Ichigo Mashimaro manages to be a relatively "quiet" series. The humour is done mostly by what a character does, rather than what they say, and of course, the anime also manages to come off with a bit of a manga like feel, by keeping the scenes almost completely silent (save the dialogue, of course).
So when I noticed the OST had already been released, I thought,
"ehh?? what the fuck's gonna be on it?!"

Of course, I knew one was coming out sooner or later, and I indeed had an idea of some of the songs that were most likely going to show up on it (though not a very good one). I found The OST overall to be quite good, but nothing special. Some were really rather nice, and made me think directly back to the scenes from the anime which I remember hearing them in. Others had not yet shown up in the show, were most likely OST filler, and would be better off staying far, far away from airtime. Granted, nearly all of them made me want to watch an episode intensely.

Another very interesting tidbit about this OST was that it included comments of each song from the composer, Takeshi Watanabe (something I noticed AFTER I'd finished listening to it the first time through..). This was really quite a treat, and something I don't think I've ever seen before.
Here's a rough translation of Watanabe's thoughts on the main theme (which is good, but I like "kawaii, wa seigi!" better. . .)

Exactly 1 year ago, I was first introduced to "Ichigo Mashimaro", and while I read the manga I thought, if I were to make a theme for this, what kind of theme would it be? Then I came up with this song and thought "Eureka!". I can never forget the "I think this would be great music for Mashimaro" letter I received from the director. This song started everything.

Thanks for sharing, buddy. See, wasn't that interesting? I'd really like it if more composers did this. He should like.. send a memo to the rest of them. Anyhow, if I were to give this OST a grade (which I don't like doing to be honest..) it would be a B ....because I'm nice.

Labels: Ichigo Mashimaro, Music

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