Mamotte Shugogetten
| Mamotte Shugogetten! | |
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| まもって守護月天! (Mamotte Shugogetten!) | |
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| Manga | |
| Guardian Angel Getten | |
| Written by | Minene Sakurano |
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| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Gangan |
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| Original run | April 1996 – February 2000 |
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| Anime television series | |
| Moon Guardian | |
| Directed by | Yukio Kaizawa |
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| Written by | Yoshimichi Hosoi |
| Music by | Joe Rinoie |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
| Original run | October 17, 1998 – April 3, 1999 |
| Episodes | 22 |
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| Moon Guardian: Denshin | |
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| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | June 23, 2000 – November 30, 2001 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 8 |
| Manga | |
| Mamotte Shugogetten Retrouvailles | |
| Written by | Minene Sakurano |
| Published by | Mag Garden |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Blade |
| Original run | March 2002 – March 2005 |
| Volumes | 6 |
Mamotte Shugogetten (まもって守護月天!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minene Sakurano, which was serialized in the monthly magazine Shōnen GanGan from 1996 to 2000. A continuation was published in Comic Blade titled Mamotte Shugogetten! Retrouvailles (まもって守護月天! 再逢, Mamotte Shugogetten! Retoruba) from 2002 to 2005. The manga was adapted into a 22-episode anime television series produced by Toei Animation titled in English as Moon Guardian and often simply titled as Shugogetten! (守護月天!) which aired from 1998 to 1999. An eight-episode OVA series, Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten (伝心まもって守護月天!), was released from 2000 to 2001.
The story involves Tasuke Shichiri, a 14-year-old boy who receives a gift from his father, Tarousuke, who is traveling in China. The gift is a ring, the shitenrin, and those pure of heart may gaze into it and receive a moon goddess named Shaolin.
An English adaptation of the first manga was serialized in Raijin Comics under the English title Guardian Angel Getten. TOKYOPOP later licensed the manga under its original title, which began publication in April 2008. But Mamotte Shugogetten Retrouvailles has yet to be released in English.