Norihiro Yagi's dark fantasy manga series Claymore is getting a live-action adaptation, Deadline reports. In partnership with Japanese publishing company Shueisha, the TV adaptation project is a collaboration between CBS Studios, Propagate Content, and actor/manga fan Masi Oka (Heroes, Hawaii Five-0).
Okay, who co-produced Netflix's live-action Death Note film, will executive produce the live-action TV adaptation of Claymore. Alongside him, Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, and Rodney Ferrell of Propagate Content, and Shueisha will also produce the series. They have yet to find a writer to pen the script.
What is Claymore about?
Norihiro Yagi wrote and illustrated the Claymore manga series, which debuted in Shueisha's Monthly Shonen Jump magazine in June 2001. Following the shut down of the magazine, the manga series was transferred to Jump Square, where it was serialized from November 2007 to October 2014. Its chapters were collected in 27 volumes, with the final volume releasing in Japan in December 2014.
The 27-volume series was released by VIZ Media in North America. A TV anime adaptation of the manga series debuted in 2007, with Funimation making it available for home viewing. There were a total of 26 episodes released.
Here's a synopsis of Claymore (via MAL Rewrite):
When a shapeshifting demon with a thirst for human flesh, known as "youma," arrives in Raki's village, a lone woman with silver eyes walks into town with only a sword upon her back. She is a "Claymore," a being manufactured as half-human and half-youma, for the express purpose of exterminating these monsters. After Raki's family is killed, the Claymore saves his life, but he is subsequently banished from his home. With nowhere else to go, Raki finds the Claymore, known as Clare, and decides to follow her on her journeys. As the pair travel from town to town, defeating youma along the way, more about Clare's organization and her fellow warriors comes to light. With every town cleansed and every demon destroyed, they come closer to the youma on which Clare has sought vengeance ever since she chose to become a Claymore.
A Claymore video game titled Claymore: Gingan no Majo was also released by Digital Works Entertainment on May 28, 2009 in Japan, and it launched for the Nintendo DS.
The live-action Claymore series is clearly still in its early stages, so it's likely that we'll have to wait months before the production team announces the cast, network, and other details. It would be interesting to see who'd play the protagonist, Clare.
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