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Vampire Knight
Cover of first volume of Vampire Knight released in Japan by Hakusensha on July 5, 2005
ヴァンパイア騎士
(Vanpaia Naito)
GenreRomance, Supernatural, Action
Manga
Written byMatsuri Hino
Published byHakusensha
English publisherAustralia New Zealand Madman Entertainment
United Kingdom United States Viz Media
MagazineHana to Yume(Former), LaLa
English magazineUnited States Shojo Beat
DemographicShōjo
Original runJanuary 2005 – present
Volumes13 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byKiyoko Sayama
StudioStudio Deen
Original networkTV Tokyo
English networkAustralia ABC3
Original run April 8, 2008 – July 1, 2008
Episodes13 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Vampire Knight Guilty
StudioStudio Deen
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run October 7, 2008 – December 30, 2008
Episodes13 (List of episodes)

Vampire Knight (ヴァンパイア騎士, Vanpaia Naito) is a 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 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.

Two drama CDs 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.[1]

Plot

See also: List of Vampire Knight characters

Yuki Cross's earliest memory is of being attacked by a vampire and saved by Kaname Kuran, also a vampire. Ten years later, Yuki and the vampire hunter, 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.

When his uncle, 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 Sara Shirabuki.

Media

Manga

Main article: List of Vampire Knight chapters

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 June 2009. 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 July 2010.[2]

Drama CDs

Two drama CDs 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

Main article: List of Vampire Knight episodes

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 TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co. The second season, named Vampire Knight Guilty, premiered on the same station October 7, 2008.[3][4] 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.[5] In the UK, the first volume will be officially released on DVD via Manga Entertainment on November 22, 2010.

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 "Rondo" ([輪廻 -ロンド-Rinne] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help)) as the opening for the second. 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 Haketa Takefumi and consists of 30 tracks (including the opening theme and ending theme).

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.[6] The first novel, 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.[6][7] 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.[6]

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.[6][8] 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.[6]

Video game

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.[6]

Fanbook

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.[6] The fanbook has been licensed by Viz Media and was released on October 19, 2010.[9]

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.

References

  1. ^ Voice Actors Named for Animated Series Vampire Knight
  2. ^ "Vampire Knight". Madman Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  3. ^ "Vampire Knight 2nd Season to Air in Japan in October". Anime News Network. 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. ^ "Vampire Knight Guilty Sequel's Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. 2008-08-26. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
  5. ^ "Vampire Knight Licensed by Viz Media". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Vampire Knight News". Shojo Beat. 5 (1): 288. 2009. ISSN 1932-1600. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Vampire Knight Comic" (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved 2008-10-02. [dead link‍]
  8. ^ "ヴァンパイア騎士凝黒の罠" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  9. ^ "Viz Gets Gente, Library Wars, Grand Guignol Orchestra, Nice to Meet You, Kamisama (Update 2)". Anime News Network. 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
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