Norihiro Yagi, the creator of Claymore, has a new manga. Bartlet Fairy Basslet launched this week on Shonen Jump+, Shueisha's digital platform. Per MAL, it follows Brunhilde, a princess who also captains her kingdom's knights. She beats her archenemy, starts the trip home, and then glowing fish start falling from the sky. A new Yagi series is also the best excuse in years to revisit his most famous work, the 2007 Claymore anime.
Quick answer
Claymore is a dark-fantasy series by Norihiro Yagi: 27 manga volumes (2001–2014, Monthly Shonen Jump then Jump SQ.) and a 26-episode TV anime by Madhouse that premiered in April 2007. The anime streams on Crunchyroll in North America. SenpaiRanks tracks it at 7.72 Consensus. Yagi's new manga, Bartlet Fairy Basslet, began serialization on Shonen Jump+ on November 2, 2026.
The new series in one paragraph
Bartlet Fairy Basslet opens where most fantasy stories end: the war is won and the knight-captain heads home. The rain of glowing fish is the hook, and the tone looks lighter than Claymore's body horror. Yagi's last series, Ariadne in the Blue Sky, ran for more than 200 chapters without an anime, so don't expect a quick adaptation. Read the first chapter on Shonen Jump+ and see whether the art still carries it. It does.
Is the Claymore anime good?
Mostly, yes. Madhouse's adaptation nails the premise: half-human, half-*yoma* warriors with silver eyes, hired to kill demons by an organization that treats them as disposable. Clare's revenge story is lean, the fights are clean and the Teresa flashback arc (episodes 6–10) is still one of the best mini-arcs in 2000s anime. The catch is the ending. The anime caught up with a manga that had years left to run, so the final episodes go anime-original and stop well short of the real conclusion.
Where to watch, and what to do after
- Claymore (2007, 26 episodes): Crunchyroll. Watch it all, then switch to the manga.
- The manga: pick up around volume 11 for what follows the anime's shared material, or start from the beginning. The Northern Campaign and everything after it never got animated.
If Claymore hits the spot, our dark fantasy anime ranking has the rest of the genre, and the Madhouse studio ranking shows where it sits in the studio's catalog. Fans of old-school fantasy should also look at Record of Lodoss War's resumed novel and the Magi watch order. Rate it on the Claymore anime page.
Frequently asked questions
Q: What is Norihiro Yagi's new manga?
A: Bartlet Fairy Basslet, a fantasy series that launched on Shonen Jump+ in November 2026.
Q: Is the Claymore anime good?
A: Yes, with a caveat. SenpaiRanks rates it 7.72 Consensus, but the last episodes are anime-original and don't adapt the manga ending.
Q: Where can I watch Claymore?
A: The 26-episode Madhouse anime streams on Crunchyroll in North America.
Q: Will Claymore get a season 2?
A: No sequel has ever been announced. The manga ended in 2014 with 27 volumes.
Q: Where should I start the Claymore manga after the anime?
A: Around volume 11, where the anime begins to diverge. Starting from volume 1 is the safest choice.