Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen (スーパーマリオブラザーズ ピーチ姫救出大作戦!?, "Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!") is a 1986 Japanese anime film. Directed by Masami Hata and produced by Masakatsu Suzuki and Tsunemasa Hatano, the plot centers around Nintendo characters Mario and Luigi, who get stuck in a Famicom video game and must save Princess Peach from Bowser.

Although the film was released on VHS by VAP video, it was never released outside Japan, on official DVD or into any other language. The VHS is very hard to find even in Japan, and has reached high prices on auction sites. Bootlegs of the VHS however do exist, and have been transferred to DVD. A soundtrack and manga adaptation of the film were published in Japan around the same time as the film's release, though neither are easy to acquire. It was the first video game based movie that was released, 7 years before the next one came up, which appeared to be another Super Mario movie. This one was released in 1993, this time it also was available in America. However, the film can be watched on sites such as YouTube, with fan-made English subtitles. The anime is notable for being the first movie based on a video game, predating the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie.