[US DVD] Claymore Vol. #5

[Chris Beveridge]

Review by Chris Beveridge

Mania Grade: B
* Audio Rating: B+
* Video Rating: B
* Packaging Rating: B+
* Menus Rating: B
* Extras Rating: B
* Age Rating: 16 and Up
* Region: 1 - North America
* Released By: FUNimation Entertainment, Ltd.
* MSRP: 29.98
* Running time: 132
* Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
* Disc Resolution: 480i/p
* Disc Encoding: MPEG-2
* Series: Claymore

In Summary:
As the series inches closer to its conclusion, I find myself still in relatively the same position as I have been since the beginning. I like Claymore both for its story and its approach to it all with the execution and pacing, but it’s just not getting me in the same way as a few other very serious action shows have in the past. There’s something about the show that I haven’t been able to put my finger on that keeps me from really getting too terribly excited about it. It’s a show that I’d easily recommend to anyone looking for a solid fantasy style action epic with a lot of nuance to it. Perhaps the show would flow better for me if I was seeing it in half season sets as opposed to singles. Claymore is a good show, an engaging and well layered show, but it’s missing a spark for me even at this stage. I’m looking forward to the last volume though and it has me considering the manga to see what differences there are and to see how much further it goes.

[WTK]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

Perhaps the show would flow better for me if I was seeing it in half season sets as opposed to singles.

I think you have a valid point here. The series would probably work better if it was released in half season sets. It did feel like there is too much break in between volumes. Regardless I'm looking forward to the last volume. It shouldn't be that much longer before TRSI start to ship it out.

[parakiss]

I would have to agree that there is to much of a gap between the dvd's. I usually wait until I have them all to watch in one setting. but this time I try to watch it one dvd at a time it just did not do it for me. I would have to watch the dvd before just to recap.