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Wedding Peach
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愛天使伝説ウェディング・ピーチ
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Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedingu Pīchi
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Shōjo
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Magical Girl , Romance
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is a
Shōjo Manga by
Nao Yazawa and
Sukehiro Tomita that was originally serialized in
Shogakukan 's ''
Ciao '' magazine. In
North America it is translated and published by
VIZ Media in its entirety, comprising six volumes.
The manga later was adapted into an
Anime Television Series that was directed by
Kunihiko Yuyama and ran for 51 episodes on
TV Tokyo from
April 5 ,
1995 to
March 27 ,
1996 and spawned a 4-episode
OVA sequel (''Wedding Peach DX'') in 1996.
The anime (which is co-produced by
KSS , TV Tokyo and
NAS ) is licensed for distribution in
North America by
ADV Films , and they have released both the TV series and OVA series onto a total of ten
DVD volumes.
In 2004, ''Wedding Peach: Young Love'' was released, a compilation of Wedding Peach stories made specifically for the monthly magazine ''
Shogaku Sannensei '' ("Elementary School Third-grader"). 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.
The story follows Momoko Hanasaki, a junior high school girl who is in trouble between the Angel World and the Devil World. It all starts when
Aphrodite tells Momoko that she is the legendary Love Angel Wedding Peach, and that she will take the place of her mother, Sakura, in finding and protecting the "Saint Something Four", after a devil named Pluie tries to steal Momoko's mother's ring. Now she must protect the sanctity of love from Reine Devila and her minions. Her friends, the other Love Angels, are Yuri Tanima (Angel Lily), Hinagiku Tamano (Angel Daisy), and
Scarlet O'Hara (Angel Salvia). She also has Jama-P, who originally was a minion of Raindevila. Momoko is in love with Yousuke who is, unknowingly, a half-devil warrior of a tribe in the Devil World named Viento; Yousuke's father, coincidentally, is the one who sent Celestia (Sakura) and himself to Earth in the first place. Yuri is in love with Captain Yanagiba of the
Football team, otherwise known as the angel Limone. Whilst trying to live the lives of normal Japanese middle school students, the Love Angels must protect the world with love, or live in a world filled with nothing but hate.
;/Wedding Peach
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:The central character of the series. Momoko is half-angel, and is given the power to transform into Wedding Peach, a Love Angel tasked with fighting devils intent on destroying all love in the world. Like many other girls at her school, she has a crush on Yanagiba, but eventually develops feelings for Yousuke.
;/Angel Lily
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:One of Momoko's best frinds. Yuri is very well-mannered and polite. She is in actuality Love Angel Lily,
Reborn on Earth as a human.
;/Angel Daisy
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:Another one of Momoko's close friends. Hinagiku is a rough-speaking
Tomboy who practices
Judo . Like Yuri, she was an angel reborn on Earth as a human.
;Scarlet O'Hara/Angel Salvia
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:The last of the Love Angels to appear in the series, Scarlet is a foreigner who comes to Japan with the goal of uniting with the other Love Angels, but is unforgiving towards the demons and wishes to destroy rather than rehabilitate them. Like Yuri and Hinagiku, she is an angel reincarnated as a human.
;Jama-P
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:A small demon that served as Pluie's sidekick until he was purified by Wedding Peach and subsequently forced out of the demon realm. He becomes a close friend of Momoko and pretends to be a stuffed toy when others are around.
;/Viento
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:The freshman goalie on the school soccer team. He enjoys teasing Momoko, but eventually begins to have feelings for her. Later on in the series, it is revealed to him that he is half-demon on his father's side.
;/Limone
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:Limone is a powerful angel sent by
Aphrodite to watch over Momoko and the other Love Angels, granting them assistance whenever he is able. To remain close to them, he takes the form of Yanagiba, a popular upperclassman at the school and captain of the soccer team. In the Angel World, he and Angel Lily had a very close relationship.
;Takurou
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:A frail childhood friend of Hinagiku. Desiring to be stronger and more confident, he makes a pact with a demon that takes residence in his heart and controls his body when the time is right.
;Rain Devilla
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:The leader of the demon world. Her greatest desire is to destroy all love and subjugate the angel world.
;Aphrodite
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:Goddess of love and ruler of the angel world. She is unable to leave the angel world and must rely on Peach, Limone and the other Love Angels to ward off the demons.
;Pluie
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:The first of Rain Devilla's primary henchmen to appear in the story. He enacts various schemes to both destroy love and lure out the Love Angels, but is ultimately defeated and fades away.
;Wedding Peach Furil
# Lucky & Happy
# Anata no Tenshi ni Nariotai
# Intermission I
# Because You're here
# Exciting For You
# Yume Miru Ai Tenshi
# Intermission II
# Hold me Inside Your Pupil
# I've wanted to see you for a long time
# Intermission III
# 21 Seiki no Juliet
# Love & Beauty in this Breast
;Wedding Peach - Memories
# Wedding Wars (TV-Version)
# Serenade I
# Wedding-Beautiful-Flower
# Angel-Amour-Peach
# Saint-Crystal-Love For You I
# Saint-Crystal-Love For You II
# Love & Beauty in that Breast
# Open the Door of Hope
# Peach-Daisy-Lily
# To the Future
# Serenade II (Hinagiku Tamano)
# Burning Heart is Salvia's Flower Words
# Angel-Psshione-Salvia
# Cent-Puresword
# Serenade III (Yuri Tanima)
# Wedding Dream
# Cent- Something For
# He who is leaving I
# Can't Forgettable Thoughts
# He who is leaving II
# Reunion
# Serenade IV (Yosuke Kazama)
# Bridge Collection I
# Bridge Collection II
# Serenade V (Jama-pi)
# Student Changed School,
# Hiromi Kawanami
# Like --- Devil !
# Insentient - Rules of the World of Spirits
# Evil Tree
# Supreme Ruler in Evil World
# Eye Catch I
# Eye Catch II
# Serenade VI (Kazuya Yanagiba)
# Dreaming Girl
# Following the Longing Guy
# Friends are Rival
# Group of Three will be Cheerful Tomorrow
# Serenade VII (Scarlet O'Hara)
# Virgin Love (TV Size)
;Wedding Peach - Summer Carnival
# Merry Angel (Furil)
# Koi ha Prism (Hikami Kyoko)
# Datte, Koidamon (Mitsuishi Kotono)
# Sweet-Little Love (Furil)
# Sound Drama: "Manatsu no Yoru no Mystery" (Mystery in Midsummer)
;Wedding Peach - Dream Collection
# Wedding Wars (Nakajima Erina)
# Virgin Love (Furil)
# Miracle of 1:one million (Imai Yuka)
# Kisetsu ga Kureta Jewel (Furil)
# Funk Jama-pee (Matsumoto Miwa)
# Monochrome (Furil)
# Sound Drama: "Taiikusai ha Daisoudou" (School Athletics is Disturbing)
A
Super Famicom game was released only in Japan in 1995. In the game, the player plays as one of the three main girls (either Momoko, Yuri or Hinagiku) to compete with each other in a series of mini games. The ultimate goal is to win the competition over the other two girls so that the player who won the competition can ask the guy that all three girls are in love with (Yanagiba) to the school dance. The game has a three player option as well, where two other people can play the other two girls that you did not pick. The
Fan Translation of the game changes some of the character's names to Western names; for example, Yanagiba's name is changed to Tim.
''Wedding Peach'' games have also been released for the
Game Boy (''Jama-P Panic!'' - 1995) and
Playstation (''Wedding Peach: Doki Doki Oiro-naoshi Fashion Dai-sakusen'' - 1996).
