Vampire Knight
Overview
 
is a shōjo manga
Manga
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 and anime
Anime
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 series written by Matsuri Hino
Matsuri Hino
is a Japanese manga artist born in Sapporo, Hokkaidō. She made her professional debut in the September 10, 1995 issue of LaLa DX with the one-shot title .Hino Matsuri is also well known for her anime/manga series 'Vampire Knight.'-Bibliography:...

. The series premiered in the January 2005 issue of LaLa
Lala
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magazine and is still on-going. Chapters are collected and published in collected volumes
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

 by Hakusensha
Hakusensha
is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.The company mainly publishes manga magazines of various genres and is involved in certain series' productions in their games, original video animation, musical and their animated TV series....

, with eleven volumes currently released in Japan. The manga series is licensed in English by Viz Media
VIZ Media
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, who has released thirteen volumes so far. The English adaptation premiered in the July 2006 issue of Viz's Shojo Beat
Shojo Beat
Shojo Beat is a shōjo manga magazine formerly published in North America by Viz Media. Released in June 2005 as a sister magazine to Shonen Jump, it featured serialized chapters from six manga series, as well as articles on Japanese culture, manga, anime, fashion and beauty...

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.
Quotations

I didn't understand anything. Zero suffered and suffered for four years. What were you thinking, all by yourself? He loathes vampires so much, he wants to kill them all. All this time, Zero wanted to kill himself too.

I long for him.... but I understand. There's a line that vampires and humans can't cross.

Being like this makes me feel like we've returned to the old days somewhat. Yeah. Zero is Zero. Even if you are a vampire now.

Both of us understand, but neither of us will say it. It's a sin to keep a vampire alive by offering my own blood as bait. We are doing something that is forbidden. No one must find out about this.

Kaname-sama.... I love you! I love you! You are the begining of my world and everything in that world. So even if I couldn't remember my past, I wasn't scared.

I will do anything if it´s for Kaname-sama.

A glimpse of what I saw earlier was something that was so distant from me. For Kaname-sama.... And yet right now, this man is lying here in my arms. It´s such a strange feeling.

The world is dyed with the color of blood. It will never be able to go back to the way it was before

I will keep running away so Zero has a reason to live.

The Headmaster talks about the Night Class like they're good vampires who support his pacifism, but I don't trust them. I won't let my guard down. I'm cooperating so I can find the most effective way to kill those beasts in human form.

 
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