List of Shugo Chara! episodes

This is the list of episodes for the Japanese anime television series nihongo|"Shugo Chara!"|しゅごキャラ!|Shugo Kyara!. Based on Peach-Pit's award winning manga series of the same name,cite web | title = 32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-13/32nd-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-announced | publisher = Anime News Network | date = 2008-05-13 | accessdate=2008-05-14] the animated series is produced by Satelight under the direction of Kenji Yasuda and is expected to consist of fifty-one episodes.cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8182 | title = "Shugo Chara!" (TV) | publisher = Anime News Network | accessdate = 2008-02-28] Each episode begins with a quote in English: "All kids have an egg in their soul, the egg of their hearts, their would-be selves, yet unseen." The plot of the episodes 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 first episode, nihongo|"Shugo Chara Born!"|しゅごキャラ誕生!|Shugo Kyara Tanjō!, was first broadcast on TV Tokyo in Japan on October 6, 2007, where the series continues to air today. The episodes are also 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, nihongo|"The Fourth Guardian Egg!"|四つ目のしゅごたま!|Yottsume no Shugo Tama! became one of the 10 most watched anime episodes when it received an average household viewership rating of 4.2%.cite web | url = http://www.videor.co.jp/data/ratedata/backnum/2008/vol15.htm | title = Vol. 15 2008年 4月7日(月) ~ 4月13日(日) | publisher = Video Research Ltd | language = Japanese | accessdate = 2008-07-22]

Six pieces of theme music by the J-pop group Buono! are used for the first fifty-one episodes, two for the opening and four for the closing. nihongo|"Egg of the Heart"|こころのたまご|Kokoro no Tamago is the opening theme for the first twenty-six episodes, and nihongo|"Liking Everybody"|みんなだいすき|Minna Daisuki is the opening theme for episodes twenty-seven and onward. nihongo|"True Self"|ホントのじぶん|Honto no Jibun is the ending theme for the first twelve episodes, nihongo|"Renai ♥ Rider"|恋愛♥ライダー|Ren'ai ♥ Raidā for episodes thirteen to twenty-six, "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" for episodes twenty-seven to thirty-nine, and nihongo|"Do Your Best and Go!"|ガチンコでいこう!|Gachinko de Ikō! for episode forty to episode fifty-one.

Starting October 4, 2008, "Shugo Chara!" will continue for a second year with the name nihongo|"Shugo Chara!! Doki—"|しゅごキャラ!!どきっ. [cite web | url = http://games.nakayosi-net.com/manga/kakuman/shugo.html | title = "Shugo Chara!" | publisher = Nakayoshi | language = Japanese | accessdate = 2008-09-20] Shugo Chara Egg! will sing the second season's first opening, titled nihongo|"Everyone's Egg"|みんなのたまご|Minna no Tamago; [" [http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp0-20080920-410696.html 「しゅごキャラエッグ！」デビュー曲披露] " (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports (September 20, 2008). Retrieved on September 24, 2008.] Buono! sings the first ending theme, nihongo|"Lotta Love Lotta Love"|ロッタラ　ロッタラ|Rottara Rottara.

Episodes 1 to 26

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* List of "Shugo Chara!" characters

External links

* [http://shugo-chara.com/ "Shugo Chara!"] – Official website ja icon
* [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/shugo-chara/ TV Tokyo "Shugo Chara!" website] ja icon