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Shugo Chara! (TV)

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Alternative title:
My Guardian Characters
Shugo Chara! - La magia del cuore (Italian)
Shugo Chara! Les gardiens des rêves (French)
しゅごキャラ! (Japanese)
守護甜心 (Chinese (Taiwan))
캐릭캐릭체인지 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, magic, romance
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Every child has an egg in their heart, unseen at first, an egg with the would-be self of their dreams. Hinamori Amu, part of a group called the Guardians, protect those eggs from becoming x-eggs, eggs filled with resentment and resignation that gives children troubles. Amu's job is to capture and restore x-eggs to their orginal form. She does this with the help of her three Shugo Chara (guardian characters or her would be selves), Ran, Miki and Su. Thanks to them she can change her character and abilities, and so fight against the mysterious organization Easter which aim is to find a special egg called Embryo using the x-eggs.
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User Ratings: 876 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 110 votes (sub:103, dub:4, ?:1, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 168 votes (sub:153, dub:10, ?:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 228 votes (sub:216, dub:6, ?:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 175 votes (sub:161, dub:9, raw:1, others:4
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 101 votes (sub:95, dub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 46 votes (sub:45, raw:1)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:21)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2170 users, rank: #539 (of 9777)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.586 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7447, rank: #1573 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 7.362 (Good+), rank: #2185 (of 9919) (seen all: 7.62 / seen some: 7.37 / won't finish: 4.91)
Bayesian estimate: 7.364 (Good+), rank: #1900 (of 7496)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 51
Episode titles: We have 51
Vintage: 2007-10-06 to 2008-09-27
Release dates: We have 16
Opening Theme:
#1: "Kokoro no Tamago (こころのたまご)" by Buono! (eps 1-26)
#2: "Minna Daisuki (みんなだいすき)" by Buono!
Ending Theme:
#1: "Honto no Jibun (ホントのじぶん)" by Buono! (eps 1-12)
#2: "Renai ♥ Rider (恋愛♥ライダー)" by Buono! (eps 13-26)
#3: "Kiss Kiss Kiss" by Buono!(eps 27-39)
#4: "Gachinko de Ikou! (ガチンコでいこう!)" by Buono!
Trivia: We have 13
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kenji Yasuda
Series Composition: Michiru Shimada
Script:
Kazuhiko Inukai (eps 3, 8, 12)
Kenji Yasuda (ep 10)
Makoto Nakamura (eps 5, 10)
Michiru Shimada (eps 1-2, 7, 13)
Ryunosuke Kingetsu (eps 4, 9)
Tomoko Koyama (eps 6, 11)
Storyboard:
Hiromitsu Kanazawa (eps 3, 9)
Hiroshi Hara (eps 4, 7)
Kenji Yasuda (OP, ED; eps 1-2, 4, 7)
Kiyoshi Matsuda (ep 6)
Mamoru Kanbe (ep 36)
Shigeru Kimiya (ep 8)
Shin Tosaka (ep 47)
Susumu Kudo (eps 5, 11)
Tsukasa Sunaga (ep 13)
Episode Director:
Hiromitsu Kanazawa (eps 3, 9)
Kazunobu Shimizu (ep 8)
Keisuke Ōnishi (ep 12)
Kenji Yasuda (ED; ep 1)
Kiyoshi Matsuda (ep 6)
Mamoru Enomoto (ep 13)
Masayuki Iimura (ep 7)
Shin Tosaka (4 episodes
eps 10, 18, 30, 47
)

Susumu Kudo (OP, ED; eps 5, 11)
Yukie Suzuki (ep 5)
Unit Director: Shingo Suzuki (OP2)
Music: Di'LL
Original creator: Peach-Pit
Character Design: Fumihide Sai
Art Director: Toshiyuki Sakae
Chief Animation Director: Shingo Suzuki
Animation Director:
Hiromi Masuda (eps 1, 7, 13)
Kanami Nakao (ep 8)
Kazuaki Imoto (eps 3, 9)
Kazuhisa Kosuge (eps 4, 11)
Kenji Hattori (4 episodes
eps 8, 28, 33, 35
)

Manabu Kurihara (ep 8)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 6)
Noriko Tejima (ep 12)
Rika Mishima (ep 2)
Shingo Suzuki (OP; OP2; ED2; 5 episodes
eps 1, 22-23, 28, 51
)

Takuya Matsumoto (eps 7, 13)
Tomoko Shimizu (ep 8)
Tomoyuki Niho (ep 23)
Yasuyuki Ebara (ep 10)
Yukie Suzuki (eps 2, 5, 11)
Sound Director: Susumu Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Atsushi Iwasaki
2nd Key Animation: Shin Tosaka (ep 38)
Animation:
Fumihide Sai (ED 1)
Ryo-timo (ED 1)
Animation Director Cooperation: Shingo Suzuki (Satelight; 4 episodes
eps 14, 19, 21, 35
)

Assistant Animation Director: Tomoyuki Niho (ep 33)
Assistant producer: Takahiro Suzuki
Color design: Nanae Shinaji
Editing: Aya Hida
Key Animation:
Emiko Kataoka (ep 8)
Fumiaki Kouta (OP)
Norio Matsumoto (OP 1)
Shin Tosaka (5 episodes
eps 10, 18, 27, 30, 47
)

Shin Wakabayashi (ep 39)
Shingo Suzuki (Satelight; OP1; 12 episodes
eps 2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12-13, 39-42
)

Shingo Yamashita (ep 49)
Tomoyuki Niho (OP 1; 6 episodes
eps 5, 7, 16, 26, 47-48
)

Key Animation Cooperation:
Shingo Suzuki (Satelight; eps 22-23, 28)
Tomoyuki Niho (ep 23)
Layout Animation Director: Shingo Suzuki (eps 1, 51)
Prop Design: Tomoyuki Niho
Sound Effects: Tomokazu Mitsui
Theme Song Arrangement: Susumu Nishikawa (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Yuho Iwasato (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Airi Suzuki (Buono!)
Buono! (OP, OP2, ED, ED2, ED3)
Miyabi Natsuyaki (Buono!)
Momoko Tsugunaga (Buono!)
Kanae Itō as Amu Hinamori

Aki Toyosaki as Su
Atsushi Abe as Kūkai Sōma
Hiromi Konno as Il
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Daichi
Hyousei as El
Junji Majima as Yū Nikaido
Kana Asumi as Ran
Kanae Itō as Dia
Kaya Miyake as Kiseki
Kimiko Koyama as Pepe
Mitsuki Saiga as Kairi Sanjou
Nana Mizuki as Utau Hoshina
Nanae Katou as Miki
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Musashi
Reiko Takagi as Tadase Hotori
Rio Natsuki as Yukari Sanjō
Ryōka Yuzuki as Temari
Saeko Chiba as Nadeshiko Fujisaki
Sayaka Narita as Kusu Kusu
Sayuri Yahagi as Rima Mashiro
Tomoko Nakamura as Yaya Yuiki
Yūichi Nakamura as Ikuto Tsukiyomi

Akemi Kanda as Marimo Hatanaka (ep 45)
Akeno Watanabe as Takuya Nakagura / Zero (ep 16)
Akiko Tanaka as
Aunt (eps 19, 22)
Boy (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 13, 28, 39
)

Cat (ep 7)
Child (ep 16)
Clerk (ep 10)
Gak (ep 40)
Girl (4 episodes
eps 1, 9, 27, 32
)

Guest (ep 18)
Ikuto's Mother (ep 38)
Kūkai Sōma (young)
Miyako's Aunt (ep 46)
Nikaido's Mother (ep 23)
Player (ep 14)
Saaya's Follower
Schoolboy (ep 8)
Shota's Mother (ep 34)
Shuji's Shugo Chara (ep 35)
Teacher (ep 24)
Woman (ep 20)
Young Kukai (ep 29)
Yuki's Mother (ep 4)
Akira Ishida as Tsukasa Amakawa
Aya Endō as Eriko Ōtomo (ep 35)
Ayano Nakata as Girl (ep 13)
Ayumi Fujimura as Yuki Hatoba (ep 4)
Chigusa Ikeda as Miyako's Mother (ep 46)
Chihiro Ishiguro as
Saaya's Follower
Schoolgirl (ep 8)
Chikara Ōsaka as King Seomira (eps 36-37)
Daiki Nakamura as Kūkai's Grandfather (ep 11)
Emiri Katō as Friend (ep 4)
Hiroaki Ishikawa as Higeshiro (ep 46)
Hiromu Miyazaki as
Attendant (ep 11)
Entertainer (ep 46)
Hiroshi Okamoto as
PE Teacher (ep 2)
Teacher (ep 24)
Hiroshi Shirokuma as Chef (ep 35)
Junko Takeuchi as Boy (episode 13)
Kaori Nazuka as Misaki Watarai
Kaya Miyake as Saaya's Follower
Kazusa Murai as
Chisa (ep 18)
Midori Hinamori
Keiko Nemoto as Manda
Keiko Yamamoto as Nobuko Saeki
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Chichimaru
Kumiko Higa as Mifuyu Torii (eps 14-15)
Kumiko Ikebe as Girl (ep 13)
Kumiko Takizawa as Nadeshiko's Housekeeper (eps 9, 19, 25)
Kurumi Mamiya as Ami Hinamori
Mai Nakahara as Shion (ep 20)
Masako Joh as
Commentator (ep 15)
Suzuki-kun's Grandmother (ep 14)
Tadase's Grandmother (ep 39)
Megan Kenna as OP Narration
Miku Yoshikawa as Miyako Kizaki (ep 46)
Mitsuru Ogata as Kazuomi Hoshina (Easter managing director)
Miyuki Kawasho as Saaya Yamabuki
Miyuki Sawashiro as
Shōta (ep 34)
X Chara/X Egg
Yū Nikaidō (young)
Naoki Bandō as Kōtarō Himeno (ep 49)
Naomi Shindoh as Shuraiya (eps 36-37)
Noriko Obata as
Boy (ep 39)
Child (eps 11, 16)
Friend (ep 4)
Girl (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 9, 18, 20, 22, 27
)

Kūta (ep 34)
Kuuta (ep 34)
Member (ep 8)
Nikaido's Shugo Chara (eps 23-24)
Player (ep 14)
Rima's Mom (eps 32, 40)
Rima's Mother
Ruuru (ep 37)
Saaya's Follower
Staff (ep 13)
Noriko Shitaya as Maika Himekawa (eps 6, 48)
Omi Minami as Seiichirō Suzuki
Riho Fushida as
Boy (ep 3)
Classmate (ep 4)
Girl (eps 9, 20)
Ryōka Yuzuki as Saeko Honna (ep 49)
Ryosuke Sakamaki as Boy (ep 32)
Ryōta Asari as
Delinquent (eps 1, 24)
Live Staff (ep 13)
Nobuko's Manager (ep 22)
Schoolboy (ep 8)
Staff (ep 16)
Student (ep 17)
Satomi Akesaka as
Kotone Himeno (ep 49)
Manami
Paaru (eps 36-37)
Satomi Arai as Snoppe (eps 14-15)
Satomi Satō as
Ramira (eps 36-37)
Wakana
Sayaka Ōhara as Nadeshiko's Mother (ep 9)
Sayuri Sadaoka as Mimiko Hitsujida (eps 6, 48)
Shinji Kawada as Nadeshiko's Father (?) (ep 9)
Shintarō Asanuma as Shūji Hinamori (ep 35)
Shouto Kashii as Vice Principal (eps 4, 26)
Shōzō Iizuka as Gozen
Shunzō Miyasaka as
Announcer (eps 14-15)
Bodyguard (ep 30)
Boy (ep 18)
Ginger (eps 36-37)
Higeshiro's Apprentice (ep 46)
Master (ep 20)
Nobuko's Manager (eps 16, 22)
Policeman (ep 10)
Rima's Dad (eps 32, 40)
Rima's Father
Student (ep 23)
Teacher (ep 31)
Simone Lupinacci as Cronista 
Susumu Akagi as
Eriko's father (ep 35)
Zero's Manager (ep 16)
Takashi Kubo as Entertainer (ep 46)
Takashi Oohara as Higeshiro's Apprentice (ep 46)
Takuya Satō as
Announcement (ep 13)
Comedian (eps 22, 34)
Host (ep 46)
Tetsuharu Ohta as Dance Teacher (ep 12)
Tomoka Endō as Child (ep 16)
Tsubasa Yonaga as Yamada-kun (ep 5)
Yōko Sasaki as Orie (ep 6)
Yoshimasa Kawata as
Bodyguard (ep 30)
Comedian (ep 22)
Delinquent (eps 1, 24)
Host (ep 46)
Ninety-Nine (eps 36, 38)
Shota's Father (ep 34)
Tsukumo
Yuka Iguchi as Girl (ep 1)
Yusei Oda as Tsumugu Hinamori
Yūtarō Shimoji as
Attendant (ep 15)
Teacher (ep 23)

Japanese companies
Animation Direction:
Satelight (8 episodes
eps 22, 27, 33, 35, 43, 45, 47, 51
)

Studio Live (eps 40, 46)
Animation Production: Satelight
Backgrounds:
Studio Jack (ep 13)
Studio Uni
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2007-10-14)
TV Hokkaido (2007-10-14)
TV Osaka (2007-10-07)
TV Setouchi (2007-10-07)
TV Tokyo (2007-10-06)
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2007-10-07)
Key Animation:
Actas (eps 27, 30)
Boa '83 (ep 23)
Def.c (eps 27, 30, 38)
drop (ep 23)
E-cho (ep 23)
Eagle Entertainment (eps 22, 35, 45)
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 23)
Neox (eps 27, 30)
Satelight (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 24, 40, 42-43
)

Studio Bambino (ep 33)
Studio Live (eps 40, 46)
Studio T&B (ep 38)
Sung San Production (eps 33, 35)
Music: Di'LL
Music Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Photography: T2 Studio
Production Cooperation: Kelmadick
Recording Studio: Omnibus Japan
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Chris Pai (eps 11-13, 21-33)
Cloyce Spradling (eps 14-20, 34-37)
Michael Brown (eps 1-10)
Sam Pinansky (eps 38-51)

Quality Control: Sam Pinansky (eps 1-37)
Subtitle Editing: Renee Poiron
Subtitle Styling: Renee Poiron
Subtitle Timing: Bryan Ingram (misc. eps)
Voice Direction: Jack Murphy
Matt Bailey as Ikuto
English companies
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
Toonzaki
Viewster (AU,IE,NZ,UK)
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
French staff
French cast
Mélanie Dermont as Amu Hinamori

Alessandro Bevilacqua as Takuya Nakagura
Alexandra Correa as
Kairi Sanjô (enfant)
Kûta
Mifuyu Torii
Alexandre Crépet as Kairi Sanjou
Alice Ley as
Ran
Saaya Yamabuki
Angélique Leleux as
Midori Hinamori
Yukari Sanjo
Carine Seront as Mimiko Hitsujida
Christophe Hespel as Père de Kotone
Claire Tefnin as
Dia
Kusu Kusu
Délphine Chauvier as
Ami Hinamori
Manami
Su
Dominique Wagner as
Utau Hoshina
Yuki Hatoba
Esther Aflalo as Yaya Yuiki
Gregory Praet as Shuraiya
Ioanna Gkizas as Shota
Jennifer Barré as Miki
Julie Basecqz as
Eru
Misaki Watarai
Seiichiro Suzuki
Karim Barras as Père de Shuraiya
Laetitia Liénart as
Pépé
Wakana
Laurence Stevenne as Nadeshiko Fujisaki
Laurent Vernin as
Kazuomi Hoshima
Tsukasa Amakawa
Maxime Donnay as Tadase Hotori
Michel Hinderyckx as Tsukumo
Nancy Philippot as Tadase Hotori (enfant)
Nicolas Matthys as
Kiseki
Kūkai Sōma
Pierre Lognay as
Ikuto Tsukiyomi
Kiseki
Romain Barbieux as Yū Nikaido
Sébastien Hebrant as
Musashi
Père d'Amu
Yoru
Sophie Landresse as
Eriko Hinamori
Iru
Stéphane Excoffier as Yû Nikaido (enfant)
Stéphane Pelzer as Zéro
Thibaut Delmotte as Shuji Hinamori
Tony Beck as Yamada
Véronique Fyon as
Rima Mashiro
Sion

French companies
Broadcaster: Teletoon (from 4 September 2012)
Producer: ARÈS FILMS
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Distributor: Planeta Junior (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Alessandro Rigotti as Ikuto Tsukiyomi
Alessio De Filippis as Tadase Hotori
Cinzia Massironi as Kiseki
Federica Valenti as Rima Mashiro
Martina Felli as Dia
Maura Marenghi as Suzuki
Paola Della Pasqua as Nadeshiko Fujisaki
Perla Liberatori as Amu Hinamori
Simone Lupinacci as Shouta
Tania de Domenico as Miyako Kazaki

Emanuela Pacotto as Utau Oshina
Jolanda Granato as Kusukusu
Lara Parmiani as Yaya Yuiki
Paolo De Santis as Kukai Soma
Patrizio Prata as Yû Nikaidou
Renata Bertolas as Musashi
Stefano Pozzi as Yamada (ep 5)

Alessandro Lussiana as Cronista
Alessandro Zurla as Tsukasa Amakawa
Caterina Rochira as Insegnante di danza
Davide Fumagalli as Guardia 2
Deborah Morese as Maika Himekawa
Elisabetta Spinelli as Lulu de Morcerf Yamamoto
Francesca Bielli as Saaya Yamabuki
Giuliana Nanni as Baya
Katia Sorrentino as Manda, the scientist of Easter (Young)
Lorella De Luca as Midori Hinamori
Ludovica De Caro as Manami
Marco Balbi as Capo
Pino Pirovano as Tsumugu Hinamori
Serena Clerici as Ami Hinamori
Simone Lupinacci as
#1 Darts
Cronista
Stefania Patruno as Nobuko Saeki
Valerio Amoruso as Guardia 1

Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Hiro (from 15 October 2010)
Italia 1 (from 4 June 2019)
Dubbing: LOGOS srl
Internet Streaming: Mediaset Infinity
Translation: C.I.T.I.
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Canal Panda (Starting 2012)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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