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Background

This was a company that produced the Japan-only OVA Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, notable for being the first-ever kind of film adaptation of a video game (the first feature-length film based on a video game was the live-action Super Mario Bros. film from 1993).

Logo (July 20, 1986)

Visuals: On a green background with clouds, some mountains and dirt for the ground, there is "Grouper" in a odd-looking font. On the left of the "p" is "production" and on the right of the "p" is "co., ltd.". On top of "Grouper", there is a drawing of a fish. The logo is placed on a pipe that appears from the left side of the screen as the closing credits end, and which the Mario brothers (Mario and Luigi) enter; the camera pans to the pipe and stops when it is in the center.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: An older pipe sound from Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3, followed by some wind sounds.

Availability: It was seen at the end of the closing credits on Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach (a post-credits scene follows the logo); the VHS is very hard to find, but it can be found on a few Japanese Internet stores.

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+===Background===
+This was a company that produced the Japan-only OVA ''Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach'', notable for being the first-ever kind of film adaptation of a video game (the first feature-length film based on a video game was the live-action ''Super Mario Bros.'' film from 1993).
 ===Logo (July 20, 1986)===
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+[[File:Grouper Production Co., Ltd. (1986).jpeg|center|350px]]
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-'''Visuals:''' On a green background with clouds, superimposed in the closing credits of a movie, is ''Grouper'' in a odd-looking font. On the left of the ''P'' is ''production'' and on the right of the ''P'' is ''co., ltd.''. On top of the ''Grouper'' text is a drawing of a fish. The logo is superimposed on a pipe.
+'''Visuals:''' On a green background with clouds, some mountains and dirt for the ground, there is "'''''Grouper'''''" in a odd-looking font. On the left of the "'''''p'''''" is "'''production'''" and on the right of the "'''''p'''''" is "'''co., ltd.'''". On top of "'''''Grouper'''''", there is a drawing of a fish. The logo is placed on a pipe that appears from the left side of the screen as the closing credits end, and which the Mario brothers (Mario and Luigi) enter; the camera pans to the pipe and stops when it is in the center.
-'''Technique:''' None. It's superimposed.
+'''Technique:''' Cel animation.
-'''Audio:''' A older pipe sound from ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', followed by some wind sounds.
+'''Audio:''' An older pipe sound from ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', followed by some wind sounds.
-'''Availability:''' Was seen on the Japan-only OVA ''Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach'', but it is ultra-rare because the VHS is very hard to find. But, it can be found on a few Japanese Internet stores.
+'''Availability:''' It was seen at the end of the closing credits on ''Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach'' (a post-credits scene follows the logo); the VHS is very hard to find, but it can be found on a few Japanese Internet stores.
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