Claymore (Season 1)

Claymore (クレイモア, 2007) is a 26-episode dark fantasy anime series produced by Madhouse, adapted from Norihiro Yagi's manga — watch it online on iFILM.

The world is overrun by youma: shapeshifting demons that feed on humans by stealing their faces and memories. To fight back, a shadowy Organization creates Claymores — women surgically fused with youma flesh, powerful enough to kill the creatures but always one bad day away from becoming one themselves. Clare is among them. After she rescues a boy named Raki from a youma attack that kills his family, he joins her as she moves through a grim medieval landscape, hunting down monsters town by town.

The series doesn't pull its punches — violence here carries weight, and Clare's arc is built around vengeance and the cost of crossing back and forth between human and monster. Solid animation from Madhouse and a score that fits the bleakness. Stream all episodes of Claymore online on iFILM.