Super Mario (Kodansha manga)
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| Artist | Kazuki Motoyama |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Labels | Comic BomBom Special (first issue) KC Deluxe |
| Original language | Japanese |
| Volumes | 43 |
The Super Mario manga by Kazuki Motoyama, also known as KC Mario, is a series that was serialized by Kodansha in its manga anthology Comic BomBom from December 1988 through September 1998, with side chapters published in the sister publication Deluxe BomBom, spanning a total of 183 stories. The manga features original characters, the use of self-referential humor, and occasional references to Japanese pop culture. The manga was never published under a single consistent title, instead changing its title to tie in with the latest game of the Super Mario franchise being adapted at the time, starting from Super Mario Bros. 3 all the way up to Super Mario 64, with the final two collected volumes in this series tying into Yoshi's Story. The manga ceased publication due to Kodansha losing the Super Mario license and has never been reprinted since then. The series includes a large amount of crude humor throughout the series, such as nudity and sexual innuendos.
A total of 43 collected volumes, or tankōbon, were published of this series.[1] The first volume, based on Super Mario Bros. 3, was published as a manga strategy guide as part of Kodansha's Family Computer Hisshō Dōjō series under the "Comic BomBom Special" imprint. From Super Mario Land and onward, the volumes were published as regular manga collections under the KC Deluxe imprint. The first few pages of each volume contain a mini strategy guide featuring commentary on levels from the games the stories are based on. While the volumes contain most of the mainline chapters and side chapters, there were five chapters, including the finale, that were not featured in any of the collections.
There were also two collections of 4-koma comic strips released under this series, with the strips themselves being drawn by various artists in addition to Motoyama.
Volumes[edit]
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Comic BomBom Special[edit]
| Title | Image | Description | Release date |
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| Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryakuhon |
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A strategic guide of Super Mario Bros. 3 told in the style of a comical manga. | March 1, 1989 |
KC Deluxe[edit]
| # | Title | Image | Description | Release date |
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| 1 | Super Mario Land | 
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A four-chapter adaptation of Super Mario Land: Mario and Princess Peach are celebrating Princess Daisy's birthday, when she is suddenly kidnapped by Tatanga, an alien prince that wants to force her to marry her. Mario goes to her rescue, while Peach follows him with a Mecha Kuribō suit to ensure he does not cheat on her. | August 17, 1989 |
| 2 | Super Mario Land 2 | 
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Tetris story arc: Mario and Peach discovers a map to the pyramid of the Tetris Ningen. The group overcomes the tribe's traps and trials, until they have a face off against King Tetris, who is revealed to be a disguised Bowser. After Bowser steals the tribe's rocket ship, he begins an attack on Earth by dropping from the sky Tetris blocks and turning the Toads into blocks. | December 16, 1989 |
| 3 | Super Mario Land 3 | 
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A volume dedicated to Mario's sports entries: Golf, Baseball and Tennis. The Tetris story arc from the last volume also gets a new final chapter, with King Tetris challenging the heroes at ice hockey. |
March 17, 1990 |
| 4 | Super Mario Land 4 | 
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Qix story arc: Bowser kidnaps Daisy and forces Mario and Peach to save her by beating various Super Mario Land enemies to a Qix-styled game. Solar Striker story arc: Mario and Peach are contacted by their descendants from the future, where Bowser is wrecking havoc in the galaxy. |
July 17, 1990 |
| 5 | Dr. Mario | 
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Dr. Mario story arc: Bowser develops a monster virus army to invade the Mushroom Kingdom, while he runs to safety with Peach and Daisy. Mario discovers that the viruses hate a mountain mushroom, from which he creates the capsules to defeat them. After all viruses are defeated, Bowser releases a final one that he made invulnerable to the capsules and infects Luigi. In order to save him, Mario and Peach enter his body. | October 17, 1990 |
| 6 | Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 1 | 
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First part of the Super Mario World story arc: while on vacation on Super Famicom Island, Mario, Luigi, and Peach find a dinosaur named Yoshi. He explains Bowser has taken over the Dinosaur Land and trapped his friends in eggs. Right then, some Super Koopas capture Peach and take her to Bowser. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi go to rescue her, traversing Yoshi's Island and Donut Plains. | February 6, 1991 |
| 7 | Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 2 | 
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Second part of the Super Mario World story arc: the trio is continuing on their journey, traversing Vanilla Dome, Twin Bridges, and the Forest of Illusion. Peach manages to escape Bowser's clutches, but she is captured by Roy and Wendy. | May 9, 1991 |
| 8 | Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 3 | .jpg)
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Third part of the Super Mario World story arc: the trio continues to chase Peach in Chocolate Island and the Valley of Bowser. Luigi gets hypnotized by a Magikoopa, but, in fighting the brainwashing, seemingly falls in lava. | August 6, 1991 |
| 9 | Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 4 | .jpg)
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Fourth part of the Super Mario World story arc: after traversing Bowser's Castle, Mario challenges him, but he fails due to a protective barrier around the Koopa Clown Car. Luigi and Yoshi save him, and hide in the Star World, where they gain the help of the colored Yoshis and improve their skills in the Special Zone. After crashing Bowser and Peach's wedding, Mario defeats him and rescues the princess. | October 5, 1991 |
| 10 | Super Mario World! Mario Open Golf | 
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NES Open Tournament Golf story arc: Mario and Luigi compete in golf to see how they can impress both Peach and Daisy (who develops a crush on Luigi), but are then approached by Mr. K, who invites them to join a golf tournament. The champions Billy and Tony are also interested in joining to win the money prize, unaware that it is a setup from Bowser to humiliate Mario. | February 6, 1992 |
| 11 | Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 5 | 
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Mario, Luigi, and Peach return to Dinosaur Land to enjoy a vacation with Yoshi, but their plans are halted when Bowser and his minions keep trying to ruin their plans and kidnap Peach in any way possible. | March 6, 1992 |
| 12 | Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 6 | 
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Mario and his friends are nominated detectives after Peach's museum is robbed by Bowser, unaware that the Koopa King was framed. The volume follows other adventures from the new Mario detective agency. | June 6, 1992 |
| 13 | Super Mario World! Yoshi no Tamago | 
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Yoshi story arc: As Yoshi begins his own pizza place, Bowser tries to ruin it while also searching for a way to summon a powerful dragon, discovering that Yoshi's Eggs have very interesting magical properties. | August 6, 1992 |
| 14 | Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 7 | 
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Super Mario Great story arc (largely based on SimCity and Alleyway): to protect Mario City from Bowser's kaiju army, Mario becomes the gigantic superhero Super Mario Great. | October 6, 1992 |
| 15 | Super Mario Kart 1 | 
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First part of the Super Mario Kart story arc: while repairing the Mushroom Castle pipes, Mario breaks a very expensive vase. To repay it, he decides to win the money prize of the BomBom Cup Grand Prix. While supported by his friends, including ex-girlfriend Lady, his biggest rivals are ready to humiliate him on the track. | February 6, 1993 |
| 16 | Super Mario USA | _comic.jpg)
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Super Mario Bros. 2 story arc: Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad follows a thief that stole their farming seeds to Subcon, the land of the dreams, where they are pleeded by the inhabitants to stop the nightmare king Wart, who has taken over Subcon to then spread nightmares to the world. | March 6, 1993 |
| 17 | Super Mario Kart 2 | 
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Second part of the Super Mario Kart story arc: Peach organizes a special battle tournament while the King accidentally appoints her daughter as the prize. The second story, is a story about Daisy's origins. | June 5, 1993 |
| 18 | Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1 | 
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First part of the Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins: Wario, Mario's evil lookalike, took over the Mario Land, brainwashed its inhabitants, and closed off the passage to the castle with the six Golden Coins. To add insult to injury, Wario also kidnaps Daisy. Peach and Mario, aided by Mario's pet Battle Beetle, go to take back the coins from the guardians of Tree Zone, Macro Zone, and Pumpkin Zone. | July 6, 1993 |
| 19 | Super Mario Kart 3 | 
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November 6, 1993 | |
| 20 | Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 2 | 
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January 8, 1994 | |
| 21 | Super Mario: Yoshi no Road Hunting 1 | 
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March 5, 1994 | |
| 22 | Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3 | 
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May 6, 1994 | |
| 23 | Super Mario: Yoshi no Road Hunting 2 | 
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June 6, 1994 | |
| 24 | Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 1 | 
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First part of the Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 story arc: a golden statue of the Mario Bros. will be exposed in the Mushroom Kingdom plaza, but the statue is stolen away by the Black Sugar Gang pirates. Mario, Luigi and Mario chase them to their lair, Kitchen Island, where they also meet Wario, with whom join forces to take the statue and the pirate's treasure. | October 6, 1994 |
| 25 | Mario & Wario | 
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Mario & Wario story arc: Wario invites Mario, Luigi, Peach to a picnic, with the real intention of kidnapping Mario by placing a bucket on his head, but due to a hat switch, he instead takes Luigi, so Mario, Peach, and Yoshi go after him. During their chase, the realm of the fairies gets shocked by Wario's evildoing, causing a fairy named Wanda to join and aid the heroes. | August 5, 1994 |
| 26 | Super Mario: Wario no Mori | 
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Wario's Woods story arc: young Mario and young Peach are fantasizing on how their life will be when they will grow up. Meanwhile, a young Wario, jealous of Mario, finds in the middle of the forest a seal, releasing the demon Fauster after breaking it. The demon gifts to him his army of monsters to satisfy any desires of his in exchange for setting him free to take over the Peaceful Woods and then the world. | November 2, 1994 |
| 27 | Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 2 | 
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Second part of the Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 story arc: the statue arrives to Captain Syrup, who immediately fuses the statue into one of herself. The group them faces against Syrup and her Genie and wins, but losing all the treasure collected in their journey. | December 6, 1994 |
| 28 | Super Mario: Donkey Kong 1 | 
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January 9, 1995 | |
| 29 | Super Mario: Donkey Kong 2 | 
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March 6, 1995 | |
| 30 | Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 3 | 
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Post-story of the Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 story arc: with the Black Sugar Gang disbanded, Syrup has lost everything and search for the Genie's lamp, who Wario tossed away after getting a bird house as his new "castle". While Syrup convinces herself that Mario had got the lamp stuffed in his pants, the Black Sugar Gang remaining members enter in possession of the lamp, with the intent of ruling over the world and getting revenge on their former captain for losing the loot. | May 6, 1995 |
| 31 | Super Donkey Kong with Mario 1 | 
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Donkey Kong Country story arc: Mario is taken to Donkey Kong Island where he is asked by his former and aged rival to help his nephew fight back the invading Kremling Krew, who just welcomed in their ranks Manky Kong, an exiled Kong member that wants to make they pay for chasing him out of the island. Mario helps them and the Kremlings are defeated, while King K. Rool is stuffed into a Steel Keg and tossed into the sea. | June 6, 1995 |
| 32 | Super Donkey Kong with Mario 2 | 
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Mario's Picross story arc and post-story of the Donkey Kong Country story arc: Mario cannot leave the island with Funky Kong's Jumbo Barrel broken. Meanwhile, King K. Rool drifts off the Mushroom Kingdom coast, where he is freed by the Toads, who are immediately conquered by him. He then returns to DK Island to challenge Mario and the Kongs to a Picross tournament, if they win, the Mushroom Kingdom will be released by his clutches and he will leave DK Island in peace, otherwise they will both fall under his regime. | September 6, 1995 |
| 33 | Super Mario: Yoshi Island 1 | 
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First part of the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island story arc: Mario and Luigi are yet to be born and are currently carried by the Stork to their parents, when Kamek, Bowser's tutor and adviser, kidnaps the baby knowing they will grow into nuiscances for his young king. Mario falls from Kamek's clutches and lands in Yoshi's Island, where the Yoshi decides to reunite him to his brother before returning him to the stork, all the while Kamek try to stop them. During their travel, Baby Peach also helps Mario in his journey. | February 6, 1996 |
| 34 | Super Mario: Yoshi Island 2 | 
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Second part of the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island story arc and first part of the post-story: Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are reunited and Baby Bowser is defeated and, in the post story, also kicked out from Yoshi's Island. | June 6, 1996 |
| 35 | Super Mario: Yoshi Island 3 | 
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Yoshi Help Team story arc (second part of the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island post-story): Baby Peach has just been delivered to the Mushroom King, and Baby Bowser (already infuatuated with her) goes to kidnap her, while Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, and Yoshi become the princess' bodyguards: the "Yossi Help Team". | October 5, 1996 |
| 36 | Super Mario 64 1 | 
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November 6, 1996 | |
| 37 | Super Mario 64 2 | 
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January 8, 1997 | |
| 38 | Super Mario 64 3 | 
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June 6, 1997 | |
| 39 | Super Mario 64 4 | 
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September 5, 1997 | |
| 40 | Super Mario 64 5: Mario Kart 64 | 
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March 6, 1997 | |
| 41 | Super Mario 64: Yoshi Story 1 | 
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June 5, 1998 | |
| 42 | Super Mario 64: Yoshi Story 2 | 
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August 6, 1998 |
Non-tankōbon chapters[edit]
- Super Mario World 8: an Olympic event between the Mushroom Kingdom, Sarasaland, Golf Kingdom, Dinosaur Land, and the Koopa Empire. Kinoppe mark her first appearance. It was planned to be a volume, but due to copyright complication, it did not make the cut.
- Super Mario World 9: a visitor from the future, Dr. Mario Nakamatsu, invents a time machine, but Bowser steals it.
Compilations[edit]
| Title | Image | Description | Release date |
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| Super Mario Sōryoku Tokushū-gō | 
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A compilation that includes chapters from Super Mario Kart 1; Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1; Super Mario USA; GO! GO! Mario Paint Theater; Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryakuhon; Dr. Mario; Super Mario Land; and Yoshi no Tamago. | December 8, 1992 |
| Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin | 
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The first collection of 4-komas by Kazuki Motoyama and other artists. | May 1, 1995 |
| Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin 2 | 
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The second collection of 4-komas by Kazuki Motoyama and other artists, including Risa Motoyama, the author's sister. | December 6, 1995 |
Gallery[edit]
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Super Mario (Kodansha manga).
Notes[edit]
- This is one of few instances of Mario media where a main character dies. In this case, volume 26 shows that Princess Daisy sacrifices herself to save the people of the Mushroom Kingdom from a fatal disease, turning into spores. However, Daisy is later revived, as the spores touch down and bloom into flowers, which then grow into a horde of small versions of Daisy. Daisy subsequently appears in several gag strips, having returned to normal size.
- In 2019, Super Mario author Kazuki Motoyama started publishing a series of doujin books titled Kinoppe-chan Forever (キノッペちゃんForever), starring the manga's original character Kinoppe. Due to their self-published nature, these are not considered official Super Mario material.
- According to the author's note in the 2nd installment of Kinoppe-chan Forever, a former editor of Kazuki Motoyama had pitched him a spin-off manga starring Kinoppe. These plans were halted when Nintendo unexpectedly pulled ComicBonBon's Super Mario manga license in 1997.
