Peach Boy Riverside (ピーチボーイリバーサイド, Pīchi Bōi Ribāsaido) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coolkyousinnjya, serialized on Neetsha's webcomic distribution site Weekly Young VIP since January 2008. The remake version written by Coolkyousinnjya and illustrated by Johanne was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Magazine R, as well as the website and app Magazine Pocket, from August 2015 to July 2024, and was collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by Asahi Production aired from July to September 2021.
An anime television series adaptation of the remake version was announced on August 7, 2020. The series is animated by Asahi Production and directed by Shigeru Ueda, with Keiichirō Ōchi handling series composition, Satomi Kurita and Masato Katō handling the character designs, and Takaaki Nakahashi composing the series' music. It aired from July 1 to September 16, 2021, on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and AT-X. Q-MHz produced the opening theme song, "Dark spiral journey" featuring Yuko Suzuhana, while Mitei no Hanashi performed the ending theme song, "Yoru o Koeru Ashioto" (Footsteps Across the Night). Crunchyroll streamed the series outside of Asia. Medialink has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and is streaming it on their Ani-One YouTube channel, but this series is only viewable on their YouTube channel with Ani-One Ultra Membership scheme. Ani-One will upload this anime to their YouTube channel from July 1 for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau and from July 15 for other Asian regions.
Episode list
The series is released in two different versions: the "On air version" (オンエア版, On'ea-ban) which airs in an anachronical order that rearranges the chronological order of the original story, while the "Time series version" (時系列版, Jikeiretsu-ban) (which is exclusively released on the Japanese streaming platform dAnime Store [ja]) follows the chronological order of the original story.
On air version
Time series version
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"The Ex-Princess and the Harefolk" Transliteration: "Moto Hime to Ujin" (Japanese: 元姫と卯人)
Shigeru Ueda
Keiichirō Ōchi
Shigeru Ueda
July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)
July 8, 2021
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3
"Ogres and Humans" Transliteration: "Oni to Ningen" (Japanese: 鬼と人間)
Masayuki Iimura
Keiichirō Ōchi
Akira Oguro
July 8, 2021 (2021-07-08)
July 15, 2021
3
9
"Sally and a Crossroads" Transliteration: "Sarī to Kiro" (Japanese: サリーと岐路)
Masato Suzuki
Keiichirō Ōchi
Hidetoshi Namura
July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15)
August 26, 2021
4
1
"The Princess and the Peach" Transliteration: "Hime to Momo" (Japanese: 姫と桃)
Akira Koremoto
Keiichirō Ōchi
Shigeru Ueda
July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22)
July 1, 2021
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7
"Frau and the Vampire" Transliteration: "Furau to Kyūketsuki" (Japanese: フラウと吸血鬼)
Takaaki Ishiyama
Kazuhiko Inukai Keiichirō Ōchi
Akira Oguro
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)
August 12, 2021
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8
"Carrot and Millia" Transliteration: "Kyarotto to Miria" (Japanese: キャロットとミリア)
Hisaya Takabayashi
Kazuhiko Inukai
Yasuo Ejima
August 5, 2021 (2021-08-05)
August 19, 2021
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4
"Species and Belonging" Transliteration: "Shuzoku to Ibasho" (Japanese: 種族と居場所)
Masayuki Iimura
Keiichirō Ōchi
Hidetoshi Namura
August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)
July 22, 2021
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"Companion and Companion" Transliteration: "Nakama to Nakama" (Japanese: 仲間と仲間)
Sumito Sasaki
Kazuhiko Inukai
Akira Oguro
August 19, 2021 (2021-08-19)
September 2, 2021
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"Mikoto and Mikoto" Transliteration: "Mikoto to Mikoto" (Japanese: ミコトとミコト)
Masato Suzuki
Keiichirō Ōchi
Takaharu Ozaki
August 26, 2021 (2021-08-26)
September 16, 2021
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"Horror and Resentment" Transliteration: "Senka to Urami" (Japanese: 戦禍と恨み)
Takaaki Ishiyama
Kazuhiko Inukai
Akira Oguro
September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02)
September 9, 2021
11
5
"Ideals and Reality" Transliteration: "Risō to Genjitsu" (Japanese: 理想と現実)
Takahiro Ōtsuka
Kazuhiko Inukai
Hidetoshi Namura
September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09)
July 29, 2021
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"Resolutions and Goodbyes" Transliteration: "Ketsui to Wakare" (Japanese: 決意と別れ)
Shigeru Ueda
Keiichirō Ōchi
Shigeru Ueda
September 16, 2021 (2021-09-16)
August 5, 2021
Game
A video game adaptation, Peach Boy Riverside Battle Saga, was launched on the HTML5 game platform, G123, on July 1, 2021.