Super Mario World (TV series) facts for kids
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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 animated TV show for kids. It was made in the United States, Canada, and Italy. The show is based on the popular Super Nintendo video game with the same name.
This series is the third cartoon based on the Mario video games. The other two were The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. Only 13 episodes of Super Mario World were made. They aired on NBC as part of a show block called Captain N & The New Super Mario World.
Like the previous Mario cartoons, this show was made by DIC Entertainment, Nintendo of America, Inc., and Mediaset. A Spanish TV network, Telecinco, also helped. The animation was done by Pacific Rim Production, Inc. in China.
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What's Different in This Show?
The voice actors from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 returned for this series. However, there were some big changes to the characters.
In this show, Toad is not present. This is because Toad was also not in the Super Mario World video game. Instead, the friendly dinosaur Yoshi joins the team! There's also a new character named Oogtar, who is a clumsy caveboy. He was created just for the cartoon and isn't in the games.
The characters look similar to how they did in the last two cartoons. The stories mostly show Mario and his friends trying to stop King Koopa's evil plans. The show uses many new things from the Super Mario World video game in its stories.
Who Lent Their Voices?
Many talented people gave their voices to the characters in Super Mario World. Here are some of them:
- 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 List
There were 13 episodes of the Super Mario World TV show. You can find a full list of them here:
What Happened After?
Years after the show aired, fans created a special project based on one of its episodes. On August 29, 2017, a scene-by-scene remake of the "Mama Luigi" episode was released on YouTube.
This project was led by animation artist Andrew Dickman. Over 200 animators and artists worked together. Each artist took a small part of the original episode and re-animated it in their own style. The goal was to bring back the fun of the classic episode in a new way.
The remake was praised for bringing back good memories for fans. Many artists who worked on the original show were also involved in this project. Even Phil Harnage, who wrote the original "Mama Luigi" episode, liked the new version. This project was also a tribute to Tony Rosato and Harvey Atkin, two voice actors from the show who passed away during its creation.
See also
In Spanish: Super Mario World (serie de televisión) para niños
