momotaro – VoVatia (original) (raw)

The Brave Little Plumber

I grew up watching the American Super Mario Bros. cartoons, but it wasn’t until later that I learned about the Japanese ones from around the same time. I’ve discussed the anime film from 1986, but there was also a series … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged amada anime series, anime, hammer bros, issun-boshi, king bowser koopa, koopalings, lakitu, luigi mario, momotaro, mushroom retainers, princess peach toadstool, shigeru miyamoto, snow white, super mario bros., super mario bros. 3, super mario issun-boshi, super mario momotaro, super mario shirayuki-hime, toads |

Son of a Peach!

I was watching a video about the possible mythological origins of Princess Peach in the Mario series, and it mentioned the story of Momotaro. I don’t think I’d ever heard of it before, although it had elements that appeared in … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Fairy Tales, Japanese, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Video Games | Tagged demons, inuyama, kibidango, megijima, momotaro, momotaro festival, ogres, okayama, oni, onigashima, ozma, peaches, princess peach toadstool, propaganda, the great mission to rescue princess peach, world war ii |