Shugo Chara!, or My Guardian Angels is an anime that deals with eggs, guardians, and a girl who is at odds with her personality. Now this anime is quite lengthy in general, but it has titles that derive from it as well. Let's get into what it consists of.
The central character of Shugo Chara! is Amu Hinamori, who is seen by her fellow elementary students and the cool and spicy girl. Outside of school, though, this isn't the case at all. When not seen by others, she is rather introverted and shy, therefore, she is eager to really change herself. Whether by chance or by fate, three eggs appear before her, colored red, blue and green. Respectively, they hatch into three guardian angels: Ran, Miki, and Su. As they aid her in uncovering her true self, she has to deal with her would-be selves derived from the guardian angels, as well as the Seiyo Elementary Guardians, whose members each have one of their own. Or course, there are also the X Eggs to worry about, which are made in search of a specific egg. Conflicts await Amu, and she'll need the help of her guardian angels to pull through it all.
The premier anime, Shugo Chara!, lasted for 51 episodes, licensed by Crunchyroll, who has a website of other anime currently running. This is succeeded by Shugo Chara!! Doki-, which also has 51 episodes, and Shugo Chara! Party!, which has 25 epsidoes. It's manga was written by Peach-Pit, also responsible for the manga form of Rozen Maiden. In fact, in terms of alienation and fitting in, Amu and Rozen Maiden's Jun Sakurada are very much alike. Also noteworthy is Amu's character in the series. As it is a magical girl anime, Amu's nature is a huge contrast as opposed to others. While most key characters of the genre consist of either the perfect girl or a complete klutz, Amu tends to get angry and snap back at those causing her grief, which makes a drastic difference character-wise. For now, there is nothing in terms of English voices, so this is frankly a subbed-only series at best.
Shugo Chara! is lengthy indeed, and in some ways popular. Personally, this isn't the kind of thing I would shoot for, but I guess I did like it a little. Grade this time is 7.4 of 10.
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