 If you liked
Claymore
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 ...then you might like
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
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Claymore is also an anime about magical female-fighters, making moral decisions on their way to find purpose in the life. Before you decide to watch it: characters are a bit mature (mostly young women), mood of the series is more serious and there is some violence, too.
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Recommended by Trzynastka
A bit odd one at first glance - what could a dark fantasy story and a magical girl anime have in common? Well, in this case, plenty.
By now Madoka Magica is widely famous for being an unconventional, dark deconstruction of the magical girl genre, and it shares many similarities with Claymore.
The two stories are very dark and mature both in their presentation and themes, and share many tropes like the "Despair Event Horizon", being set in a gloomy, crapsack world and having an all-female cast of characters.
Both shows have great artwork ( although Madoka is clearly on a whole different level ) and feature virtually
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Despite the very different setting, something about Claymore kept reminding me of Madoka: the fact that all warriors are women, and their "fate" seems to be to become the very beings they're fighting against.
Other than that, both series have a dark atmosphere, althought Madoka doesn't seem like that at first. And both are very good, of course.
Although both shows may look completely different on the superficial level (mainly in the style of animation), they are in many ways similar. Madoka Magica basically retells premise and parts of Claymore's narrative in its own cute-looking nightmarish world*, while adding much more plot twists, character development and using much broader set of plot devices. And it doesn't focus on battles so heavily. This is sort of one-way recommendation - if you like Claymore and you are not scared off by moe art style, the chances are you will love Madoka Magica. In the other direction it's more difficult to say - Madoka being
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Action-packed anime with strong lead female character. Magica's cute animation is different from the seinen style in Claymore, but I think both are very similar in the character development and story. The kind of fast-paced anime that picks your curiosity. These two shows are perfect to binge watch !
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Recommended by fredcourch