2007 was a good year for anime, with hits like Gurren Lagann, Lucky Star, Afro Samurai, and Hayate the Combat Butler. Streaming services hadn’t popularized anime binging yet, but that couldn’t stop ...

This lesser-known 2000s anime helped lay the groundwork for today’s dark fantasy surge.

The crux of Claymore centers around Clare and other Claymores hunting down dangerous monsters, or Youma, that threaten the populace. D. Gray Man functions on a similar premise as Allen and other ...

The news comes via Deadline, which revealed a lot of details about Claymore‘s new TV adaptation. Heroes star, Masi Oka, is the aforementioned manga fan who is developing and executive producing the ...

Laura has been writing about anime for some time, with bylines on websites like GameRant and Dexerto. She holds an MA in Japanese Studies. Norihiro Yagi released a new one-shot manga, "Mukuro to Kishi ...

A PSA to experience Norihiro Yagi’s gatekept series before the live‑action adaptation breaches containment and has its fandom sweating. Reading time 4 minutes There are no two ways about it: ...

Dark fantasy anime has evolved into one of the most emotionally intense genres, blending supernatural worlds with moral complexity and survival themes. Series like Hell’s Paradise and Claymore show ...

Turns out, anime and Game of Thrones share an almost warg-like connection. We rec’d five fantasy titles that are just as dark and brutal as the show, and readers’ responses were warmer than Queen Dany ...

Shonen Jump run manga and Madhouse developed anime series, Claymore, is coming to the DS next year. In the game players control Clare, the main character of the series, and slay ghastly monsters known ...