Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.

The Super Mario series of anime is a collection of three original video animations based on Japanese fairy tales. It was released only in Japan. The series were released in August 3, 1989. The series used characters and other elements from the Mario series in place of characters and concepts from the original fairy tales. The series contains Super Mario Momotarō, Super Mario Issun-bōshi, and Super Mario Shirayuki-hime‎.

Voice Cast

 * Toru Furuya as Mario
 * Miyako Endou as Princess Peach, Toad, Morton Koopa Jr., Wendy O. Koopa
 * Masaharu Satou as Bowser, Larry Koopa, Iggy Koopa
 * Naoki Tatsuta as Luigi, Papa, Roy Koopa, Lemmy Koopa, Ludwig von Koopa
 * Toshiko Sawada as Narrator

Trivia/Notes

 * This is the first instance of Mario being capable of using a gun or any type of weapon obscurely found in children's games. The second was Yoshi's Safari, and the third was the Super Smash Bros. series. This is also the first instance outside the games as well, Because Mario uses both a Flame Thrower and a Devo Gun in the Super Mario Bros. movie.
 * Despite there being larger, and more purchasable quantities of this video, the animated movie, The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach is more famous across the internet than the Amada series.
 * Oddly enough, Mario characters sound the same in the Amada as in the anime movie.
 * Princess Peach using a Mallet to make Mario grow to his normal size in "Issunboshi" might have inspired the "Mini-Mario" technique in Mario and Luigi:Superstar Saga, which involves Luigi hitting Mario with a hammer to make him shrink/grow.
 * The concept of Mario attacking Bowser from inside the Koopa King's own stomach probably inspired the boss battle with Prince Froggy in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

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