Strawberry Marshmallow
| Strawberry Marshmallow | |
Volume 1 of the English version of the manga.
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苺ましまろ (Ichigo Mashimaro) |
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| Genre | Comedy, Slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Barasui |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
| Original run | February 15, 2002 – present |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takuya Sato |
| Studio | Daume |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TBS, Anime Network |
| Original run | July 14, 2005 – October 13, 2005 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Game | |
| Developer | ASCII Media Works |
| Publisher | ASCII Media Works |
| Genre | Visual novel |
| Platform | PlayStation 2 |
| Released | August 11, 2005 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Takuya Sato |
| Studio | Daume |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | February 23, 2007 – April 25, 2007 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes each |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Original video animation | |
| Strawberry Marshmallow Encore | |
| Directed by | Takuya Sato |
| Studio | Daume |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | January 23, 2009 – March 25, 2009 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes each |
| Episodes | 2 |
Strawberry Marshmallow (Japanese: 苺ましまろ Hepburn: Ichigo Mashimaro?) is a Japanese manga series by Barasui about the adventures of four elementary school girls and their older sister-figure. It began serialization in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine Dengeki Daioh in 2002. In 2005, the series was adapted into an anime series and a PlayStation 2 video game. Three original video animation (OVA) episodes were later released from February to April 2007. Another two-episode OVA project titled Strawberry Marshmallow Encore was released in 2009. There is an unrelated manga titled Ichigo Mashumaro (苺ましゅまろ?).
According to the manga, Strawberry Marshmallow is set in Hamamatsu, Japan. Seasons play an important role throughout Strawberry Marshmallow as the characters are involved in many normal seasonal activities. The series is speckled with many small, music-related allusions, such as Ana's dog Frusciante being named after John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, while episode eight of the anime sees two goldfish called Richard and James. The title itself was inspired from "Mashimaro", a single by Japanese rock artist Tamio Okuda.
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