Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986 anime film)

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (Translation: Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!) is a 1986 ultra rare anime and manga only released in Japan. It was produced by Nippon Television and Grouper Productions to promotew Super Mario Bros. 2 (Known everywhere else as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels). It is unique do to it's strange plot and for the fact hat it is the first film based off of a video game, pre-dating the infamous Super Mario Bros. starring the late Bob Hoskins. Despite it being incredibly rare (Rarely listed on online trading sites, and when it is, it is usually priced at $200-$600), it is available on YouTube. It should be noted that it is rare due to the fact it was never released in storews, and could only e rented at a select few video stores. The Manga, however, is a differnt story. It is significantly rarer (Despite the fact it was not availale for check out at a select few liraries only, but could actually be purchased), and is considered the holy grail to many manga and video game collectors. A ramen was also introduced to go along with the film, but it is likely that all have been consumed (But if you do come across one, DONT EAT IT!).

The plot of the film and film the manga goes as this: Mario and Luigi get sucked into their Famicom (For those who don't know, a Famicom is the Japanese equivalent to the original Nintendo Entertainment System) game and find out that Princess Peach has been kidnapped by King Koopa and must be saved by the 2 plummers. In order to save her, the 2 must find the 3 powers: THe Super Mushroom, The Fire Flower, & The Invincibility Star. Along the way, the 2 run into several enemies such as Goombas, loopers, Pirahna Plants, the Lakitu,and many more. The 2 arrive just in time to save Peach froma a forced marriage to King Koopa, and defeat him by twirling King Koopa by the tail and throwing him (Does Super Mario 64 come to mind?). Peach thanks Mario for saving her (As well as for saving her father, who, it turns out, had been put under a spell by King Koopa to be transformed into something else, a bug, if I rememer correctly), and the 2 return home, promising to visit again soon.

The film has had a fan-dubb on YouTube, but whether this film wil ever get a release outside of Japan, or ever be rereleased at all, is a mystery.

Above: Restored Version

Below: Fan-Dubb