Mario School
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| Mario School | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Format | Variety show |
| Director(s) | Yoshitaka Osawa Yoshikazu Nishiyama |
| Presenter(s) | Tooru Watanabe Kozue Suzu |
| Opening theme | "Jumping Start" |
| Closing theme | "Gooood or Bad!" "Idol no Yuutsu" |
| Composer(s) | HEADS METAMO |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Hiroshi Tsuzuki Hiroyoshi Usui |
| Production company | TV Tokyo TV Man Union |
| Distributor(s) | Nintendo |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| First aired | October 5, 2000[?] |
| Last aired | March 29, 2001[?] |
| Status | Ended |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | 64 Mario Stadium (1996) |
Mario School is a variety show that provides information about Nintendo game consoles. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 5, 2000 to March 29, 2001. It follows Super Mario Club, but it was produced by TV Man Union instead of Maxcom, which had been responsible for the previous variety shows. Because of this, the content of the show is drastically different from the previous shows, such as the discontinuation of the quiz segment.
Overview[edit]
In the first half of each episode, titled "Super Lessons," various people active in various fields are invited as teachers to teach classes on various topics, including magic, photography, drawing, animal training, and imitation. Six to seven elementary and middle school students appear as students in these "Super Lessons." Among them were Aya Hirano[1] and Rakuto Tochihara. Later in the show, a person named "Donkey Yoshida," who gave a commentary on Super Mario games, appeared regularly as an older brother who taught games, and even did the narration. However, in fact, the then unknown Junk Hunter Yoshida , who was also a staff member of the show, was in charge due to budget cuts.
The second half of the show features a game battle, which is an essential part of the Super Mario series. However, in this program, elementary and middle school challengers play against a CGI character who appears only in this segment of the show, a game master. In addition, new game software released by Nintendo was introduced throughout the show.
Cancellation[edit]
Towards the end of the show, it mainly consists of gaming tournaments between viewers, mostly elementary and middle school students. The final episode features a compilation of past broadcasts and a gaming tournament for viewers. Watanabe Tooru, who has hosted every episode since Super Mario Club, concluded the show at the end of the final episode by telling viewers, "Please continue to make lots of friends through games."
The end of this program marked the end of the 11-year history of Nintendo-sponsored game information programs that had been running since Super Mario Club. This time slot was later taken over by Magic Kingdom, hosted by Kumiko Endo, on April 5, 2001.
According to Junk Hunter Yoshida, Hiroshi Yamauchi, who was the president of Nintendo at the time , spoke to them about canceling the show due to low viewership ratings.[2]
Cast[edit]
Hosts[edit]
- Tooru Watanabe
- Kozue Suzu
Narrators[edit]
Theme songs[edit]
Opening[edit]
- Seiji Toda: "Jumping Start"
Ending[edit]
- HEADS: "Gooood or Bad!" (October 5, 2000 - December 29, 2000)
- METAMO: "Idol's Melancholy" (January 4th - March 29th, 2001)
Staff[edit]
- Composition: Akihisa Shibasaki
- Directors: Yoshitaka Osawa, Yoshikazu Nishiyama
- Directed by: Hiroyuki Suzuki
- Producers: Hiroshi Tsuzuki (TV Tokyo)[3], Hiroyoshi Usui (TV Man Union)
- Produced by: TV Tokyo, TV Man Union
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マリオスクール[4] Mario Sukūru |
Mario School |
References[edit]
- ^ 「あんなにおとなしくて、この世界大丈夫かな？」と思われて…35歳になった平野綾の“同級生と話せなかったころ Bunshun Online. Accessed April 3, 2023
- ^ [1] Twitter. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- ^ Tsuzuki, who took over as producer for this program from Shigeto Ito, who had been producer until the previous program, was also the director of Quiz Tokoro Heba!? which was broadcast at the same time , but Tokoro Heba ended at the end of December 2000.
- ^ マリオスクール 第4回ポケモンリーグ公式大会 決勝戦\
