Wedding Peach

**Wedding Peach** is an anime based off a Manga of the same name, 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 (Wedding Peach DX) in 1996. 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.

## Wedding Peach (Anime)

### Produced by

Hirofumi UmeshitaKeisuke IwataTakao Asaga

## More Info

### Written by

Hideki SonadaKenji TeradaShikichi OhashiSukehiro Tomita

## 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.

## Characters

### Love Angels

* Momoko Hanasaki/Wedding Peach- (Voiced By Kyoko Hikami (Japanese) & Larissa Wolcott In English): The central character of the series, Momoko is petite. With Limone and Aphrodite coming to her aid, she is then given the power to transform into Wedding Peach, the legendary Love Angel. As Wedding Peach, she is tasked with fighting devils intent on destroying the Love Wave. As simply Momoko, she is a freshman of Hanazono Junior High, a photographer of the Newspaper Club, and like many other girls at school, has a massive crush on Yanagiba Kazuya, captain of the soccer team. but she also begins to like fellow freshman Yousuke Fuuma. She uses the Saint Miroir to transform into Wedding Peach and uses it to purify devils. She can also summon the Saint Crystal from her ruby ring to absorb the devils' attacks and turn it into a love wave. She holds the ruby ring known as the "Something Old" from her mother, which is one of the four parts of the Saint Something Four from the Angel World and responsible the inheritance of love. Her Japanese name Momoko means "Peach".
* Yuri Tanima/Angel Lily- voiced by: Yukana Nogami (Japanese); Carla Witt (English): One of Momoko's best friends, Yuri is known for being a high-class girl, speaking politely at all times, and is generally the most well-mannered in their group. Like Momoko, Yuri can transform into a Love Angel (Lily), reborn on Earth as a human. In the manga, Yuri is stated to be 1/4 French. She use the Saint Lip Liner to transform into Angel Lily and makes a rainbow-like ribbon to tangle up opponents. Once she obtains the Something Blue, She can also summon a rod from her blue earrings to create a star attack. Her Japanese name Yuri means "Lily".
* Hinagiku Tamano/ Angel Daisy- Voiced by: Yuko Miyamura (Japanese); Heather Kafka (English): Another of Momoko's best friends, Hinagiku is a short-haired, rough-speaking tomboy who practices judo. Her family consists of her mother, father and younger brother, and they all live atop their flower shop. Like Momoko and Yuri, Hinagiku is a Love Angel (Daisy), reborn on Earth as a human. She use the Saint Pendule to transform into Angel Daisy and creates a blizzard to disorientate enemies and freeze upcoming obstacles. Once she obtains the Something Borrowed, She can also summon a rod to create a wind attack. Her Japanese name Hinagiku means "daisy".
* Scarlet O'Hara/Angel Saliva- Voiced by: Yuka Imai (Japanese); T. Lynn Mikeska (English): The fourth Love Angel to appear in the series. She assumes the name of Scarlet O'Hara while in the human world. When she's transformed, she mostly uses the Saint Pure Sword to cut her enemies, while she has also been shown to shoot fire and energy from the weapon as well. She holds the tiara known as the "Something New". Scarlet's history varies between the anime and the original manga. In the anime, her approach to defeating the devils is radically different from the other angels. Her main objective is to eradicate the devils after one of her close friends, Freesia, is killed off by one of them. The other angels eventually get her to stop her old ways, and are able to team up with the bond they have towards the end of the series and into the OVA. In the manga, She is a reincarnated angel like Yuri and Hinagiku, and is a half-Japanese returnee student from America who gained the memories of being an angel as a young girl, the first Love Angel to do so. She moves to Japan in order to be closer to the other Love Angels. She holds a grudge against devils because they killed Celeste, the angel she, Lily and Daisy were tasked to protect. While she tries to be a friend to her fellow Angels, she still feels the need to warn Momoko away from Yousuke. Eventually, she comes to accept their love, and at the end of the series, looks forward to finding a romance of her own. In the manga epilogue, she marries her childhood friend from America, Dean Butler. Her name is a reference to Scarlett O'Hara from the novel Gone With The Wind

### Other Angels

* Kazuya Yanagiba/Limone- Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese); Brian Jepson (English): Yanagiba Kazuya is the captain of Hanazono Junior High's captain team, known throughout the school for his good looks, smarts and athleticism, thus 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. For the most part of the series, Yanagiba plays the part of the kind senpai who seems to be way out of the Angels' league, until his true identity is revealed later on. Limone (which means lemon in Italian) is a powerful Senior Angel sent by Aphrodite to watch over Momoko and the others, granting them assistance whenever he is able. To remain close to them, he takes the form of Yanagiba Kazuya, although in this form, he has no memory of the Love Angels or that he is one himself until later in the season. This is so he could evade the devils' detection. In the manga, he was always aware of the Love Angels' existence and took a different identity only to remain close to them. A hundred years ago in the Angel World, he and Lily fell in love amid the war between Angels and Demons. Their romance was brief, but it was strong enough to continue into their present lives. In the anime, upon remembering their past relationship, Yanagiba and Yuri (with Momoko and Hinagiku's blessing) continued where they left off, but this again was cut short when Limone sacrificed his life to protect the Human World from a massive attack by a strong devil named Petora. Aphrodite was able to bring him back, but the shock has caused him to lose his memories as Limone and of Yuri, much to the latter's grief. Near the end of the series, he is able to revert to being Limone, and together with the Angels and Viento, confronted Reine Devila for a final battle. In the aftermath, he expressed a desire to enjoy his life as simply Yanagiba Kazuya, which Aphrodite gladly granted. In the manga, he and Yuri marry ten years later.
* Aphrodite- Voiced by: Mako Hyōdō (Japanese); Catherine Berry (English): 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. She is the sister of Angel Celeste, Momoko's mother, and considered Momoko's aunt respectively. In Wedding Peach DX, it is revealed after defeating Raindevila that Aphrodite erased the Love Angels, Limone’s, Yousuke’s, and Takuro’s memories of anything to do with angels and devils in order for them to live normal lives again. She then makes the Love Angel's memories known again due to the revolting devils, with the exception of Limone.
* Sakura Hanasaki/Celeste- Voiced by: Chiharu Suzuka (Japanese); Marla Kanoff (English): 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. She begins to use the name Sakura. On Earth she falls in love with Hanasaki Shouichirou, a young photographer. They have a child together, named Momoko. Three years later, Limone finds Celeste and restores her memory. Celeste says goodbye to her family and leaves. She vanishes, leaving behind her ring, which is part of the Saint Something Four, the Something Old. She then returns to the angel world to protect it and falls into a deep sleep. Celeste returns after waking from the energies of the Saint Something Four to tell Momoko of her past. She is given permission by Aphrodite to spend one day on Earth. However, she uses up more energy saving Momoko from a brainwashed Viento, and again falls to sleep. In the final episode after defeating Raindevila, she awakes and returns to a normal family life in the OVA. In Wedding Peach DX, Celeste is aware of Momoko’s former identity as a Love Angel. In episode 4 of the OVA, Celeste helps Momoko and the others get back into their bodies after being switched by the devil Dr. Belphegor. In the manga, her past differs: she is killed along with Lily, Daisy and Salvia and reincarnated 100 years later. She falls in love with Momoko's father, but remembers her past and returns to the angel world. The barrier she erected, however, prevents her from meeting or contacting her daughter. Momoko initially has doubts about her mother as she traces Celeste's legacy, but her mother finally gets through and sends a brief message that she has faith in her and will be able to meet her if the threat of the devils is removed and the barrier is dissolved. Eventually after the defeat of Raindevila, Momoko and her mother have a tearful reunion.

### Devils

* Raindevila- Voiced by: Mika Doi (Japanese); Lainie Frasier (English): The leader of the devil world (her name is French for "Queen Devil"). Her greatest desire is to destroy all love and subjugate the angel world. In the anime, it is revealed that years ago she ventured into the Angel World and fell in love with an angel at first sight, who later became another angel's husband. With that event, they both unknowingly banished Raindevila from the Angel World. Ever since, Reine Devila has wanted to kill all those who love. Her backstory and subplot do not exist in the manga; she is simply depicted as a tyrannical ruler. In the anime, she is purified and lives as a normal devil, while in the manga, she is purified and put in a long sleep. It is hoped on waking that she will protect the Devil World the way Aphrodite protects the Angel World.
* Pluie - Voiced by: Kazuki Yao (Japanese); Ben Wolfe (English): 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 (in the anime). He is destroyed by the angels in the manga. In the anime, before his demise, he appears to have hints of feelings for Aquelda, protecting her before she was killed, and reaching out to save her when she was caught in the Angel's love wave.
* Jama-P - Voiced by: Miwa Matsumoto (Japanese); Bill Wise (English): A cute and small devil that served as Pluie's sidekick until he was purified by Wedding Peach, and subsequently forced out of the devil realm. Jama-P is often humorously picked on by the Angels (mostly Hinagiku), but sticks around as their closest ally. He becomes a resident to Momoko's house, and pretends to be a stuffed toy when others are around.
* Aquelda- Voiced by: Rica Fukami (Japanese); Alexis Chadow (English): Aquelda is the second of Raindevila’s primary followers, only appearing in the anime. Her main goal was to follow Raindevila’s commands while also making money in the human world, most of the time cheating people out of their money. In episode 14 of the anime, Pluie saves her from being discarded from Raindevila and is allowed to live. She steals Momoko’s ring and brings it to Pluie, finding it to be a part of the Saint Something Four. She joins Pluie in one last battle, but is purified by Wedding Peach. It’s implied that she had feelings for Pluie before she was defeated.
* Sandra- Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Robert Newell (English): Sandra is the third of Raindevila’s primary followers, only appearing in the anime. He sends out the three devils Noise, Blitz, and Cloud to find the Saint Something Four. As the episodes progress, one by one they are purified, including Sandra’s side devil Donna. In episode 22, Sandra locates and kidnaps Jama-P to lure out the love angels, which ultimately backfires and is purified by Wedding Peach.
* Noise- Voiced by: Chieko Honda (Japanese); Julia Smith (English)
* Blitz- Voiced by: Chisa Yokoyama (Japanese); Laurie Gallardo (English)
* Cloud- Voiced by: Michiko Neya (Japanese); Cyndi Williams (English)
* Igneous- Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese); Nicholas Keene (English) Igneous is the fourth of Raindevila's primary followers (second in the manga) to appear in the story. He is a fire demon from the tribe of Hima. He is a sneaky and manipulative demon who doesn't like to get his hands dirty and usually has his minions fight for him before he goes in for the kill. He makes a pact with Takuro and takes residence in his heart and controls his body. He starts to like peace and quiet and actually sees Takuro as a friend, though he doesn't admit saying he is a member of the fire demon tribe. He is later killed by Potamos. Before he dies, he goes to Takuro and releases him from his contract. He then tells Takuro that he actually started to become fond of him. As he passes he looks at the moon and admits that it is beautiful.
* Potamos- Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese); Jenny Larson (English): The fifth of Raindevila's primary followers (third in the manga) to appear in the story. She comes to help Igneous and has a crush on him, but later in the series kills him for turning soft by the love angels and falling for Yousuke. Potamos is later turned good by Wedding Peach and becomes an ordinary school girl. She becomes a love angel in the second special. In the manga, Potamos tries to take revenge for Igneous but falls in love with Yousuke/Viento because of his devil energy, even calling him "V-kun". She eventually returns him to his father, but when Yousuke rebels against his father and Uragano attacks, Potamos shields Viento and Peach with her body and sacrifices her life to save him, leading Peach to realize she had truly loved him.
* Petora- Voiced by: Kenyu Horiuchi (Japanese); David Stokey (English): Petora was the sixth of Raindevila's primary followers, only appearing in the anime. He was originally a very brutal devil to the point Queen Raindevila sealed him away in stone. His seal is lifted and is ordered by Raindevila to defeat the love angels and to find the Saint Something Four. His power starts off very weak and relies on sucking the love wave from people to harness more power. He becomes the new principal at Saint Hanazano campus in search of the love angels. In episode 42 of the anime, he gets back his complete devil power, and goes to attack Momoko and Yousuke after seeing them together. Raindevila assists him by summoning the vortex of destruction. He tries to throw Limone into the vortex, but is taken in with him, bringing his demise.
* Kachusha- Voiced by: Yuriko Yamaguchi (Japanese); Andrea Osborne (English): Kachusha was the seventh of Raindevila's primary followers, only appearing in the anime. Her main mission was to awaken Viento by injecting negative energy into Yousuke. She gets purified by Wedding Peach in episode 46.
* Yousuke Fuuma/Viento- Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (Japanese); Gray Haddock (English) The freshman goalie on the school soccer team. He enjoys teasing Momoko, calling her "Momopi" and making fun of her small stature and round face, but eventually begins to have feelings for her. Because they are both vehemently in denial of their feelings to each other, it takes quite a while for them to get together. When they finally did, however, their happiness is short-lived as it is soon revealed that Yousuke has inherited his late father's demonic blood.: Viento, as he is came to be known in the Demon World, is the heir to the Rafaal Tribe, and holds the power to destroy the Love Angels and what is left of the Angel World. Reine Devila aims to capture him for this very reason, but with Wedding Peach's help, he is able to break free from the evil within him, and through the love they share, they are able to purify the world of all demons, even Reine Devila herself. As requested by Wedding Peach, Yousuke's demonic powers get sealed by Aphrodite, and he restarts his relationship with Momoko as a normal human. In the manga, they marry ten years later along with their friends.
* Uragano- Voiced by: Masashi Sugawara (Japanese); Robert Kraft (English)
* Jura- Voiced by: Rihoko Yoshida (Japanese); Rachel Rivera (English)
* Hatred- Voiced by: Motoko Kumai (Japanese); Angela Rivera (English)
* Odio- Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa (Japanese); Shannon Grounds (English)
* Oros- Voiced by: Megumi Tano (Japanese); Shannon Grounds (English)
* Spider Woman- Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese); Lainie Frasier (English)
* Oasis- Voiced by: Jouji Nakata (Japanese); Ken Webster (director) (English)
* Golden Mask- Voiced by: Brian Jepson
* Belphegor - Voiced by: Kazuki Yao (Japanese); Brian Jepson (English)
* Chocolate Golem- Voiced by: Bill Wise

### Supporting Characters

* Shoichirou Hanasaki - Voiced by: Kazuhiro Nakata (Japanese); Peter Malof (English): Shoichirou is the husband of Sakura and the father of Momoko. He is a professional photographer. He met Sakura after she fell down to Earth and lost her memory. They fell in love and get married. They later have Momoko. Once Sakura regains her memory as Celeste, she leaves to go back to the Angel World, but not before telling Shoichirou to take care of Momoko for her. He has no knowledge about the angels and devils and doesn't know that his wife and daughter are also love angels.
* Takuro Amano Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Josh Meyer (English) The smartest student at school, constantly placing the top spot on all class rankings, and is also Hinagiku's childhood friend. Desiring to be stronger and more confident, Takuro makes a pact with the demon, Igneous, who takes residence in his heart and controls his body at times. At first he saw it as a burden, but starts to see Igneous as a friend. When Igneous comes to him before he dies and breaks their pact, Takuro tries everything he can to save him, even going to the Love Angels for help. In the anime, he had a crush on Momoko, while in the manga, his constant stalking of Momoko led many to believe he liked her but in fact wanted to impress Hinagiku. In the manga, he later marries Hinagiku.
* Dean Butler is a childhood friend of Scarlet back in America. In the manga, he eventually marries Scarlet. He only appears in the manga. His name is a reference to Rhett Butler from the novel, Gone with the Wind.

## Anime

The 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 (Deluxe) was released from November 1996 to March 1997. ADV Films licensed the anime in 2003 and released the anime in ten DVDs

## Theme Songs

### Opening Themes

"Dreaming Angels" (Eps. 1-27) Lyrics: Miho Matsuba / Composer: Ritsuko Okazaki / Arrangement: Masaki Iwamoto / Vocals: FURIL (Kyōko Hikami, Yūko Miyamura, Yukana Nogami) (Star Child Records)

"Wedding Wars-Love Is A Flame" (Eps. 28-51) Lyrics: Arisu Sato / Composer: Kanji Saito, Akira Yamato / Arrangement: Anri Sekine / Vocals: Erina Nakajima (KSS Music)

### Ending Theme

"21st Century Juliet" (Eps. 1-27) Lyrics: Yuriko Oda / Composer: Taka Kudou / Arrangement: Masaki Iwamoto / Vocals: FURIL (Star Child Records)

"Virgin Love" (Eps. 28-51) Lyrics: Arisu Sato / Composer: Kanji Saito, Akira Yamato / Arrangement: Anri Sekine / Vocals: FURIL (KSS Music)

"Sweet little love" (DX Eps. 1-4) Lyrics: Arisu Sato / Composer: Harukichi Yamamoto / Arrangement: Harukichi Yamamoto / Vocals: FURIL' (KSS Music)

## 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 (either Momoko, Yuri or Hinagiku) 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 (Yanagiba) 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 (Jama-P Panic! - 1995) and PlayStation (Wedding Peach| Doki Doki Oiro-naoshi Fashion Dai-sakusen - 1996).

## Reviews

* The Anime is Alright, The Girls Seems to Argue a lot over the same guy and then the other guy teases them, Kinda of like the first season of Sailor Moon and a lot of references between the two in terms of design and speech with the main character overall it makes it it's own anime with a bunch of crazy and odd colorful characters that can also be very scary (Review By Rebekah Rodriguez)