"Wedding Peach" (1995) TV series

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Kunihiko Yuyama

Writers:

Sukehiro Tomita (writer)
Nao Yazawa (comic)

Release Date:

5 April 1995 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

Young teenager Momoko Hanasaki is given the power to turn into Wedding Peach, a battle angel charged with protecting love...

Plot Keywords:

Magical Girl | Transformation | Anime

Cast

Kyôko Hikami	...	Hanasaki Momoko / Wedding Peach
Yûko Miyamura	...	Tamano Hinagiku / Angel Daisy
Yukana Nogami	...	Tanima Yuri / Angel Lily
Yuka Imai	...	Angel Salvia
Yûji Ueda	...	Fuuma Yousuke
Shinichirô Miki	...	Yanagiba Kazuya
Miwa Matsumoto	...	Jamapi
Kazuki Yao	...	Pluie
Rica Fukami	...	Aquelda
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Potamos
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Takurou
Tomokazu Seki	...	Igunis
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yuri Amano	...	Reiko / Mimiko (voice)
Elena Araoz	...	Mimiko (voice: English version)
Meg Bauman	...	Manami (voice: English version)
Catherine Berry	...	Aphrodite (voice: English version)
Ron Berry	...	Susumu Shindou / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lukas Best	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Shari Brown	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Harriss Callahan	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Charles Campbell	...	Yukidaruma / Akira Tamano / Shinkichi Nakahata / Principal / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Michael Carino	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Elena Carrillo	...	Beauty Betty / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Hank Cathy	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jeff Catlin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jeffrey Catmull	...	Devil Woman (voice: English version)
Alexis Chamow	...	Aquelda (voice: English version)
Samantha Clark	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Scott M. Daigle	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Michael Dalmon	...	Sojiki (voice: English version)
Kimberly Dilts	...	Saori (voice: English version)
Mika Doi	...	Rain Devila
Shaneye Ferrell	...	Omanma (voice: English version)
Lainie Frasier	...	Raindevila (voice: English version)
Laurie Gallardo	...	Blitz (voice: English version)
Benjamin V. Gallegos	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Hanna V. Gallegos	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Victor R. Gallegos	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Paul Garza	...	Mimiko's Dad / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Katie Gillette	...	Reiko #2 (voice: English version) (as Katie Gillette Thornton)
Chelsea Gilman	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ashton Gray	...	Oros, Odio (voice: English version)
Josh Grelle	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Greg Grosh	...	Fusuma (voice: English version)
Shannon Grounds	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Gray Haddock	...	Yousuke (voice: English version)
Sammy Harte	...	Fortune Faye (voice: English version) (as Samantha Inoue-Harte)
Kathy Hatch	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jessica Hedrick	...	Brani (voice: English version)
Ira Henderson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Matt Hislope	...	Tarashi / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lesli Hoey	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Chieko Honda	...	Noise
Kelly Huston	...	Keiko (voice: English version) (as Kelley Huston)
Mako Hyôdô	...	Aphrodite
Haruna Ikezawa	...	(voice)
Nathan James	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
R.E. James	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Brian Jepson	...	Limone, Yanagiba (voice: English version)
Heather Kafka	...	Hinagiku (Angel Daisy) (voice: English version)
Marla Kanoff	...	Sakura / Celeste (voice: English version)
Monika Kappe	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Nicholas Keene	...	Igneous (voice: English version)
Jane Kelbell	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Janet Hurley Kimlicko	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Yasmin Kittles	...	Ranbo (voice: English version)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Sandra
Robert Kraft	...	Uragano (voice: English version)
Jenny M. Larson	...	Potamos (voice: English version) (as Jenny Larson)
Aimée Lasseigne	...	Jama-B / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Chris Loveless	...	Jouji Tajima (voice: English version)
Richard Malley	...	Ryuuzou Tanima / Flower Buyer / Ohima (voice: English version)
Peter Malof	...	Shouichirou (Momoko's Dad) (voice: English version)
Shannon McCormick	...	Masahiro Tamano / Tanma (voice: English version)
Julio Mella	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Josh Meyer	...	Takuro Amano / Ukima (voice: English version)
T. Lynn Mikeska	...	Scarlet / Angel Salvia (voice: English version)
Edward Morgan	...	Shinichi Kaji (voice: English version)
Edwin Neal	...	Jamapon (voice: English version)
Robert Newell	...	Sandro (voice: English version)
Michiko Neya	...	Cloud
Maya Okamoto	...	Natsumi
Ikue Ootani	...	Akira Tamano and Donna
Andrea Osborne	...	Kachusha (voice: English version)
Spencer Parsons	...	Daruma / Donna (voice: English version)
Shobie Partos	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lyn Pierce	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Angela Rivera	...	Jura (voice: English version)
Rachel Rivera	...	Hatred / Averse (voice: English version)
Wade Rowland	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Tanya Scharmann	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jessica Schwartz	...	(voice: English version)
Chris Scott	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Pete Sharp	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Heather Shier	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Shawn Sides	...	Reiko / Marilyn / Satoko (voice: English version)
Jeff Sims	...	Bat Monster / Wolfen / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Julia Smith	...	Noise (voice: English version)
David Stokey	...	Petora (voice: English version)
Don Swaynos	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Don Swaynas)
Kumiko Takizawa	...	Akemi Tamano
Sarah Thiemann	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lauren Tietz	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Carlos Trevino	...	Blackie (voice: English version)
Carmen Valera	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Norio Wakamoto	...	Masahiro Tamano
Elana Wakeman	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Chilimbwe Washington	...	Jama-C / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sam Webber	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ken Webster	...	Hamna (voice: English version)
Ryan Wickerham	...	Natsumi (voice: English version)
Cyndi Lou Williams	...	Butterfly / Nocturne / Cloud / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bill Wise	...	Jama-P (voice: English version)
Carla Witt	...	Yuri (Angel Lily) (voice: English version)
Larissa Wolcott	...	Momoko Hanasaki (voice: English version)
Ben Wolfe	...	Pluie (voice: English version)
Alysson Wyatt	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Yuriko Yamaguchi	...	Kachuussha
Chisa Yokoyama	...	Blitz

Directed by
Kunihiko Yuyama

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sukehiro Tomita		writer
Nao Yazawa		comic

Animation Department
Kazuko Tadano	....	animation director

Distributors

• ADV Films (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Ai tenshi densetsu Wedding Peach" (Japan) (complete title)
"Legend of the Angel of Love, Wedding Peach" (International: English title)

Runtime:

24 min (51 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Trivia:

Manga artist Nao Yazawa was asked to create the character design for Sandra, and in the original sketches, she gave him a rather extravagant eye patch and ninja-style chain mail. The producers of the series were unhappy with these touches, and so Sandra appeared in the TV series without them, but otherwise remained mostly the same. The original sketch by Nao Yazawa can be found in a special section of volume four of the manga (in the English translation put out by Viz, Sandra's name is translated as "Thundora"), but other than this, he does not appear in the manga storyline itself.

Amusing!

Being a big fan of anime ( I find them to be one of the few oasis of enthusiasm and joy in life )I was looking forward to "Wedding Peach". Sure, when I first heard its title I almost chuckled, but the reputation of this anime was huge so I wanted to give it a try. Somehow, it never worked fully for me. This anime had nice songs, animation, characters, but not that special charm that I anticipated for a "magical girl" show.

The story follows Momoko, a young girl with purple hair. Her mother died and she lives with her father. Her best friends are Yuri and Hinagiku whom often go to school with her. They are all in love with a boy called Kazuya who plays soccer and that's why they sometimes fight. But one day Momoko is attacked by an demon man who wants to steal her ring and soon given special powers from a higher being called Aphrodite. Thanks to that, Momoko transforms into Wedding Peach and starts fighting with demons. Yuri and Hinagiku join her by transforming into Angel Lily and Daisy. In order to save the world and bring love to everyone, they must defeat Devila, and they do.

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Momoko's hair was purple. Hinagiku's was green. Their "fighting" skirts looked like wedding dresses. And to top it all they soon got a small pet "demon" called Jamapi that decided to be their sidekick. This kind of trashy details ruined any higher ambitions. Still, "Wedding Peach" is a good anime and I loved the pilot episode. In it Momoko had a wedding dress on and was looking herself in the mirror. But then her father saw her before going to work and she got all embarrassed. But just as he left Yuri and Hinagiku appeared and saw her too, causing her again to blush. Yuri even said; "What is this sight trying to tell us?" Also, we got to find out how strong their friendship is: the three of them bought ice creams with different flavors and decided to share a bite with each other. Friendship is something Japan appreciates more than America. Just look at shows like "Friends": there the characters offend each other in such a mean and cynical way that you may wonder if the show should be called "Enemies". But not here in animes like "Wedding Peach". The characters are so devoted to each other and are not ashamed of emotions that you just have to find them cute. And the humor is warm.

If at least there was one magnificent moment here, , I would have given "Wedding Peach" a higher grade.

Grade: 6/10