The Marshmallow Times

The Marshmallow Times (マシュマロ通信, Mashumaro Taimusu) is a

The series focuses on 7 children and a sheep-like character who hang out together and work as a team. Each character is depicted with a varying hairstyle and flavor of fashion.

In creating the anime version, Korean Company (KOKO Enterprise, Seoul Movie) and has co-produced with SBS under the name of work in South Korea called "라즈베리 타임즈 (The Raspberry Times)", this version only aired for 25 episodes.

Plot

Sandy, a girl who lives in Marshmallow Town, whose pet is a sheep-like creature named Cloud, and 6 other children—Jasmine, Lime, Basil, Clove, Nuts and Cinnamon—become friends and form a journalism team and adventure their world together.

Characters

Main characters

Sandy (サンディ, Sandi)

Voiced by: Misato Fukuen

A girl with orange braided hair who lives with her mother, father and twin brothers. Sandy is a tomboy who is extremely dedicated to her role as editor-in-chief of the Marshmallow Times. Although she can be smart and hard-working, she can also be quite stubborn and has a habit of taking her friends and family for granted, though she does care about them deep down, even if she's not the best at showing it.

Jasmine (ジャスミン, Jasumin)

Voiced by: Kana Ueda

A pink-haired girl with flowers in her hair and the most popular girl in town. She is obsessed with being "beautiful" and follows a strict training regimen in order to maintain her looks.

Lime (ライム, Raimu)

Voiced by: Kenji Nojima

A green-haired boy. He loves to flirt with girls and is constantly going on dates. While most girls find him fun to hang out with, they also see him as too much of a "show-off" for them to consider a serious relationship with him.

Basil (バジル, Bajiru)

Voiced by:

Akiko Kobayashi

A yellow-haired girl who is usually seen with a camera. She is very cheerful and is always looking for "scoops" to photograph. However, due to her poor photography skills, her pictures almost always come out blurry. Because of this, as well as her general disregard for people's privacy, Sandy does not consider her an official member of the Marshmallow Times.

Clove (クローブ, Kurōbu)

Voiced by: Takayuki Yamaguchi

A

stereo

in his room. He mostly wears striped clothes.

Nuts (ナッツ, Nattsu)

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita

A

vegetable garden

and is a gardener.

Cinnamon (シナモン, Shinamon)

Voiced by: Nobuko Sakuma

A light-blue-haired girl. She has a passion for fortune-telling and will often try to use her crystal ball to predict the outcome of events, though her predictions vary in accuracy.

Cloud (クラウド, Kuraudo)

Voiced by: Reiko Takagi

A living doll based on Sheep Cloud, the mascot of Cloud Cereal. Sandy won the "Wake-Up Cloud" doll in a contest, only for him to mysteriously come to life. Shortly after, he was accepted into Sandy's family. Cloud behaves similarly to a young child in that he's innocent, cheerful and eager to help others. His extreme optimism and desire to be "useful" often gets him into trouble, as he has a bad habit of biting off more than he can chew, much to the ire of his adoptive sister Sandy.

Minor characters

Sandy's Family

The people that live with Sandy. Her mother is a sweet and caring woman. Her father is much shorter

Production Staff

• Story: Lun Lun Yamamoto
• Publisher: Asahi Gakusei Shimbun
• Director: Hiroshi Fukotomi, Seung Il Lee
• Series Configuration: Nakaze Rika
• Character Designers: Hiroshi Kanazawa, Ji Woon Ha
• Art Director: Rei Nishiyama, Sun Keun Han
• Color-coordinated: Ookura Kimiko, Eui Jeong Namgung
• Director of Photography: Young Ho Kim
• Sound Director:Miwa Iwanami
• Music:Miwa Satoshi
• Producer: Eiji Kanaoka, Kazuya Watanabe, Kati Hideyuki, Jeong Hun Song
• Animation: Studio Comet, Seoul Movie
• Producer: TV Osaka, The Marshmallow Times Production Committee

Episodes

1. Cloud came!
2. First errand!
3. Fear! Doppelganger! !
4. Furawamubumento nuts?
5. Scoop of basil?
6. Jasmine Secret
7. Cinnamon is addicted to fortune-telling?
8. Symbol of the city, my snail
9. Hatsukoi lime
10. Clove is a music producer
11. Dad, the crisis of restructuring?
12. Sandy will be cursed! ?
13. Sunny's Dosha降Ri
14. Where's Miss marshmallows!
15. Angelica Devil
16. Battle of the test
17. War donuts (Wars)!
18. GO! GO! Camping!
19. Love lime PARTII
20. Midsummer Dream Tour
21. Secret Rabbit Dog
22. Cloud, run away from home
23. Family space mystery
24. Cinnamon is a witch! ?
25. Ghost of the College
26. Take care, communications marshmallows! ?
27. The Marshmallow Times (Times) Put on a!
28. Cloud Drawing
29. Takeshi Mad Mad Mad Race
30. Marshmallow Halloween Town!
31. She's Sandy! ?
32. Pansy came
33. Basil Crush
34. Oru's house-cloud
35. Pansy and year!
36. Case out of the department store!
37. Christmas in Wonderland
38. Back to the proposal
39. Advent dark cloud!
40. Angelica first love?
41. Principal is full! ?
42. Longest day of the lime
43. Town Holiday Marshmallows
44. Cloud and snow fairy
45. Battalion Nearby billionaire
46. Come to the forest
47. Weird! Sandy! !
48. My Jasmine
49. Basil modestly
50. Battle of the sympathy!
51. Night cloud
52. 鳴Rasou the bell of happiness

Songs

Opening Theme:

1. "Spicy Days - スパイシーデイズ -, Spicy Days - (supaishideizu)" by Mai Nanami (episodes 1 - 40)
2. "Spicy Days - スパイシーデイズ -, Spicy Days - (supaishideizu)" by NAO with Sandy & Cloud (episodes 41 -52)

Ending Theme:

1. "歩いてこう, Walking, Like This" by Grace

External links

• The Marshmallow Times Official Site at TV Osaka (in Japanese)
• The Marshmallow Times information at AllCinema.net (in Japanese)