[SHOUJO] Vampire Knight

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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 is still on-going. Chapters are collected and published in collected volumes by Hakusensha, with nine volumes currently released in Japan. The manga series is licensed in English by Viz Media. 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, titled Vampire Knight Guilty, began airing on the same TV station on October 7, 2008 and is currently running. The anime uses many of the same voice actors as were used for the drama CDs.

Plot

Yuki Cross's earliest memory is of a snowy night in winter, when she was attacked by one vampire and was saved by another, Kaname Kuran.Yuki is the adopted daughter of the Headmaster of Cross Academy, Cross Kaien and has grown up and became a prefect for the school with one main purpose: to protect the Human Day Class Students and the Vampire Night Class Students from each other. Her fellow guardian, Zero Kiryu, a childhood companion whose parents were killed by a pureblood vampire, is now determined to kill them all and refuses to trust them. Through a cruel twist of fate, Zero becomes a vampire himself, having been bitten by a pure-blood vampire four years before, Shizuka Hio. Kaname leads the group of Night class as their President, with the help of Takuma Ichijo, the Vice-president.

Characters

Yuki Cross (黒主優姫, Kurosu Yūki?)
The adoptive daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, Yuki is a member of the school's disciplinary committee, which is also known as Prefect (Guardian). Ten years prior to the events of "Vampire Knight," Yuki was attacked by a vampire, but was rescued by Kaname. She has lost all memory of her life before the attack because her mother, Juri Kuran, used her pureblood powers to put her vampire side to sleep, and Headmaster Cross took her in as his own daughter. She, like Chairman Cross, believes that vampires and humans can live together peacefully. She has also been giving her childhood friend Zero her blood to save him from becoming a Level E vampire. She and Kaname were raised as siblings by Yuki's parents, Juri and Haruka Kuran, who were also siblings and heads of the Kuran line of pureblood vampires. She is also Kaname's fiance, whom she believes to be her brother, and Kaname has yet to tell her the truth about who he is. Yuki loves Kaname, who has always been protecting her and has been by her side during her childhood as a vampire. When Rido Kuran, Yuki's uncle, resurfaces at Cross Academy, Yuki awakens her vampiric side and pureblood powers.

Zero Kiryu (錐生零, Kiryū Zero?)
Zero, who is a year older than Yuki Cross, comes from a vampire hunting lineage. His family was killed by the pureblood vampire Shizuka Hio because of one of the assignments his parents carried out. Zero was taken in by the headmaster of Cross Academy and became a Prefect (Guardian), alongside Yuki Cross. He has a great hatred for vampires because of what happened to his parents and that he was raised to hunt vampires, though it is revealed that he is a Level E vampire due to Shizuka's attack four years ago. It was believed that Zero was the only survivor of the attack, but it is later revealed that Zero has a younger twin brother named Ichiru who is living by Shizuka's side. Due to a turn of events involving Shizuka and Rido Kuran, Kaname ends up consuming Shizuka, thus becoming more powerful. He then lets Zero devour some of his blood to subdue the Level E vampire side which threatens to take control. Kaname only does this for Yuki's sake for he does not truly care about his own fate.

Kaname Kuran (玖蘭枢, Kuran Kaname?, romanized as "Clan" in later issues of Lala Magazine)
A pureblood vampire, Kaname saved Yuki from an attack by another vampire when she was little. He is the class president of the Night Class, much feared and respected by the other Night Class students. While he is cold and authoritative towards his fellows in the Night Class, he is always kind and sweet to Yuki. He has shown that he cares deeply for Yuki, and loves her in a romantic sense. He allows Zero to live because he knows his death would sadden Yuki, and because Zero is useful. He is both jealous and angry of Zero for biting Yuki and endangering her life. Kaname has been raised as Yuki's older brother. At a young age they had pledged to marry each other when they grow up, just like Haruka and Juuri, who were siblings yet married to each other. It is common for pureblood siblings to marry as it is essential to keep the bloodline pure. Also, a fact yet to be revealed to Yuki is that Kaname is not her "true brother". He is actually the ancient ancestor of the Kurans, and Rido is his master who awakened him from his grave, making him unable to kill his 'master'.

Media

Manga

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 eight volumes released in Japan as of October 2008. The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media. In addition to publishing the individual volumes, the series is being serialized in Viz's Shojo Beat manga anthology. The first chapter was published in July 2006 and it is still on-going. It is licensed for English release in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment, which has released seven volumes as of October 2008.

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 Magazine. The second, Vampire Knight Midnight CD-Pack, was released only via mail order.

Anime

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.

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, "Futatsu no Kodō to Akai Tsumi"?) as the opening for the first season, and "Rinne Rondo" (輪廻 -ロンド-, "Rinne Rondo"?) 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, "Suna no Oshiro"?). 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 Ayana Fujisaka 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. 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. The first story within the novel looks at events that occurred at Cross Academy in the year preceding Yuki's arrival, while the second story details an accident that occurred while Zero was still in training to be a vampire hunter.

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. 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.

Video game

Vampire Knight DS is an upcoming dating simulation game using the characters from the series, but telling a unique story. It is scheduled to be released by D3 Publisher in Japan in January 2009.

Fanbook

In November 2008, the official Vampire Knight Fanbook 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.

Idade : 32 Localização : Seixal

BFDGJDFGVFDL FOSTE-ME POR ISTO AQUI ;_________; *fangirl djgidsjgsdf*

*fez pseudo cosplay de yuuki 8DD*

SOU FANATICA POR VAMPIRE KNIGHT <3 MELHOR ANIME QUE JA VI ;_; (depois é Skip Beat Òo)

no Photoshoot vai haver grupo... (ai ja faço com o cosplay berdadeiro :3)
8D

bjnho bom ;*

xD

Idade : 34

Pergunto-me como e que esta magnificencia de manga so tem 1 resposta :S

Ando a ler ja vi as 2 series e ando mesmo a comprar a manga, e brutal adoro e o meu nick vem do vampiro mais pintas :P Shiki senri FTW :P

infelizmente ainda nao saiu para os lados do ocidente as mangas superiores ao 6 ou seja vou ter k estar meses a espera do volume 7 *cry*

Idade : 34 Localização : inai KOKORO...

Eu também não percebo como só tinha uma resposta, sendo um anime que eu devorei assim como se devora um ramen mesmo estando a escaldar xD

Vi a primeira série toda de seguida, e a segunda pronto... já teve que ser a acompanhar, e foi doloroso ter que esperar uma semana por cada ep XD

Oh well, é um anime de vampiros... que são aquela coisa *ai ai* e ainda por cima vampiros pintas.. e alguns são mesmo duques 22s

e o shiki não é o mais pintas...

Takuma Ichijou
[SHOUJO] Vampire Knight 36512

Idade : 34

Dxp o Shiki e o mais Pintas sin senhora...e sim sao todos aristocratas todos todos xD depois ha a rale como o zero -.-

Mas o poder do shiki e brutal mesmo Blood wip xD

estive como tu v a 1a seria toda a devorar mesmo depois tive um mes a espera do inicioo da guilty e um ep por semna com atrasos as vezes :S
Agora estou a passar por isso com as mangas T.T

Idade : 34 Localização : inai KOKORO...

só um mês à espera do guilty? eu tive muito mais T____T
Continua muito a história no manga?

Idade : 34

pois axo k continua um bocado, mas eu nao estou a ler na net por isso nao te sei dizer so vou no 6 e acaba quando o shiki esta a ser "possuido" pelo outro dos olhos de cada cor....(esqueci o nome xD)

Mas pelo k sei tem neste momento 11 volumes e muitas side storys....

Idade : 34 Localização : inai KOKORO...

vais emprestar-me isso apartir do momento que acabar o anime :p

Vampire Knight é o amor *-*

Idade : 34

pra isso preciso de a ter toda....publicado em ingles ainda so esta ate ao 6 k saiu este mes creio por isso vou andar a ressacar uns meses pelo 7 T.T

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