Wedding Peach (愛天使伝説ウェディングピーチ) is a Japanese 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 two omakes, Ai Tenshi Robot Wedding Peach and Ai Tenshi Sentai and a 4-episode OVA sequel (Wedding Peach DX) in 1996.
Wedding Peach Young Love, a compilation of Wedding Peach stories made specifically for the monthly magazine Shogaku Sannensei (lit. 'Third grade elementary school student'), was released in 2004. It features younger-looking characters, less complex storylines, and simpler dialogue.
In 2021, Tomita released a Visual Novel, Sequel to Wedding Peach, titled Ai Tenshi Seiki Wedding Apple. Which features five new women as love angels in a modern telling of where Wedding peach left off. [3] [4] [5] [6]
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. They all have a crush on the star player Kazuya Yanagiba.
On their way home from school one day, the trio 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. He is from the angel world and gives Momoko a compact case. Opening the compact, she is told by the goddess 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 and later Scarlet O'Hara also find out that they are also love angels and the three (later four) must protect the humans from the devils and defeat Raindevila.
Characters
Love Angels
- Momoko Hanasaki (花咲 ももこ) / Wedding Peach (ウェディングピーチ)
- Momoko is the main character of the series. With Limone and Aphrodite coming to her aid, she is given the power to transform into Wedding Peach, the legendary Love Angel. In Hanazono Junior High, Momoko is a photographer of the Newspaper Club and has a massive crush on Kazuya Yanagiba, captain of the soccer team.
- Yuri Tanima (谷間 ゆり) / Angel Lily (エンジェルリリィ)
- One of Momoko's best friends, Yuri is a rich girl who normally speaks politely. Like Momoko, Yuri can transform into a Love Angel (Lily), reborn on Earth as a human.
- Hinagiku Tamano (珠野 ひなぎく) / Angel Daisy (エンジェルデイジー)
- Hinagiku is a tomboy with a rough way of speaking who practices judo. Her family owns a flower shop.
Other Angels
- Kazuya Yanagiba (柳葉 和也) / Limone (リモーネ)
- Kazuya is captain of Hanazono Junior High's soccer team known for being good-looking and smart, capturing the hearts of many female students. Momoko, Yuri, and Hinagiku would often resort to crazy means to garner his attention, but he remains blissfully oblivious to almost all of their attempts.
- Aphrodite (アフロディーテ)
- Goddess of love and beauty and ruler of the angel world. She is unable to leave the angel world and must rely on Limone and the Love Angels to ward off the devils. Aphrodite is the sister of Angel Celeste, Momoko's mother, and considered Momoko's aunt respectively.
- Sakura Hanasaki (花咲さくら)/Celeste (セレーソ)
- Celeste is the sister and guardian of Aphrodite. While fighting against devils with Angels Lily, Daisy and Salvia, she was knocked down to earth, losing her memory. Celeste begins to use the name Sakura. On Earth, she falls in love with Shoichiro anasaki, a young photographer. They have a daughter together.
Devils
- Raindevila (レインデビラ)/Avers (アヴェルス)
- Raindevila is leader of the devil world. She aims to destroy all love and the angel world.
- Pluie (プリュイ)
- Pluie is the first of Raindevila's primary followers to appear in the story. He enacts various schemes to both destroy love and lure out the Love Angels, but eventually is sucked into the vortex of destruction as punishment for countless defeats by Raindevila.
- Jama-P (じゃ魔ピー)
- Jama-P is a small devil that served as Pluie's sidekick until he was purified by Wedding Peach, and subsequently forced out of the devil realm.
- Aquelda (アクエルダ)
- Aquelda is the second of Raindevila's primary followers, only appearing in the anime. She aims to follow Raindevila's commands while also making money in the human world, most of the time cheating people out of their money.
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 from 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 titled Wedding Peach DX (Deluxe) was released from November 1996 to March 1997. ADV Films licensed the anime in 2003 and released the anime in ten DVD.[13]
Episodes
Wedding Peach
Wedding Peach DX
Omake
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Wedding Peach DX
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Episodes
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Wedding Peach DX
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Wedding Peach DX
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External links
References
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- Sukehiro Tomita. Wedding Peach Vol. 2 VIZ Media LLC, October 2003^
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- Sukehiro Tomita. Wedding Peach, Vol. 5 Viz Media LLC, March 24, 2004^
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