiro Kawamoto as Yoma in Great Chapel (eps. 3-4)

Masaaki Tsukada as Village Chief (ep. 1)

Masaaki Yajima as Vincent

Megumi Toyoguchi as Sophia

Miho Miyagawa as Juliana

Minami Takayama as Irene

Minori Chihara as Awakened Claymore (ep. 12)

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Male Awakened (eps. 9 & 10)

Miyu Matsuki as Flora

Nachi Nozawa as Limt

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Awakened Male 1 (ep. 18)

Rie Ishizuka as Undine

Rika Morinaga as Claudia

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Awakened Male 2 (ep. 18)

Sachi Matsumoto as Rakel (ep. 15)

Satsuki Yukino as Rafaela

Shiho Kawaragi as Katia (ep. 15)

Shiro Saito as Shire's Inn-owner (ep. 2)

Tamio Ohki as Inn Owner (ep 15)

Tetsuya Kakihara as Ophelia's brother (ep. 14)

Tomokazu Seki as Bandit Leader (ep 5-6)

Yasushi Miyabayashi as Male Traveler (ep 15)

Youichi Nishijima as Egon's Inn-owner (ep. 1)

Yui Kano as
Karla
Pamela

Yuko Sasaki as Awakened Claymore (ep. 1) 

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Animation Production Coordination:
Aniworkshop (ep. 15)
Dr. Movie
Storm Movie (ep. 05, 12, 19, 20, 25)
Studio Nine (ep. 21)
XTR (ep. 14)

Broadcaster:
NittelEPlus (2007-11-02)
NTV

Music Production Coordination:
avex mode
NTV Music
VAP

Planning Coordination: Monthly Shonen Jump Editing Room

Production:
avex mode
D.N. Dream Partners
Madhouse Studios
NTV
VAP

Recording Studio: Tavac Studio

Sound Effects: Sound Box

Sound Production: Arts Production


English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director:
Caitlin Glass (Ep. 19-20)
Colleen Clinkenbeard (Ep. 11-18)
Leslie Patrick (Ep. 15-18)
Monica Rial (Ep. 21-26)
Todd Haberkorn (Ep. 1-10)
Vic Mignogna (Ep. 19-20)

Script:
Andrew Rye (Ep. 1-3, 15, 17, 20-21, 26)
Christopher Bevins (Ep. 8)
Jack LaRouche (Ep. 24-25)
Joel McDonald (Ep. 5-7, 13-14, 16, 18-19, 22) 
Sonny Strait (Ep. 4, 9-12)

Translation: Shoko Oono

Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga

Producer:
Carly Hunter
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer:
Gino Palencia (Ep. 1-20)
Jon Duckworth (Ep. 21-26)

Assistant ADR Director: Kent Williams

DVD Authoring:
Matthew O'Hara
Russ Coffman
Trace Furniss

DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin

DVD Editor: Jeremy Jimenez

DVD Producer: Clarine Harp

DVD Quality Control:
Anthony Benavides
Caesar Lopez
Christine Bertolino
DJ Fonner
Jason Gee
Jesse Kirstein (Volume 6)
Kris Bryan (Volume 3-)

Head Writer: Andrew Rye

Line Producer: Colleen Clinkenbeard

Menu Audio: Duane Deering

Menu Design: Antimere Robinson

Mix Engineer: Adrian Cook

Production Assistant:
Michael Harcourt
Susie Nixon

Subtitling:
Ashley Hayward (Volume 6)
Ben Phillips
Brandy Richmond (Volume 3-)
Brian Thomas (Volume 3-)
Chiye Green
Erica Maroney (Volume 6)
Shojin Bateman

Talent Coordinator: Tara A. Williams

Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Jessie Mancilla (Ep. 1-14)
Joe Harris (Ep. 19-26)
Robert Bell (Ep. 15-26)

Video Post-Production Coordinator: Margaret Yabs (Ep. 15-26)

Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler (Ep. 15-26)

Stephanie Young as Clare

Todd Haberkorn as Raki

Anastasia Munoz as Cynthia

Brina Palencia as Priscilla

Brittney Karbowski as Riful

Caitlin Glass as Deneve

Christine Auten as Teresa

Jamie Marchi as Helen

John Swasey as Isley

Monica Rial as Miria

R Bruce Elliott as Rubel

Vic Mignogna as Rigaldo

Anastasia Munoz as
Clarice
Diana
Lily
Queenie

Angela Chase as Zelda

Barry Yandell as Rimuto (Ep. 15)

Bill Jenkins as Ermita

Bob Carter as Awakened Male 2 (Ep. 18-19)

Brandon Potter as Villager (Ep. 1)

Brian Capshaw as Rodo (Ep. 4)

Brittney Karbowski as Awakened Riful (Ep. 17)

Carrie Savage as
Claymore B (Ep. 11)
Girl Awakened Being (Ep. 12)

Charles Baker as Boss (Ep. 5-6)

Charles Campbell as
Innkeeper (Ep. 10-11)
Townsman C (Ep. 7)

Cherami Leigh as
Eva (Ep. 17)
Pamela (Ep. 21)
Uma
Young Clare
Yuliana

Chris Ayres as Dauf (Ep. 15-17)

Christopher R. Sabat as Galk

Chubs Jorge as Yoma (Ep. 5)

Chuck Huber as
Bandit (Ep. 5-6)
Vincent (Ep. 3-4)

Clarine Harp as Undine

Colleen Clinkenbeard as
Awakened Being Hilda (Ep. 11)
Galatea

Cris George as Priscilla's Father (Ep. 24)

Cynthia Cranz as
Awakened Riful (Ep. 17)
Elena (Ep. 2)

Dana Schultes as Wife (Ep. 15)

David Trosko as
Bandit (Ep. 5)
Orsay

Drew Wall as Husband (Ep. 15)

Eric Vale as Sid

Erik Archilla as
Bandit (Ep. 6)
Boy (Ep. 7)

Gino Palencia as Townsperson (Ep. 1)

Greg Ayres as Awakened Male 1 (Ep. 18-19)

Greg Dulcie as Serene (Ep. 3-4)

Ian Sinclair as Zaki (Ep. 1)

J Paul Slavens as Kamuri (Ep. 4)

J. Michael Tatum as
Awakened Being (Ep. 9-11)
Brother (Ep. 15)

Jaime Rivera as Bandit (Ep. 5)

Jennifer Seman as Awakened Claymore (Ep. 1)

Jeremy Inman as
Boy's Father (Ep. 7)
Innkeeper (Ep. 7)

Jerry Jewell as
Lig (Ep 5-6)
Pario (Ep. 3-4)
Stranger (Ep. 5)

Joel McDonald as
Man in Black (Ep. 9)
Ophelia's Brother (Ep. 14)

John Burgmeier as Awakened Male 3 (Ep. 18-19)

Kate Bristol as Sister (Ep. 15)

Kate Oxley as Rafaela

Kenny Green as Mayor (Ep. 6)

Kim Matula as
Carla (Ep. 18)
Raquel (Ep. 15, 17)

Kristi Bingham as
Katea (Ep. 15)
Veronica
Zelda (Ep. 23)

Kyle Phillips as Bandit (Ep. 6)

Larissa Wolcott as Pamela (Ep. 20)

Laura Bailey as Jean

Leah Clark as Noel

Leslie Patrick as
Claudia
Tabitha (Ep. 24)
Wendy

Linda Leonard as Old Woman (Ep. 6)

Luci Christian as Ophelia

Mark Stoddard as Innkeeper (Ep. 1)

Mary Morgan as Lucia (Ep. 17)

Michele Specht as Tabitha

Mike McFarland as Big Yoma (Ep. 3-4)

Scott Freeman as Bandit (Ep. 6)

Tiffany Grant as Claymore A (Ep. 11)

Trina Nishimura as
Flora
Natalie
Sophia

Vic Mignogna as Man (Ep. 19)

Wendy Powell as Ilena

Allison Tolman

Anastasia Munoz

Andrew Haskett

Anthony Bowling

Ben Phillips

Brett Weaver

Brina Palencia

Chad Halbrook

Charles Baker

Charles Campbell

Chris Cason

Chubs Jorge

Chuck Huber

Clarine Harp

Cris George

Curtis Shaw

D. Ryan Thornton

Dave Trosko

Evan Gabel

Greg Silva

J Paul Slavens

Jaime Rivera

Jason Grundy

Jerry Jewell

Judy Keith

Keith Kubal

Kenneth Thompson

Kent Williams

Kristi Bingham

Kyle Phillips

Lee Nader

Linda Leonard

Mark Stoddard

Mary Morgan

Mike McFarland

Nick Parker

Paul Logsden

Quinton Cooper

R Bruce Elliott

Ryan Johnson

Scott Freeman

Scott Hinze

Sheridan Wright

Todd Haberkorn

Tony Patterson

Trenton Jons

Tyler Piersall

English companies 

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK)

Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Ann Vielhaben as Clare

Deborah Weigert as Teresa

Dirk Stollberg as Raki

Stefan Staudinger as Rubel

Christoph Banken as Zaki

Elmar Gutmann as Yomy

Rainer Doering as Vincent

Ricardo Richter as Cid

Sebastian Jacob as Galk

German companies 

Distributor:
Anime-Virtual
Kaze


Russian staff 
(none)
Russian companies 

Distributor: Mega-Anime

Russian cast 
(none)
 
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