| Chibi Vampire | |
 Chibi Vampire manga volume 1 cover | |
| かりん (Karin) | |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy, supernatural[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuna Kagesaki |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Monthly Dragon Age |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | October 2003 – February 2008 |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Light novel | |
| Chibi Vampire: The Novel | |
| Written by | Tohru Kai |
| Illustrated by | Yuna Kagesaki |
| Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | NEO Magazine |
| Original run | December 10, 2003 – May 10, 2007 |
| Volumes | 9 |
| Anime television series | |
| Karin | |
| Directed by | Shinichiro Kimura |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Yasunori Yamada |
| Music by | Masara Nishida |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | WOWOW |
| Original run | November 4, 2005 – May 12, 2006 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Chibi Vampire, originally released in Japan as Karin (Japanese: かりん), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuna Kagesaki. The story is about an unusual vampiress girl, who instead of drinking blood must inject it into others because she produces too much. Chibi Vampire first premiered in the shōnen magazine Monthly Dragon Age in the October 2003 issue, and ran until February 2008. The individual chapters were published by Kadokawa Shoten into fourteen collected volumes. Later an anime series for "Chibi Vampire" was also produced in 2005. This anime series has a somewhat similar but different story and ending.
In 2003, Tohru Kai began writing a series of light novels based on the manga, with Kagesaki providing the illustrations. The nine-volume series was published in Japan by Fujimi Shobo. Both the manga and light novel series were licensed for English language release by Tokyopop. Tokyopop renamed the manga series to Chibi Vampire and the novel series to Chibi Vampire: The Novel.
In 2005, an anime television series adaptation was animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Shinichiro Kimura. Spanning twenty-four episodes, the series aired in Japan on WOWOW from November 4, 2005 through May 12, 2006. It was licensed for an English release to Region 1 DVD, under the original name Karin, by Geneon USA. On July 3, 2008, Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced that Funimation had agreed to be the exclusive North American distributor of Geneon titles, including Karin.