i am curious to know - did you have any kind of basic plot in mind when animating those mario gifs, or were you just kind of trying to create the Illusion of a Full Movie?
I started storyboarding with no bigger story in mind. However, some plot points popped up here and there when I animated the scenes. For example: I like to think of Kamek as the evil master-mind, who gives a potion to Bowser, that causes him to become a giant:
In this other scene, Yoshi notices that Luigi is missing and tries to alert two Toads about it (who obviously can't understand him or his body language haha). Luigi manages to free himself from the piranha plants by himself, though!
Thanks a lot for the interest! :D These animations took very long to complete and I still want to finish the whole video I had in mind. To me, the Mario world is super nostalgic and sweet, and that's why I love spending time in it c: