Claymore

Claymore is a wonderful anime. I would like to think that it far surpasses any of the other animes that I've watched, and that includes Bleach, Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist, D.Gray Man and One Piece.

Claymore surpasses not because it beats the other above animes at what they do. In fact, Claymore is in its own unique category.
Firstly, it is not a shounen anime.
Right, if it's not a shounen anime, that must mean ecchi right? No. Claymore does not focus on it.
Thirdly, it does not have ... comedy! That's not a bad thing [Read Below].

Claymore is a dark fantasy show set in medieval times. There exists two races, Humans and Yomas. Yomas are monsters. Just thing about an ogre/goblin. They are slightly sentient, flesh-eating monsters.
Claymores are female warriors, who's duties are to eliminate these monsters. They are a human/Yoma hybrid, a human implanted with the blood of a Yoma [i suspect by a grafting/transplant process]. These warriors' weapons are Claymores, giantic heavy swords, hence their name. However the Claymores don't actually have a name. They belong to a nameless dark organization that gives orders to Claymores, punishes villages that had hired them but didn't pay.

Claymore does not bore the viewers with lengthy explanations about skill, techniques, and new monsters [unlike Naruto]. Claymore does not involve long periods of staring at each other [Naruto, Bleach], or pre-fight talking [Bleach]. Claymore, despite being a fighting show, does not attempt to force characters into extremely odd storylines that just involve them fighting, suddenly increasing their power levels, nor have extremely gaping plotholes left in them [Bleach]. Claymore is NOT a happy ending show, it's dark. Darker than D.Gray Man, and of course, more gory, since D.Gray Man is not in the least gory.

Expect to be confused slightly by characters that look quite alike. It happens, especially when there are lots of Claymores getting killed, and when they're all females. Expect to be faced with Not-Safe-For-Work scenes involving partial nudity, and lots of sliced up limbs [though they can regenerate].

In Claymore, the main character, Clare, does not talk much. So you are saved the agony of egoistic behaviour patterns or excessively worrying about comrades or saving a particular someone. [D.Gray Man's Allen and Naruto/Gaara] However, if that seems a bit cold, it's not. Background stories are dealt with appropriately. Fighting scenes are well-done, despite it being all done with only swords, which is fantastic in a way.

There are NO FILLERS. IT ADHERES COMPLETELY TO THE STORYLINE. It does not detract from the storyline at all, from episode 1 to 19. That means 19 episodes of back-to-back action-filled episodes without even a breather!!! Everything comes from the manga itself!!! That actually means a lot, as the whole story feels completely connected, in line with what the mangaka is trying to depict. Moreover, there are already 9 published volumes of Claymore, which means a plausible non-filler Season 2 coming up.

Claymore rocks. All converted Naruto and Bleach fans, who have grown disillusioned with insane fillery action and screaming Naruto, all agree that Claymore rocks. =D

Konjiki no Gash Bell rocks!! Don't say it ain't.