Is This 90's Magical Girl A Sailor Moon Rip-Off?

[@Ranakel]

Little fun french fact: Pluie means rain, which is interesting in this context because of a french saying: "Mariage pluvieux, mariage heureux" or, a rainy wedding is a happy wedding.

[@Aishyo]

@@Ranakel yeah this series loves French

[@veghesther3204]

That and ALL the bad guy's/girls are named after various Natural Weather disasters/effects.

[@Sappy10]

And miroir is the french word of mirror. And when you talked about the music of one song was the music of France Gall - poupée de cire, poupée de son, my body shivers.... love that song♡♡♡ im from quebec and my mom is from France so.. i know a bit about french songs ^^

[@kaleajadesilver8918]

​@@Sappy10 gods, suddenly everything makes sense now with certain things in the dub saying things as it did now, so much more.

[@Arosukir6]

Fun fact/theory: I'm pretty sure the tendency to use red, blue, and green for magical girl and other teams is because those are the primary colors of light. We get taught in primary school that the primary colors in general are red, blue, and yellow. But in film school we learn about RGB. There's a bunch of color theory stuff to explain it, but suffice to say that those are the colors of light that combine to make white light. Very on theme for magical or superpowered teams.

[@CureSmileful]

are you my spirit animal or what, lately mentioning "primary colors" makes me immediatelly check whether person means yellow or green, because I'm so adamant on promoting real (light related) primary colors and also recognition of cyan lol

[@AlohaChips]

True.... Unfortunately kids are usually taught about the RYB color model because it gives them basic guidance to mixing colors when working in traditional art materials like paints, where only certain colors were historically available to start from for mixing other colors out of in the first place. How light actually mixes, and more advanced printing methods (that rely on more modern chemical dyes) such as CMYK, are traditionally some levels of resources or knowledge beyond the larger goal that is served in teaching elementary (and younger) kids RYB as the "primary" colors. But much understanding of art and color ends there. They don't even go on to explain that RYB is only one possible color model. So yeah it's a bit of a travesty how rarely the intersection of art and advanced understandings of light and technology are taught so people understand some of the most basic modern applications. RGB and CMYK color stuff comes up in things like color TVs/monitors as well as printing. Instead you only systematically learn about those if you're curious or go into specialized fields and applications, like how I got to learning about RGB by trying to figure out how to tune/use computer RGB colorspaces in Photoshop, or learning how CMYK printing worked because I specialized in printmaking for my bachelor of the arts college degree. The problem is kids and basic education systems CAN easily have kids mess around mixing traditional paints to show them how it works, but do not have the tools to let them mess around with, nor is teaching them about other color models used in color monitors and creating four-layer color prints. It's just not given the same weight the older RYB structure is because the latter is the one you need for understanding traditional, historical art, and its materials.

[@Germania9]

The creator of Wedding Peach has her own manga school in Tokyo. So if you're happen to be there, and want to learn how to draw manga, do drop by sometime

[@vchan410]

Her? I thought was a he

[@HexleysCauldron]

56:09 Honestly, the only one I can think of is Winx Club with Bloom’s adoptive parents. The writing COULDVE made them oblivious but they were the first to know she was special since Mike found her perfectly fine in a burning building. Like it was only a matter of time to them lol.

[@Aishyo]

Yeah they were very supportive parents when Stella wanted to bring Bloom to Alfea I forgot.

[@Kurichestnut320]

Thank you for making this video! Wedding Peach is such an under appreciated gem that deserves more attention than it gets. It’s great to see they’re still fans out there that care about the series 🌸✨

[@Aishyo]

@@Kurichestnut320 thank you, love your pfp

[@yessicacardenas5510]

I love wedding peach so much even my sister who isn't into anime loves 💗 it i hate that I can't find merch 😤 😢

[@star-tm8lj]

>Magical Girl cartoon >Sailor Moon Rip-Off It's almost 2025 and I still continue to see this cr(a)p

[@Nishii-h8n]

it was click bait bbg, it's in the desc lol

[@loftikuss]

@@Nishii-h8n clickbait is just as disgusting. you dont need that

[@cupie2255]

@@loftikuss Naive. The difference in engagement between videos that do and don't use click-bait is too large to be ignored, especially for smaller channels. I wouldn't really call it a clickbait in this case though, since it's posed as a question.

[@Aishyo]

Thank you I've been getting a few of these comments people are upset at the title and thumbnail saying that I lack integrity (wow ok then 🤭) but to that I say it worked you're here aren't you. I've been on KZbin for a few years and the algorithm does favour click bait and ragebait and it does help smaller channels get noticed especially since I focus on niche older series.

[@Nishii-h8n]

@@Aishyo np at all !!! these people just need to understand that creators need to do what they need to do to even survive the yt algorithm, and it's not hurting anyone at all

[@kittygardenva2741]

1:55 If it's any consolation, nobody ever said that you had to be the first to come up with the idea of a flower name themed magical girl team. You could still make that story and a lot of people hungry for more magical girls would be happy to eat it up!

[@Aishyo]

@@kittygardenva2741 I found my old drawings while making this video

[@squarecymbals]

"this grown ass looking man" got me dying

[@Aishyo]

I've hated that old bitch for years 😂

[@sweets_Cat88]

I do like the fact that the main lead childhood friends are part of the team. Unlike Sailor moon where Molly/Naru is never even considered or asked to be a sailor guardian. And she’s Usagi’s best friend from childhood. It kinda weird in Sailor moon how Usagi prefers her sailor team members over her childhood friend Sure she doing this To protect her from the evil forces but…

[@sissysovereign1294]

I honestly found that sad too. Granted Usagi and the team technically knew each other longer from their previous lives in Silver Millennium before getting Isekai'd to 90s Earth to start over. But Naru/Molly was still one of her first friends from her human life. By the time we see Sailor Moon married and crowned queen at the end it's almost like she completely forgot about her Earth friends and family entirely.

[@sweets_Cat88]

@ yeah… and taken her past life as her new identity… sort of

[@arielruh7773]

yeah that's really sad poor molly / naru

[@sweets_Cat88]

@ but you think Usagi would have her earth born family be part of the future kingdom with Endymion/ Mamoru… Right? Or have them attend her wedding?

[@MJAYMONONOKE]

In the art books, it’s revealed that Naru was a back up in cause Naomi ever did decide to create a Sailor Earth.

[@ShadowMellowK]

Wow, im kinda surprised that wedding peach is overlooked in other countries cause here in germany its one of THE magical girl anime from the early 2000's. it was one of the earliest animes to air in german free tv during the anime exclusive after school time so loads of people watched it and have heavy nostalgia for it. obviously not as popular as sailor moon, ccs or the first season of pretty cure but it usually comes up with magical girl fans my age.

[@Aishyo]

Yeah Germany loves this show, a lot of the older fansites I found were in German. Gave me a chance to work on my really bad German language skills 😅

[@Kurichestnut320]

It’s also really popular in South Korea, to the point they have 4 dubs of the anime 🤯

[@koshej613]

I literally know about it only due to RTL2, lol. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6CshHWlmMSHb8k

[@ireysword]

I just started the video so I don't know if you mention it but I didn't see any comments talking about it so here I am: in one chapter of Codename: Sailor V Minako is helping out a Mangaka who does a long running magical girl story. Its about 10 sisters who run a bridal shop but turn into magical girls. In the original german translation the manga was called "Wedding Cherry". In the english miss dream fan translation it's called "Aurora Wedding" This always felt like an obvious refererence to Wedding Peach for me. It seems the original german translator did so too.

[@Aishyo]

@@ireysword what?! Let me go dust off my copies.

[@lenorecrosbysmith5451]

Yeah I remember that too

[@MJAYMONONOKE]

Maybe translation wise it was a reference. But timeline wise, it doesn’t make sense. Code Name: Sailor V’s one shot came out in 1991. And its serial started in late 1993. If Wedding Peach came out 1994, it didn’t exist yet to be referenced.

[@ireysword]

@MJAYMONONOKE I get your point, but Sailor V was published very sporadically up until 1997. And the chapter in question is one of the late ones (the fourth to last one). I unfortunately couldn't find the chapters original release date (only a fanmade google spreadsheet. There it says the release was in May 1996) , but the tankabon with it in it was first released in 1997. So it might be possible timeline wise. I mean in the end we'll never know for sure. It's just speculation.

[@MJAYMONONOKE]

@@ireysword oh yeah, you’re right. I forgot that its schedule was a bit shotty, since Naomi was working on both CSV and PGSM at the same time.

[@vchan410]

Interesting fact: In Italy, the series was purchased in 1997 to be aired after the conclusion of the fifth season of Sailor Moon. However, for some reason, this never happened, and it remained unreleased until the summer of 2000, when it was finally broadcast in blocks of six episodes every Friday after midnight. Despite the late-night time slot, the series was heavily censored, and the storyline was altered. True to Italian tradition, the title was changed to "I tanti segreti di un cuore innamorato" ("The Many Secrets of a Loving Heart"). The names of all the characters were changed (e.g., Momo became SunRose, Yuri became Lily, Hinagiku became Daisy, Yosuke became Alex, Kazuya became Nicholas, and so on). The plot was completely rewritten, transforming the battle between Angels and Demons into a conflict between benevolent aliens from the planet Sparkling Crystalia and malevolent aliens from the Dark Planet. To hide the fact that they were angels, the protagonists were referred to as the "Princesses of Hearts" in their bridal forms and the "Queens of Hearts" in their warrior forms. Transformation phrases and attack lines were also modified (in a crazy way. For example Lily's Saint Strahl Stardust attack became: "Marvellous power of enamoured blue, unleash the thousand starry leaves of love! Behold the golden autumn of a shining heart!") and many silent moments, typical of certain situations, were filled with redundant explanations. Additionally, in the final episode, Reine Devila's blood-red tears were recolored blue, and the nude embrace between Wedding Peach and Viento was partially censored with the addition of a semi-transparent freeze frame. The series was aired only once and cannot be officially accessed except through unofficial streaming platforms. Only the Wedding Peach DX OVAs were released uncensored, adapted by Dynamic in 3 VHS in 1999.

[@Shewhospeakesinverse]

I really love trope here of love interests being secretly the villian or ally. Its cardcaptor with yukito/yue. Its in kamichama karin (not gonna say which of these situations it is bc its a series not as well known so im avoiding spoilers), sailor moon like you mentioned, tokyo mew mew. I had no idea that wedding peaches theme shared a tune with sugar sugar rune.

[@koihime]

Tbh I think Scarlet being with a grown man is much better. She isn't a highschooler, she is a grown woman pretending to be a highschooler, and he knows about her identity as an angel, he knows that she isn't a kid. Personally, I think it would be much weirder for her to be with an actual highschooler.

[@nezzkid]

Just woke up. Saw wedding peach in the thumbnail. I never finished it oh my god. I should track it down!!!!

[@ToliBera]

Maybe the real magical girls were the friends we made along the way?

[@ursamjr4406]

That's how it usually is

[@Aishyo]

You did it you broke magical girl shows down to their bare essentials

[@ToliBera]

@@Aishyo it helps if they're colour coded, but not essential.

[@senpainoticedyou6182]

I miss how silly anime ideas, were able to get aired, and taken seriously and not just as some sort of joke. Another wonderful video💕

[@Aishyo]

So funny you said that because I've been researching super pig which is a weird one

[@definitelynotashark1799]

I hated girly stuff as a kid, but I loved Wedding Peach! There was an intern at my after school center who let me borrow both her Sailor Moon and Wedding Peach manga. She let me keep WP. This was about 2003. I never watched the anime later on because I generally disliked the look of shoujo anime vs shoujo manga in the early 2000s era. Also I had the biggest crush on Ame (Pluie). I think catching a glimpse of his anime version 100% put me off the adaptation 💀 Oh, about the battle uniform: the manga did the classic thing of their uniforms evolving throughout the series, from the figure skating-like outfits at the beginning to the more fantasy armor-like sets that are used throughout the entire anime. Definitely feels like a streamlining matter! I feel like it's definitely distinct enough from SM to just be another magical girl series.

[@femme9025]

I'M SO HAPPY THAT SOMEONE HAS MADE A VIDEO TALKING ABOUT THIS!!!! I love wedding peach and the little content there is about it is awesome, thank you so much for making this video, I agree with most of the things you say, I learned many new things and remembered things I had forgotten, thanks for this video and for talking about wedding peach.

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

I wonder if the Japan will be thinking about reboot the Wedding Peach series in the future just like Sailor Moon Crystal, Shaman King, Tokyo Mew Mew Power and Kinnikuman.

[@Cure_Milkteatah]

Tokyo mew mew has already get reboot in last year 2022

[@justinmv023]

I would love to see a reboot of Wedding Peach and My Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch as well as Kirarin Revolution

[@MJAYMONONOKE]

@@Cure_Milkteatah they never said that it didn’t. They mentioned TMM because it did.

[@Zodia195]

Well, they're going to be rebooting Magic Knight Rayearth it seems. I've only seen one poster and it blew my mind.

[@rynbliss]

wedding peach was my very first anime as a little girl and i watched it through netflix's mail rental dvds back before they went completely digital. i never got to finish it, as far as i remember my parents said there were no more dvds, so either that was when netflix cancelled their mail-in service or they just didnt have the whole show available. the last part i remember seeing was the introduction of scarlet, and this show was also the first place i heard about the four somethings in weddings

[@Lboogie0711]

It’s crazy how sailor moon had an actual American rip off anime, it was cancelled before they even released. There been plenty of anime’s that might seem like rip offs, like kaitou saint tail

[@Aishyo]

@@Lboogie0711 I love Saint Tail, I remember Tokyopop called it "robin hood meets sailor moon. It has become short hand to explain the genre to newcomers.

[@MJAYMONONOKE]

Do you mean the Haim-Saban version? Where it was a hybrid of live action and cartoon? It got scrapped because it was cheaper to dub the original anime instead of hiring new actors, film the live action scenes, create new animation, and do the voiceovers.

[@Girl2TheCity]

@@MJAYMONONOKEyep😂 the behind story of it all is so good ❤ It’s currently sitting in the Library of Congress

[@Aishyo]

I think they might be talking about Team Angel

[@ExtremeWreck]

You're confusing the cancelled ADAPTATION from Toon Makers with Princess Gwnevere And the Jewel Riders.

[@SerahValentine]

I appreciate the comment about how a show that does similar things after a popular show is considered a copy, even when it's actually just common genre tropes. Digimon does make a strong example. I had people try to argue with me it's a pokemon copy, even when I would always find out none of them had even watched the show.

[@heartbeattoya1718]

Oh my god Wedding Peach! I watched this a lot when I lived in Germany. Let me get my food together so I can enjoy this

[@juliamavroidi8601]

I'm German, but I never watched this show, because the main character's voice in the German dub was so annoying. 😅

[@heartbeattoya1718]

​@@juliamavroidi8601 lmao I can understand but I loved the theme song

[@michanone]

​@@juliamavroidi8601 just read your comment and had an instant flashback, only not visual but kinda in my ear. 😂 Yeah, her voice can come across as annoying, I guess a lot of people might think so. But I totally loved the dubbing, the gloves were off and the jokes made me laugh tears.

[@eyreyereye]

i have the wedding peach manga and it has such a high nostalgia factor to me

[@taliafuller8427]

Dude keep it it’s so expensive and I just bought it for $100

[@CheyenneLin]

so happy to finally see this one! :)

[@CheyenneLin]

these 90s graphics and art are amazing!

[@lilac.0464]

I've NEVER heard of this show until today- And I'm so sad about it because I loved sailor moon and precure growing up😭 Just seeing the art style, character designs and overall animation makes me immediately obsessed!

[@theshinypeliper8813]

Highly recommend Writing is cheesy but well executed imo

[@polariize]

I HAVENT EVEN STARTED N IM SO EXCITED (INTENSE INTEREST IN WEDDING PEACH) (IF WEDDING PEACH HAS NO FANS I AM DEAD) EDIT : I HAVE THE SECOND OMAKE ON DVD - I PLAN TO ARCHIVE THIS AS SOON AS I POSSIBLY CAN !!!! also this is a fantastic video !!!! i love it!

[@jordanjackson6151]

Damn. Never heard of your channel. Subscribed! Never watched Wedding Peach. But your deep dive was heavily detailed. I like when people do their research, and we get these types of vids. Apart from Sailor Moon, I've never really watched other magical girl series. But its fun seeing someone's look into something so under analyzed.

[@thatonelucariofan503]

Does Sailor Moon have the cutest mascot in history who I had a crush on as a kid, Jama P? I thought not! Wedding Peach may have some things that aged poorly which have rightfully been called out by this video and others but I will never forget how much Jama P meant to me and how much the series as a whole did. Also for one more fun fact there is basically a lesbian/lgbt positive remake of Wedding Peach in visual novel form. It is a remake that reimagines the Wedding Peach mythos to be about being a hero / wedding peach / someone worthy of love from *any* gender and basically has several lesbian characters (basically it is as canon as sailor moon’s lesbian characters since it’s not allowed to show actual kiss or anything but it’s still pretty open and blunt.)

[@theshinypeliper8813]

I’ve heard of that! I honestly hope we get an English translation of it because while it did age poorly… it’s still a fun watch and I love the idea of a more modern version of it

[@Emgee78]

I remember Wedding Peach! But back when it was airing on Philippine tv in the late 90s, I was 19 and an edgy anime fan who'd been traumatized by End of Evangelion, Perfect Blue, and Akira. While I loved Sailor Moon and Magic Knight Rayearth, I thought Wedding Peach was so weird and random.

[@knuclear200x]

I liked Wedding Peach better. They all fought equally and it looked nicer

[@Tavibear]

Equal upgrade and amazing attacks each. Plus the super hot guy didn't automatically go to momoko , it went to yuri and I couldn't be happier ❤

[@CureSmileful]

Right? I have, perhaps disproportionate, sense of injustice when it comes to screentime and arcs of senshis other than Moon and Chibi Moon, I also hate when main character from show about teams gets a power up alone

[@kittysflowerld7011]

I so happy that we still talk about wedding peach ❤ you put so much work into this video, thank you so much! 💕💕

[@mars199]

I watched episodes of Wedding Peach on KZbin when I was in high school fourteen years ago. To this day I still have a few DVDs.

[@suppichan27]

51:14 - "his first love gave to him" lmaoooo amazing. You get a sub just for that 😂

[@camichan19]

I love that you mention every single ‘handsome man’ appearance in episode 1 hehe.

[@violeta3555]

This is so good! New subscriber for sure. I was wondering what you (or anyone else) thinks of Kaito Jeanne (I think that’s the name!) I remember being sooo obsessed with it, especially since the art was so reminiscent of Gakuen Alice, Full Moon Wo Sagashite, Mermaid Melody, and Kodocha

[@FieryLuna]

Yes yes yes!

[@yolkcheeks]

omg i am so excited for a deep dive into Wedding Peach- I've never gotten to watch it but heard about it on and off in my peak moonie days.

[@heartbeattoya1718]

Wedding Peach is like Sailor Moon's distant cousin I think a lot of fans have heard of it but very few have watched it

[@RambleMaven]

I feel like the Raindevilla backstory could still work as is if you look at it through the lens of the dangers of being too parasocially attached to someone & Stan culture. It may have needed to be fleshed out still but when I look at it that way I can still see her being the cause of her own demise.

[@MsSasoDei]

Wedding Peach has and always will be my favorite magical girl anime. It's been so long since I watched it, but I remember everything about it very fondly, and even know, when I hear the music, I just get this wave of nostalgia. This video made me so happy, reexperiencing Wedding Peach after so long. It's so underrated. Thank you for making this video

[@VHarlequinxQueenV]

I'm so happy you covered Wedding Peach, it holds a special place in my heart

[@devinaastera2311]

Thank you for taking the time to create and share this video. So much fun 💗🎀🌃

[@sailorplanetmars6103]

As an interesting intersection between the VA and surprise middle age man fanbase points, it's worth noting that Wedding Peach was pretty close off the back of Evangelion. Hinagiku's VA was Asuka, and Potamus was Misato, so there's a connection there that may have pulled them in. To the point of Wedding Peach though, I do think it get unfairly maligned a lot. You even see people alleging Momoko's mother's name was ripping off Cardcaptor Sakura as if Wedding Peach didn't get there first and Sakura is not like. *The* Japanese flower name to go with the theme. I dont know if I could sincerely say Wedding Peach was good exactly, but it was at the very least bad on its own merits, and it deserves credit for what it does well. I'd argue Momoko and Yosuke remain one of if not the best developed romance in a magical girl show south of Anthy and Utena, and probably rate pretty highly even branching out more broadly into shoujo. Also HELL yeeeessss Wedding Wars slaps SEVERELY. I remember slaving away over a MIDI I found online to try and make a workable arrangement I could take to my singing teacher because it truly did get into my blood. I... may have also written terrible and embarassing translyrics when I was 14 😂😂 it just has that effect on people I guess!

[@Aishyo]

Yes I am right with you on the midi files trying to get piano sheet music to play in school 🤭🤭🤭

[@evanmak7837]

I always thought those VAs were connected to certain agencies and they ended up working together multiple times. Eva's VAs have also appeared in Sailor Moon as extras or one-off roles as far as I remember. I believe people never gave WP a chance because at first glance it was way too similar to Sailor Moon. And well, from a technical standpoint it makes perfect sense, since they shared the writing staff and Kazuko Tadano, who despite leaving after R set the template for Sailor Moon's artstyle. Wedding wars is easily the best song in the soundtrack.

[@marocat4749]

Ok raindevilla really should have a more tragic backstory. or better fleshed out, pointless hatret isnt a bad motive, but she deserved her own tragic lovestory. What if she fell in love with a sick angel and they were something, a tragic accident from a careless angel, thats something.

[@stevenhiggins3055]

Wait, been a while since I watched but wasn't her whole thing that she turned to the power of hatred out of jealousy because the angel she loved, loved someone else?

[@EmilyRafferty]

LOVE love Love your video! great job on it! I grew up with the classics, love to see other ppls takes. Thanks for uploading! ps the music in old anime slaps imo

[@RyuB008]

This is making me want to rewatch the whole show :') Amazing video, thank you!

[@SpoonGoonKay]

Wonderful video. Informative, beautifully edited. I'd really like to see you do another video about the manga.

[@kawaii801]

Coexistence magical girls love those seasons because peach is basically more. Sailor Moon is basically saving the world.

[@LoveNeko64]

I believe the same animation team also did a version of Cutey Honey called Cutey Honey Flash. Both styles look similar.

[@Aishyo]

Not really the same team as bunch left and some were replaced, but a lot of the staff a that worked on Sailor Moon worked on Cutie Honey Flash like Miho Shimogasa who worked on all 5 seasons of Sailor Moon and was the character designer on CHF but she never worked on Wedding Peach.

[@user-us1yu8gx9s]

I found wedding peach at the local library and me and my sister LOVED it. We were so sad and confused to find it ended so suddenly

[@AchesDenile]

Thank you for educating me I love learning about new things anime wise ❤❤❤❤❤

[@mzyannibby]

That second opening "Wedding War" is amazing!!!!! And it does remind me of earth wind a fire! And Angel Potomus should be cannonA

[@sissysovereign1294]

I was just thinking of this anime! I loved Wedding Peach dearly growing up in middle school, and it saddens me to know that it's pretty much faded into obscurity. While I think the anime's artstyle itself is admittedly the same to Sailor Moon, that's the only thing I can see where the similarities to it truly start and end. The stories are completely different and while they do fight with the power of love and pretty costumes like the senshi of"Sailor Moon" I say that has become a staple of Magical Girl tropes in general and I see no reason why it should only be exclusive to Sailor Moon. Thank you for doing a video on this anime ❤

[@windego999]

I wonder if the "something blue" thing with the earring has a double meaning. It was buried with her grandma and people say "feeling blue" when you're sad so it could also be referencing her grandpa's sorrow at losing the love of his life.

[@angelsstories1530]

There is a anime that comes to mine about a teenage girl, revealing herself to her parent or her father and that anime is soushin shoujo matoi or matoi the sacred slayer

[@JaiProdz]

I love your videos!

[@Aishyo]

🥰🥰🥰 thank you

[@Mockingdragon]

Ah I loved this manga so much. I do think there are a lot of specifics in common - not just the magical girl team, but Limone acting as a Tuxedo Mask figure for a while, the love interest being kidnapped and dragged away to the villain lair, being reincarnated from a magical kingdom. But there was so much about it that was unique, too. I havent' had time to watch almost 2 hours yet but you bet I'm going to

[@Mockingdragon]

Oh my god that's right! I forgot all about Takuro and Ignis and how incredibly gay they were in the manga

[@dreamnants]

I read this series as a young girl because it was available at my local library and I was lucky enough to be able to read the entire series from beginning to end. I think it's worth looking into to me! (Also, I think I never compared it to Sailor Moon ironically enough even though I liked it back in the day since I saw it as its own thing). It's really nice to know there's a dedicated fanbase for Wedding Peach in Germany of all places to the point they got a volume compilation reprint. Also, fun fact: Wedding Peach was the first series done by OLM as a studio and Wedding Peach's success actually was a factor leading to them later producing the Pokemon anime with the same staff involved in making Wedding Peach. Really though? I think we need to stop assuming a series is a rip-off because they share things in common on the surface because we could end up shutting series that we might have enjoyed had we given them a chance first.

[@KyutiHuni]

Over the Years i realize how lucky i was to be able to buy box sets as they were. Not realizing that they were just not ever print again which is crazy. Also appreciate you saying the loud part loud lol. gonna have to rewatch it again thanks!

[@Kuudere-Kun]

The future OLM show I would connect to Wedding Peach the most directly is Pokémon, there is a lot of overlapping staff both major and minor. But Comic Party is also notable for the direct refrences. Tomita wrote episode 7 which doesn't surprise me, he also wrote the early Fatphobic Sailor Moon episode. Like with Sailor Moon Tomita is good and keeping a decent arching plot but not the best writer for one offs. I've been a Wedding Peach apologist for years but never thought to make the Romeo and Juliette connection. Part of that may be my being annoyed as that comparison for like any romance at all, when I see someone try to sell me on something being like Romeo and Juliette my first question is, who's Mercutio? The other issue here though may be that it's kind of a Spoiler. I'm taking a break at 19:55 for now, I'll watch more of the video later.

[@Kuudere-Kun]

I feel like a condescending A-hole now for assuming you wouldn't make the Tomita writing the similar SM episode connection, I'm used to youtuber never paying to the writers and only directors.

[@Aishyo]

No you're good lol when you put the timestamp there I was oh you'll see it eventually 🤭

[@Kuudere-Kun]

@@Aishyo I do have DVD Box Sets of Wedding Peach but haven't used them much since I bought them after already watching the series and OVAs. What disc should I look for the Omakes on? If it's the same one as the OVAs nothing on the back of it's case mentions them.

[@Aishyo]

@Kuudere-Kun really? If it's not on the OVAs it should have its own separate disc then

[@Kuudere-Kun]

@@Aishyo Looks like I probably don't have em then. They are also missing from the unofficial steaming sites I usually use. I've written about the Wedding Peach and Pokemon connection twice on my blog, the more recent better post is titled Wedding Peach and Pokemon from June 5th 2021. I had not heard about Wedding Apple till today, I'm gonna have to look into that.

[@blablablam100]

loved this video! very interesting and informative with just the right amount of jokes here and there. i loved this series as a kid and rewatched it as an adult 10 years or so ago. lately i've been thinking of it more again and thought maybe i should give it another watch but i've been kinda avoiding it bc i felt like it'd be kind of a chore lol. your video came at just the right time!

[@caxtillo9876]

I watched a wedding peach and enjoyed it. It was a guilty pleasure. It reminded me of Sailor Moon, but felt like it was still it's own thing. I never got to finish it though. I never got to finish Sailor Moon either.

[@KHMissy]

i remember an episode where Yosuke gets Momo a gift but he asks Yanagiba to give it to her instead cuz he feels she might be happier receiving it from Yanagiba. This was when they weren't a couple yet and Momo still had that silly crush on Yanagiba.

[@chromebabi]

Loved this video and the format def had to sub

[@dreamimgflowerd976]

Thank you very much for this review. In my younger years I did read/ watch tons of magical girl manga/ anime. But this was the first time I heard of wedding peach. It was very interesting to hear your thoughts about this show so I decided to give it a try. While the overall story does have some plotholes. I decided to binge read the manga and a now at ep 41 of the anime. The art and story is so nostalgic from the old shool magical girl anime I used to watch. I love the chemistry between Momoko and Yosuke, but damn the pacing is sometimes so weird. There are some really good episodes and moments out there but a lot of fillers are just... and I am disappointed with how they handled Lily and Limone's relationship. They should have developed it, instead of the sudden "Oh I was in love with you in your past life" scene. I would have loved to see some mutual attraction between the two early on and maybe make Limone more of a guide for the girls instead of randomly appearing after a fight and only doing something like 5% of the time and as you said at least have Yanagiba show some interest in Yuri or something. Be it through gestures or comments. It doesn't have to be plain obvious. And maybe make these devils feel like an actual threat, since it felt they were most of the time bullying the students of the same school over and over again. This should should have a reboot and they could incorporate stuff of both the manga and the anime. Because there are somethings the manga did better and other things the anime and they could improve what none did good. And I wanna know where are those two angels that originally married with the 4 somethings? Btw is we follow the credits, Scarlet and Jama-P would be dating. xD

[@brnne]

The rime part reminds me of placebo song "every me and every you" cool thing to learn! great content, I love all the details on old anime

[@maxsteelflex]

To this day I bet that last unpublished episode of Wedding peach is still tucked away somewhere. I want my baseball episode damn it. How are the love angles gonna show of their MLB skills for 9 innings?

[@geminidrake]

Thank you for posting this. I was curious about it for years but never got around to watching it. Even knowing what’s coming, I’d still would give it a watch… maybe not so much the OVAs. Just… what?

[@HarasFenrirHagarra]

I still was a huge fan of Wedding Peach before it was on German TV. Me and my best friend found this series in a magazine called "Animania". And later it was my first Manga that I bought . Still in love with Pluie/Ame ❤❤❤I hope we're getting a remake!

[@caetmoniza8907]

Along with Sailor Moon, Wedding Peach is also one of the anime that I watched back when I was young. An underrated gem and also a great magical girl anime to watch. Also, many people especially Koreans mistakenly understand that Wedding Peach aired before Sailor Moon. This is mainly because Wedding Peach was aired before Sailor Moon. Thanks for this video

[@TheAlexMei]

I loved watching your observation of this anime. It's interesting because it's been years and I still enjoy watching it. I'm just such a fan of how the heirlooms are what create there transformation sequences and the interesting history between angels and demons falling in love. I wish the OVA would have been longer.

[@melissabradfield189]

I actually watched wedding peach before sailor moon because my library had the full first season and the 4 ova episodes then I learned about sailor moon from it

[@jakefarrell7546]

While it wouldn't have fixed all the problems with the show, I think if the main theme is marriage and relationships, why not have each girl represent a different type of love? For example, Momo and her man could represent the traditional, lovey-dovey high school romance that Disney and similar media often push on pre-teens. Daisy and her man could embody a "best friends in public, lovers behind closed doors" dynamic-essentially a non-PDA couple. Meanwhile, Lily and her man might have a more emotional and compassionate relationship, where their focus is on emotional support and unwavering commitment, helping each other through challenges without needing to be asked. As for Scarlet, it would have been interesting to portray her as a lesbian, perhaps in a civil partnership or mourning the loss of her partner, which could add depth to her hatred of demons. I think giving each of the girls a distinct type of relationship would have reinforced the theme of love and its many forms, delivering a more meaningful and effective message.

[@Aishyo]

@@jakefarrell7546 I think that was the intention for the 3 couples it's just that Momoko/ Yousuke had the best developed relationship

[@jakefarrell7546]

@@Aishyo As someone who watched and reviewed the anime, I'm sure your opinion is correct. It is sad, though, that they were the most developed.

[@candicemceady308]

What's wrong with heteronormativity? Without that humanity wouldn't exist. Besides if scarlet was gay she's jump from girl to girl.

[@jakefarrell7546]

@@candicemceady308 I never said nor implied there was anything wrong with heteronormativity just that, for a show focused on relationships, it would have been interesting to explore different kinds of relationships, both hetero and not. As for Scarlett jumping from girl to girl, that's a bit of a leap in logic, considering she wasn't written to be a lesbian or bisexual. For that matter, there's no certainty anyone would know where her hypothetical non-straight counterpart would have been taken in the show's direction. Lastly, I don't intend to carry on this conversation, as it is nearly two weeks old at the time of your comment. With all that said, I hope we found commonality in enjoying Aishyo's video, and I wish you a pleasant rest of your day.

[@kittysflowerld7011]

In the german dub yosukes nickname for momoko is Pfirsichtörtchen which means little peach cake 😊

[@FaerieAmira]

20:28 sailor moon has an episode similar where Usagi is kinda bullied for here weight and so she pretty much starves herself and goes to the gym and works out till she faints similarly to an episode of full house where DJ does the exact same thing of starving herself and working out till she faints. It was just stereotypical in that time period for girls to be expected to be thin and beautiful and if they had even a bit of curve to them they were seen as unattractive, but usually they have a message like “you shouldn’t starve yourself to attract a boy, your beautiful as you are” which I felt was a good message because young girls would do this and think this was what was expected of them until they saw those episodes and said “hey maybe they are right and I’m beautiful as is and I don’t need to starve or work out to impress anyone”

[@Aishyo]

@@FaerieAmira 22:40 I mention the Sailor Moon episode I also say that yes it's dated

[@gamemadame]

Hey. I have volumes 1-2 (maybe 3) in the original English print of Wedding Peach. Did you want them?

[@SofiaPreCure]

Hmm I don't think that anime Wedding Peach is a ripoff it looks nice and pretty

[@Nunubotz2]

the colour palette and general vibe of this anime remembers me of Zenki the guardian warrior more than sailor moon. and the character designs are so pretty.

[@JavaKiki]

I’m surprised you didn’t draw parallels to the Powerpuff Girls anime. The main 3 girls are almost exactly like what they ended up going with for Momoko, Miyako, and Kaoru in the anime!

[@Aishyo]

@@JavaKiki it has been forever since I watched that show 😩

[@jacqulynmiller4489]

As someone who has been cosplaying Sailor Venus for 12 years and that's honestly my fave character, i like wedding peach more. i did get to cosplay Wedding Peach back in 2015, but if i could get a current group for it, i'd jump!

[@Imezita]

42:41 Oh my God I screamed Loving your content

[@sandradermark8463]

RainDevila's backstory reminds me of Queen Beryl in Sailor Moon. She was in lust at first sight with a man who barely knew her and who preferred another woman.

[@SirSailorStar]

This series sounds wonderful. Thank you for the deep dive!

[@stephanos6128]

sailor moon is heavy inspired by many shojos, sentai, majokkos (specifically the fashion and idol ones of the 80s) and even cutie honey herself. theres no way Minako's design isnt a reference to Honey, I even think she does Honeys speech in Sailor V once or twice too. nothings original fellas. however as a big big fan of old school majokkos (think sally and ranzie) you cant deny sailor moons influence on the genre almost every henshin from then on takes from Moon Prism Power (and the nudity concept itself is cutie honey), the delivery of Peach's speeches or attacks are even similar in rhythm (the closest way I can explain this is in the Live Action PGSM they deliver their attack lines different from how its typidally done usually said faster shorter ect its a different rhythm). Peach and other magical girls from then on also use the same or similar sound effects bank (granted sailor moon takss from older stuff theyre not all from sailor moon) like a lot of sailor moon's sfx can be heard in older works especially kamen rider but they're now HEAVILY associated with sailor moon and magical girls cus of the usage. And even then sailor moon only does any of that cus of its tokusatsu and sentai influence. if Naoko's older version of the manga indicates anything a lot of times the girls just attack or transform, they don't shout anything, once toei oushed for more sentai influence reprints added more attacks. (ie Mercury's Attack: Shabon Spray or Aqua Mist for later stuff, went unnamed until 2003, she just does it)

[@marocat4749]

Ok the transformations, to be fair can be skipped as in a looot anime its a way to reuse scenes and fill out time , anime are full with that. Digimon has it too. A lot of the times its jjust good to cut budget when filling time, like still and foutth back fourth back cuts. So its often creative reusing footage while filling time without it being too noticable in the show. A lot of what became styistic choices, was creative working about limitations and filling time and reuse footage

[@knightofetro13]

Aww, I remember watching Wedding Peach as a teenager!! It's a cute, very underrated series!

[@Ross8k60]

You can't deny though that almost every other minute there's at least one clip in this video that contains a carbon copy of a Sailor Moon scene, pose, animation, frame or whatever. The amount of times I said "Wow that was LITERALLY Neptune!", "And THAT was Venus!", "OK, that was a combination of THREE different Moon attacks, holy fuck" was unreal 😂😂 But it's OK ❤😁

[@Dntmindmeimjustbored]

42:08 his voice gave me a whiplash. He sound so much like Machina X Flayon from Holostars EN

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

I remember seeing Wedding Peach via AMVS and MEPS that were pretty spread around on YT as a kid. I never saw it myself but watched an entire deep dive on it cause why not LMAO. I never had an opinion of it being a rip off Sailor Moon, mostly due to how I found it stated above and that it seemed different enough in my head to say it wasn't like it. The successor sounds interesting due to how it modernizes and fixes the criticisms of the original work. If Ranma can get a remake, I could totally root for Wedding Peach (or Wedding Apple) to get one or a new anime adaptation!

[@YamiyugiXenith]

Ryoga pfp!

[@xLadyRaine]

I wasn’t expecting rune factory and HM to get its flowers in this video but i’m glas

[@khadijaevans5991]

Not you teasing me with a Wonder Egg video, you gotta do that!!

[@dramonmaster222]

One of my favorite Magical Girl anime.

[@YamiyugiXenith]

I used to be obsessed with wedding peach when I was 12!! Honestly I think wedding peach has better designs and animation and I like the whole angel devil thing a bit better than sailor moon.

[@polytheaa]

i enjoyed this video so much💜💜

[@toadskywalker6417]

I once owned the entire series at one point. I still am looking for the rest of the series when I decided to reget the series altogether

[@dwainsimmons3447]

Can you do a Magic Knight Rayearth review?

[@Aishyo]

It's been on my mind since the reboot was announced

[@dwainsimmons3447]

@ and the ova

[@MJAYMONONOKE]

1:40 🔞: when you mentioned flower themed names, it unlocked a memory of this hent*i called “Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose”, where the core team are named after flowers: Rose, Lily, Margarette (daisy), Dahlia and Violet. The naming scheme then kinda derails and instead refers to the person’s powers: Adonis, Lupinus, Cosmos (who is actually the Sailor Saturn equivalent). There’s even a Petite-Rose who is the main character’s daughter from the future.

[@Aishyo]

@@MJAYMONONOKE.... I know of this h*ntai 🤨 well not really it's more ecchi but yeah I'm aware.

[@evanmak7837]

​@@Aishyo yeah, Papillon Rose was basically the plot of Sailor Moon with the protagonist trio of Wedding Peach (not so obvious with Rose, the only passing mention was that she has a "peachy" butt, but Margarette and Lily are obviously designed after Hinagiku and Yuri, Dhalia is basically Scarlett if you consider her joining the trio later), with the rest of the cast and the villains being designed after a bunch of Sakura Wars characters. Adonis and Lupinus were dead ringers for Cure Black and Cure White, their first appearance predates the Pretty Cure anime, but not the marketing for it. The creator of Papillon Rose had way too much fun (no pun) with anything geeky and otaku-related. Video game shoutouts, 2ch lingo, roasting the original authors, they overly fanatics who can get very creepy, the anime industry in general, the sellouts, anime tropes etc. example: They released an artbook for a "remake" a-la Sailor Moon Crystal and it pretty much predicted the reception for Crystal season 1-2. While the show was midway on its first season no less. And they hit a lot of nails in the head 🤣

[@MJAYMONONOKE]

Same, I never watched it. But became aware of it from animewallpapers/d*t/c*m. I just liked the character designs. Would have probably watched it if it wasn’t ecchi. They really just mashed up Sailor Moon, Wedding Peach, and various mahou shoujo - even switching up the styles between the seasons which was a bit jarring. One season they’d look like Digi Charat, and then like Ah! My Goddess the next. PS loved the video. New sub!

[@MJAYMONONOKE]

@@evanmak7837 I read that the manga-ka and director had a lot of creative differences after the first season, so I feel like a lot of the show is based on his preferences rather than the actual manga itself. Like Papillon Violet was the template for the villain Regine Aplis, but since I never watched the show, I can’t say if they referenced this fact in the show. From what I can tell, the manga is just an ecchi version/parody of Sailor Moon with a lot of sexual references, since the manga-ka’s dad was a sex therapist. But the show kinda looks like they used the manga as a base to do their own thing.

[@evanmak7837]

@@MJAYMONONOKE keep in mind while researching about Papillon Rose, anything you read about the mangaka, the anime production, the staff, etc., none of them are real. The original anime and manga (if you even can call it that) is a big joke poking fun at every aspect of a multi-media franchise, but with a sexual twist. From production, to adaption, to staff, ratings, animation directors, soundtracks, literally everything. I kinda wish the show was real because it would be interesting to see its story in action. This one big mashup of magical girl tropes together with burlesque-style american comedy, with a little bit of soft porn a la Emmanuelle. And the character designs are very cool. The OVA tried to do it but was...meh, and the "New season"... yeah, why did that even happen? In reality, it was all one illustrator in his 20s writing a shitpost fanfic online while practicing his drawing/animating skills. (He went on to work for Konami, so that worked well).

[@Ross8k60]

Muahahaahah, the way I was immediately like 🤔🤔🤔 around 49:30 and 52:00, only to have my suspicion confirmed at 1:33:44 😂😂😂 Kotono 🥰🥰🥰

[@koshej613]

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[@TheOneAndOnlyAdakai]

Here's a hot take (fixin' to piss people off, lol): Wedding Peach is better than Sailor Moon. There I said it, and that's what I think. I have to unironically force myself to watch Sailor Moon because it's so weird and problematic and makes me uncomfortable, but I've watched Wedding Peach and fell in love with it, watching it like 5 times... Sure, I got tired of certain characters losing their memories and that one weird fat episode, but I would still consider this, Princess Tutu, and Kaito Saint Tail my top three magical girl animes.

[@alicemdp]

One thing I remember is that I found wedding Peach one reandom night on KZbin on my Nintendo and binged the whole series in German and later found the ending in Spanish watch It found the ending in German watcht it and then did it again but in French. Fond memories 😂 (but the music was amazing)