Comments on: Ask John: Why Did Claymore End the Way it Did?

By: ZodKami

ZodKami — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:29:28 +0000

One more thing i hate reading mangas isnt the same “thrill” for action animes its better to watch u dont see smarts nor anything. so i would rather there be a show for this one sorry manga lovers. Claymore looks way better as a anime series not a manga i read the first few pages i said “this is nothing like the show its so boring doenst feel alive at all”

By: ZodKami

ZodKami — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:27:46 +0000

Heres my thing idc what anyone says but when i was on Netflix i saw claymore i started watching it and i loved it i watched it all in a few days i liked it so much and tbh i almost cried that i heard they werent making a nother one so. Really they should make another series of claymore i dont care what others say. Claymore was the only anime i really related/liked every other anime i had no feelings for so and thelaughingman i agree with you. and to reboots is restart i wouldn’t care if they modified it i just want claymore BACK! ( best anime ive ever watched only one i got emotion over)

By: TheLaughingMan

TheLaughingMan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:12:41 +0000

I think production should just stop trying to cash in on current popularity of a manga by releases series that have no choice but to deviate from the material. I like anime that are adaptations of their manga counterparts. I also like original pieces that were never anything else other than the anime. But these lost children being half and half leaves them in limbo. If popularity of the series matches the manga, you get filler episodes and pointless arches that do not advance the characters; alternatively you get series that end in strangely open manners. I think both of these outcomes is wrong and hurts the fans. Manga adaptations should be done within context of a story arch that you can enclose and conclude properly.

I loved Claymore and I hope they continue it for at least one more season. At this point I say continue with the anime’s story and not to reboot it. While it concluded fairly well with Claire showing she CAN get revenge, she didn’t. And it is also clear the organization that runs the Claymores have declared all out war. I want to see where they can go with that as you can be true to the source without following it verbatim.

By: kampfer

kampfer — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:11:33 +0000

Having source material is great, but Claymore is just one more example of the sometimes harsh writing restrictions it can have on television series adaptation. TV series are able to follow along for some/many of the events of a manga series, so it always makes sense, both in the practicality of writing and for drawing fans of the source material, to just stick to the source material to start. Some production teams wisely make the decision early one as to how they will complete the series. Some, like Fullmetal Alchemist, diverge from the source material early enough to establish their own satisfying conclusion (not counting the movie as satisfying). Others decide on a point to conclude at the end of a plot arc before any sort of final resolution in the manga, like Berserk.

I have found that I prefer shows that write their own narrative, unhindered by the fans or writing of the source material. Ideally, the audience shouldn’t have to say, “Well the ending is/will be better in the manga.” But the way manga-ka have little encouragement to end a successful manga series, popular IPs with conclusions are not always easy to find.

By: seanny

seanny — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:54:44 +0000

though I haven’t seen Claymore or anything, End of Evangelion comes to mind as a do-over of a TV series ending. But then again, it also helped that Evangelion was phenomenally popular by the time the movie came out…

By: Erik J Awesome

Erik J Awesome — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:09:02 +0000

Speaking of pointless: Internet petitions.

Unfortunately, if we’re never getting another Berserk, fat chance on getting another Claymore.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:10:34 +0000

Thanks for pointing out that the possibility isn't zero, even if it's slim. There are some fans around the world who have put up a petition for a second Claymore series. The original goal of 10,000 signatures has already been surpassed. More instructions are available here on how to sign it; when the petition expires, it will be delivered to Madhouse for consideration. We loved Claymore at Anime Diet and would love to see some adaptation of the unadapted manga, just as is being done with Fullmetal Alchemist. Help keep the hope alive!

By: GATS

GATS — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:03:50 +0000

The real question should be why the Claymore manga is as pointless as it is in the second half.