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Claymore: Complete Series Box Set [Blu-ray] | ![Claymore: Complete Series Box Set [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418Su-QyAqL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Todd Haberkorn
Actors: Stephanie Young, Brina Palencia, Caitlin Glass
Studio: Funimation
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 983
Format: Widescreen, Color, Box set
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 620 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5.4 x 1.1
MPN: 7448
UPC: 704400074486
EAN: 0704400074486
ASIN: B002Y0KR66
Release Date: February 16, 2010 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Description
A brutal scourge stalks the land. Yoma, monsters driven by a hunger satisfied by only one quarry – Humanity. The dark breed knows but a singular foe: Claymore. Human-Yoma hybrids of extraordinary strength and cunning, the Claymores roam from skirmish to skirmish delivering salvation by the edge of a blade. Thus begins the twisting tale of Clare, one such sister of the sword driven by pain in both victory and defeat. A child silent and suffering hidden in her past, Clare’s march toward vengeance unfolds along a path marked by violence, solitude and scorn. In a land where even the predator is prey, the haunted hearts of hunter and hunted alike wear the scars of the age.
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 Can't wait for the blu-ray... November 25, 2009
HunterGonFreecs (Ft Lauderdale, FL)
27 out of 31 found this review helpful
I watched this entire series on DVD via Netflix, and absolutely loved it. I held off on actually buying it, though, with the hopes that a blu-ray version would stroll along. And whattaya know, here it is. The animation quality on this series is already fantastic, and I can't wait to see it in HD (though, as always, it's questionable just how much cel animation can be enlivened by high definition).
A couple of general notes about the series:
1. It's ultra-violent and not very hopeful, so otaku parents, be aware before you show your kids (though I will say it could be quite empowering for young girls).
2. If you enjoy this, try Berserk. The story and characters are way different, but the dark medieval fantasy environment is the same (still need that on blu-ray, though...).
3. Funimation, as always, does an excellent job with the english dub, but the original japanese is still superior.
4. If you've finished watching all the anime episodes and found yourself loving it and wanting more, you need to start reading the manga series it's based on, starting with volume 11. Why? The anime adapts the first 10-and-a-half volumes of the manga quite thoroughly. However, it features an alternate ending in the final episode that never happened in the manga. The second half of volume 11 picks up at that point. In fact, the series is still ongoing in Japan, so there's quite a bit more story to go. Hopefully, it will all be adapted to anime, and turn out as well as this excellent collection.
 A welcome addition from Funimation [Blu-ray review] February 13, 2010
R. Caymo (California)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I will not get into the story of Claymore (it is spoken of time and time again in other reviews) but I will add; as a reader of the on-going Manga, I hated how this series ended so prematurely. But as an anime, Claymore has many redeeming qualities that I loved it for what it became.
I will entail in this review if this is a worthy upgrade from it's standard definition counterpart, which in fact I collected individually then the box set.
VIDEO:
Some may have heard, but this HD upgrade is 1080i. This maybe due to the fact that the show was encoded at 30 frames a second; and since Blu-ray does not support 1080p30, the show would have to be left at 1080i to play seamlessly (it would otherwise seem mildly choppy had it been 1080p24). Other than that, Claymore's video quality is indeed a welcome face-lift though it does have its hits and misses. As what you expect from most Funimation titles, the lines are extremely clean and without all the compression artifacts, you begin to spot little things you missed watching the DVD version such as, reflections, little facial details, etc. The color on the other hand is only mildly more vibrant and if you have watched Claymore before, you'll know that the atmosphere is intentionally grim and nothing in terms of color really pops out (until the end, that is). If there is one thing they did not fix was the color banding. All in all, it looks marginally better than the DVD version; a standard but sweet upscale if anything.
AUDIO: ENG- DolbyTrueHD / JP-DD 2.0
Sadly only the English dub was given the HD treatment. Though in all honesty I enjoy my anime in either or language, especially if done by Funimation. However, if you prefer the ENG dub then you are in for a treat. If there is one thing that Claymore does benefit from upgrading, it is the audio. Encoded at DolbyTrueHD, Claymore's music and action sequences really makes its presence through the speakers. Most notably, I thought the sword clashing was extremely sharp and Riful's awakened speech was an aural shock to the ears. Definitely pleasing all around, next to Heroic Age, I would have to say this is Funimation's best effort yet.
EXTRAS:
Episode commentaries, JP staff interviews, trailers, 48-page art book... nothing new added from the last box set. Though I might add; you can catch a glimpse of Evangelion 1.11 on disc two, and boy does it look fantastic in HD!
In conclusion, I'd say if you are a new comer to this series you are definitely in for a treat. However, if you are double (or triple) dipping like I have, I would say pick this one up if you love Claymore that much.
Reviewed with:
Samsung LN4061F
Yamaha RX-V465 w/Orb Audio satellites and sub
Sony PS3
Must see if you are into dark fantasy anime like Berserk November 4, 2009
B Man (NewYork, NY USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a series a friend turned me onto recently and I am currently watching. The last episode I saw was episode 17 "The Witch's Maw Part 3", so I have nine episodes left, though the manga is still being put out the show is only twenty six episodes long. The series aired between April 2007 - September of 2007 in Japan on Nippon Television. Most of this series is based on the first eleven volumes of the manga, however the last two episodes follow an original storyline.
The story for this show is basically about a world where humans coexist with monsters know as Yoma, the Yoma seem to have an appetite for human guts, unlucky for the humans it seems. There are beings that are half Yoma, and half human known as Claymores, probably because they carry big swords on them similar to Gutz in Berserk (another great anime I'll have to tell you about in the future). These Claymores work for a secret organization that hires the Claymores out to towns that have a Yoma problem, most of these towns don't really care for the Claymores much more than the Yoma, but have no choice but to use their abilities to dispatch the monsters. This Anime focuses on Clare who joins the Organization to get her revenge for the person she looked up to most in the world Teresa. Teresa was killed by Priscilla, a Claymore that awakened into a monster. During her travels Clare befriends a young boy named Rki, from what I've seen the only person she really cares for though she wouldn't admit it in the beginning of the show. That's the basic premise for the show, like I said I have another nine episodes left and I did not read the the manga so I have no idea what is to come.
I would recommend this show to anyone who likes dark fantasy adventure, with lots of action and pretty good character develpment. Like most Anime you'll be confused when the show first begins, but a few episodes in and I'm sure you'll love it. Based on what I've seen of this show so far I give it a 4 out of 5.
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