House of Hashimoto

Having just seen this on YouTube, House of Hashimoto is one of the more unusual cartoons to come from the usually conservative Terrytoons. In fact one of the writers, Bob Kuwahara, is Japanese. So this story of an invisible mouse who defeats a "giant cat" seems to have a genesis in Asian legend. It's certainly fascinating to see such a non stereotypical view of another culture from an American cartoon from the late '50s. The title character tells this story to an American mouse friend who's a newspaper reporter looking for an angle. He leaves because he doesn't think the readers will believe what Hashimoto tells him. The ending will be surprising to anyone except those who are familiar with various folk tales. Worth a look for any animation fans. P.S. Ralph Bakshi was one of the animators.