Wedding Peach
Wedding Peach is a shōjo manga written by Sukehiro Tomita and illustrated by Nao Yazawa that was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Ciao magazine. In North America, it was translated and published by VIZ Media in its entirety, consisting of six volumes.
The manga was later adapted into an anime television series directed by Kunihiko Yuyama that ran for 51 episodes on TV Tokyo, from April 5, 1995 to March 27, 1996 as well as 2 omakes Ai Tenshi Robot Wedding Peach and Ai Tenshi Sentai and a 4-episode OVA sequel in 1996.
In 2004, Wedding Peach Young Love was released, a compilation of Wedding Peach stories made specifically for the monthly magazine Shogaku Sannensei. To better fit the magazine's target audience, the "Young Love" version of Wedding Peach features younger-looking characters, less complex storylines, and simpler dialogue.
Plot
Momoko Hanasaki, along with her friends Yuri Tanima and Hinagiku Tamano, are members of the newspaper club where they mostly cover the school's soccer team and all have a crush on the star player Kazuya Yanagiba. On their way home from school one day, they are attacked by a devil by the name of Pluie who is a servant to the high ruler of the devil world, Raindevila. When her friends are hypnotized into attacking Momoko, a beautiful man comes down from the sky named Limone, who is from the angel world and gives Momoko a compact case. Opening the compact, she is told by Aphrodite, the ruler of the angel world, that she is one of the legendary Love Angels, Wedding Peach. Momoko transforms into Wedding Peach and manages to snap her friends out of Pluie's control. Over the course of the story, Yuri and Hinagiku also find out that they are also love angels and the three must protect the humans from the devils and defeat Raindevila.Media
Manga
The manga was written and illustrated by Nao Yazawa. It was serialized the Shogakukan's Ciao magazine from March 1994 to April 1996. Shogakukan released the manga in six volumes from September 1994 to April 1996. Viz Media licensed the manga in North America and released the manga from July 10, 2003 to May 26, 2004. The series is now out-of-print.Anime
An anime television series premiered on TV Tokyo on April 5, 1995 to March 27, 1996 and ran for 51 episodes. The anime was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and was co-produced by KSS and OLM, Inc.. A four-episode OVA series, titled Wedding Peach DX was released from November 1996 to March 1997. ADV Films licensed the anime in 2003 and released the anime in ten DVDs.Staff
- Original Story: Sukehiro Tomita, Nao Yazawa, :ja:テンユウ|Tenyu
- Planning: Masaaki Motomura
- Serialized In: "Chao" by Shogakukan, ":ja:小学一年生|First Grader" by Shogakukan, ":ja:小学二年生|Second Grader" by Shogakukan, "Third Grader" by Shogakukan, "Fourth Grader" by Shogakukan, ":ja:幼稚園 |Kindergarten" by Shogakukan, "Study Kindergarten" by Shogakukan, ":ja:めばえ |Sprout" by Shogakukan
- Producers: :ja:岩田圭介|Keisuke Iwata, Hirofumi Umeshita, Takao Asaga
- Character Design: Kazuko Tadano
- Chief Animator: Sayuri Ichiishi
- Director's Assistant: Norihiko Suto
- Art Directors: Katsuyoshi Kanemura, Manami Matsumoto
- Color Design: Kazuko Satou
- Director of Photography: Motoaki Ikegami
- Music: Tomoki Hasegawa, :ja:神津裕之|Hiroyuki Kouzu
- Sound Director: :ja:三間雅文|Masafumi Mima
- Sound Effects: Yoshiyuki Takagi, Kenji Koyama
- Music in Cooperation with: :ja:テレビ東京ミュージック|TV Tokyo Music
- Animation Producers: :ja:大宮三郎|Hiroshi Iwakawa, :ja:奥野敏聡|Toshiaki Okuno, :ja:神田修吉|Shūkichi Kanda
- Publicity: Reiko Moji, Hideaki Fujii, Toshiharu Sugizaki
- Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
- Animation Production: KSS
- Produced by: TV Tokyo, NAS
- © 1995 Sukehiro Tomita/Shogakukan·TV Tokyo
English Version Staff
- English Language & Subtitled Versions Presented by ADV Films
- Executive Producers: John Ledford, Mark Williams
- Produced & Directed by: Ron Berry
- ADR Script: Dan Dietz → Cyndi Williams
- International Coordinator: Toru Iwakami
- Project Translator: Richard Kim
- Senior Translator: Shoko Oono
- Subtitle Script & Timing: John Reif
- English ADR Recorded at: Monster Island Studio
- Sound Design & Mix: Paul Killam, Brent Marshall
- Recording Engineer: Ron Berry
- Post Production: Monkey Boy Post
- Post Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
- Editors: Bill Newton, Neil O'Sullivan, Robert Marchand
- Production Assistants: Marta Bechtol, Miyuki Kamiya, Maki Nagano, Carole Pavlik, Robert Marchand
- WEDDING PEACH © TENYU•Nao Yazawa / Shogakukan•TV Tokyo•NAS•KSS
- English Language & Subtitled Versions © 2004 → 2005 A.D. Vision, Inc.
- DVD Layout, Design and Navigation © 2004 → 2005 A.D. Vision, Inc. All other elements are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
Wedding Peach DX
- Original Story: Sukehiro Tomita / TENYU / Nao Yazawa / Shogakukan
- Planning: Takao Asaga, Toshiaki Okuno
- Producers: Hirofumi Umeshita, Hiroshi Iwakawa, Shūkichi Kanda
- Character Design: Kazuko Tadano, Sayuri Ichiishi
- Color Design: Kazuko Satou
- Art Director: Manami Matsumoto
- Director of Photography: Motoaki Ikegami
- Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
- Music: Hiroyuki Kouzu
- Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
- Produced by: KSS, NAS
- © TENYU·Nao Yazawa/Shogakukan·NAS·KSS
English Version Staff (DX)
- English Language & Subtitled Versions Presented by ADV Films
- Executive Producers: John Ledford, Mark Williams
- Produced & Directed by: Ron Berry
- International Coordinator: Toru Iwakami
- Project Translator: Richard Kim
- Senior Translator: Shoko Oono
- Subtitle Script & Timing: John Reif, Christopher Williams
- English ADR Recorded at: Monster Island Studio
- Sound Design & Mix: Paul Killam
- Recording Engineer: Ron Berry
- Post Production: Monkey Boy Post
- Post Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
- Editors: Bill Newton, Neil O'Sullivan
- Production Assistants: Miyuki Kamiya, Maki Nagano, Carole Pavlik
Theme Songs
Opening Themes
; "Dreaming Angels"; "Wedding Wars-Love Is A Flame"
; "Merry Angel"
Ending Themes
; "21st Century Juliet"; "Virgin Love"
; "Sweet little love"
Episodes
Wedding Peach
Wedding Peach DX
Omake
Games
A Super Famicom game was released only in Japan in 1995. In the game, the player plays as one of the three main girls to compete with the others in a series of mini games. The ultimate goal is to win the right to ask the guy that all three girls are in love with to the school dance. The game has a three player option as well, where two other people can play the other two girls.Wedding Peach games have also been released for the Game Boy and PlayStation.