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{{Short description|2004 shōjo manga series and its adaptations}}
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{{Distinguish|Vampire Night{{!}}''Vampire Night''}}
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| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover
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| ja_kanji = ヴァンパイア{{ruby-ja|騎士|ナイト}}
| caption = Cover of first volume of ''Vampire Knight'' released in Japan by Hakusensha on July 5, 2005
| ja_kanji = ヴァンパイア騎士
| ja_romaji = Vanpaia Naito
| ja_romaji = Vanpaia Naito
| genre = {{ubl|[[Dark fantasy]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Douresseaux|first=Leroy|title=Vampire Knight: Volume 12 review|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/vampireknight012.html|website=ComicBookBin|access-date=August 4, 2018|date=June 5, 2011|archive-date=October 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021032823/http://www.comicbookbin.com/vampireknight012.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Romance novel|Romance]]<ref name="VizOfficial"/>|[[Supernatural fiction|Supernatural]]<ref name="VizOfficial">{{cite web|title=The Official Website for Vampire Knight|url=https://www.viz.com/vampire-knight|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=August 4, 2018}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
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| author = [[Matsuri Hino]]
| author = [[Matsuri Hino]]
| publisher = [[Hakusensha]]
| publisher = [[Hakusensha]]
| publisher_en = {{Flagicon|Australia}} {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Madman Entertainment]]<br/>{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{Flagicon|United States}} [[Viz Media]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|AUS=[[Madman Entertainment]]|NA=[[Viz Media]]}}
| demographic = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]}}
| magazine = [[Hana to Yume]](Former), [[LaLa]]
| magazine = [[LaLa]]
| magazine_en = {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Shojo Beat]]
| magazine_en = {{English manga magazine|US=[[Shojo Beat]]}}
| first = January 2005
| first = November 24, 2004
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| last = May 24, 2013
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| volume_list = List of Vampire Knight chapters
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| director = [[Kiyoko Sayama]]
| director = [[Kiyoko Sayama]]
| producer =
| producer =
| writer =
| writer = [[Mari Okada]]
| music =
| music = Takefumi Haketa
| studio = [[Studio Deen]]
| studio = [[Studio Deen]]
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| licensee = {{English anime licensee|AUS=[[Madman Entertainment]]|NA=Viz Media|UK=[[Manga Entertainment]]}}
| network = [[TV Tokyo]]
| network = [[TV Tokyo]]
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| first = April 8, 2008
| first = April 8, 2008
| last = July 1, 2008
| episodes = 13
| episode_list = List of Vampire Knight episodes
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| magazine = [[LaLa DX]]
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{{Nihongo|'''''Vampire Knight'''''|ヴァンパイア騎士|Vanpaia Naito}}<!-- do not change this to a B, it is a V; see talk page - it's a freakin' B! I watch the show for crying out loud! And I know for a fact that there is no V in Japanese! Talk page has been seen, and it is written "ba" in hiragana, so I dont understand why we shouldn't write it properly here. --> is a [[shōjo manga|shōjo]] [[manga]] and [[anime]] series written by [[Matsuri Hino]]. The series premiered in the January 2005 issue of ''[[LaLa]]'' magazine and still on-going. Chapters are collected and published in [[tankōbon|collected volumes]] by [[Hakusensha]], with eleven volumes currently released in Japan. The manga series is licensed in English by [[Viz Media]], who has released eleven volumes so far. The English adaptation premiered in the July 2006 issue of Viz's ''[[Shojo Beat]]'' magazine, with the collected volumes being published on a quarterly basis.
{{Nihongo|'''''Vampire Knight'''''|ヴァンパイア{{ruby-ja|騎士|ナイト}}|Vanpaia Naito|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written by [[Matsuri Hino]]. It was serialized in [[Hakusensha]]'s [[shōjo manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōjo}} manga]] magazine ''[[LaLa]]'' from 2004 to 2013, with its chapters collected in nineteen {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The manga series is licensed in English by [[Viz Media]], which has released all nineteen volumes. The English adaptation was serialized in Viz Media's ''[[Shojo Beat]]'' manga magazine from 2006 to 2009.


The story takes place in the prestigious Cross Academy, which is home to two distinct classes: The Day class, which applies to only humans, and the Night Class, which applies to only vampires, of which the day class is unaware. Much of the plot revolves around Yuki Cross, the headmaster's adopted daughter, as she is being drawn into a conflict concerning the overall coexistence between humans and vampires and the twisted reality concerning her childhood friend Zero Kiryuu, who, despite having a hatred for vampires, is revealed to be slowly turning into one of their kind.
Two [[drama CD]]s were created for the series, as well as a twenty-six episode anime adaptation. Produced by [[Studio Deen]], the anime series' first season aired in Japan on [[TV Tokyo]] between April 8, 2008 and July 1, 2008. The second season, aired on the same station from October 7, 2008 and December 30, 2008. The anime uses many of the same voice actors as were used for the drama CDs. The anime adaptations were licensed for release in North America by Viz Media, the DVD released on July 20, 2010.<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36607/voice-actors-named-animated-series-vampire-knight Voice Actors Named for Animated Series Vampire Knight]</ref>

Two [[drama CD]]s were created for the series, as well as a twenty-six episode anime adaptation based on the first two sagas. Produced by [[Studio Deen]], the anime series' first season aired in Japan on [[TV Tokyo]] between April and July 2008. The second season, aired on the same station from October to December 2008. The anime adaptation was licensed for release in North America by Viz Media.


==Plot==
==Plot==
Yuki's earliest memory is of a stormy night in winter, where she was attacked by a rogue vampire and rescued by Kaname Kuran, a Pureblood vampire. Ten years later, Yuki is the adopted daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, Kaien Cross, and has become a guardian of the vampire race, protecting her childhood crush, Kaname, from discovery as he leads a group of vampires at the elite boarding school.
{{See also|List of Vampire Knight characters}}
[[List of Vampire Knight characters#Yuki Cross|Yuki Cross]]'s earliest memory is of being attacked by a vampire and saved by [[List of Vampire Knight characters#Kaname Kuran|Kaname Kuran]], also a vampire. Ten years later, Yuki and the vampire hunter, [[List of Vampire Knight characters#Zero Kiryu|Zero Kiryu]] are at Cross Academy as school guardians protecting the "Day Class" human students from the "Night Class" vampire students. The story follows Yuki's discovery that her childhood friend, Zero has spent the last four years trying to fight his transformation into a vampire and he has finally succumbed. Yuki struggles to help Zero fight his bloodlust and to recover her own lost memories, while suspecting that Kaname knows more than he is saying.


At her side is Zero Kiryu, a childhood friend whose hatred for the creatures that destroyed everything he held dear leaves him determined never to trust them. This coexisting arrangement seems all well and good, but have the vampires truly renounced their murderous ways, or is there a darker truth behind their actions? In this world of secrets, nothing is as it seems. The price of misplaced trust may even be worse than death. Should Yuki truly find out what was in her past, is the truth going to hurt her worse than not knowing?
When his uncle, [[List of Vampire Knight characters#Rido Kuran|Rido Kuran]] returns to kill Yuki, Kaname is forced to reveal her secret by biting Yuki and awakening her true nature as a pureblood vampire and returning her memories of being Yuki Kuran, his supposed younger sister. Rido is killed by Zero and Yuki while Kaname faces and destroys the Rido's allies, the Vampire Council, revealing himself to be one of the original vampires and the founder of the Kuran clan. Yuki and Zero part as enemies after Zero reveals he intends to end everything, by killing all purebloods even her. Yuki leaves with Kaname and they return to the Kuran family home and the story restarts a year later with Yuki dealing with vampire society and new enemies, such as [[List of Vampire Knight characters#Sara Shirabuki|Sara Shirabuki]].


==Media==
==Media==
===Manga===
===Manga===
Written and illustrated by [[Matsuri Hino]], ''Vampire Knight'' was serialized in [[Hakusensha]]'s [[Shōjo manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōjo}} manga]] magazine ''[[LaLa]]'' from November 24, 2005,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:2005年1月号 11月24日(水)発売|url=http://www.hakusensha.co.jp/lala/la0501.html|publisher=[[Hakusensha]]|access-date=October 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041026001318/http://www.hakusensha.co.jp/lala/la0501.html|archive-date=October 26, 2004|language=ja}}</ref> to May 24, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Vampire Knight Manga to End in May|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-23/vampire-knight-manga-to-end-in-may|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 13, 2021|date=February 23, 2013|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129162823/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-23/vampire-knight-manga-to-end-in-may|url-status=live}}</ref> The individual chapters were collected and published in nineteen {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from July 10, 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.s-book.net/plsql/slib_detail?isbn=4592183010|script-title=ja:ヴァンパイア騎士1|publisher=[[Hakusensha]]|language=Japanese|access-date=May 24, 2009|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129162937/https://www.sun.s-book.net/?isbn=4592183010|url-status=live}}</ref> to November 5, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.s-book.net/plsql/slib_detail?isbn=9784592191391|script-title=ja:ヴァンパイア騎士19|publisher=[[Hakusensha]]|language=Japanese|access-date=February 2, 2015|title=S-book.net|archive-date=August 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830004039/https://www.sun.s-book.net/?isbn=9784592191391|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Main|List of Vampire Knight chapters}}


In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by [[Viz Media]]. The series ran in the publisher's ''[[Shojo Beat]]'' manga anthology from the July 2006 issue until the July 2009 issue; the magazine's final issue.<ref>{{cite web|title=First Anniversary Issue of Shojo Beat|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-05-15/first-anniversary-issue-of-shojo-beat|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|date=May 15, 2006|archive-date=October 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017200934/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-05-15/first-anniversary-issue-of-shojo-beat|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Viz Confirms Shojo Beat Manga Magazine's End in June (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-19/viz-confirms-shojo-beat-manga-magazine-end-in-june|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|date=May 19, 2009|archive-date=May 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522090656/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-19/viz-confirms-shojo-beat-manga-magazine-end-in-june|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shojo Beat Vol. 5, Issue 7|url=http://shojobeat.com/manga/55.php|website=[[Shojo Beat]]|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315114115/http://shojobeat.com/manga/55.php|archive-date=March 15, 2010}}</ref> The nineteen volumes were released from January 2, 2007, to October 14, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vampire Knight, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/vampire-knight-volume-1/product/805|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-date=May 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530032937/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/vampire-knight-volume-1/product/805|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vampire Knight, Vol. 19|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/vampire-knight-volume-19/product/3490|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-date=April 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420173636/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/vampire-knight-volume-19/product/3490|url-status=live}}</ref> In Australia and New Zealand the manga was licensed by [[Madman Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hayward|first=Jon|title=Madman announces December acquisitions.|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-12-08/madman-announces-december-acquisitions|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|date=December 7, 2006|archive-date=August 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812195353/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-12-08/madman-announces-december-acquisitions|url-status=live}}</ref>
The first chapter of [[Matsuri Hino]]'s ''Vampire Knight'' premiered in the January 2005 issue of ''[[LaLa]]'', where the series is still running. The individual chapters are being collected and published in ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes by [[Hakusensha]], with eleven volumes released in Japan {{As of|2009|June|lc=on}}. The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by [[Viz Media]]. In addition to publishing the individual volumes, the series was serialized in Viz's ''[[Shojo Beat]]'' manga anthology from the July 2006 issue until the magazine was discontinued after the July 2009 issue. It is licensed for English release in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment, which has released eleven volumes {{As of|2010|July|lc=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.madman.com.au/actions/periodicals.do?method=view&periodicalId=40 |title=Vampire Knight |publisher=[[Madman Entertainment]] |accessdate=2008-10-02 }}</ref>


===Drama CDs===
====Sequel====
Since the manga's conclusion, Hino began releasing a series of special chapters, which take place after the end of the final volume. On November 8, 2013, Hino released the first special chapter titled {{Nihongo|"Life"|命|Inochi}} in ''LaLa Fantasy'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-21/new-vampire-knight-side-story-to-be-published-in-lala-fantasy-special-issue|title=New Vampire Knight Side-Story to be Published in Lala Fantasy Special Issue|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129162942/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-21/new-vampire-knight-side-story-to-be-published-in-lala-fantasy-special-issue|url-status=live}}</ref> which was licensed and released digitally by Viz Media on December 9, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/manga/digital/vampire-knight-life-volume-1/3106|title=Vampire Knight: Life, Volume 1|work=www.viz.com|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> Following chapters were released in ''[[LaLa DX]]''. The second special chapter, titled {{Nihongo|"I Love You"|あなたのことが好きです|Anata no Koto ga Sukidesu}}, was released on February 10, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-21/vampire-knight-manga-gets-new-chapter-in-february/.81276|title=Vampire Knight Manga Gets New Chapter in February|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 21, 2014|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129162825/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-21/vampire-knight-manga-gets-new-chapter-in-february/.81276|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 10, 2015, the third special chapter, titled {{Nihongo|"Love's Desire"|愛の望み|Ai no Nozomi}}, was released.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-12/vampire-knight-manga-gets-new-chapter-in-december/.94104|title=Vampire Knight Manga Gets New Chapter in December|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 12, 2015|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129162825/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-12/vampire-knight-manga-gets-new-chapter-in-december/.94104|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 10, 2016, the fourth and final special chapter, {{Nihongo|"Between Death and Heaven"|命の終わりと天国の間|Inochi no owari to tengoku no aida}}, was released. The chapters were collected as the first volume of a sequel manga ''Vampire Knight: Memories'', released on June 3, 2016. ''Vampire Knight: Memories'' itself officially launched in ''[[LaLa DX]]'' on June 10, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-08/matsuri-hino-launches-new-vampire-knight-manga-in-june/.100829|title=Matsuri Hino Launches New Vampire Knight Manga in June|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 8, 2016|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129163333/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-08/matsuri-hino-launches-new-vampire-knight-manga-in-june/.100829|url-status=live}}</ref> Ten volumes have been published as of October 2024. The series is scheduled to end serialization on August 5, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Vampire Knight: Memories Manga Ends in 11th Volume|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-06/vampire-knight-memories-manga-ends-in-11th-volume/.216384|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 6, 2024|date=October 6, 2024}}</ref> The series is also licensed for English release by Viz Media.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Viz Licenses Tokyo Ghoul:re, Vampire Knight Memories, Golden Kamuy Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-07/viz-licenses-tokyo-ghoul-re-vampire-knight-memories-golden-kamuy-manga/.107392|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|date=October 7, 2016|archive-date=October 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008145801/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-07/viz-licenses-tokyo-ghoul-re-vampire-knight-memories-golden-kamuy-manga/.107392|url-status=live}}</ref>
Two [[drama CD]]s have been released for ''Vampire Knight''. The first, ''LaLa Kirameki'', was released as an extra with the September 2005 issue of ''[[LaLa]]''. The second, ''Vampire Knight Midnight CD-Pack'', was released only via mail order.


===Anime===
===Anime===
{{Main|List of Vampire Knight episodes}}
{{Main|List of Vampire Knight episodes{{!}}List of ''Vampire Knight'' episodes}}
''Vampire Knight'' was adapted into a thirteen episode [[anime]] television series by [[Studio Deen]], which was broadcast on [[TV Tokyo]] from April 8 to July 1, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヴァンパイア騎士[ナイト]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C11738|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=October 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013141406/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C11738|archive-date=October 13, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|TV Tokyo listed the air dates for the series on Monday at 25:00, which is effectively Tuesday at 1:00 a.m. [[Japan Standard Time|JST]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:2008年春期放送開始の新作アニメ一覧|url=https://gigazine.net/news/20080307_anime_2008spring/|website=Gigazine|access-date=October 13, 2021|language=ja|date=March 7, 2008|archive-date=August 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830004041/https://gigazine.net/news/20080307_anime_2008spring/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} A second thirteen-episode season, ''Vampire Knight Guilty'', was broadcast from October 7 to December 30, 2008.<ref name="2nd season in October">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-23/vampire-knight-2nd-season-to-air-in-japan-in-october|title=Vampire Knight 2nd Season to Air in Japan in October|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 23, 2008|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=May 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507160008/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-23/vampire-knight-2nd-season-to-air-in-japan-in-october|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2ndSeasonPromo">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-26/vampire-knight-guilty-sequel-promo-video-streamed|title=Vampire Knight Guilty Sequel's Promo Video Streamed|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 26, 2008|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129163335/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-26/vampire-knight-guilty-sequel-promo-video-streamed|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヴァンパイア騎士[ナイト]Guilty|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C11536|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=October 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013143426/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C11536|archive-date=October 13, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|TV Tokyo listed the air dates for the series on Monday at 25:00, which is effectively Tuesday at 1:00 a.m. [[Japan Standard Time|JST]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:2008年秋期放送開始の新作アニメ一覧|url=https://gigazine.net/news/20080905_anime_2008autumn/|website=Gigazine|access-date=October 13, 2021|language=ja|date=September 5, 2008|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129163337/https://gigazine.net/news/20080905_anime_2008autumn/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}


The series uses four pieces of theme music. The opening themes of both the first and second season are performed by the duo [[On/Off (Japanese band)|On/Off]], with {{Nihongo|"Futatsu no Kodō to Akai Tsumi"|ふたつの鼓動と赤い罪|}} as the opening for the first season, and {{Nihongo|"Rinne Rondo"|輪廻 -ロンド-|Rinne}} as the opening for the second one. [[Kanon Wakeshima]] performs the first season ending theme, "Still Doll", and also the second season's ending theme {{Nihongo|"Suna no Oshiro"|砂のお城}}. The soundtrack is composed by Takefumi Haketa and consists of 30 tracks (including the opening theme and ending theme).
[[Studio Deen]] produced a twenty-six episode anime adaptation of the ''Vampire Knight'' manga, using many of the same voice actors featured on the drama CDs and directed by [[Kiyoko Sayama]]. The episodes started airing on [[TV Tokyo]] in Japan on April 8, 2008 and ran until the season conclusion on July 1, 2008. The episodes were also aired at later dates on [[TV Aichi]], [[TV Hokkaido]], [[TV Osaka]], [[TV Setouchi]], and [[Television in Japan|TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co]]. The second season, named ''Vampire Knight Guilty'', premiered on the same station October 7, 2008.<ref name="2nd%20season%20in%20October">{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-23/vampire-knight-2nd-season-to-air-in-japan-in-october |title=Vampire Knight 2nd Season to Air in Japan in October |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2008-06-23 |accessdate=2008-08-07}}</ref><ref name="2ndSeasonPromo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-26/vampire-knight-guilty-sequel-promo-video-streamed |title=Vampire Knight Guilty Sequel's Promo Video Streamed |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2008-08-26 |accessdate=2008-08-26 }}</ref> The final episode aired on December 30, 2008. On July 24, 2009, Viz Media announced it had acquired the license for the ''Vampire Knight'' anime and would begin releasing it to DVD on July 20, 2010.<ref name="Vampire%20Knight%20Anime%20licensed%20by%20Viz%20Media">{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-24/viz-adds-vampire-knight-anime-updated |title=Vampire Knight Licensed by Viz Media |publisher=Anime News Network |accessdate=July 24, 2009}}</ref> In the UK, the first volume will be officially released on DVD via Manga Entertainment on November 22, 2010.


In North America, the series was licensed by [[Viz Media]].<ref name="Vampire Knight Anime licensed by Viz Media">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-24/viz-adds-vampire-knight-anime-updated|title=Vampire Knight Licensed by Viz Media|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 24, 2009|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915212152/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-24/viz-adds-vampire-knight-anime-updated|url-status=live}}</ref> In the UK, the first volume was officially released on DVD via [[Manga Entertainment]] on November 22, 2010. In Australia, [[ABC3]] aired the series in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Blair|first1=Georgia|title=ABC3 Screening Vampire Knight starting March 28|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-11/abc3-screening-vampire-knight|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 13, 2021|date=March 10, 2011|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129164507/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-11/abc3-screening-vampire-knight|url-status=live}}</ref>
The series uses four pieces of theme music. The opening themes of both the first and second season are performed by the duo [[On/Off]], with {{Nihongo|"Futatsu no Kodō to Akai Tsumi"|ふたつの鼓動と赤い罪|}} as the opening for the first season, and {{Nihongo|"Rondo"|輪廻 -ロンド-''Rinne''}} as the opening for the second. [[Kanon Wakeshima]] performs the first season ending theme, "Still Doll", and also the second season's ending theme {{Nihongo|"Suna no Oshiro"|砂のお城}}. The soundtrack is composed by Haketa Takefumi and consists of 30 tracks (including the opening theme and ending theme).


===Light novels===
===Light novels===
Two light novels created by Matsuri Hino and Ayuna Fujisaki were published in Japan by Hakusensha in 2008. Both novels feature two individual side-stories that use the characters of the manga, but are not specifically based on chapters from the series.<ref name="SB%20News">{{Cite journal| year=2009 |month=January |title=Vampire Knight News |journal=Shojo Beat |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=288 |issn=1932-1600 }}</ref> The first novel, {{Nihongo|''Vampire Knight: Ice Blue's Sin''|ヴァンパイア騎士 憂氷の罪|Vanpaia Naito: Aisu Burū no Tsumi}}, was published on April 5, 2008.<ref name="SB%20News" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vampire-knight.jp/contents/index.php/archives/70 |title=Vampire Knight Comic |publisher=[[Hakusensha]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=2008-10-02 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The first story within the novel looks at an incident that occurred at Cross Academy in the year preceding Yuuki's arrival, while the second story details an accident that occurred while Zero was still in training to be a vampire hunter.<ref name="SB%20News" />
Three light novels created by Matsuri Hino and Ayuna Fujisaki were published in Japan by Hakusensha in 2008 (the first two novels) and 2013 (the third), respectively. The novels feature side-stories that use the characters of the manga, but are not specifically based on chapters from the series.<ref name="SB News">{{cite journal|date=January 2009|title=Vampire Knight News|journal=Shojo Beat|volume=5|issue=1|page=288|issn=1932-1600}}</ref> The first novel, {{Nihongo|''Vampire Knight: Ice Blue Sin''|ヴァンパイア騎士 憂氷の罪|Vanpaia Naito: Aisu Burū no Tsumi}}, was published on April 5, 2008.<ref name="SB News"/><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903235834/http://www.vampire-knight.jp/contents/index.php/archives/70|archive-date=September 3, 2008|url=http://www.vampire-knight.jp/contents/index.php/archives/70|title=Vampire Knight Comic|publisher=[[Hakusensha]]|language=ja|access-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref> The first story within the novel looks at an incident that occurred at Cross Academy in the year preceding Yuki's arrival about a Day Class student named Fuka Kisaragi, while the second story details an incident that occurred while Zero was still in training to be a vampire hunter alongside Kaito Takamiya, another boy training under Toga Yagari to be a vampire hunter.<ref name="SB News"/>


The second novel, {{Nihongo|''Vampire Knight: Noir's Trap''|ヴァンパイア騎士 凝黒の罠|Vanpaia Naito: Nowāru no Wana}}, was published on October 3, 2008.<ref name="SB%20News" /><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4592187016/ | title=ヴァンパイア騎士凝黒の罠 |publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]] | language=Japanese | accessdate=2008-10-04 }}</ref> It details some of the Cross Academy romances, as well as detailing the accident that happened when Kain and Ruka go to visit Shiki and Rima's modeling studio.<ref name="SB%20News" />
The second novel, {{Nihongo|''Vampire Knight: Noir's Trap''|ヴァンパイア騎士 凝黒の罠|Vanpaia Naito: Nowāru no Wana}}, was published on October 3, 2008.<ref name="SB News"/><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヴァンパイア騎士(ナイト)　凝黒(ノワール)の罠|url=http://www.s-book.net/plsql/slib_detail?isbn=9784592187011|website=s-book.com|publisher=[[Hakusensha]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131201210834/http://www.s-book.net/plsql/slib_detail?isbn=9784592187011|archive-date=December 1, 2013|language=ja}}</ref> The story focuses on two minor characters, Nadeshiko Shindo and Kasumi Kageyama, from the manga, following their respective unrequited love at Cross Academy, as well as detailing a case that happened when Akatsuki Kain and Ruka Souen go to visit Senri Shiki and Rima Toya's modeling studio.<ref name="SB News"/>


The third novel, {{Nihongo|''Vampire Knight: Fleeting Dreams''|ヴァンパイア騎士ト 煌銀の夢|Vanpaia Naito: Flail no Yume}}, was released in 2014, featuring side-stories about Rido Kuran, Sara Shirabuki, and Yuki's and Zero's activities during the timeskip. The third novel is the only novel thus far to have been licensed by Viz Media and released in North America.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-07/viz-shojo-beat-adds-chika-shiomi-yukarism-vampire-knight-novel|title=Viz's Shojo Beat Adds Vampire Knight Novel, Chika Shiomi's Yukarism|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 7, 2014|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=August 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802211910/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-07/viz-shojo-beat-adds-chika-shiomi-yukarism-vampire-knight-novel|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Video game===
{{Nihongo|''Vampire Knight DS''|ヴァンパイア騎士 DS|Vanpaia Naito Dīesu}} is a Japanese dating simulator based on Vampire Knight that was released by [[D3 Publisher]] in Japan in January 2009.<ref name="SB%20News" />


===Fanbook===
===Other media===
A [[drama CD]], titled {{Nihongo|''LaLa Kirameki Drama CD''|LaLa キラメキ★ドラマCD}}, which features audio dramas for five ''[[LaLa]]'' titles, including ''Vampire Knight'', was included with the magazine's September 2005 issue, released on July 23 of that same year.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:Ｌａ Ｌａ（ララ）９月号［付録：ＬａＬａキラメキ☆ドラマＣＤ］|url=http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2289552/s|website=Jbook|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203044122/http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2289552/s|archive-date=February 3, 2006|language=ja}}</ref> Three drama CDs based on the series have been produced: ''Midnight CD-Pack'';<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ドラマCD ヴァンパイア騎士 ミッドナイトCD-PACK|url=https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori/kaitori_detail/120033599|website=Suruga-ya|access-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915235140/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori/kaitori_detail/120033599|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Moonlight CD-Pack'';<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ドラマCD ヴァンパイア騎士 ムーンライトCD-PACK|url=https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori/kaitori_detail/120033600|website=Suruga-ya|access-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915235141/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori/kaitori_detail/120033600|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Pureblood CD-Pack''.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ドラマCD ヴァンパイア騎士 ピュアブラッドCD-PACK|url=https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori/kaitori_detail/120045085|website=Suruga-ya|access-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915235141/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori/kaitori_detail/120045085|url-status=live}}</ref>
In November 2008, the official ''Vampire Knight'', titled {{Nihongo|Vampire Knight Fanbook: Cross|ヴァンパイア騎士 ファンブックX|Vanpaia Naito Fanbukku Kurosu}}, was published in Japan. In addition to providing additional information about the series characters and story, it includes images and details from Hino's [[storyboard]].<ref name="SB%20News" /> The fanbook has been licensed by Viz Media and was released on October 19, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-09-27/viz-gets-gente-library-wars-grand-guignol-orchestra-nice-to-meet-you-kamisama|title=Viz Gets Gente, Library Wars, Grand Guignol Orchestra, Nice to Meet You, Kamisama (Update 2)|publisher=Anime News Network|date=2009-09-27|accessdate=2010-01-14}}</ref>


{{Nihongo|''Vampire Knight DS''|ヴァンパイア騎士 DS|Vanpaia Naito Dīesu}} is a Japanese [[dating simulator]] based on the series that was released by [[D3 Publisher]] in Japan in January 2009.<ref name="SB News"/>
===Artbook===

A 94 page Matsuri Hino Illustrations Vampire Knight was released on July 5, 2010, the artwork included one original double page spread created for the Artbook and a compilation of 100 previously released Vampire Knight colour artworks.
In November 2008, the official ''Vampire Knight'', titled {{Nihongo|''Vampire Knight Fanbook: Cross''|ヴァンパイア騎士 ファンブックX|Vanpaia Naito Fanbukku Kurosu}}, was published in Japan. In addition to providing additional information about the series characters and story, it includes images and details from Hino's [[storyboard]].<ref name="SB News"/> The fanbook has been licensed by Viz Media and was released on October 19, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-09-27/viz-gets-gente-library-wars-grand-guignol-orchestra-nice-to-meet-you-kamisama|title=Viz Gets Gente, Library Wars, Grand Guignol Orchestra, Nice to Meet You, Kamisama (Update 2|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 27, 2009|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=September 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929063025/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-09-27/viz-gets-gente-library-wars-grand-guignol-orchestra-nice-to-meet-you-kamisama|url-status=live}}</ref>

An 94-page artbook, titled {{Nihongo|''The Art of Vampire Knight: Matsuri Hino Illustrations''|樋野まつりイラストレーションズ―ヴァンパイア騎士―}}, was released on July 5, 2010. The artwork included one original double page spread and a compilation of 111 previously released ''Vampire Knight'' color artworks.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:樋野まつり「ヴァンパイア騎士」12巻＆初画集で原画展|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/33770|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|date=June 24, 2010|archive-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915212152/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/33770|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:樋野まつりイラストレーションズ ヴァンパイア騎士(ナイト)|url=http://www.s-book.net/plsql/slib_detail?isbn=9784592732594|website=s-book.com|publisher=[[Hakusensha]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131201210838/http://www.s-book.net/plsql/slib_detail?isbn=9784592732594|archive-date=December 1, 2013|language=ja}}</ref> It was licensed by Viz Media and released on September 6, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Viz Adds Ono's La Quinta Camera, Art of Vampire Knight|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-15/viz-adds-la-quinta-camera-the-art-of-vampire-knight|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|date=November 15, 2010|archive-date=March 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304073441/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-15/viz-adds-la-quinta-camera-the-art-of-vampire-knight|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=VIZ Media Debuts The Art of Vampire Knight|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-08-17/viz-media-debuts-the-art-of-vampire-knight|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|via=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|date=August 7, 2011|archive-date=October 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021040424/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-08-17/viz-media-debuts-the-art-of-vampire-knight|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Manry|first=Gia|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases: September 4–10|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-06/north-american-anime-manga-releases/september-4-10|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 15, 2024|date=September 6, 2011|archive-date=September 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921084556/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-06/north-american-anime-manga-releases/september-4-10|url-status=live}}</ref>

A musical adaptation was announced and staged at the Hakuhinkan Theater in Tokyo from January 21–25, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/09/23-1/vampire-knight-gets-musical-adaptation-in-january-2015|title="Vampire Knight" Gets Musical Adaptation in January 2015|work=www.crunchyroll.com|date=September 24, 2014|access-date=November 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-20/vampire-knight-manga-gets-stage-musical-in-january/.78982|title=Vampire Knight Manga Gets Stage Musical in January|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 20, 2014|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129164516/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-20/vampire-knight-manga-gets-stage-musical-in-january/.78982|url-status=live}}</ref> Another musical took place July 1–5, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/04/26/vampire-knight-musical-returns-to-the-stage-as-vampire-knight-revive|author=Paul Chapman|title="Vampire Knight" Musical Returns to the Stage as "Vampire Knight - Revive"|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=April 26, 2015|access-date=November 3, 2017}}</ref>

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Not to be confused with Vampire Night.
Vampire Knight
First tankōbon volume cover
ヴァンパイア騎士（ナイト）
(Vanpaia Naito)
Genre
Manga
Written byMatsuri Hino
Published byHakusensha
English publisher
MagazineLaLa
English magazine
DemographicShōjo
Original runNovember 24, 2004 – May 24, 2013
Volumes19 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byKiyoko Sayama
Written byMari Okada
Music byTakefumi Haketa
StudioStudio Deen
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run April 8, 2008 – December 30, 2008
Episodes26 (List of episodes)
Manga
Vampire Knight: Memories
Written byMatsuri Hino
Published byHakusensha
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  • NA: Viz Media
MagazineLaLa DX
DemographicShōjo
Original runJune 10, 2016 – present
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Vampire Knight (Japanese: ヴァンパイア騎士（ナイト）, Hepburn: Vanpaia Naito) is a Japanese manga series written by Matsuri Hino. It was serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine LaLa from 2004 to 2013, with its chapters collected in nineteen tankōbon volumes. The manga series is licensed in English by Viz Media, which has released all nineteen volumes. The English adaptation was serialized in Viz Media's Shojo Beat manga magazine from 2006 to 2009.

The story takes place in the prestigious Cross Academy, which is home to two distinct classes: The Day class, which applies to only humans, and the Night Class, which applies to only vampires, of which the day class is unaware. Much of the plot revolves around Yuki Cross, the headmaster's adopted daughter, as she is being drawn into a conflict concerning the overall coexistence between humans and vampires and the twisted reality concerning her childhood friend Zero Kiryuu, who, despite having a hatred for vampires, is revealed to be slowly turning into one of their kind.

Two drama CDs were created for the series, as well as a twenty-six episode anime adaptation based on the first two sagas. Produced by Studio Deen, the anime series' first season aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between April and July 2008. The second season, aired on the same station from October to December 2008. The anime adaptation was licensed for release in North America by Viz Media.

Plot

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Yuki's earliest memory is of a stormy night in winter, where she was attacked by a rogue vampire and rescued by Kaname Kuran, a Pureblood vampire. Ten years later, Yuki is the adopted daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, Kaien Cross, and has become a guardian of the vampire race, protecting her childhood crush, Kaname, from discovery as he leads a group of vampires at the elite boarding school.

At her side is Zero Kiryu, a childhood friend whose hatred for the creatures that destroyed everything he held dear leaves him determined never to trust them. This coexisting arrangement seems all well and good, but have the vampires truly renounced their murderous ways, or is there a darker truth behind their actions? In this world of secrets, nothing is as it seems. The price of misplaced trust may even be worse than death. Should Yuki truly find out what was in her past, is the truth going to hurt her worse than not knowing?

Media

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Manga

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Written and illustrated by Matsuri Hino, Vampire Knight was serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine LaLa from November 24, 2005,[3] to May 24, 2013.[4] The individual chapters were collected and published in nineteen tankōbon volumes, released from July 10, 2005,[5] to November 5, 2013.[6]

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Viz Media. The series ran in the publisher's Shojo Beat manga anthology from the July 2006 issue until the July 2009 issue; the magazine's final issue.[7][8][9] The nineteen volumes were released from January 2, 2007, to October 14, 2014.[10][11] In Australia and New Zealand the manga was licensed by Madman Entertainment.[12]

Sequel

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Since the manga's conclusion, Hino began releasing a series of special chapters, which take place after the end of the final volume. On November 8, 2013, Hino released the first special chapter titled "Life" (命, Inochi) in LaLa Fantasy,[13] which was licensed and released digitally by Viz Media on December 9, 2014.[14] Following chapters were released in LaLa DX. The second special chapter, titled "I Love You" (あなたのことが好きです, Anata no Koto ga Sukidesu), was released on February 10, 2015.[15] On December 10, 2015, the third special chapter, titled "Love's Desire" (愛の望み, Ai no Nozomi), was released.[16] On February 10, 2016, the fourth and final special chapter, "Between Death and Heaven" (命の終わりと天国の間, Inochi no owari to tengoku no aida), was released. The chapters were collected as the first volume of a sequel manga Vampire Knight: Memories, released on June 3, 2016. Vampire Knight: Memories itself officially launched in LaLa DX on June 10, 2016.[17] Ten volumes have been published as of October 2024. The series is scheduled to end serialization on August 5, 2025.[18] The series is also licensed for English release by Viz Media.[19]

Anime

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Main article: List of Vampire Knight episodes

Vampire Knight was adapted into a thirteen episode anime television series by Studio Deen, which was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 8 to July 1, 2008.[20][a] A second thirteen-episode season, Vampire Knight Guilty, was broadcast from October 7 to December 30, 2008.[22][23][24][b]

The series uses four pieces of theme music. The opening themes of both the first and second season are performed by the duo On/Off, with "Futatsu no Kodō to Akai Tsumi" (ふたつの鼓動と赤い罪) as the opening for the first season, and "Rinne Rondo" (輪廻 -ロンド-, Rinne) as the opening for the second one. Kanon Wakeshima performs the first season ending theme, "Still Doll", and also the second season's ending theme "Suna no Oshiro" (砂のお城). The soundtrack is composed by Takefumi Haketa and consists of 30 tracks (including the opening theme and ending theme).

In North America, the series was licensed by Viz Media.[26] In the UK, the first volume was officially released on DVD via Manga Entertainment on November 22, 2010. In Australia, ABC3 aired the series in 2011.[27]

Light novels

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Three light novels created by Matsuri Hino and Ayuna Fujisaki were published in Japan by Hakusensha in 2008 (the first two novels) and 2013 (the third), respectively. The novels feature side-stories that use the characters of the manga, but are not specifically based on chapters from the series.[28] The first novel, Vampire Knight: Ice Blue Sin (ヴァンパイア騎士 憂氷の罪, Vanpaia Naito: Aisu Burū no Tsumi), was published on April 5, 2008.[28][29] The first story within the novel looks at an incident that occurred at Cross Academy in the year preceding Yuki's arrival about a Day Class student named Fuka Kisaragi, while the second story details an incident that occurred while Zero was still in training to be a vampire hunter alongside Kaito Takamiya, another boy training under Toga Yagari to be a vampire hunter.[28]

The second novel, Vampire Knight: Noir's Trap (ヴァンパイア騎士 凝黒の罠, Vanpaia Naito: Nowāru no Wana), was published on October 3, 2008.[28][30] The story focuses on two minor characters, Nadeshiko Shindo and Kasumi Kageyama, from the manga, following their respective unrequited love at Cross Academy, as well as detailing a case that happened when Akatsuki Kain and Ruka Souen go to visit Senri Shiki and Rima Toya's modeling studio.[28]

The third novel, Vampire Knight: Fleeting Dreams (ヴァンパイア騎士ト 煌銀の夢, Vanpaia Naito: Flail no Yume), was released in 2014, featuring side-stories about Rido Kuran, Sara Shirabuki, and Yuki's and Zero's activities during the timeskip. The third novel is the only novel thus far to have been licensed by Viz Media and released in North America.[31]

Other media

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A drama CD, titled LaLa Kirameki Drama CD (LaLa キラメキ★ドラマCD), which features audio dramas for five LaLa titles, including Vampire Knight, was included with the magazine's September 2005 issue, released on July 23 of that same year.[32] Three drama CDs based on the series have been produced: Midnight CD-Pack;[33] Moonlight CD-Pack;[34] and Pureblood CD-Pack.[35]

Vampire Knight DS (ヴァンパイア騎士 DS, Vanpaia Naito Dīesu) is a Japanese dating simulator based on the series that was released by D3 Publisher in Japan in January 2009.[28]

In November 2008, the official Vampire Knight, titled Vampire Knight Fanbook: Cross (ヴァンパイア騎士 ファンブックX, Vanpaia Naito Fanbukku Kurosu), was published in Japan. In addition to providing additional information about the series characters and story, it includes images and details from Hino's storyboard.[28] The fanbook has been licensed by Viz Media and was released on October 19, 2010.[36]

An 94-page artbook, titled The Art of Vampire Knight: Matsuri Hino Illustrations (樋野まつりイラストレーションズ―ヴァンパイア騎士―), was released on July 5, 2010. The artwork included one original double page spread and a compilation of 111 previously released Vampire Knight color artworks.[37][38] It was licensed by Viz Media and released on September 6, 2011.[39][40][41]

A musical adaptation was announced and staged at the Hakuhinkan Theater in Tokyo from January 21–25, 2015.[42][43] Another musical took place July 1–5, 2015.[44]

Notes

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  1. ^ TV Tokyo listed the air dates for the series on Monday at 25:00, which is effectively Tuesday at 1:00 a.m. JST.[21]
  2. ^ TV Tokyo listed the air dates for the series on Monday at 25:00, which is effectively Tuesday at 1:00 a.m. JST.[25]

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