The February issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine is announcing on December 28 that a series called Shugo Chara! Encore! will launch in the April issue next February. The same February issue is also publishing the end of Peach-Pit's Shugo Chara! magical girl manga.
Del Rey will publish the eighth of the 10 current volumes of the Shugo Chara! manga in North America in January. The Crunchyroll website has been streaming the television anime adaptation, and it has also been simulcasting its Shugo Chara!! Doki— sequel. ANN is hosting the videos as well.
Peach-Pit's Shugo Chara Manga to End in Japan Next Month (Updated) posted on 2009-11-29 23:11 EST ___________________________________________________________________ Magical girl story to end in next issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine
The January issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine is confirming on Tuesday that the Peach-Pit manga duo are ending their Shugo Chara! magical girl manga in the next issue on December 28.
Del Rey will publish the eighth of the 10 current volumes of the manga in North America in January. The Crunchyroll website has been streaming the television anime adaptation, and it has also been simulcasting its Shugo Chara!! Doki— sequel. ANN is hosting the videos as well.
Shugo Chara Party! to Have Anime, Live-Action Segments
Dokki Doki anime, Pucchi Puchi! shorts, appearances by new Egg! members
An early copy of the October issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine has revealed that the new Shugo Chara Party! television program will have anime and live-action segments. (The October issue will officially ship on September 3.) The main segment of the new program will be the Shugo Chara!!! Dokki Doki anime, which the magazine describes as a power-up of the ongoing Shugo Chara!! Doki— anime adaptation of Peach-Pit's Shugo Chara! manga. A new character named Rikka will appear.
The new program will also include Shugo Chara Pucchi Puchi! anime shorts. Super-deformed versions of the characters Ran, Miki, and Su will star in these shorts. Shugo Chara!! Doki— director Kenji Yasuda will continue to oversee both Shugo Chara!!! Dokki Doki and Shugo Chara Pucchi Puchi! at the Satelight anime studio.
In addition to the anime, Shugo Chara Party! will have regular appearances by the Shugo Chara Egg! female idol group as program hosts. However, the group will have a new lineup: Mizuki Fukumura as Amulet Heart, Akari Saho as Amulet Spade, and Irori Maeda as Amulet Clover. An open audition will be held for the fourth member, Amulet Diamond. The winner of the audition, which is open to unsigned girls in elementary and junior high schools, will perform as part of the group and appear on the Shugo Chara Party! program. The group will sing the theme song of Shugo Chara!!! Dokki Doki as well.
