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The Legend of Manxmouse

5.2/10

June 30, 1979

75 minutes

Hiroshi Saito

Animation Adventure Family TV Movie

Overview

A ceramic figure of a blue mouse with long ears, stubby legs, and no tail suddenly comes to life. He is a “Manxmouse” as known in the legend. Since he is new to this world, his fearless curiosity leads him to meet a frog couple, an aviator hawk, a stray tiger, and a girl. Although he learns about his ultimate fate-to be eaten by a “Manxcat”-he decides to face this cat and challenge his destiny.

Movie Details

Release Date

June 30, 1979

Runtime

75 minutes

Director

Hiroshi Saito

Rating

5.2/10

Production Companies

Nippon Animation

Cast

Masako Nozawa

Harrison G. Tondemonezumi

Banjo Ginga

Father Mouse

Ichiro Nagai

Dororon

Kazuhiko Inoue

Eric

Kazuko Sugiyama

Wendy

Kazuo Kumakura

Tondemo Neko

Koji Ishizaka

Narrator

Ryuji Saikachi

Old Man Maiya