Man...first time in my life I've heard of this...prince guy (At first I swore it was another princess for Luigi or something) and I already hate him. They don't even make a cute couple! Geez, if I felt bad before for Mario who goes around chasing after the princess world after world, year after year, now I feel way worse.
The anime looks okay. I mean, the plot seems to make a lot more sense than the US cartoon. It was also better animated and the characters didn't look as anime-like as you'd expect (Huge eyes, weird body shapes, perfect hair, etc).
Yeah, the movie was waaaay worse. So...I'm just glad Mario and company are sticking to video games nowadays.