About and pictures

Shugo Chara! (しゅごキャラ!, Shugo Kyara!?) is a Japanese shōjo manga created by the manga author duo Peach-Pit. The story is about an elementary school girl named Amu Hinamori whose "cool and spicy" exterior belies her introverted personality. But 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 Suu. It is serialized in the magazine Nakayoshi and published by Kodansha in Japan. Del Rey has licensed the English language rights and has released the first volume on March 27, 2007. It won the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for best children's manga.

In addition to the regular volumes, the series is being released in limited editions in Japan, each of which include different cover art from the regular editions, metallic foil sleeves, and a set of postcards featuring Amu in various outfits and poses following the color theme of the dust jackets. Shugo Chara! has also been adapted into a 51 episode anime television series of the same title produced by Satelight under the direction of Kenji Yasuda and debuted on October 6, 2007 on TV Tokyo.

Plot

Amu Hinamori is a student at Seiyo Elementary, where she has a reputation for being "cool and spicy"; however, her real personality in that of an extremely shy and easily intimidated girl. One night Amu makes a wish that she would have the courage to be reborn as her "would-be" self. The next morning Amu finds three brightly colored eggs—red, blue, and green—in her bed. Each egg eventually hatches into a Guardian Character: Ran, Miki, and Suu. Guardian Characters are angel-like beings that aid a person into becoming their "would-be" selves and fulfill the person's dreams. The Guardian Characters accomplish this by giving encouragement and advice, but they can also temporarily change a person's personality and abilities. With the Guardian Characters, Amu's life becomes much more complex as she now struggles to deal with her new personalities and the Seiyo Elementary Guardians—a student council group where each member has their own Guardian Character—who recruits Amu to search for and seal the X eggs and X Characters, which are the corrupted forms of people's dreams.

Anime adaptation

In 2007, Shugo Chara! was adapted into an anime television series of the same title. The television series is produced by Satelight under the direction of Kenji Yasuda and was first broadcast on the Japanese network, TV Tokyo. Expected to consist of fifty-one episodes, the first episode, "Shugo Chara Born!" (しゅごキャラ誕生!, Shugo Kyara Tanjō!?), aired on October 6, 2007 and the series continues to air today. The episodes are rebroadcast by five other networks within a few days after the initial broadcast on TV Tokyo.

Five pieces of theme music by the J-pop band Buono! are used for the episodes; two opening themes and three closing themes. The opening theme for the first twenty-six episodes is "Egg of the Heart" (こころのたまご, Kokoro no Tamago?); episode twenty-seven on, "Liking Everybody" (みんなだいすき, Minna Daisuki?). The closing theme for the first twelve episodes is "True Self" (ホントのじぶん, Honto no Jibun?); episodes thirteen to twenty-six, "Renai ♥ Rider" (恋愛♥ライダー, Ren'ai ♥ Raidā?); episode twenty-seven on, "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!".

ok here are some images that i really liked :D :D (P.S. i think amu and ikuto should really be a couple...so yeah...amuto rules )