is a '' shōjo''

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written by

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and illustrated by

Nao Yazawa is a Japanese manga artist born in Tokyo, Japan. Her most notable series is ''Wedding Peach'', which was made into an anime series of the same name, and was published worldwide. Since then she has worked on manga of all sorts, some of which ha ...

that was originally serialized in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics ( manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the ...

's ''

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'' magazine. In

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, it was translated and published by

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in its entirety, consisting of six volumes. The manga was later adapted into an

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directed by

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that ran for 51 episodes on

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, from April 5, 1995 to March 27, 1996 as well as 2

omake ''Omake'' (, usually written ) means ''extra'' in Japanese. Its primary meaning is general and widespread. It is used as an anime and manga term to mean "extra or bonus." In the United States, the term is most often used in a narrow sense by a ...

s ''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.

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

magazine from March 1994 to April 1996. Shogakukan released the manga in six volumes from September 1994 to April 1996.

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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

on April 5, 1995 to March 27, 1996 and ran for 51 episodes. The anime was directed by

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.

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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:

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/ Arrangement: Masaki Iwamoto / Vocals: FURIL (

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, Yūko Miyamura, Yukana Nogami) (

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) ; "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) ; "Merry Angel" (DX Eps. 1-4) : Lyrics: Arisu Sato / Composer: Kanji Saito / Arrangement: Kanji Saito / Vocals: FURIL' (Kyōko Hikami, Yūko Miyamura, Yukana Nogami,

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) (KSS Music)

=Ending Themes

= ; "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)

Episodes

=Wedding Peach

=Wedding Peach DX

=Omake

Games

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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 The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America later the same year, and in Europe in late 1990. It was designed by the same t ...

(''Jama-P Panic!'' - 1995) and

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(''Wedding Peach, Doki Doki Oiro-naoshi Fashion Dai-sakusen'' - 1996).

References

External links

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