This is a cartoon in the Hashimoto series produced by the Terrytoon studio. There will be spoilers ahead:
To be honest, the Terrytoon studio was never really one of the best animation studios making cartoon shorts during what's called the "Golden Age" of animation. By the 1960s, they were pretty much running on fumes, though the characters they created are some of the more familiar ones in its history. Hector Heathcote, Hashimoto and Deputy Dog, among others, were all over television in the 1960s.
This is a Hashimoto cartoon. Will the character of Hashimoto is rather limited, they did make a few good ones over the life of the series. This is one of the better entries they did.
The story is simple enough-Hashimoto is entertaining an American mouse friend named Joe, a reporter who wants a story. Hashimoto obliges him by relating the tale of an invisible mouse, from his birth into his childhood and relating his prowess at sword fighting and archery.
One day, a large cat comes upon the village, intent on doing harm. The mice flee to the hills, but a champion comes out to challenge the cat. It's the invisible mouse. The cat is amused at first, but learns a valuable lesson. You generally can't effectively fight what you can't see. The outcome is foreordained, but the enjoyment is watching the fight and the aftermath.
The ending of this is good, so I won't spoil it here.
This cartoon is worth watching.
To be honest, the Terrytoon studio was never really one of the best animation studios making cartoon shorts during what's called the "Golden Age" of animation. By the 1960s, they were pretty much running on fumes, though the characters they created are some of the more familiar ones in its history. Hector Heathcote, Hashimoto and Deputy Dog, among others, were all over television in the 1960s.
This is a Hashimoto cartoon. Will the character of Hashimoto is rather limited, they did make a few good ones over the life of the series. This is one of the better entries they did.
The story is simple enough-Hashimoto is entertaining an American mouse friend named Joe, a reporter who wants a story. Hashimoto obliges him by relating the tale of an invisible mouse, from his birth into his childhood and relating his prowess at sword fighting and archery.
One day, a large cat comes upon the village, intent on doing harm. The mice flee to the hills, but a champion comes out to challenge the cat. It's the invisible mouse. The cat is amused at first, but learns a valuable lesson. You generally can't effectively fight what you can't see. The outcome is foreordained, but the enjoyment is watching the fight and the aftermath.
The ending of this is good, so I won't spoil it here.
This cartoon is worth watching.
