Super Mario World (TV series) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Super Mario World |
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| Created by | Shigeru Miyamoto (original characters) |
| Based on | Super Mario World by Shigeru Miyamoto |
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| Directed by | John Grusd |
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| Theme music composer | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Opening theme | "Super Mario World" |
| Ending theme | "Super Mario World" (Instrumental) |
| Composer(s) | Michael Tavera |
| Country of origin | United States Canada Italy |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Andy Heyward |
| Producer(s) | John Grusd |
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| Running time | 10–11 minutes |
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| Original network | NBC (United States) Italia 1 (Italy) Telecinco (Spain) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Surround 2.0 |
| Original release | September 14 – December 7, 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Captain N & The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) |
Super Mario World is an American-Canadian-Italian children's animated television series based on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game of the same name. It is the third and most recent animated series based on the Mario video game series, with the other two being The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Thirteen episodes of the show were aired, as part of a block with Captain N: The Game Master called Captain N & The New Super Mario World on NBC. Just like The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, the show is produced by DIC Animation City, Nintendo of America, Inc. and Reteitalia, S.p.A., in association with Spanish network Telecinco, who licensed the characters and game to DIC. It was animated by the Chinese animation studio, Pacific Rim Production, Inc.
The animated series featured the same voice actors who had performed in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. However, unlike its two predecessors, to keep in line with the game its based on, Toad is completely absent in this series (he was absent in the Super Mario World game), and Yoshi appears in his place, alongside an exclusive character not featured in the games called Oogtar, a clumsy caveboy. The character designs from the last two cartoons are retained, but with minor details. Episodes mainly focused on the Mario Bros. dealing with schemes by King Koopa, and made use of new elements introduced by the video game within the story, though with involvement of the "real world" reduced to mere references for the series. Due to copyright restrictions, no licensed music were required for this show, leaving the show completely untouched for syndication and home media releases. Certain episodes of the series were created to meet the newly implemented guidelines set forth by the Children’s Television Act.
Contents
Voice cast
- Andrew Sabiston as Yoshi
- Catherine Gallant as Mama Fireplant
- Dan Hennessey as Bully Koopa, Evil dinosaur, Rockman
- Gordon Masten as Big Mouth Koopa
- Harvey Atkin as King Koopa
- James Rankin as Cheatsy Koopa
- John Stocker as Gophers, Koopa wizard, Oogtar, Wizenheimer
- Judy Marshak as minor characters
- Michael Stark as Duke, Kooky von Koopa
- Paulina Gillis as Kootie Pie Koopa, Lulu
- Stuart Stone as Hip Koopa
- Tara Charendoff as Hop Koopa
- Tony Rosato as Luigi
- Tracey Moore as Princess Toadstool
- Walker Boone as Mario
Episodes
Legacy
A collaborative scene-for-scene recreation of the episode "Mama Luigi", organized and directed by professional animation and storyboard artist Andrew Dickman, was released on YouTube on August 29, 2017. With 227 animators and artists contributing and participating in the project, the goal was to "re-animate" the episode by giving each animator a scene from the episode which was then animated in any direction the animator chose, so long as it followed the basic formula of the original scene. The project was announced on July 10, 2016 and was roughly completed a year later with an annotated version available on Newgrounds. The video was praised for not only recapturing the nostalgic moments of the classic episode but for also having the involvement of several artists who worked on the original series. Phil Harnage, the writer for the original episode, praised the video as well. The project was dedicated to the memories of Tony Rosato and Harvey Atkin, who died during the production of the project.
See also
In Spanish: Super Mario World (serie de televisión) para niños
