“Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!” / 「スーパーマリオブラザーズ ピーチ姫救出大作戦！」, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1986, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q294
This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster printed in 1986 for the first release of Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! / 「スーパーマリオブラザーズ ピーチ姫救出大作戦！」, the landmark animated feature adaptation of Nintendo’s world-famous Super Mario Bros. franchise.
A true piece of early Nintendo history, this poster represents the first animated theatrical film based on Super Mario Bros., issued at the height of the original Famicom boom in Japan. For collectors of Nintendo, video game history, anime, and 1980s Japanese popular culture, it is an especially desirable and increasingly difficult poster to find in original theatrical condition.
Film background
Released in 1986, Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! was the first feature-length animated film built around Nintendo’s breakout video game phenomenon. Issued during the explosive early success of the Famicom era, the film brought Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser, and a host of familiar game enemies to the big screen in vivid animated form.
The film occupies a singular place in video game and animation history as the earliest theatrical Mario movie, predating later global adaptations and standing as one of the most important crossover artefacts between 1980s gaming culture and Japanese theatrical anime.
Poster design
The design is immediately arresting and unmistakably of its period, built around a bold red-and-white radiating sunburst background that gives the composition tremendous visual energy.
At the centre, Mario leaps forward in triumphant fashion, smiling and raising his fist while holding a Super Mushroom. Around him is a lively arrangement of familiar elements from the game world: Bowser’s castle, Princess Peach, Toads, Koopa Troopa, Lakitu, Hammer Bro, Cheep Cheep, Blooper, and other recognisable adversaries from the original Nintendo universe.
The upper section announces the theatrical launch across the Shochiku cinema circuit and includes the large Japanese title:
「ピーチ姫救出大作戦！」
“The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!”
A particularly appealing feature is the prominent green-and-blue billing for the accompanying programme:
「同時上映 スーパーマリオブラザーズ2 攻略法」
“Simultaneous screening: Super Mario Bros. 2 Strategy Guide.”
This unusual double-feature billing adds an extra layer of period specificity and makes the poster especially evocative of the original Japanese theatrical-release context. Overall, the artwork is bright, playful, highly graphic, and deeply nostalgic, with strong appeal both as a decorative display piece and as a historically important Nintendo collectible.
Condition
Good+ to very good condition. Please review the detailed photographs carefully, as they show the exact poster for sale.
This is a cinema-used example and shows signs of original theatrical display. There are tape remnants from display, visible handling wear, fold lines, edge and corner wear, small tears, light creasing, and general age-related signs consistent with a working Japanese theatrical poster from 1986. The reverse also shows display-related tape marks and storage wear.
The poster nevertheless retains strong colour, vivid Mario artwork, bold title graphics, and excellent overall visual impact. Once framed, it will display very well. The condition has been carefully taken into account when pricing.
This is an original 1986 Japanese theatrical B2 poster.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
It is now around 40 years old.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
