Guardian series

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Guardian series


caption =
ja_name = 守り人シリーズ
ja_name_trans = Moribito series
genre = FantasyInfobox animanga/Novel
title = Moribito series
author = Nahoko Uehashi
illustrator =
publisher = flagicon|Japan Kaiseisha (juvenile hardcover)
flagicon|Japan Shinchosha (bunko)
flagicon|USA Scholastic Corporation
first = 1996
last = 2007
volumes = 10

The nihongo|"Guardian series"|守り人シリーズ|Moribito shirīzu is a ten volume series of Japanese fantasy novels, written by Nahoko Uehashi. The first novel in the series, Guardian of the Spirit, has since been adapted into numerous media, including radio, manga and adaptations.

Novels

The novel series was published in hardback by Kaiseisha as children's literature but has many adult fans. Shinchosha started its publication in bunko size in March 2007. The Tabibito series takes place in the same world with common characters, but with a different protagonist. The two series merge in the final book, "Ten to Chi no Moribito".

; Seirei no Moribito ("Guardian of the Spirit") (ISBN 978-4035401506, 1996-07) (Bunko ISBN 978-4101302720, 2007-03): Adapted into the anime series. Balsa saves Prince Chagum of the New Yogo Empire, and is hired to protect him. He has a mysterious spirit living inside him, and his own father has sent assassins after him. Balsa has to protect him from the assassins and the dangers the spirit inside him brings. : Will be published in English by Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic in the summer of 2008; translated by Cathy Hirano.; Yami no Moribito ("Guardian of Darkness") (ISBN 978-4035402107, 1999-01) (Bunko ISBN 978-4101302737, 2007-06): Balsa returns to the country where she was born to face her tragic past. But consequences of that past, and the secret that lies buried under the mountains, make her task a difficult one.; Yume no Moribito ("Guardian of Dreams") (ISBN 978-4035402305, 2000-05) (Bunko ISBN 978-4101302737, 2007-12): People start becoming trapped in their dreams. Tanda's niece, Chagum, and the First Empress are all dreaming of a flower - a flower with ties to Torogai's past. Only a man with a supernatural singing voice can save them.; Kokū no Tabibito ("Traveler of the Void") (ISBN 978-4035402701, 2001-07):Chagum, who is now the crown prince of the New Yogo Empire, and Shuga are sent bearing greetings to a southern country, Sangal, for the new king's crowning ceremony. However, a black shadow is reaching towards Sangal. During his stay, the King-to-be of Sangal is fatally wounded. ; Kami no Moribito ("Guardian of the God") (2 volumes);* Raihō-hen ("The Visit") (ISBN 978-4035402800, 2003-01);* Kikan-hen ("The Return") (ISBN 978-4035402909, 2003-01):When Balsa is in Lota, she meets two children, brother and sister, who are being sold away by a slave merchant. Balsa witnesses the girl killing the slave merchants when she became angry. But Asla herself does not believe that she did the killing. "God did it" she says, and will continue to seek "God's" help if people threaten her. Because of Asla's ability, the two are in grave danger. Shamans closely connected to the King himself see them as a threat towards Lota, and will either kill or use them as their weapon when there is a chance. Balsa and Tanda decide to act for the two.; Sōro no Tabibito ("Traveler of the Blue Road") (ISBN 978-4035403104, 2005-04); Ten to Chi no Moribito ("Guardian of Heaven and Earth") (3 volumes);* Rota Ōkoku-hen ("The Kingdom of Lota") (ISBN 978-4035403203, 2006-11);* Kanbaru Ōkoku-hen ("The Kingdom of Kanbal") (ISBN 978-4035403302, 2007-01);* Shin Yogo Ōkoku-hen ("The New Yogo Empire") (ISBN 978-4035403401, 2007-02)

References

External links

* [http://www.kaiseisha.co.jp/moribito/index.html Official site] of the novels