Manga
Written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi, Claymore debuted in Shueisha's Monthly Shōnen Jump on June 6, 2001. The magazine ceased its publication on June 6, 2007.[10][11] Following four special chapters published monthly in Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 2 to October 6, 2007,[12][13] Claymore resumed publication in the then brand new magazine Jump Square on November 2 of the same year.[14][15] Claymore finished after a thirteen-year-run on October 4, 2014.[16][17] Shueisha collected its chapters in twenty-seven volumes, released from January 5, 2002,[18] to December 4, 2014.[19]
On July 18, 2006, Viz Media announced the serialization of the Claymore manga in North America in its Shonen Jump manga anthology.[20] Viz released the first volume of the series on April 4, 2006,[21] and the last volume on October 6, 2015.[22][23]
Anime
A 26-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Nippon Television, D.N. Dream Partners, Avex Entertainment, and Madhouse, was broadcast on Nippon TV from April 4 to September 26, 2007. It was directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, with Yasuko Kobayashi handling series composition, Takahiro Umehara designing the characters, and Masa Takumi composing the music.[24] Avex collected its episodes on nine DVDs (labeled as "Chapters"), released from July 25, 2007, to March 26, 2008.[25][26]
The series was licensed for English release in North America by Funimation (later Crunchyroll, LLC).[27] Its episodes were released on six DVDs from October 14, 2008, to July 14, 2009.
Music
Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Raison d'être" (レゾンデートル), performed by Nightmare, and the ending theme is "Danzai no Hana: Guilty Sky" (断罪の花 ~Guilty Sky~), performed by Riyu Kosaka. These two themes are used in all twenty-six episodes.
Two CDs have been released for the Claymore. The first soundtrack, entitled Claymore TV Animation O.S.T., contained tracks from the anime series and was released on July 25, 2007, with instrumental compositions by Masanori Takumi. Spanning 32 tracks, the soundtrack includes the television-sized versions of the opening and ending themes.[32]
A second soundtrack, entitled Claymore Intimate Persona: Character Song Shuu (CLAYMORE INTIMATE PERSONA~キャラクターソング集~), was released on 27 September 2007. It contains ten tracks, one each for ten characters from the series, featuring songs performed by the character voice actresses from the anime adaptation.[33]
Video game
Claymore: Gingan no Majo (CLAYMORE ～銀眼の魔女～) was released by Digital Works Entertainment, 28 May 2009, in Japan.[34] In this Nintendo DS game, the player controls Clare in a similar fashion to side-scrolling Castlevania and Metroid games. Player can alter the strength of Clare's Yoki by using the touch screen and stylus.[34] Abusing the power results in Clare becoming fully possessed by the Yoma, resulting in a game over.
Live-action TV series
In March 2025, a live-action television series adaptation was announced to be in development with CBS Studios, Propagate Content, Masi Oka, and Shueisha producing.[35][36]
