Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Brothers

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Synonyms: Mario OVA

Japanese: アマダアニメシリーズスーパーマリオブラザーズ

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 3

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Aug 3, 1989

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Studio Junio

Source: Game

Genres: Adventure, Comedy

Duration: 11 min. per ep.

Rating: PG - Children

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Score: 4.79¹ (scored by 1,689 users)

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Ranked: #12970²

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Popularity: #9415

Members: 3,733

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Ranked #12970Popularity #9415Members 3,733

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The Super Mario Amada Series are a series of short Japanese fairy tales anime that is found and released only in Japan. The series are released in August 3, 1989 once again only in Japan; making it extremely rare to people not living in Japan.

The series is based on one of the three Japanese fairy tales that are told to children. Additionally, the series contained Mario series that are played in the three short Japanese fairy tales. The characters introduced Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, and his Koopalings during the fairy tales. Each fairy tale shown in anime consists of about 15 minutes. The three Japanese fairy tales contain; Momotaro, Issunboshi, and Snow White.

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Mario

Main

Furuya, Toru
Japanese

Peach

Main

Endo, Miyako
Japanese

Koopa

Main

Satou, Masaharu
Japanese

Luigi

Supporting

Tatsuta, Naoki
Japanese

Kuribo

Supporting

Kinopio

Supporting

Lemmy

Supporting

Jugem

Supporting

Roy

Supporting

Ludwig

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Miyamoto, Shigeru

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Aug 10, 2023

passing_through

Recommended

Guys, this anime is fine. I'm serious. I honestly don't understand what all the hate is about, except that the best-quality videos we can find ripped from a VHS are pretty poor quality. In fact, the only reason I'm putting this as a 6 and not a 7 is because of how poor the quality of the anime I could find was. Other than that, I enjoyed the stories, I thought the voice acting had good emotional connotations in it (better than whatever happened with the Yoshi anime), and I just had fun and wanted to know what happens next in every scene.

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Mar 8, 2022

Kamezuki

Mixed Feelings

One would think that Mario characters and fairy tales would be a combination that works, but “Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Brothers” is just silly. I can tolerate a lot of the liberties taken in the three stories in this short OVA. A mustachioed baby Mario? Sure. Queen Bowser? Okay. Princess Peach being the granddaughter of two Koopas? It’s a stretch, but an understandable decision. The issue is that the stories don’t make logical sense. Stuff just happens without rhyme or reason, and characters do things that seem incredibly unrealistic, even by fairy tale standards. Given the fact that the stories are short and based ...

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Apr 26, 2020

BurntFlower

Not Recommended

‘The Monkey’s Paw’ was a short horror story written in the early 20th century, which centered on a mysterious primate’s hand that would grant three wishes to whomever found it. Written as a cautionary tale, each wish carried a grave price – poverty, madness, or even death. It served as a warning not to fight against fate and be thankful for what you have.

In 1989, a Japanese child came across the mythical monkey’s paw and wished for her favorite video game franchise to become an anime. It is the only logical explanation that I have for the existence of this monstrosity, ‘Amada Anime Series: ... Super Mario Brothers’.

Each episode has its own self-contained story and is a retelling of a classic tale. I do not know which executive producer greenlit this project, or what Nintendo was smoking to grant their approval. All I know is that each 11-minute episode has some of the most bizarre scenes I have seen in any anime. For example, in the first episode, a shooting star crashes, revealing a giant peach inside. Behold, baby Mario has arrived in all his mustachioed glory! The narrator tells us he is an infant, but our eyes see the same Italian plumber we all know and love, sans clothing. There are few moments in fiction that have given me as much of a mindfuck as an adult Mario bawling his eyes out like a newborn baby and sucking on a milk bottle. David Lynch should take notes.

The crazy marches forward in all three episodes. At one point, Mario carries a machine gun with him to defeat Bowser and save Princess Peach. After all, when you think of the Super Mario games, you immediately think of assault weapons. In another episode, a Mario the size of my pinky receives a sword by his father. Just as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Mario and swords are a classic combo, of course. Did I forget to mention that a female Bowser pops up at one point? When the series takes a break from all the weirdness, it is as dull as my cooking. Stilted dialogue, lifeless scenery, characters flatter than pancakes…you know the drill.

Animation is bad, even for late 1980’s standards. Characters slide across the screen, rather than walk. Mario’s fights against enemies are still footage repeated thrice in succession in a sorry attempt at movement. Colors are washed out and drab. ‘Dragon Ball Z’ also came out in 1989, and it looks infinitely better. Unfortunately, they did not Kamehameha this sorry anime out of existence.

Music is forgettable. A bland synthesizer plays in the background accompanied by a piano bit that sounds suspiciously like the one in the song ‘Baba O’Riley’ by The Who. Fault the director for this animated atrocity all you want at least he has good musical taste.

Recommended only to the most stubborn, die-hard Mario fans.

Be careful what you wish for.

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