Current Events > So, I rewatched the Mario anime... (Spoilers)

(+) Yeah! (+)

• Lakitu looks just like he does in the N64 game.
• Piranha Plants spring up from the ground and grow to giant size just like they do in Tiny-Huge Island.
• Mario has to rescue an item from an underwater clam like in Jolly Roger Bay.
• Mario runs with his butt on fire.
• Mario's "defeated" animation sees him trying to push himself up before collapsing.
• There's a sunken ship that has to be raised - also like Jolly Roger Bay.
• The dog in the anime looks just like the rabbit in the basement; only blue and quadrupedal instead of yellow and bipedal.
• Peach kisses Mario on the nose, causing him to blush.
• And, most recognizably, Mario defeats Bowser by grabbing him by the tail, swinging him around, and throwing him.

when did the anime come out?

And, most recognizably, Mario defeats Bowser by grabbing him by the tail, swinging him around, and throwing him.

* The dog in the anime looks just like the rabbit in the basement; only blue and quadrupedal instead of yellow and bipedal.

I'm not seeing it. Everything else you connected seems to be on point, but this one... eh.

Meanwhile, on youtube...

but I'm happy the notoriously cease-and-desist happy company allows it to remain

Okay. It's not an exact likeness. But look at those ears. They're bent the same way. Is that how dog/rabbit ears are normally animated in Japan?

Sometimes no.