The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Also known as The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. (Australia)
Genre Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Created by Shigeru Miyamoto (original characters)
Developed by Reed Shelly
Bruce Shelly
Directed by John Grusd
Voices of Walker Boone
Tony Rosato
Tracey Moore
John Stocker
Harvey Atkin
Dan Hennessey
Gordon Masten
Michael Stark
James Rankin
Paulina Gillis
Stuart Stone
Tara Charendoff
Composer(s) Michael Tavera
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Andy Heyward
Producer(s) John Grusd
Editor(s) Mark A. McNally
Sue Odjakjian
Warren Taylor
Running time 24 minutes
Production company(s) DIC Entertainment
Sei Young Animation Co., Ltd.
Reteitalia, S.p.A.
Nintendo of America, Inc.
Release
Original network NBC
Picture format 4:3
Audio format Stereo
Original release September 8 – December 1, 1990
Chronology
Preceded by The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
Followed by Super Mario World (1991)

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is an American animated television series based on the video game Super Mario Bros. 3. It aired on NBC with Captain N: The Game Master in a programming block titled "Captain N & The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3" from September 8, 1990 to December 1, 1990. It is the second of the three TV shows based on the video game, with the others being The Super Mario Bros. Super Show and Super Mario World.

Unlike its predecessor, this series has no live-action segments and features entirely new voice actors, with the exceptions of John Stocker and Harvey Atkin, who reprised their roles as Toad and King Koopa. DIC Entertainment produced this series while Nintendo provided the characters and power-ups.

Format

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 focuses on Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool, who reside in the Mushroom World. Most of the episodes revolve around the four characters' efforts to prevent the attacks made by King Koopa and his seven Koopalings to take over Princess Toadstool's Mushroom Kingdom.

Like The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, the animation was done by Sei Young Animation Co., Ltd.; however this show was co-produced by Italian studio Reteitalia S.P.A., hence the slight differences in character design.

Since the show was based on Super Mario Bros. 3, the enemies and power-ups were also seen in the show. In addition to being more faithful to the Mario gameplay, the series was given an established sense of continuity, something that the previous series lacked. The show was also known for having many of its episodes set in "the real world", with "actual" human beings appearing from time to time. Episodes took place in locations such as London, Paris, Venice, New York City, Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles and even Washington, D.C.. One memorable episode entitled "7 Continents for 7 Koopas" was about the Koopalings invading each of the seven continents.[1]

This cartoon was originally shown in the hour-long Captain N and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 programming block along with the second season of Captain N: The Game Master on NBC. All further airings of the series separated it from Captain N when Weekend Today came on the air in 1992.

Voice cast

This series is noted for its different (than the video game series') naming and age scheme for the Koopalings. This was due to the series going into production before official names were given in the game. Unlike The Super Mario Bros. Super Show & Super Mario World, Luigi is the only character to appear in all episodes.

DVD releases

The show has been released on DVD in Australia in a full box set made by MRA Entertainment, Europe which one volume out of the four has only been released in Germany, the distributor Disky released three volumes (each with six episodes on each) in the UK, and the Netherlands and there was one single DVD release in the US by Sterling Entertainment Group in 2003.

A DVD featuring one episode plus two Heathcliff episodes was released as a prize in Golden Grahams cereal in 2004.

Due to the success of the DVD sets of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Shout! Factory and Vivendi Entertainment released a three-disc box set of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 with all twenty-six episodes on June 26, 2007, which was released again in a double pack with Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog volume 1 as a double pack on December 4, 2007, as a tie-in with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. NCircle Entertainment (under license from Cookie Jar Entertainment) has also released the series in 4 volumes as well as the Collector's Edition of the complete series.

The original broadcast version of Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 features covers of licensed songs on five episodes and two Milli Vanilli songs on one episode. Due to copyright restrictions, the complete series DVD sets from both Shout! Factory and NCircle Entertainment use the song "Mega Move" from Captain N: The Game Master in place of the licensed songs. However, the King Koopa Katastrophe DVD from NCircle Entertainment features three of these episodes with the original broadcast music still intact.

Title Ep # Release date
Super Mario Bros.: King Koopa Katastrophe 6 July 22, 2003
Super Mario Bros. / Heathcliff 1 2004
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: The Complete Series 26 June 26, 2007
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: King Koopa Katastrophe 6 August 21, 2007
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: The Trouble with Koopas 6 January 6, 2009
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: What a Wonderful Warp 6 March 3, 2009
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: Koopas Rock 6 June 1, 2010

Broadcast history

International broadcasting

References

  1. ↑ Perry Martin (writer) (November 17, 1990). "7 Continents for 7 Koopas". The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. Episode 22. Various.
  2. ↑ Damian Inwood. "Pi Theatre, Independent Vancouver Theatre >> The Baroness and the Pig". Retrieved October 30, 2011. That's what Vancouver actresses Diane Brown and Tabitha St. Germain do with the delightful black comedy, The Baroness and the Pig. (...) St. German – better known to Vancouver audiences as Paulina Gillis – plays the Baroness as a naïve gentlewoman, full of prissy mannerisms and twittering, bird-like movements.
  3. ↑ "Tabitha St. Germain resume" (PDF). Retrieved October 21, 2011. SUPER MARIO BROTHERS - Wendy O. Koopa - Nelvana

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