Peach Girl | |
ピーチガール (Pīchi Gāru) | |
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Genre | Romantic comedy drama |
Manga | |
Written by | Miwa Ueda |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher |
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Magazine | Bessatsu Friend |
English magazine | Smile[1] |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | September 13, 1997 – December 13, 2003 |
Volumes | 18 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Ishiodori |
Written by | Hiroko Tokita |
Music by | Masanori Takumi |
Studio | Studio Comet |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | January 8, 2005 – June 25, 2005 |
Episodes | 25 |
Manga | |
Peach Girl: Sae's Story | |
Written by | Miwa Ueda |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Bessatsu Friend |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | September 13, 2004 – May 13, 2006 |
Volumes | 3 |
Manga | |
Peach Girl Next | |
Written by | Miwa Ueda |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Be Love |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | August 12, 2016 – December 28, 2019 |
Volumes | 8 |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Koji Shintoku |
Written by | Junpei Yamaoka |
Released | May 20, 2017 |
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.