Super Mario Bros. vintage anime gets 4K remaster — here’s how to watch it

The 1986 has undergone a complete and new restoration. Super Mario Bros.The 4K resolution scans of anime from an original film are now online. You can also download the Internet Archive to enjoy at home. The film was previously available on YouTube for many years. This new version is now accessible to stream or download from the Internet Archive. Super Mario Bros. is a clean, color-corrected, and newly subtitled remaster of Nintendo’s first foray into anime.

Femboy Films (the team behind this project) has described the remaster. It includes a picture of the scanning of Super Mario Bros. comes from a “16mm reduction print likely used for small, local screenings back in the day” believed to be “one of the, if not THE only surviving print in the world.”

New audio recordings using original VHS tapes are also part of the new remaster. “The VHS was originally released with 2-channel Dolby Surround, which is preserved in the audio capture here,” Femboy Films says. “This reflects most accurately how the film would have sounded in cinemas, as it was released with 4-channel Dolby Stereo there.” New English-language subtitles, including translation of the anime’s music, is also available.

The Internet Archive allows you to download anime in many formats.

Super Mario Bros.This comedy-adventure film from 1986 follows the events in Super Mario Bros.It was a loose interpretation. When Princess Peach escapes from a video game and into Mario’s world, she is pursued by King Koopa (aka Bowser) who kidnaps her and forces her to return to the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario and Luigi (who work in a grocery shop) are lured to the Mushroom Kingdom by Dumpling Dog, a character whose goal it is to rescue Princess Peach. Wacky misadventures ensue.

The anime is full of weirdness that Nintendo would likely not recognize as canon today, including ol’ Dumpling Dog, Prince Haru of the Flower Kingdom, Goombas with arms, and Luigi drinking sake, all of which is to say you should probably give Super Mario Bros.A watch.