Introduction
In the film, Mario and Luigi are the owners of a grocery store. One night, Mario was engrossed in his Famicom game. Suddenly, the picture goes out and Princess Peach appears on the TV screen crying for help from the enemies attacking her and jumps out of the TV. Mario falls in love with her and vows to protect her. Soon after, Koopa appears on the TV screen and starts to come out of the TV. He grabs Princess Peach and takes her into the TV. Mario then discovers a small brooch that Peach left on the floor.
The next day, the brooch that Peach dropped becomes a matter of concern for Mario. Luigi immediately notices the brooch and regards it as the "Visionary Jewel from the Country of Treasure". Soon, Kibidango, a small dog-like being, wanders into the store and notices that Mario has Peach's brooch. He takes it away from Mario, enraging him, thus beginning his (and Luigi's) chase with Kibidango into the Mushroom Kingdom.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Audience reviews
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AshParth
We've already seen the Super Mario Bros. Movie, both the 1993 and the 2023 movies, but did you know that they were not the first movies that featured the lovable Italian plumber? Not to mention, this is one of two first films based on a video game alongside Running Boy: Star Soldier's Secret. Well, here is the Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach. Yes, that is a mouthful as it sounds like how you've read the title from several other fantasy/Isekai shows out there. You know, is Mario technically an Isekai when it comes to movies? That aside, you can easily find it on YouTube, which is where I was able to find it. Man, after seeing it for the first time it had me thinking I took a little too many mushrooms while I was eating a late dinner.
So, the story is pretty simp…
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For being one of the very first video game anime adaptations as well as being based off the original Super Mario Bros., I'd say they did as well as they probably could have in this case. The whole production is very cheesy, very distinctly 80s, but they managed to nail a lot of the character designs right out of the gate and you can see where a lot of this OVA later influenced the games and even the 2023 movie to some extent.
I'd say probably the most oddball thing is that Luigi is a completely different person than he is now. To be fair, Luigi at this point in the franchise was no more than just "green Mario" and didn't get his modern personality traits until the American Super Mario Bros. 2, so he was pretty much a blank canvas. That being said, he bears an uncanny resemblance to Wario…
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This is lost Nintendo media wrapped in gold, with a little bit of dust on it. Glad it's available on YouTube for free.
While some parts of the movie were expected as if from a typical Mario storyline, I must admit the ending gave me a good chuckle - it was totally a twist. However some parts felt like they were dragging on, and the voice acting was a bit annoying... and you can tell it was made in the 80s just by listening to the soundtrack!
If you're a Mario fan, or just wanna watch something ridiculous, I would recommend this - maybe even under the influence for some extra fun. Don't take it seriously or else you're gonna be disappointed. I am not giving it an abysmal rating because 1) I love the Mario franchise and 2) Despite all its flaws, I've seen worse. To me, I was watching for p…
Read at the sourceShiftyKitsune
This OVA is an adaptation of the first Mario game's story at a time where the characters and world weren't well-stablished, and it's not like that matters in a Mario movie, but it's atleast better than the bad 1993 one and god knows what Illumination is going to do with the new one.
The only new additions were some old guy telling Mario and Luigi their destiny, Mario getting cockblocked by a dog, besides that it's mostly a roadtrip movie, makes sense considering the game.
It even does the whole "Mario being some normal 30-something year old getting Isekai'd into fantasy land" that I liked about old Mario media in the 80's but Nintendo scrapped because they hate good ideas, except they're store-runners instead of plumbers for some reason, but still fitting as Mario has the same amount of…
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Greetings MAL readers! Since today is 4/20, I might as well review something that you would have to be high out of your mind to enjoy or even sit through. This is the Mario movie that Nintendo quickly shat into theaters in 1986 to immediately capitalize on the overnight success of 1985's Super Mario Bros for the Famicom/NES. The live action American film would remain in production Hell until 1993, when it was finally released to less than glowing reviews. Unfortunately, this film makes the live action Mario look like a masterpiece! Don't get me wrong. The American live action Mario is bad. However, it's at least charming in how cheesy and misguided it is. It also has a hilarious performance by Dennis Hopper and is quite quotable. The Mario anime from 1986 is just a cheap, soulless cash gra…
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I’m sure many people know or at the very least have heard of the infamous live action Super Mario movie. One of the most often brought up examples of why all or at the very least most movies that are based on a videogame suck and there are barely any good ones. I personally disagree with this, considering how the medium of anime brought us some great movies, some I do plan on talking about in the future. And if there’s one thing I can easily say about the Super Mario movie (obviously not talking about the Illumination one) is that, while flawed and pretty cheesy overall, it’s still a pretty fun ride all the way through and I really enjoyed my time with it.
The story keeps it pretty simple, Bowser kidnaps Peach and Mario and Luigi get isekaid to her homeworld to save her. And they need to…
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Maddie Manga strikes again by showing me another bad anime. This has just taken place as my least favorite anime I've seen to date. There's hardly anything to spoil beings it's just the generic "Mario saves the princess but gets friendzoned" storyline. That story alone would be fine, if they hadn't done it so poorly..
For one, they made everyone jerks. Literally. When your most likable character is your villain, you really bunked up on your protagonists.
I'm not kidding. Bowser is the most likable character in this trainwreck. He seems to legitimately love Peach and want to marry her, and while yeah he kidnapped her and that's not okay, everyone else are straight up HORRIBLE PEOPLE or have no character to speak of.
Second, HOW DO YOU MESS UP LUIGI'S COLORS THAT BADLY?!
Another thing, w…
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When people think of a Mario movie, they immediately look to the horrible live action movie. However, hardcore fans of the series will know of the existence of an obscure anime film from 1986. I'm willing to bet that 95% of Mario fans will wonder what I'm talking about. In 1986, Grouper Productions secured the rights from Nintendo to produce an anime film based upon the immensely successful Super Mario Bros. for Famicom/NES. The anime was called Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen, or literally Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach.
With this being a rather obscure movie, very little is known about what went on during production. To what extent Nintendo and series director Shigeru Miyamoto had to do with this film is not at all clear, but my guess i…
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It was pretty poor and pathetic, but you can't really hate this movie. You could even be watching the best movie ever and you wouldn't facepalm (or the classic anime faint) yourself out of major stupidity. You'd only do that if you were over-upset in the ending. It's a terrible suprise. Luigi sets off a lot of humor.
"We're gonna be SOOOOOOOO RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICH!" Mario is trying to get across lava to save the princess once and Luigi looks for gold.
"Gold! Gold!! WHEEEEHEEEE!" He literally says that.
You can't NOT enjoy Luigi... LOL.
You can try to hate it or you can just hate it. But at the end of the day, you'll AT LEAST somewhat enjoy it.
Read at the sourceShalameen
In all honesty this anime is by no means TERRIBLE. The story was awful and the music was 80's awful. But it's Mario, so it gains a few points in key departments!
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Story: While the story was terrible, it remained true to the Mario standards of "save Princess Peach, then we're done!" It also managed to include the power-ups we all remember, such as the Red Mushroom, Fire Flower, and the Star! So it definitely tries hard to please we who played the games. It's very comedic as well, and I actually managed to chuckle a few times. A few scenes were extremely boring, having only the two Mario Bros. walking through different back droppings. Big minus!
Art: The art isn't half bad! All of the Mario bad…
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