Crunchyroll Just Pulled a Beloved 2000s Anime—Now You Can’t Stream It Anywhere
Claymore just got harder to watch — access is tightening and availability is shifting, leaving fans to find out why their usual stream suddenly isn’t an option.
Crunchyroll appears to have quietly yanked a mid-2000s favorite from its catalog, and the timing is... not ideal if you were planning a rewatch.
What happened to Claymore on Crunchyroll
As flagged by ComicBook.com, the 2007 anime Claymore has disappeared from Crunchyroll's on-demand library. Oddly, it still shows up on Crunchyroll's syndicated streaming channels on other platforms — including Prime Video — but if the core library rights are gone, that spillover access usually dries up fast.
- Crunchyroll app/library: Claymore has vanished
- Crunchyroll-branded channels on third-party apps (like Prime Video): still appearing for now, but probably not for long
- US streaming overall: if those channel feeds update, Claymore will be streaming nowhere
- Buy it: the full series is still available to purchase on Apple TV
If that distribution dance sounds confusing, you are not wrong. The short version: when a service loses library rights, partner channels often lag behind for a bit, but they usually fall in line shortly after.
A quick refresher: what Claymore is
Claymore adapts the manga of the same name and follows Clare, a warrior who is half-human, half-yoma, hunting demons in a world crawling with them. It originally aired in 2007 and has been one of those reliable go-to recommendations for dark fantasy fans ever since.
Live-action update
If you still want your Claymore fix, there is movement on a TV adaptation: Masi Oka (Heroes) is developing a live-action series and will serve as an executive producer.
Zooming out: anime is having a massive year
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle has been tearing up the box office, and the Chainsaw Man movie is right around the corner. My 4-star take on Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc landed like this:
"With a surprisingly effective romance at its centre, and a dynamic ensemble of characters, Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc offers more than just visually impressive blood-and-guts spectacle, even if it isn't able to land every beat of its self-contained story, with the next arc beckoning somewhere on the horizon."
If Claymore does go dark for a bit, you can still pad your queue with my picks for the best anime to watch right now and the most exciting upcoming series on the way.