If you know your Mario music, then this old pop song might sound familiar. Did Nintendo steal it? And why do they sound so similar?

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SOURCES
- https://ameblo.jp/nasunikki/entry-10002473547.html Interview about meaning of Japanese lyrics to Green Green
- http://shmuplations.com/kojikondo/ The two Koji Kondo quotes come from this interview
- https://symphogear.blogspot.com/2016/02/symphogear-bd-6-released-along-with.html Writeup of Green Green’s history (though I wish I had found this before I’d written most of the script myself!)
- https://archive.org/details/japan_miracle_in_asia_1963 Archive Footage of 1960s Japan

CREDITS
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rUdUj8ch58 Japanese kids singing Green Green
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5O_Y-sh6sM Mrs. Green Apple cover of Green Green (bad audio I'm afraid)

MUSIC
- Super Mario World Theme composed by Koji Kondo, via Nintendo
- Stock music via Epidemic Sound