Karin: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Maaka Karin comes from a family of vampires living in Japan, but she is not a normal vampire. Vampires are normally supposed to drink the blood of their victims but Karin suffers from a condition that causes her body to produce excessive amounts of blood. About once a month, she has to get rid of the excess blood by giving it to her "victims." But she somehow manages to go to school like everyone else her age.

Well, things are about to get more complicated. When a new student, Usui Kenta transfers into Karin's class, she starts producing unusually huge amounts of blood, almost as if in reaction to him. Worse, he happens upon Karin's true nature...

Series details

• Title: Karin
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Fantasy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2005-11-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2006-05-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10358
• IMDb ID: tt1127249
• TVDB ID: 79192

Cast and credited roles

• Sayuri Yahagi — Karin Maaka
• Katsuyuki Konishi — Kenta Usui
• Yuka Inokuchi — Anju Maaka
• Dai Matsumoto — Henry Marker
• Junichi Suwabe — Ren Maaka
• Mikako Takahashi — Maki Tokitou
• Kouki Miyata — Winner Sinclair
• Emi Shinohara — Carrera Marker
• Aya Hisakawa — Fumio Usui
• Yuri Shiratori — Elda Marker
• Hirofumi Nojima — Boogie-kun
• Junpei Takiguchi — Narration

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-11-03; final listed air date 2006-05-11; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Karin on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.