Shugo Chara! has also been adapted into a fifty-one episode anime television series of the same title produced by Satelight under the direction of Kenji Yasuda and debuted on Octoon TV Tokyo.
It won the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for best children's manga. Del Rey has licensed the English language manga rights, releasing the first volume on March 27, 2007. Shugo Chara! is serialized in the magazine Nakayoshi and published by Kodansha in Japan. 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 hatch into three Guardian Characters: Ran, Miki, and Su. The story centers on elementary school girl Amu Hinamori, whose popular exterior, referred to as 'cool and spicy' by her classmates, contrasts with her introverted personality. Shugo Chara! ( しゅごキャラ!, Shugo Kyara!), also known as My Guardian Characters, is a Japanese shōjo manga series created by the manga author duo, Peach-Pit.
