Vampire Knight

Media: Anime TV Series
Creator: Matsuri Hino
Animation: Studion DEEN
Vintage: 2005
Air Date: April 2008
Episodes: 26
Genre: drama, love triangle, romance, school life, shojo, vampires
Background: Vampire Knight is a shoujo manga by Matsuri Hino. It was first published in LaLa magazine in 2005. The English translation is available in North America through Viz Media's Shojo Beat magazine. The anime adaptation first aired on TV Tokyo and is directed by Kiyoko Sayama (Pretear)
Similar Anime: Trinity Blood, La Corda D’Oro -primo passo-, Good Witch of the West
Related Links: Wikipedia ANN official website

Anime Summary / Synopsis:

Yuki's earliest memory is of a stormy night in winter, wherein she was attacked by a vampire... And then rescued by another. Now 10 years later, Yuki Cross, the adapted daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, has grown up and become a guardian of the vampire race, protecting her savior, Kaname, from discovery as he leads a group of vampires at the elite boarding school. But also at her side is Zero Kiryu, a childhood friend who’s hatred for the creatures that destroyed everything he held dear, is now 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. Is Kaname's infatuation with Yuki the beginning of a forbidden romance, or is it something in her forgotten past that draws him to her. Because in this world of secrets, nothing is as it seems. And the price of misplaced trust may even be worse than death.

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