"Mouse" (2003) TV mini-series

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Directors:

Ruben Arvizu
Yorifusa Yamaguchi

Writers:

Satoru Akahori (books)
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (screenplay)

Genre:

Animation

Plot:

Master Burglar Mouse (who lives by day as a meek Art Teacher) targets and steals the most valuable objects in the world, all with the help of his three sexy assistants.

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series

Cast

Jane Alan	...	Scientist, Woof's Boss, Rin Nyan (voice: English version) (as Mari Devon)
Cindy Alexander	...	Yayoi Kuribayashi (English language version) (voice)
Chelsea Armstrong	...	Machiko (English language version) (voice: English version)
Bob Buchholz	...	Lt. Heitaro Onizuka (voice: English version)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Mirei Hanamura, Young Sorata, Head Scientist, Fon (voice: English version) (as Jacky Morris)
Yukari Fukui	...	Yayoi Kuribayashi (Japanese language version) (voice)
Jessica Gee	...	Uta Yukino, Mei Momozono (voice: English version) (as Carol Wadell)
Grant George	...	Mouse / Sorata Muon (voice: English version)
Masaru Ikeda	...	Toushun Momozono (Japanese language version) (voice)
Sugure Ikeda	...	Fuyuka (Japanese language version) (voice)
Kikuko Inoue	...	Mei Momozono (Japanese language version) (voice)
Buzz Kilman	...	(voice)
Dave Mallow	...	Police, Male Scientist, Woof (voice: English version)
Yoshimi Moriya	...	Misa Hanamura (Japanese language version) (voice)
Jacky Morris	...	Mirei (Englsih language version) (voice)
Takashi Nagasako	...	Heitarou Onizuka (Japanese language version) (voice)
Mai Nakahara	...	Hazuki Kakio (Japanese language version) (voice)
Asami Naota	...	Shi Yukino (Japanese language version) (voice)
Bob Papenbrook	...	Fuyuharu Momozono (voice: English version)
Cindy Robinson	...	Yayoi Kuribayashi, Reporter (voice: English version) (as Cindy Alexander)
Tomo Saeki	...	Machiko Getsuoka (Japanese language version) (voice)
Tomoe Sakuragawa	...	(voice)
Philece Sampler	...	Mei's Grandmother, Samasa Morijima (voice: English version)
Asami Sanada	...	Uta Yukino (Japanese language version) (voice)
Stephanie Sheh	...	Hazuki Kakio (voice: English version) (as Laura Chyu)
Wendy Snyder	...	(voice)
Steve Staley	...	Masatoshi Minami (voice: English version)
Carol Wadell	...	Shi (English language version) (voice)
Dan Woren	...	Fon (English language version) (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Sorata Muon / Mouse (Japanese language version) (voice)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Company:

Studio DEEN

A good, campy and also cute little series

This year, I sat down, I saw, and I experienced an ecchi-action-comedy series like none that I've ever seen before: Mouse.

Although not mainstream material, it has some appeal. The animation and character designs, for one, were great. Also, the English dubbing director cast just the right actors/actresses to make the roles believable. Case in point: Mouse's female "assistants". The voices make them utterly likable, to a point where guy viewers begin deciding on which one(s) they like best.

What astounded me the most was the creators ability to cram a generous amount of fan-service within each 15 minute episode. If there were a World Records title for "providing so much of one element in a TV show in such short run time," Mouse would get it hands down.

So if you like a mix of action, comedy, and sexiness, then Mouse is your ticket. But one thing though: Don't take it seriously. It's not epic japanimation like "Princess Mononoke" or "Howl's Moving Castle". It's a fun little series to watch, especially IMO on a Friday or Saturday night.