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| Purple Eyes in the Dark | |
 Cover of the first manga volume of Purple Eyes in the Dark | |
| 闇のパープル·アイ (Yami no Pāpuru Ai) | |
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| Genre | Drama, romance, supernatural |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Chie Shinohara |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Shōjo Comic |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | 1984 – 1986 |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Music video | |
| Directed by | Mizuho Nishikubo |
| Studio | J.C. Staff, Youmex |
| Released | 1987 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Light novel | |
| Purple Eyes in the Dark Novel | |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Original run | August 1991 – November 1992 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Masato Tsuzino |
| Written by | Minoru Tanabe |
| Studio | Toei Company |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | July 1, 1996 – September 9, 1996 |
| Episodes | 11 |
Purple Eyes in the Dark (Japanese: 闇のパープル·アイ, Hepburn: Yami no Pāpuru Ai) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Chie Shinohara. It was serialized in Shōjo Comic magazine from 1984 to 1986. The individual chapters were collected in 12 tankōbon volumes published by Shogakukan between October 1984 and February 1987. The story follows the struggles of a teenage girl after she finds herself turning into a lycanthropy-leopard and having to battle her newly found predatory instincts.
The series was adapted into a 30-minute music video (original video animation) in 1987 and a series of six light novels which were published from 1991 to 1992. It was also adapted into an 11-episode live-action Japanese television drama that was broadcast on TV Asahi in Japan in 1996.
Purple Eyes in the Dark was awarded the 1987 Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo manga category.