Peach Girl

Peach Girl
First tankōbon volume cover
ピーチガール
(Pīchi Gāru)
GenreRomantic comedy drama
Manga
Written byMiwa Ueda
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineBessatsu Friend
English magazineSmile[1]
DemographicShōjo
Original runSeptember 13, 1997December 13, 2003
Volumes18 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Ishiodori
Written byHiroko Tokita
Music byMasanori Takumi
StudioStudio Comet
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run January 8, 2005 June 25, 2005
Episodes25 (List of episodes)
Manga
Peach Girl: Sae's Story
Written byMiwa Ueda
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineBessatsu Friend
DemographicShōjo
Original runSeptember 13, 2004May 13, 2006
Volumes3
Manga
Peach Girl Next
Written byMiwa Ueda
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineBe Love
DemographicShōjo
Original runAugust 12, 2016December 28, 2019
Volumes8
Live-action film
Directed byKoji Shintoku
Written byJunpei Yamaoka
ReleasedMay 20, 2017 (2017-05-20)

Peach Girl (Japanese: ピーチガール, Hepburn: Pīchi Gāru) is a Japanese manga series by Miwa Ueda. A high school drama centered on character Momo Adachi, her love life, friendships and rivalries, it was published in Japan by Kodansha in Bessatsu Friend from 1998 to 2003 and collected in 18 volumes. The series was adapted as a Taiwanese drama in 2002 and a Japanese animated television series in 2005. A manga sequel set 10 years after the original manga, titled Peach Girl Next, began its serialization on Be Love on August 12, 2016.[2] It ended with a total of eight volumes, the last of which was released in January 2020.[3][4] On mid-March 2016, the live-action film adaptation was announced.[5] The film was released in Japan on May 20, 2017.[6]

The North American version of the manga is published by Kodansha USA, with all 18 volumes under the same title.[7] It was previously published in two parts by Tokyopop: Peach Girl, covering the first eight volumes of the Japanese release; and Peach Girl: Change of Heart, comprising the final ten books. The animated TV series is distributed by Funimation Entertainment, currently known as Crunchyroll in North America.

  1. ^ "Welcome to the Smile Magazine website!" Smile. August 29, 2000. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
  2. ^ "Peach Girl Manga Gets Peach Girl Next Sequel Starting on August 12". Anime News Network. August 1, 2016. Archived from the original on August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Peach Girl NEXT Manga Ends in 8th Volume". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  4. ^ "Peach Girl NEXT Manga Ends Serialization in December". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  5. ^ "Peach Girl Manga Inspires Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. March 28, 2016. Archived from the original on 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  6. ^ ピーチガール. eiga.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  7. ^ Peach Girl. Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on 2024-09-08. Retrieved 2023-06-14.