# Peach Boy Riverside (2021)

> A 2021 Japanese anime that reimagines the Peach Boy folktale as a what-if adventure in which more than one peach tumbled down the river.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/89365

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, fantasy
- Network: TOKYO MX
- Cast: Haruka Shiraishi, Nao Toyama, Mao Ichimichi, Toshiki Masuda, Megumi Toda, Jiro Saito, Haruka Tomatsu, Mayu Mineda
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13022022/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: breezy, irreverent, joyful, playful

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series mixed, finding its gleeful reinterpretation of a classic folktale fun but uneven.

## Synopsis

Peach Boy Riverside (2021) is a Japanese anime fantasy adventure series aired on TOKYO MX, a single-season run of twelve episodes. Adapted from the manga and built on the Momotaro folktale, it asks what if more than one peach tumbled down the river. Sally, Mikoto, Frau, Hawthorn and Carrot, voiced by Haruka Shiraishi, Nao Toyama, Mao Ichimichi, Toshiki Masuda and Megumi Toda, are drawn into a quest across the sea, where ogres have been defeated once but more are said to be living elsewhere. The engine of the show is a band of companions pursuing monsters through a fantasy world with a playful sense of mischief, and each episode moves through battles, detours and comic misadventures. The tone is breezy and irreverent, with a joyful fondness for folklore that treats a heroic legend as a lark. Its look is bright and kinetic, in the spirit of shonen adventure. Fans of Momotaro Ghost Warriors and Blue Exorcist will find familiar pleasures here, though the series is lighter and more absurd than either.

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