40 Fun Facts About Rosario + Vampire

Under Yokai Academy's rules in Rosario + Vampire, what punishment awaits any real human found on the school grounds?

Death is the rule for any human who slips past the school's barrier, which is why Tsukune spends the series hiding what he is from his classmates.

Alucard, the First Ancestor villain of the Rosario + Vampire manga, is revealed to be which legendary vampire?

Dracula hid in plain sight: the 15th-century king reversed the letters of his name after humans rejected his dream of a realm shared with vampires.

In Rosario + Vampire, what is Mizore Shirayuki, the girl who stalks Tsukune, typically seen holding in her mouth?

A lollipop is what it looks like, but a bonus comic in the manga reveals the sweet is actually a special coolant.

Kurumu Kurono, who targets Tsukune out of jealousy over Moka's popularity in Rosario + Vampire, is what kind of monster?

Succubus powers let Kurumu charm boys with a kiss, but she later reveals a catch: her kind draw strength from loving others and die without it.

In the Rosario + Vampire anime, Moka's pink hair turns what color when her rosario is removed?

Silver hair marks the unsealed Moka, a personality so different that the English dub casts a second actress, Colleen Clinkenbeard, to voice her.

Ginei Morioka, the girl-chasing club president a year above Tsukune in Rosario + Vampire, has which monster form?

Werewolf strength puts Gin almost level with a vampire, yet the petite, near-silent club president before him once beat him in a fight.

Why is Tsukune Aono unable to get into any local high school before enrolling at Yokai Academy in Rosario + Vampire?

Poor grades shut every local door, so the family seizes on an application his father happens to find for a boarding school full of monsters.

Yukari Sendo, the child-prodigy witch of Rosario + Vampire, summons which object to drop on people's heads?

A metal washtub is her gag weapon of choice, while flying tarot cards that slice through monster plants handle the serious fights.

In Rosario + Vampire, the vampire Moka is weakened by contact with what, a flaw student Tamao Ichinose exploits?

Water saps Moka's strength, so Tamao lures Tsukune toward the swim club, where her own mermaid form holds every advantage.

When her rosario comes off in Rosario + Vampire, the inner Moka usually beats opponents with what signature attack?

A powerful kick ends most of her fights; the first to take a beating is Saizo Komiya, the classmate who assaults her in the opening story.

Mizore Shirayuki, who joins Tsukune's class in the second term of Rosario + Vampire, is which kind of yokai?

Yuki-onna appears in the Japanese title of her debut anime episode, known in English as Snow Girl and a Vampire; her ice can even form walking doubles of herself.

Koko Shuzen fights in Rosario + Vampire using what kind of pet, which can transform into a variety of weapons?

A bat named Ko serves as her shapeshifting arsenal, and in the anime he doubles as the narrator who times how long Moka's fights last.

Koko Shuzen, who enrolls at Yokai Academy to pick fights in Rosario + Vampire, is related to Moka in what way?

Her half-sister Koko always lost their childhood fights, so she keeps provoking the gentle Moka to draw out the fierce one she wants to beat.

Kyoko Aono, a human who visits Yokai Academy in Rosario + Vampire, is which relative of Tsukune?

His cousin Kyoko, a tomboyish 17-year-old, at first takes the monsters around her for cosplay or clever special effects.

On a club trip to the human world in Rosario + Vampire, the witch Ruby Tojo defends a field of which flowers?

Sunflowers cover the land that developers want for a garbage dump, and Ruby's grudge against humans runs deeper: a drunk human's car crash killed her parents.

Which mysterious Yokai Academy employee carries students between the human and monster worlds in Rosario + Vampire?

The bus driver keeps his own nature hidden until the sequel's closing chapters, where he hacks the villains' mainframe and is named as Nurari, or Nurarihyon.

In the Rosario + Vampire manga, the strain of repeated infusions of Moka's blood transforms Tsukune into what creature?

A ghoul is what the strain makes of his human body, so he is fitted with a spirit lock that lets him hold on to his humanity.

Which student group do Tsukune, Moka and their friends join in Rosario + Vampire, under adviser Shizuka Nekonome?

Newspaper Club work on the Yokai Times keeps the group in harm's way, and a corrupt student committee had already bullied its membership down to one.

Which singer performed all four theme songs of the Rosario + Vampire anime while also voicing Moka Akashiya?

Nana Mizuki sang both openings and both endings, and her first Moka character single reached number 42 on Japan's Oricon weekly chart.

Which Japanese studio, working under director Takayuki Inagaki, produced both seasons of the Rosario + Vampire anime?

Gonzo made both seasons, leaning on fanservice so heavily that the series was censored on certain channels during its TV broadcast.

Ririko Kagome, the lamia teacher who brainwashes her male students in Rosario + Vampire, teaches which subject?

Math scores do rise under her spell, but her pupils end up emotionless and subservient; in the anime, Moka's scattered notes snap Tsukune out of it.

Art teacher Hitomi Ishigami lures female students in Rosario + Vampire and turns them into what for her collection?

Stone statues fill her so-called living art collection because Ishigami is a Medusa, and after her dismissal she returns to expose Tsukune as human.

The anime-only cooking teacher Apsara puts Rosario + Vampire students under her spell by feeding them which dish?

Curry from her kitchen turns everyone who eats it a yellowish color and leaves them hungering for more, until the student body is under her control.

Shizuka Nekonome, Tsukune and Moka's carefree homeroom teacher in Rosario + Vampire, is easily distracted by which food?

Fish gets her every time because she is a catgirl, and the anime keeps a running gag of students pointing out her exposed tail.

Kuyo, the fire-wielding leader who puts Tsukune on trial for being human in Rosario + Vampire, has which monster form?

Fox demon Kuyo heads the school's corrupt Protection Committee, and his flames wound Tsukune so badly that Moka must give him her blood.

Gym teacher Okuto Kotsubo, who tries to get Mizore expelled in Rosario + Vampire, transforms into which sea monster?

Kraken is his true form, and photographs Gin took of him in it are what clear Mizore's name in the anime.

Who wrote and illustrated the Rosario + Vampire manga and later launched the series Ghost Reaper Girl under a pen name?

Akihisa Ikeda began with a passion for vampires, picturing a beautiful vampire girl with a crucifix at her neck before inventing the school around her.

Rosario + Vampire's creator is a big fan of which film director, whose gentle monsters inspired the manga?

Tim Burton won him over with Edward Scissorhands, a film he singled out because its monster has a sensitive soul.

Which company licensed the Rosario + Vampire anime in North America, releasing both seasons there after several delays?

Funimation pushed its release back more than once after production issues with the Japanese licensors, then put out both seasons on the same day.

Which subtitle did the second Rosario + Vampire anime season add, echoing the sound of Moka drinking blood?

Capu2 is read kapu-chu, a phrase the manga's creator coined from the Japanese sound of a bite followed by the sound of a kiss.

Which organization, bent on destroying the human world, is the main enemy of the Rosario + Vampire sequel manga?

Fairy Tale counts members of Moka's own family in its ranks and runs its operations from a hidden sky fortress above Japan.

Which Dark Lord, the mother of Moka, sealed her own mind inside the rosario in the Rosario + Vampire manga?

Akasha Bloodriver looks just like the gentle Moka because that persona is her own: she erased her memories and sealed herself in the rosario.

When Moka's rosario fails in the Rosario + Vampire sequel, the club travels to which country to get it fixed?

China is where they find Tohofuhai, the Dark Lord who mends the seal, though first he tricks Moka into dressing up as Lum from Urusei Yatsura.

In the climax of the Rosario + Vampire manga, Alucard merges with his monster body and rampages through which city?

Tokyo takes the first blow, and the danger spreads when Alucard reveals he has hatched eggs in Japan's major cities.

Fangfang Huang's random summoning magic in Rosario + Vampire often produces which harmless animal?

A giant panda keeps turning up because he cannot control what he summons; the mafia heir later realizes his true talent is martial arts.

Which Shueisha magazine, the successor to a monthly that ceased publication, serialized the Rosario + Vampire sequel?

Jump Square took over when the series' first home folded in 2007, and the creator retitled the manga to give the move a sense of renewal.

Which voice actor plays Tsukune Aono in the English dub of Rosario + Vampire, opposite Alexis Tipton's Moka?

Todd Haberkorn got the part, and one reviewer described him as the dub studio's go-to actor for wimpy male leads.

Which publisher licensed both Rosario + Vampire manga series in North America and the United Kingdom?

Viz Media's editions became regulars on the New York Times manga best-seller list, where the first volume of the sequel reached the top spot.

The first Rosario + Vampire video game, a Capcom visual novel starring Tsukune, came out on which system?

Nintendo DS owners in Japan got Tanabata's Miss Yokai Academy in 2008, and a second visual novel followed on the PlayStation 2 a year later.

Tenmei Mikogami, who places a spirit lock on Tsukune in Rosario + Vampire, holds which position at Yokai Academy?

Headmaster Mikogami knows Tsukune is human yet lets him stay, on condition that he helps deal with a faction threatening the school.