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title: "Strawberry Marshmallow - Cute Is as Cute Does (Vol. 1)"
price: "$33"
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# Strawberry Marshmallow - Cute Is as Cute Does (Vol. 1)

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- **What is this?** Strawberry Marshmallow - Cute Is as Cute Does (Vol. 1)
- **How much does it cost?** $33 with free shipping
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## Description

Product Description Join Chika, Miu and Matsuri, as they go about their daily lives full of adventure and discovery. Follow the intrepid trio as they try to make a surprise birthday gift. Then meet Ana, a transfer student originally from England who pretends to be a foreigner. This becomes more difficult to pull off when the girls pay a visit to her happy home. And when Chika & Company find out where Nobue is working, they decide to pay her a visit... with disastrous results! desertcart.com The shojo (girls') broadcast series Strawberry Marshmallow plays like a junior version of the popular Azumanga Daioh. College student Nobue serves as the narrator, but the program focuses on Chika, Nobue's 12-year-old sister and her friends. Miu is their rambunctious, often obnoxious next-door neighbor; timid, slightly younger Matsuri whines a lot, British exchange student Ana sits next to Matsuri in class. Strawberry Marshmallow continues the trend toward anime verité: The girls go to school, play together, and have very ordinary adventures. Nobue takes a part-time job to pay for cigarettes. Ana pretends not to understand Japanese. There's no magic, no menace from a parallel world, and no romance. The ultra-cute characters in Strawberry Marshmallow will appeal to adolescent girls, the show's obvious target audience; older viewers and boys may find them cloying. (Rated 13 and older: alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon

Review: Top notch comedy and childhood nostalgia - This and Haibane Renmei (for different reasons of course) have been far and away my favourite anime series for quite some time now. And though I don't really watch anime anymore, I'll always come back to this one when I need cheering up or am just in the mood to laugh. And I do laugh, a lot, while watching Strawberry Marshmallow. It's one of the funniest series I've ever seen, anime or otherwise. It's clever, it's layered; it's dry and esoteric at times. It's definitely not what you'd expect from an anime. And to top it off, it does a good job of bringing you back to your childhood when you were just being goofy with your friends (although, we definitely never had anyone as goofy as Miu around). Highly recommended.
Review: More good anime for girls - Most of the anime seen in the US is created for the male Japanese market and in turn focussed to the American male market. There is little that comes to the US market of the 'shoujo' or girls' anime. Strawberry Marshmallow is one of those wonderful girls' anime that hits the mark. It's all about relationships and doing stuff together. The characterizations are crisp and the animation is excellent. Music is good, too. (I also recommend the sound track.) There are no worlds to save or monsters to conquer, just kids trying to deal with what life brings their way. A wonderful example is Ana Coppola, a blond, blue eyed, British girl who has been in Japan for most of her life. She struggles with her identity as being instantly recognized as a foreigner, but one who is completely immersed in the Japanese culture and fluent in the language to the point of being unsure of her native tongue. This is a light hearted romp through the lives of some mostly ordinary elementary school girls. One that I found extremely entertaining. (This review is based on viewing the original Japanese release. I am not sure yet how Ana's language differences will be handled by the US release.)

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B000F3AAMK |
| Aspect Ratio  | 1.78:1 |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (16) |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer  | No |
| MPAA rating  | Unrated (Not Rated) |
| Media Format  | Animated, Color, DVD, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Package Dimensions  | 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces |
| Run time  | 1 hour and 40 minutes |
| Studio  | Geneon [Pioneer] |
| Subtitles:  | English |

## Product Details

- **Format:** Animated, Color, DVD, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- **Language:** English, Japanese
- **Manufacturer:** Geneon [Pioneer]
- **Number Of Discs:** 1
- **Runtime:** 1 hour and 40 minutes

## Images

![Strawberry Marshmallow - Cute Is as Cute Does (Vol. 1) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51D1RZJG9XL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Top notch comedy and childhood nostalgia
*by A***E on August 3, 2011*

This and Haibane Renmei (for different reasons of course) have been far and away my favourite anime series for quite some time now. And though I don't really watch anime anymore, I'll always come back to this one when I need cheering up or am just in the mood to laugh. And I do laugh, a lot, while watching Strawberry Marshmallow. It's one of the funniest series I've ever seen, anime or otherwise. It's clever, it's layered; it's dry and esoteric at times. It's definitely not what you'd expect from an anime. And to top it off, it does a good job of bringing you back to your childhood when you were just being goofy with your friends (although, we definitely never had anyone as goofy as Miu around). Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ More good anime for girls
*by J***N on June 8, 2006*

Most of the anime seen in the US is created for the male Japanese market and in turn focussed to the American male market. There is little that comes to the US market of the 'shoujo' or girls' anime. Strawberry Marshmallow is one of those wonderful girls' anime that hits the mark. It's all about relationships and doing stuff together. The characterizations are crisp and the animation is excellent. Music is good, too. (I also recommend the sound track.) There are no worlds to save or monsters to conquer, just kids trying to deal with what life brings their way. A wonderful example is Ana Coppola, a blond, blue eyed, British girl who has been in Japan for most of her life. She struggles with her identity as being instantly recognized as a foreigner, but one who is completely immersed in the Japanese culture and fluent in the language to the point of being unsure of her native tongue. This is a light hearted romp through the lives of some mostly ordinary elementary school girls. One that I found extremely entertaining. (This review is based on viewing the original Japanese release. I am not sure yet how Ana's language differences will be handled by the US release.)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very entertaining, have watched it several times.
*by J***H on November 16, 2014*

This series (all 3 volumes) is adorable. It's a silly cutesy slice-of-life with cutesy silly girls and their reluctant chaperon, one of the girl's older sister. The English dub is amazing. I believe the English voice actresses fit the characters better than the Japanese ones. It sounds like they use actual age-realistic actresses for 3 of the 4 girls and the 4th is still good. The voice of Miu is exceptionally gifted in bringing that character to life which is crucial because she's the energetic mischievous one. I highly recommend this to any anime collector of this type of genre.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-06*