Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.

Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.

Genre	Adventure, Comedy
Original video animation
Produced by	Shinichiro Ueda
Written by	Juri Yagi
Studio	Studio Junio
Released	August 3, 1989
Runtime	15 minutes each
Episodes	3 (List of episodes)

Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. (アマダアニメシリーズ　スーパーマリオブラザーズ, Amada Anime Shirīzu: Sūpā Mario Burazāzu) is a series of three direct-to-video OVAs produced by Studio Junio, licensed by Nintendo, and released on VHS tapes on August 3, 1989 exclusively in Japan.^[1] The plot of the episodes involve characters from the Mario franchise in the stories of three fairy tales: Momotarō, Issun-bōshi and Snow White. Its cast includes Miyako Endō (Princess Peach, Kinopio, Morton Koopa Jr., Wendy O. Koopa), Tōru Furuya (Mario), Masaharu Satō (Koopa, Larry Koopa, Iggy Koopa), Naoki Tatsuta (Luigi, Ludwig von Koopa, Roy Koopa, Lemmy Koopa), and Toshiko Sawada (narration).^{[citation needed]}

A review by Kotaku was very critical of the overall quality of the episodes.^[2]

Mario franchise
Game series	Main	Super Mario • Mario Kart • Mario Party
	By genre	Educational games • Puzzle games (Dr. Mario • Mario vs. Donkey Kong) • Role-playing games (Paper Mario • Mario & Luigi) • Sports games (Racing games • Mario & Sonic)
	Connected series	Donkey Kong • Luigi • Wario • Yoshi
Other games	LCD games • Mario Bros. • Pinball • Mario Paint • Mario Clash • Mario Artist • Mario Pinball Land • Mario's Early Years! • Super Princess Peach • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker • Princess Peach: Showtime!
Cancelled games	Super Mario's Wacky Worlds • Super Mario 128
Universe	Characters	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Wario • Waluigi • Rosalina • Edge • Toad • Yoshi • Birdo • Koopalings • Pauline • King K. Rool • Fawful • Paper Mario characters (Vivian • Bobby) • Beep-0 • JEANIE • Rabbid Cranky • Rabbid Kong • Rabbid Luigi • Rabbid Mario • Rabbid Peach • Rabbid Rosalina • Rabbid Yoshi • Spawny • Geno
Universe	Other	Mushroom Kingdom (Goomba • Piranha Plant • Koopa Troopa • Hammer Bro • Lakitu • Boo • Chain Chomp) • World 1-1 • Minus World • Blue shell • Rainbow Road
Other media	Film	1986 anime film • 1993 live-action film • 2023 animated film
	Anime, manga, and OVA	Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario no Kōtsū Anzen • Super Mario no Shōbōtai • Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land
	Television	Saturday Supercade • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (King Koopa's Kool Kartoons) • The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario World • Mario Ice Capades • Club Mario • The Super Mario Challenge • Mario All Stars
	Music	Super Mario Bros. theme • "Supermarioland" • "Almost Unreal" • The Super Mario Bros. Movie soundtrack ("Peaches")
	Web shows	Finding Luigi - Legend of Parkour • The Cat Mario Show • Mario Kart 8 From the Pit • Mario Myths with Mr Miyamoto
	Literature	Gamebooks • Nintendo Comics System • Super Mario Adventures • Super Mario-kun • Archie Comics pitch
	Other	Unofficial media (SMG4 • Super Mario 64 hacks, mods, and ports • Super Mario Bros. Z • Stupid Mario Brothers) • Year of Luigi • 35th Anniversary • Lego Super Mario
People	Charles Martinet • Kevin Afghani • Koji Kondo • Mahito Yokota • Satoru Iwata • Shigeru Miyamoto • Takashi Tezuka • Yasuhisa Yamamura • Yōichi Kotabe • Yoshiaki Koizumi
Related	Video games	List of video games featuring Mario • Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Jr. • Super Smash Bros. • Nintendo Land • NES Remix • Skylanders: SuperChargers
Related	Other	The Wizard • Mario Marathon • Team 0% • Super Nintendo World • Waluigi effect

↑ "Super Mario Bros. (Amada series)". TheMushroomKingdom. Retrieved 10 April 2012. {{cite web}}:
↑ Luke Plunkett (30 August 2011). "There Were Worse Mario Cartoons Than the American One". Kotaku. {{cite web}}: