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Ichigo Mashimaro

Ichigo Mashimaro

Alternative Titles

English: The Strawberry Marshmallow
Synonyms: Strawberry Marshmallow
Japanese: 苺ましまろ

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 15, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG - Children
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.081 (scored by 5800 users)
Ranked: #2842
Popularity: #394
Members: 10,478
Favorites: 284
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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comedy cute loli slice of life
Nov 30, 2008
MidnightCheddar
Ichigo Mashimaro (Strawberry Marshmallow) sticks to the "slice of life" and "comedy" formula without growing stale. Its truly a must see for fans of this genera!

Story: 8/10
Based on the ongoing manga of the same name, basically its about four grade school girls and their big sister (only one is actually related to her, but they all look up to her as one) living life in Japan. I feel I should state at this point that it keeps its story as realistic as possible, so there is no princess to save, no student counsel to form, nothing! This is about everyday life! Which may be read more
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Aug 25, 2007
Ranivus
Ichigo Mashmiaro is another slice of life anime set around the life of four Elementary School friends and a sister. Theres no ecchi but there are LOADS of fanservice in this show. You can tell just by watching the first episode. Its even more frequent in the ova's. Also, the power word for this show is CUTE. I cant emphasize this enough... CUTE is allover.

For some reason the chemistry between all of them really make for a unique experience. Their character traits sound so standard for a slice of life comedy but the way its executed is far better than most anime of its read more
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Jun 11, 2008
HappyPear
This was a strange series. I expected something along the lines of Azumanga, but didn't, and didn't get the same thing as Minami-ke either, it was unique. Probably unique in the way that almost every single surface of this series was plastered with kawaii-cuteness, but I didn't mind that one bit. I don't really remember what happened as I was typing papers about the Meiji Restoration and reading the Great Gatsby while watching this, for the most part. Man, only if we lived in a life where worrying about grades didn't exist.

There's not really a story to a slice-of-life anime, but read more
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Sep 1, 2007
December
As specified in the synopsis "cute girls do cute things in cute ways" is what it delivers. Based on the slice of life manga series, the story is considered plotless and instead, viewers are being treated with laughter and uber cuteness by 4 adorable 3rd graders and 1 big sister who just wants to find a decent 'good paying' job without being distributed or 'attacked' by either one of them, in particular Miu, one of their group members who is 'hyper' active.

From the beginning of the series towards the end, you basically see the activities these girls do on a day to day basis. read more
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Aug 15, 2007
dollie_mixtures
Excuse me while I gush over this series, it's almost too cute to bear. I, perhaps, would have overlooked it if it wasn't for the 3 volumes of the Ichigo Mashimaro manga I have sitting on my shelf. I often find myself not liking the art in the anime if I was exposed to the manga first, but in this case I was pleasantly surprised; the characters in both were drawn very similar, almost identical. The backgrounds lack the detail of other anime, but I can't say that it bothered me much.

(If you've read the manga, you'll notice the shuffling of the chapters, the read more
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Sep 11, 2009
yutanpo
Ichigo Mashimaro, in my opinion, is one of the most misunderstood shows out there. Under its loli-clad outer shell, and the too-easily tossed around explanation/catchphrase "cute, not pedo", the show seems to have given people the impression that it is a moeblob series aimed at pedophiles who like to watch little girls do cute things. For me, and many other fans of the series, that impression couldn't be more wrong. The true appeal of Ichigo Mashimaro to me, and many others I've discussed the show with, is its comedic genius, rooting from Barasui's source manga and further improved by the excellent anime adaptation.

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Nov 18, 2008
muzza
Story: 5/10

There didn't appear to be any clear story here. A typical sort of slice of life, focusing on the various topics that the young group encounter, from cigarettes to obesity. With the variety of characters from Miu, the problem child, Matsuri the very quiet and naive girl, the story had a range of things to discuss though probably didn't stretch far enough to cover everything that could have been covered. The story is episodic, with limited continuation of the story through the series. The episodes didn't unfortunately start to become a bit repetitive.

Art: 7/10

The art is not bad at all, read more
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Dec 17, 2008
southdkotaboy
There are certain times in your life when you want to just clear your mind of everything and just enjoy the simple things. This is one of those simple things.
Ichigo Mashimaro isn't action pact, it isn't full of angst, and it isn't full of itself. What it is full of is funny little moments, nice moments of friends bonding, and just plain pointlessness.
All of those things are what make this such a great little series. At 12 episodes and three OAV's it can be watched in one long afternoon.
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Jun 2, 2008
AMVP
I'd heard good things about this show, and honestly, I'd hoped for a fun time in watching it. However, I took a risk in doing so that ultimately did not pay off: I watched the english dub before watching the origional sub. I can't stress enough the sad state of the dubbing for this show. The character's voices are whiny and bring about a total lack of interest in whatever cutesy slice-of-life story happens to be going on at the time. Granted, I didn't make it very far, but I just couldn't. Perhaps if I had seen it subbed things would be different, but I read more
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Aug 16, 2009
xlizzyx1004
entertaining. i ended up watching all of the episodes.

i thought it was very cute. my favorite character was miu by the way.

its actually also quite funny.
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