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'''Super Mario Issunboshi''' is the second OVA in the ''[[Super Mario (anime)|Super Mario]]'' anime series. Based on Japanese fairy tale ''[[wikipedia:Issun-bōshi|Issun-bōshi]]'', it was released only in [[Japan]].
[[File:Super Mario Issun-bōshi Front Cover.jpg|thumb|200px|The cover of ''Super Mario Issun-bōshi'']]
'''''Super Mario Issun-bōshi''''' is the second OVA in the ''[[Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.]]'', released only in [[Japan]]. It is based on the Japanese folk tale ''{{wp|Issun-bōshi}}'' ("''The One-Inch Boy''"), similar to the English fairy tale ''{{wp|Tom Thumb}}''.


=== Plot of Issunboshi ===
==Plot synopsis==
In this fairy tale, there was a house in the scene; when suddenly a shooting star appeared in the sky and it flew down. When it flew down, Mario was born in that particular house as it glowed for a moment. Mario was a baby but was very small, as he was smaller than a hand.
[[File:Issunboshi Mama Mario.jpg|thumb|left|[[Mama Mario|Mama]] and [[Mario]]]]
When Mario was old enough; he wanted to travel independently during his life. He convinced [[Mr. Mario]] and [[Mrs. Mario]] that he was old enough to travel independently despite of his tiny self. When they are convinced; Mr. Mario gave Mario a weapon that is the same size as Mario for protection. The weapon is actually some type of pin. Mr. Mario then built a raft made from a pot, some switches and an engine, also a paddle for Mario to use. When Mario was ready; Mr. Mario brings the raft containing Mario onto the river where Mario would start traveling independently.
In this fairy tale, a shooting star gives a couple the child they had wished for, Mario, but he is only an inch tall. As the child grows older, he becomes adventurous and after climbing a tree and catching a glimpse of a city past the mountains, he becomes determined to travel there. Concerned for his safety, his [[Mama Mario|Mama]] and [[Papa Mario|Papa]] say "no" at first, but eventually Papa realizes that it would be doing more harm to keep Mario sheltered forever. He fashions Mario a tiny sword out of a sewing needle, turns a bowl into a boat with small rocket engines, and makes an oar out of a chopstick for Mario to steer it with. He then brings the boat to the river and bids his son farewell as Mario sets sail, singing as he goes.


During the traveling on the water, Mario encounters a [[Spiny Cheep-Cheep]] that jumped out from the water, a group of [[Parabeetle]]s flying forward, and a [[Blooper Nanny]] in the sky. Mario was widely amazed of seeing them. At that time, Mario was relaxing while the raft forward when suddenly, something happens at the bottom of the raft. The bottom of the raft reveals a [[Dry Bones]] that pops out calmly from the water. Mario uses the engines to move the raft; the rocket engines blast moving forward and popping out from one of the Dry Bones' eyes. After that, the Dry Bones returns to the water.
Mario sees a [[Spiny Cheep Cheep|Spiny Cheep-Cheep]] jumping out of the water, a flock of [[Para-Beetle]]s, and even a [[Blooper Nanny|Bloober]] with [[Blooper Baby|kids]] flying with its brood. At one point, a [[Dry Bones]] rises under Mario, but he uses the rockets to fly his boat off its back and get back onto the water, taking a detour through its eye socket along the way, before it clatters apart and sinks back under the river. Later, Mario is caught in a storm caused by a [[Lakitu]], who laughs as her cloud sends rain and lightning down upon him, struggling against the choppy water until a particularly large wave finally sinks his boat.


Mario then finds rain that has recently fallen from the sky. But it wasn't rain, it was the [[Lakitu]] with his [[Lakitu's Cloud|cloud]] causing the rain. Additionally, the Lakitu's cloud also can throw thunderstorms making Mario hard to travel. Mario raft could not survive the water's waves. The raft tilted; then a big wave knocked Mario and his raft. He suddenly fainted.
[[File:Super_Mario_Issun-bōshi.jpg|thumb|[[Princess Peach]] holding Mario.]]
When Mario opens his eyes, he finds himself in a tiny bed on a bench in the city, with [[Princess Peach]] watching over him. She introduces herself and explains that she had been taking a walk after the storm when she spotted him washed up on shore, unconscious, having floated down the river all the way to the city. He thanks her for saving him and tells her that he had come to the city to learn new things, and having grown fond of the cute, tiny Mario, Peach tells him that he should stay there with her, which Mario is happy to hear.


When Mario opened his eyes, he sees Princess Peach looking at Mario directly. Mario then looked around; he was confused about what happened. Peach mentioned that when she was walking around town, she suddenly sees Mario fainted from the waves; so she picked him up with her hands and took him home. Both Mario and Princess Peach introduced each other, as they became friends.
From then on, the two are always together, with Mario riding on Peach's shoulder as she walks around town. But when she hears heavy, crashing footsteps, Peach screams and tries to flee, only to find herself face-to-face with [[Bowser]]. He is in love with her and demands an answer to his (latest) proposal, but she tells him that she would never marry someone like him. Turning red with anger, Bowser prepares to use force to get what he wanted, but Mario jumps off Peach's shoulder and brandishes his sword at the villain. Bowser laughs at the tiny boy's challenge and tries to step on him, but Mario nimbly dodges every stomp.
[[File:SMI Papa.jpg|thumb|left|[[Papa Mario|Papa]] and Mario]]
Despite Mario's best efforts, Bowser soon manages to snatch him up with his claws and swallows him whole, as Peach watches in horror. Bowser then returns to harassing Peach, but just as he announces his intent to kidnap her, he is brought up short by intense belly pains caused by Mario jumping around his stomach and stabbing him from the inside out with his sword. Peach realizes what's happening as Koopa collapses at her feet and coughs up Mario. He regains consciousness with Mario still perched on his face, but Mario quickly cuts off his horns and eyebrows with three strokes of his sword, causing the Bowser to run away in humiliation while the humans laugh. Peach thanks Mario for defeating Bowser, and then notices a magic wish-granting [[hammer]] he had dropped as he fled, which she uses to grant Mario's wish to become a full-sized young man. The two then get into a hovercraft and fly back to Mario's home to continue their lives together.
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Peach and Mario came outside into town, all of its surroundings were wonderful until they hear stomps. Mario and Princess Peach were surprised that it is [[Bowser]]. Bowser harassed Princess Peach; making both Mario and Princess Peach angry. Mario decided to take action to defeat Bowser. When Bowser hears that Mario will defeat Bowser; he laughs that Mario was too small to fight Bowser. Mario was being serious; but Bowser continued to laugh at his little size despite of having his weapon out. Bowser then attacks by simply stomping on Mario; but Mario quickly dodges. Princess Peach is concerned about the battle as Mario was so little while Bowser is huge. Finally, Bowser picked up the little Mario with his claws. Mario repeatedly squirmed around, trying to get himself free. Bowser ate Mario and was sent to his stomach.
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=スーパーマリオのいっすんぼうし編
|JapR=Sūpā Mario No Issun-bōshi
|JapM=Super Mario: Issun-bōshi
|JapC=<ref>[[:File:Super Mario Issun-bōshi Front Cover.jpg|Front cover]]</ref>
}}


Bowser is continuing to harass Princess Peach, but Bowser suddenly gets a feeling from his stomach. Mario was repeatedly poking his stomach with his weapon in different spots; causing Bowser to suffer the pain from his stomach. Princess Peach realized Mario is fighting inside his stomach. Mario continued to poke his stomach until Bowser was collapsed down to the floor. Bowser coughs out Mario from his stomach; he appears on his face.
==References==
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Princess Peach was relieved that Mario is still alive, but Princess Peach suddenly noticed Bowser regains conciseness. Mario quickly put into action as he cut off his horns. Bowser realized that Mario cut off his horns as Mario and Princess Peach laughed. Bowser runs away, humiliated. Princess Peach thanked Mario for defeating Bowser; when suddenly they saw a [[Magic Mallet]] that was dropped by Bowser. Princess Peach picked it up and used this item to grow into its normal size. Mario and Peach was glad that Mario was at his normal size. Then get in Peach’s hovercraft to explore around the city.
==External links==
*[https://youtu.be/4PvvuXbLyUQ ''Super Mario Issun-bōshi''] on YouTube.


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The cover of the Super Mario Issun-bōshi OVA (original video animation).
The cover of Super Mario Issun-bōshi

Super Mario Issun-bōshi is the second OVA in the Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros., released only in Japan. It is based on the Japanese folk tale Issun-bōshi ("The One-Inch Boy"), similar to the English fairy tale Tom Thumb.

Plot synopsis[edit]

Super Mario Issun-boshi: Mario tries to convince Mama to let him travel alone.
Mama and Mario

In this fairy tale, a shooting star gives a couple the child they had wished for, Mario, but he is only an inch tall. As the child grows older, he becomes adventurous and after climbing a tree and catching a glimpse of a city past the mountains, he becomes determined to travel there. Concerned for his safety, his Mama and Papa say "no" at first, but eventually Papa realizes that it would be doing more harm to keep Mario sheltered forever. He fashions Mario a tiny sword out of a sewing needle, turns a bowl into a boat with small rocket engines, and makes an oar out of a chopstick for Mario to steer it with. He then brings the boat to the river and bids his son farewell as Mario sets sail, singing as he goes.

Mario sees a Spiny Cheep-Cheep jumping out of the water, a flock of Para-Beetles, and even a Bloober with kids flying with its brood. At one point, a Dry Bones rises under Mario, but he uses the rockets to fly his boat off its back and get back onto the water, taking a detour through its eye socket along the way, before it clatters apart and sinks back under the river. Later, Mario is caught in a storm caused by a Lakitu, who laughs as her cloud sends rain and lightning down upon him, struggling against the choppy water until a particularly large wave finally sinks his boat.

Princess Peach holding Mario.

When Mario opens his eyes, he finds himself in a tiny bed on a bench in the city, with Princess Peach watching over him. She introduces herself and explains that she had been taking a walk after the storm when she spotted him washed up on shore, unconscious, having floated down the river all the way to the city. He thanks her for saving him and tells her that he had come to the city to learn new things, and having grown fond of the cute, tiny Mario, Peach tells him that he should stay there with her, which Mario is happy to hear.

From then on, the two are always together, with Mario riding on Peach's shoulder as she walks around town. But when she hears heavy, crashing footsteps, Peach screams and tries to flee, only to find herself face-to-face with Bowser. He is in love with her and demands an answer to his (latest) proposal, but she tells him that she would never marry someone like him. Turning red with anger, Bowser prepares to use force to get what he wanted, but Mario jumps off Peach's shoulder and brandishes his sword at the villain. Bowser laughs at the tiny boy's challenge and tries to step on him, but Mario nimbly dodges every stomp.

Super Mario Issun-bōshi: Papa holds Mario in the palm of his hand.
Papa and Mario

Despite Mario's best efforts, Bowser soon manages to snatch him up with his claws and swallows him whole, as Peach watches in horror. Bowser then returns to harassing Peach, but just as he announces his intent to kidnap her, he is brought up short by intense belly pains caused by Mario jumping around his stomach and stabbing him from the inside out with his sword. Peach realizes what's happening as Koopa collapses at her feet and coughs up Mario. He regains consciousness with Mario still perched on his face, but Mario quickly cuts off his horns and eyebrows with three strokes of his sword, causing the Bowser to run away in humiliation while the humans laugh. Peach thanks Mario for defeating Bowser, and then notices a magic wish-granting hammer he had dropped as he fled, which she uses to grant Mario's wish to become a full-sized young man. The two then get into a hovercraft and fly back to Mario's home to continue their lives together.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese スーパーマリオのいっすんぼうし編[1]
Sūpā Mario No Issun-bōshi 		Super Mario: Issun-bōshi

References[edit]

  1. ^ Front cover

External links[edit]

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Television series, films, and videos
Animated TV series Saturday Supercade (1983) • Les Trésors de Super Mario (1989) • Captain N: The Game Master (1989) • The Legend of Zelda (1989) • The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) • Super Mario World (1991) • Captain N & The Video Game Masters (1993) • Mario All Stars (1994) • Donkey Kong Country (1996)
Televised live action / mixed format The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989) • Mario Ice Capades (1989) • King Koopa's Kool Kartoons (1989) • Club Mario (1990) • The Super Mario Challenge (1990) • Super Mario Club (1990) • Super Mario Stadium (1993) • 64 Mario Stadium (1996) • Donkey Kong Planet (1996) • Mario School (2000)
Films Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) • The Wizard (1989) • Super Mario Bros. (1993) • Pixels (2015) • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) • Untitled The Super Mario Bros. Movie follow-up (2026)
OVAs / Straight-to-video Mario no Daibōken (1986) • Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. (1989) (Super Mario Momotarō · Super Mario Issun-bōshi · Super Mario Shirayuki-hime) • Super Mario no Kōtsū Anzen (1989) • Super Mario no Shōbōtai (1989) • Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land (1991) • Super Mario: ABC no Uta Video (1992) • Mario Kirby Meisaku Video (1993)
Web videos "Finding Luigi - Legend of Parkour" (2013) • "Five Games With Spooky Levels to Play in the Dark" (2014) • The Cat Mario Show (2014) • Mario Kart 8 From the Pit (2014) • "Nintendo - Winter Wonderland Levels" (2014) • "DIY With Nintendo: Boo Cookie Pops" • "Nintendo eShop - Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars Level Creation" (2015) • "Mario Myths with Mr Miyamoto" (2015) • Yoshi's Woolly World: Adventure Guide (2015) • "Celebrate Mar. 10 - Mario Day!" (2016) • "Luigi Runs the Nintendo 2DS Factory for a Day" (2016) • Mario Reads Your Letters (2017) • "Nintendo Switch Parental Controls - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer" (2017) • Frizzy's Silly amiibo Theater (2018) • "5 Games With Spooky Levels to Play on Halloween!" (2018) • Guess That Game (2020) (Episode 1 · Episode 2 · Episode 3 · Episode 4 · Episode 6 · Episode 8) • 5-Second Focus (2020) (Ep. 1 · Ep. 2 · Ep. 4 · Ep. 7 · Ep. 8 · Ep. 9 · Ep. 10) • 60-Byō Challenge! Luigi o Sukue!! (2020) • Know Your Nintendo (2020) (Episode 1 · Episode 2 · Episode 3 · Episode 4 · Episode 6 · Episode 9 · Episode 10) • Ben & Amy (2020) • LEGO Super Mario Adventure Zone (2021) • Baddies & Battles (2022) (Ep 1 · Ep 2 · Ep 3 · Ep 4 · Compilation) • Fun Lists! Lists! Lists! (2022) (Top 10 Reasons to Play My Game! · 5 Funny Games! · 5 Characters = 5 Fun Choices · Princess Peach Power · Laugh Till You Pop · 10 Power-Ups! · Get Them Goombas! · Epic Mario Kart Takedowns Compilation · Mario Kart Items to Put Your Bro on Blast · 5 Minigames in Mario Party Superstars That Are Really Cool) • "Mario and Friends" (2022) • Meet the Characters! (2022) (Episode 1 · Episode 3 · Episode 5 · Episode 6 · Episode 7 · Episode 8 · Episode 9 · Episode 10 · Compilation 1 · Compilation 2) • Stuff on Nintendo Switch (2022) • "This Is My Nintendo Jam!" (2023) • Get to Know Mushroom Kingdom Characters (2023) • Super Mario Maker 2 Challenges! (2023) (Ep 1 · Ep 2 · Ep 3) • Which Nintendo character are you (2023)
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