''
Shugo Chara!'' is a 2007 Japanese
anime television series based on
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*Peach-Pit (manga artist duo), a manga artist duo
*Peach Pit (band), a Canadian indie pop band
*Peachpit, a publishing company
*The Peach Pit, a fictional diner in ...
's award-winning
manga
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series of the same name.
The animated series was produced by
Satelight under the direction of Kenji Yasuda and consists of fifty-one episodes.
The story follows
Amu Hinamori, whose "cool and spicy" exterior belies her introverted personality. When Amu wishes for the courage to be reborn as her "would-be self", she is surprised to find three colorful eggs the next morning, which give birth to three Guardian Characters: Ran, Miki and Su.
The series was first broadcast on
TV Tokyo in Japan between October 6, 2007 and September 27, 2008. The episodes were rebroadcast by
TV Aichi,
TV Hokkaido,
TV Osaka,
TV Setouchi, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting within a few days of the initial broadcast on TV Tokyo. During the week of April 7 to April 13, 2008, became one of the 10 most watched anime episodes when it received an average household viewership rating of 4.2%.
It later returned to the top 10 during the week of July 21–27, 2008, when its July 26 broadcast received an average rating of 4.1%.
A second series, ''
Shugo Chara!! Doki—
, also known as ''My Guardian Characters'', is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series created by the manga author duo, Peach-Pit. The story centers on elementary school girl Amu Hinamori, whose popular exterior, referred to as "cool and spic ...
'', immediately followed the first series.
Six pieces of
theme music by the
J-pop group
Buono! are used for the first season—two opening themes and four closing themes. The opening theme for the first twenty-six episodes is ; and the last twenty-five episodes, . The closing theme for the first twelve episodes is ; episodes thirteen to twenty-six, ; episodes twenty-seven to thirty-nine, "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!"; and the last twelve episodes, .
Sixteen DVD compilations of three to four episodes each are scheduled for release by
Pony Canyon. The first compilation was released on February 20, 2008 with the sixteenth compilation released on May 20, 2009.
In addition, four DVD artbox compilations were released. The first three compilations are composed of thirteen episodes, while the fourth compilation is composed of the last twelve. The first artbox compilation was released on March 19, 2008 with the final artbox compilation released on February 18, 2009.
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Episode list
See also
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List of Shugo Chara!! Doki episodes (52-102)
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List of Shugo Chara Party! episodes (103-127)
References
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