The Marshmallow Times (マシュマロ通信, Mashumaro Taimusu) is a manga by Lunlun Yamamoto.
It was first published from 2004 to 2006 in the magazines Asahi Shōgakusei Shimbun and Asahi Chūgakusei Weekly (Asahi Shimbun group), and subsequently adapted into anime series directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi and Seung Il Lee, with Rika Nakase writing the scripts, Hiroshi Kanazawa and Ji Woon Ha designing the characters and Satoru Miwa composing the music.
Consisting of a total 52 episodes, the series was broadcast every Sunday from April 4, 2004 until March 27, 2005 on the TV Osaka and the TX Network in Japan.
The series focuses on seven children and a sheep-like character who hang out together and work as a team.
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.