The Mario media franchise extends out of video games into non-game media. Mario and themes related to the franchise have appeared in television shows, anime, films, comics and manga, merchandise, and musical performance.
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. 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).
A review by Kotaku was very critical of the overall quality of the episodes.
[verse 1]
MARIO:
Hey, Kuppa, kimi tte sa shitsukosugiru ze
piichi no koto wa mou akiramenayo
BOWSER:
Oainiku-sama sou wa ikanee tte koto sa
ore-sama koso kanojo no destiny
PEACH:
Futari-tomo ne oyame ni natte
kagami wo yoku goran nasai
MARIO&BOWSER:
Sore wa iwanee tte hanashi da ze
datte otoko wa haato de shoubu
[verse 2]
BOWSER:
My sweetes peach girl, ai shiteru n da ze
wakaranakerya mata rachi*kankin
MARIO:
inochi kakete ubaikaesu kedo
kimi no kokoro wa ubaenai no
PEACH:
Futari tomo ii kagen ni shite
dare ni kuchi wo kiiteru no?
MARIO&BOWSER:
tsundere na toko mo miryoku-teki
sou otoko wa haato de shoubu
[musical pause]
suki sa suki sa suki sa
suki sa daisuki da
[x2]
LUIGI:
Chotto matte ohitori owasure janai desu ka?
ruiji sanjou omatase
MARIO:
e nani nani nani gomen gomen gomen
BOWSER:
KY!KY! naa kuuki yome koruaa
MARIO:
Choushi dzuiteru to maji fumitsubusu zo
PEACH:
kinoko yaro wa hotori de kekkou
baataa no kuse ni namaiki ne
MARIO&BOWSER:
rukkusu dake wa chuu no ke dakedo
MARIO:
ne otoko wa haato de shoubu
BOWSER:
-otoko wa haato de shoubu
PEACH:
otoko wa kao de shoubu~
[ending]
BOWSER:
aa, yatto owatta
MARIO:
-tsukkaremashita ne
BOWSER:
dou yo kore kara ippai iku ka
MARIO:
a, suimasen, kyou chotto
are ga kore de kou nande
BOWSER:
a, sakan de nee, kondo shoukai shite yo
MARIO: