3/18/2024 0 Comments Super mario bros x sonic level![]() Like the former, this show was somewhat influenced by a video game series: Super Mario Bros. In this one, titular protagonist Mario, his brother Luigi, Princess Toadstool/Peach and her servant Toad indulge in a thoroughly non-sequitur adventure across the Mushroom Kingdom to stop King Koopa/Bowser from executing his evil plans. That distinction goes to North America, under the auspices of Saban Entertainment and Dic Enterprises, who attempted to cash in on the video game craze of the late 1980s by releasing a 52-episode Saturday morning cartoon (back when those existed) in 1989. ![]() It’s tough to believe, but Japan has never attempted to make a feature-length series involving the adventures of Mario and his pals. SUPER SHOWĪfter you watch this show,you will believe that the writers of this show were on drugs Like most other Sonic-related things online, it has becomethe subject of various jokes, especially with its North American theme song, aptly titled “Gotta Go Fast” nowhere near the awesomeness I pedestaled this series on as a child. In North America, this show was registered for dubbing and licensing by the notorious producer of anime abominations, 4Kids Entertainment, alongside Kirby Of The Stars, Magical Doremi, Shaman King, Yu-Gi-Oh and many others – not that the Japanese version was any better. Mostly chronicling Sonic and his friends’ adventures on Earth in the typical American town of Station Square, as well as their attempt to integrate to human society, this anime is a 78-episode slugfest whose first two seasons attempt to lacklusterly synchronize slice-of-life, adventure, and the plot of two SEGA Dreamcast games, Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 with the third season being a completely original space adventure alongside bad music and puns as well as many original characters and cameos, including but not limited to Cosmo the Seedrian (who I ship with Tails very hard), Bokkun, and everyone’s favorite punching bag, Chris Thorndyke. Sonic X, created and animated by the same folks at the Tokyo Movie Shinsha studio, comes from a studio with a long line of animators who have been involved with both Western and Eastern animated flicks such as Detective Conan, Hamtaro, Kaitou Saint Tail, and the crack-induced Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland as well as Batman: The Animated Series, Inspector Gadget, DuckTales and Spiderman: The Animated Series. This show has… how do you say it? Too many tropes? Cut down a few and it’ll be just fine. Super Show and Japan’s attempt, Sonic X, is one that I feel is warranted considering the similar, yet different direction taken by both shows, and their attempt to create a coherent story based on video game plots. ![]() As a result, a comparison between North America’s Nintendo network, The Super Mario Bros. In some ways, this is a bit understandable as Mario game plots are very simple – save the princess from Bowser – and trying to make a decent story out of this would be much more than necessary, in contrast to the complex storylines, expandable world and action sequences that involve Sonic and his friends against his arch-nemesis Dr. When it comes to television adaptations of the respective characters’ adventures, it seems that Mario mostly relies on its games to power through its success, while in recent years Sonic has become indigent on expanding its media outreach through use of meme exploitation and feature films especially in the North American market recent examples such as the largely successful 2020 film and Sonic Boom come into mind, whereas Nintendo has not had a hand in pushing a Mario cartoon in recent years. Our two shows this week are based on one of the most well-documented, and longstanding rivalries with each other I’m talking about that between Nintendo’s Italian moustachioed mascot, Super Mario, and Sega’s anthropomorphic blue blur, Sonic The Hedgehog. ![]() This week I continue my next batch of posts for the East Meets West series, dedicated to comparing/contrasting anime and Western media of similar premises, and, based on a specific set of criteria, decide which of the two is, in my fallible opinion, the superior version. ![]()
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