Wedding Peach
愛天使伝説ウェディング・ピーチ (Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedingu Pīchi)
Genre	Magical girl, Romance
Manga
Author	Sukehiro Tomita Nao Yazawa
Publisher	Shogakukan
Other publishers: VIZ Media Editorial Ivrea Egmont Manga & Anime Star Comics
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Ciao
Original run	1994 – 1996
Volumes	6
TV anime
Director	Kunihiko Yuyama
Studio	KSS
Network	TV Tokyo, NAS
Other networks: ABS-CBN, Solar USA Indosiar The Anime Network Italia 1 RTL 2 CTS, ETTV Entertainment, CTN Da-di MBC
Original run	5 April 1995 – 27 March 1996
Episodes	51 plus 2 omakes
Original video animation
Wedding Peach DX
Director	Kunihiko Yuyama
Studio	KSS
Licensor	ADV Films Dynamic Italia ACOG
Released	1996
Episodes	4
Game
Publisher	KSS
Platform	Super Famicom
Released	1995-09-25
Game
Jama-P Panic!
Publisher	KSS
Genre	puzzle
Platform	Game Boy
Released	1995-12-08
Game
Wedding Peach: Doki Doki Oiro-naoshi Fashion Dai-sakusen
Publisher	KSS
Platform	Playstation
Released	1996-09-27
Manga
Wedding Peach: Young Love
Author	Nao Yazawa
Publisher	Shogakukan
Other publishers: VIZ Media
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Shōgaku Sannensei
Original run	2004 – ongoing
Volumes	1
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Wedding Peach (愛天使伝説ウェディング・ピーチ, Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedingu Pīchi^?, literally "Legend of the Angel of Love: Wedding Peach") 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.^[1]

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 ^[2] as well as 2 omakes : Ai Tenshi Robot: Wedding Peach and Ai Tenshi Sentai and spawned a 4-episode OVA sequel (Wedding Peach DX) in 1996. ^[3]

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").^[4] 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.

Series overview

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 Raindevila and her minions.

Her friends, the other Love Angels, are Yuri Tanima (Angel Lily) and Hinagiku Tamano (Angel Daisy). She also has Jama-P, who originally was a minion of Raindevila. Momoko is in love with Yosuke who is, unknowingly, a half-devil warrior of the Rafaal tribe in the Devil World named Viento; Yosuke's father, coincidentally, is the one who sent Celeste (Sakura) and himself to Earth in the first place. Yuri is in love with Captain Yanagiba of the soccer team, otherwise known as the angel Limone.

While 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.

Characters

Momoko Hanasaki (花咲 ももこ, Hanasaki Momoko^?)/Wedding Peach

Voiced by: Kyoko Hikami (Japanese), Larissa Wolcott (English)

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 Yosuke.

Yuri Tanima (谷間 ゆり, Tanima Yuri^?)/Angel Lily

Voiced by: Yukana Nogami (Japanese), Carla Witt (English)

One of Momoko's best friends. Yuri is very well-mannered and polite. She is actually the Love Angel Lily, reborn on Earth as a human. Angel Lily's Speech:

"In the language of flowers the name of the pure lily is special. It means it will bloom and grant love."

Hinagiku Tamano (珠野 ひなぎく, Tamano Hinagiku^?)/Angel Daisy

Voiced by: Yuko Miyamura (Japanese), Heather Kafka (English)

Another one of Momoko's close friends. Hinagiku is a short-haired rough-speaking tomboy who practices judo. Like Yuri, she was an angel reborn on Earth as a human. Angel Daisy's Speech:

"The Daisy is the emblem of the innocent heart. Its power can withstand even the most evil wind."

Scarlet Ohara/Angel Salvia

Voiced by: Yuka Imai (Japanese), T. Lynn Mikeska (English)

The last and eldest 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 devils and wishes to destroy rather than rehabilitate them. She is the only Love Angel to not have a human history. In the series, it is revealed that she has no friends because she did not want to be emotionally hard after a devil killed her friend. It stated that she had a relationship with a rich man in Wedding Peach DX Episode #2. It also stated at the end of Wedding Peach DX Episode 4 she was shown to given a valentine to Jama-P, showing that she and Jama-P may have a small relationship.

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. He becomes a close friend of Momoko and pretends to be a stuffed toy when others are around. At the end of Wedding Peach DX episode 4 it was shown that Salvia giving him a valentine noting he may have a small crush on her.

Yosuke Fuuma (風摩 ようすけ, Fuuma Yosuke^?)/Viento (Spanish for wind)

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (Japanese), Gray Haddock (English)

The freshman goalie on the school soccer team. He enjoys teasing Momoko such as calling her Momopi instead of Momoko, but eventually begins to have feelings for her. Later on in the series, it is revealed that he is half-devil on his father's side. He and Momoko are a cute couple =)

Kazuya Yanagiba (柳葉 和也, Yanagiba Kazuya^?)/Limone

Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese), Brian Jepson (English)

Limone (which means lemon in Italian) 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.

Takuro Amano

Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi

A frail childhood friend of Hinagiku. Desiring to be stronger and more confident, he makes a pact with Igneous, who takes residence in his heart and controls his body when the time is right.

Rain Devilla

Voiced by: Mika Doi (Japanese), Lainie Frasier (English)

The leader of the devil world. Her greatest desire is to destroy all love and subjugate the angel world. It is then revealed that years ago she ventured into the Angel World and falls in love with a angel in first sight, who later became Aphrodite's husband in which they both unknowingly banished Rain Devilla out of the Angel World.

Aphrodite

Voiced by: Mako Hyōdō (Japanese), Catherine Berry (English)

Goddess of love 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, the mother of Momoko Hanasaki.

Pluie

Voiced by: Kazuki Yao (Japanese), Ben Wolfe (English)

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 eventually he was sucked into the vortex of destruction as punishment for countlesss defeats by Queen Rain Devilla.

Kawanami Hiromi/Potamos/Angel Potamos

Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese), Jenny M. Larson (English)

The Third of Rain Devilla's henchmen to appear in the story. She comes to help out Igneous but later in the series kills him for turning soft by the love angels and falls for Yousuke at first sight. Potamos is later turned good by Wedding Peach and lives a life as an ordinary school girl. She becomes a love angel during the second omake: Ai Tenshy Sentai. She is later brought back in WeddingPeach DX episode 3

Sakura Hanasaki/Angel Celeste

Voiced by: Chiharu Suzuka (Japanese), Marla Kanoff (English)

Celeste is the sister and guardian of Aphrodite. While fighting against some devils with Angels Lily, Daisy and Salvia, she was knocked down to earth. She lost her memory during the fall. She begins to use the name Sakura. On earth she fell in love with Hanasaki Shouichirou, a young photographer. They had a child together, named Momoko. Three years later, Limone finds Celeste and restores her memory. Celeste says goodbye to her family and leaves. She vanished leaving behind her ring, which is part of the Saint Something Four, the something old.

Magical Phrase

Wedding Peach

Anime

Transformations

• Wedding Beautiful Flower!

Momoko yell this spell of love while holding the Saint Miroir in her hand. The mirror opens and the love waves wrap around her and form her dress, chocker and gloves. A golden tiara appear on her head, then her veil and finally her bouquet.

• Wedding Change! Bridal Dress Change! Angel Amour Peach!

The Saint Miroir opens and send a flash of white light which illuminates the dress which then disappear, leaving Peach with only a pink fabric covering her torso. Golden shoulder pads appear, then a golden bracelet wrap around her right thigh fallowed by a golden M-shaped headband. An ornament appear on her breast and finally her skirt.

• Wedding Beautiful Flower! (OVA)

Pink ribbons wrap around Peach, then in flash of white light, her Wedding Angel outfit appear. A circle of light appear on the ground then goes up, taking Peach's Wedding Angel outfit whit it and leaving her DX's Fighter Angel outfit in replacement.

Attacks

• Lovely Operation Tempête

In her Wedding Angel form, Peach turn around while her bouquet transform into the Lovely Operation which then send its love waves. In her Fighter Angel form she simply makes the Lovely Operation appear in her hand by saying its name.

• Saint Miroir Bridal Flash

Peach use the Saint Miroir to send an heart-shaped flash of pink light toward her target.

• Bridal Kick

Peach gives her a target a severe kick.

• Saint Crystal! Wedding Engagement Gift! Saint Crystal Love For You

Peach use her Ruby Ring (the Saint Something Old) to call upon the Saint Crystal which emerge from the ring's ruby's red light, Peach then grab the Saint Crystal in her hand and use it to capture the waves of hatred send by her enemies and change them into love waves which she then send back at her target, purifying them.

• Cut The Cake Blade (Omake)

In her Wedding Angel Robot form, Peach Robot her Cut The Cake Blade to cut her enemy in two.

• Saint Miroir Bridal Flash Deluxe (Omake)

In her Fighter Angel Robot Form, Peach Robot use the Saint Miroir Deluxe to send an even powerful version of the Bridal Flash.

• Saint Honeymoon Attack (Omake)

This is a team attack, the love angels each contribute with one of their items; Peach with the Saint Crystal, Lily with the Saint Strahl, Daisy with the Saint Tornade, Salvia with The Saint Pure Sword and Potamos with the Lovely Operation which Peach let her borrow. With these items the create the Super Lovely Magnum which send a massive blast of love wave.

• Saint Grenade Crystal! Heart Impact (OVA)

The Love angels each contribute their love waves to Peach, who then shoots these concentrated waves at the enemy with her pistol (The Heart Impact). Not an individual attack.

• Saint Feathers Impulse (OVA)

Peach grab the Saint Feathers and trow them at her enemy.

Manga

Transformation

• Wedding Beautiful Flower! Angel Amour Peach-to transform

Attack

• Bridal Flash
• Saint Mirror Bridal Flash
• Lovely Peach Tempest
• Wedding Peach Cut
• Wedding Kick
• Saint Crystal Love For You
• Wedding Bells
• Lovely Operation Tempest

Angel Lily

Anime

Transformation

• Wedding Graceful Flower! Angel Precious Lily-to transform
• Wedding Graceful Flower! (OVA)

Attack

• Saint Lipliner Lily Rainbow
• Lily Kick
• Candle Service Fire (Omake)

This is an attack perform by both Lily and Daisy in the omake Ai Tenshi Robot: Wedding Peach in which they use candles to send powerful fire blasts at the target. It is however unknown if this attack can be perform by only one of them.

• The Veil Of A Maiden's Shyness! Saint Strahl Stardust
• Exploding Kick (Omake)
• Saint Spiral Whip (OVA)

Manga

Transformation

• Wedding Beautiful Flower! Angel Precious Lily-to transform

Attack

• Lily Rainbow
• Sacred Lipliner Lily Rainbow
• Sacred Stardust Sceptre
• Rainbow Veil
• Lily Rainbow Light Shower

Angel Daisy

Anime

Transformation

• Wedding Attractive Flower! Angel Courage Daisy-to transform
• Wedding Attractive Flower! (OVA)

Attack

• Saint Pendule Daisy Blizzard
• Daisy Punch
• Candle Service Fire (Omake)

This is an attack perform by both Lily and Daisy in the omake Ai Tenshi Robot: Wedding Peach in which they use candles to send powerful fire blasts at the target. It is however unknown if this attack can be perform by only one of them.

• Memorial Candle Of Love! Saint Tornade Dreaming
• Saint Rolling Boomerang (OVA)
• Kame Hame Turtle (Omake)

Manga

Transformation

• Wedding Beautiful Flower! Angel Courage Daisy-to transform

Attack

• Daisy Blizzard
• Sacred Pendulum Daisy Blizzard
• Sacred Tornado Dreams

Angel Salvia

• Wedding Excellent Flower! Angel Passionate Salvia-to transform

The incantation Scarlet uses to transform into Angel Salvia. When Scarlet shouts this phrase she immediately loses her casual clothes, is encircled by glowing love waves, before being clad in a purple wedding dress. In English this transformation is also dubbed as "Excellent Wedding Flower!". Angel Salvia shouts this phrase to transform into her Fighter Angel form. She loses the wedding dress and the Saint Something New fixes itself to her forehead. A few red bolts of electricity later and she gains her battle outfit. In English this oironaoshi is also dubbed as

"Bridal Change, Wedding Dress Transform! Angel Passionate Salvia!".

• Wedding Excellent Flower! (OVA)

This version of Scarlet's original transformation phrase is used in the DX series. Although the phrase is the same, the sequence is different. As her image flower glows in the background, a nude Scarlet is clad first in her wedding dress, then her battle outfit. In English this transformation is also dubbed as "Excellent Wedding Flower!".

• Saint Pure Sword

The phrase Salvia shouts to summon her weapon, the Saint Pure Sword. This is also used as an attacking phrase when Salvia brandishes her weapon in battle.

• Saint Pure Sword Bridal Fire

This attack involves Salvia channeling a large quantity of love waves through her sword, before releasing them in a blazing frontal assault.

• Sacred Pure Sword Passionate Cake Cut (Manga)

In the manga this attack looks more like a lightning bolt hitting the intended victim.

• Passionate no Cake Cut

Jounetsu no Cake Cut!Phrase Salvia uses to releases love waves in quick succession from her sword.

• Saint Twin Sword (OVA)

Salvia shouts this phrase to summon her Twin Swords which can then be used in battle as either plain weapons, or devices to emanate love waves.

• Almond Dust (Omake)

Magical Items

• Saint Something Four

A jewelry box which contain the love wave of all the four pieces of the Saint Something Four.

• Super Lovely Magnum

A gigantic instrument which is created by mixing Salvia's Saint Pure Sword, Lily's Saint Strahl, Daisy's Saint Tornade and Peach's Saint Crystal and Lovely Operation.

Wedding Peach

Anime

• Bouquet-Lovely Operation
• Saint Miroir
• Peach Robot (Omake)
• Cut The Cake Blade (Omake)
• Saint Miroir Deluxe (Omake)
• Ruby Ring-Saint Something Old
• Saint Crystal
• Saint Grenade Crystal (OVA)
• Heart Impact (OVA)

Manga

• Sacred Mirror
• Sacred Camera
• Wedding Sword
• Ruby Ring-Sacred Something Old
• Sacred Crystal
• Sacred Flower Sword
• Lovely Operation

Angel Lily

Anime

• Saint Lipliner
• Lily Robot (Omake)
• Candle Service (Omake)
• Blue Earrings-Saint Something Blue
• Saint Strahl
• Saint Spiral Whip (OVA)

Manga

• Sacred Lipliner
• Blue Earrings-Sacred Something Blue
• Sacred Sceptre

Angel Daisy

Anime

• Saint Pendule
• Daisy Robot (Omake)
• Candle Service (Omake)
• Borrowed Pendant-Saint Something Borrowed
• Saint Tornade
• Saint Rolling Boomerangs (OVA)

Manga

• Sacred Pendulum
• Borrowed Pendant-Sacred Something Borrowed
• Sacred Tornado

Angel Salvia

• Saint Pure Sword

Salvia's primary weapon is a thin rapier which the angel brandishes with pride. This item can be used to channel love waves (and send them out in "attacks") or simply as a normal sword. The Saint Pure Sword is vital to the execution of Salvia's TV and manga attacks.It is worth noting that Salvia is the only love angel without a transformation item (like Peach's Saint Miror, Lily's Saint Lipliner or Daisy's Saint Pendule). While never openly declared, this probably owes to the fact that she is a pure love angel and doesn't need a device to channel love waves in order to undergo a full transformation.

• New Tiara-Saint Something New

One of the four Sacred Something items, the Saint Something New is an elaborate tiara that rests of Salvia's forehead. In the manga she came to possess it after borrowing it from her mother to use in a school play. The final Saint Something to appear, Salvia's love waves and tiara finally unlocked the key to using the Saint Something Four in battle.

• Saint Twin Sword (OVA)

In Wedding Peach DX the Saint Pure Sword is replaced by the Saint Twin Swords, curved dual blades which vaguely resemble Salvia's original weapon. Each has a tapered handle with a blue jewel at the tip and can change length at their owner's will. When summoned, these weapons materialise from Salvia's hips.

Angel Potamos

• An unnamed P shaped transformation device

Media

Episodes

Season one

Season two

Wedding Peach DX

Sound Tracks

Wedding Peach Furil

1. "Lucky & Happy"
2. "Anata no Tenshi ni Naritai" (I want to be your angel)
3. Intermission I
4. "Anata ga Iru Kara" (Because you're here)
5. "Tokimeki Nagara For You" (When my heart pounds for you)
6. "Yume Miru Ai Tenshi" (Dreaming love angels)
7. Intermission II
8. "Hitomi no Oku ni Dakishimete" (Hold me deep in your eyes)^[5]
9. "Zutto Aitakatta" (I've wanted to see you for a long time)
10. Intermission III
11. "21 Seiki no Juliet" (21st Century Juliet)
12. "Ai to Bi o Kono Mune" (Love & beauty in my breast)

Wedding Peach - Memories

1. Wedding Wars (TV-Version)
2. Serenade I
3. Wedding Beautiful Flower
4. Angel Amour Peach
5. Saint Crystal Love For You I
6. Saint Crystal Love For You II
7. Love & Beauty in that Breast
8. Open the Door of Hope
9. Peach-Daisy-Lily
10. To the Future
11. Serenade II (Hinagiku Tamano)
12. In the Language of Flowers, Salvia Means a Burning Heart
13. Angel Passionate Salvia
14. Saint Pure Sword
15. Serenade III (Yuri Tanima)
16. Wedding Dream
17. Saint Something Four
18. He who is Leaving I
19. Thoughts that Can't Be Forgotten
20. He who is Leaving II
21. Reunion
22. Serenade IV (Yosuke Kazama)
23. Bridge Collection I
24. Bridge Collection II
25. Serenade V (Jama-pi)
26. Transfer Student
27. Hiromi Kawanami
28. Like --- Devil !
29. Insentient - Rules of the World of Spirits
30. Evil Tree
31. Supreme Ruler of the Evil World
32. Eye Catch I
33. Eye Catch II
34. Serenade VI (Kazuya Yanagiba)
35. Dreaming Girl
36. Following the Longing Guy
37. Friends are Rival
38. We Three will be Cheerful Tomorrow
39. Serenade VII (Scarlet O'Hara)
40. Virgin Love (TV Size)

Wedding Peach - Summer Carnival

1. Merry Angel (Furil)
2. "Koi wa Prism" (Love is a prism) (Hikami Kyoko)
3. "Datte, Koi da mon" (Because it's love) (Mitsuishi Kotono)
4. Sweet-Little Love (Furil)
5. Sound Drama: "Manatsu no Yoru no Mystery" (Mystery in Midsummer)

Wedding Peach - Dream Collection

1. Wedding Wars (Nakajima Erina)
2. Virgin Love (Furil)
3. "Ichiokuichi no kiseki" (Miracle of one in a million) (Imai Yuka)
4. "Kisetsu ga Kureta Jewel" (The jewel the season gave us) (Furil)
5. Funk Jama-pi (Matsumoto Miwa)
6. Monochrome (Furil)
7. Sound Drama: "Taiikusai ha Daisoudou" (School Athletics is Disturbing)

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 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.

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).

References

External links

• Official anime website by ADV Films
• Wedding Peach (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Wedding Peach at the Internet Movie Database
• Wedding Peach at TV.com