Manxmouse: The Mouse Who Knew No Fear is a 1968 children's novel by Paul Gallico. The plot is an epic narrative of the adventures of a creature called a Manx Mouse as he meets and interacts with other people, climaxing in a meeting with a Manx cat who characters say is destined to eat him.
PLOT:
A ceramicist who lives in the fictional city of Buntingdowndale in England specializes in making ceramic replicas of mice. One night he gets drunk at a party and comes home intending to make the best mouse figurine he has ever made. With his senses impaired, he inadvertently makes a mouse-like figure described as having a "fat little body like a opossum, hind feet like those of a kangaroo, the front paws of a monkey, and instead of delicate and transparent ears, these were long and much like those of a rabbit. And what is more, they were blue, too, and violently orange-colored on the inside. But the worst thing of all was that it had no tail." He is disappointed but finds that the statue has an endearing look, so he calls it a "Manx Mouse" and decides to keep it. That night while the ceramacist sleeps, the statue comes to life as a Manx Mouse.
The Manx Mouse thinks for himself, and refers to himself by the name Manxmouse. He decides to leave the ceramacist's home and travel. He first meets a clutterbumph, which is a shapeshifting monster that takes the form of whatever those around it fear most. Manxmouse seems to have no fear, and thus the clutterbumph does not scare him, but tells him to "beware the Manx Cat".
Manxmouse leaves that encounter and has a succession of encounters with other entities, including a billibird, House Cat mother, old One-Eye the cat, Captain Hawk, a fox named Joe Reynard, a fox-hunting pack of dogs led by General Hound and called the Bumbleton Hunt, Squire Ffuffer the huntsman, Nelly the Elephant, a little girl named Wendy H. Troy, a tiger named Burra Khan, a truck driver, Mr. Smeater the pet-shop proprietor, a semi-animate wax copy of himself at Madame Tussauds, and a policeman.
ANIME MOVIE:
The Japanese animation studio Nippon Animation adapted this tale into a feature-length TV special in 1979, directed by Hiroshi Saito. The anime, titled Tondemo Nezumi Daikatsuyaku: Manxmouse (Manxmouse's Great Activity) in Japanese, was dubbed into English in 1989, broadcast on Nickelodeon, and released on VHS by Celebrity Home Entertainment in 1990 as The Legend of Manxmouse.
VIDEO GAME:
Anime Eikaiwa - Tondemo Nezumi Daikatsuyaku is a fully voice and text driven digital novel based on the TV animation Tottoi with the added bonus of being fully bilingual. You can choose from any combination of Japanese / English text and audio. You may have figured out already that Tottoi is in fact Time spelt backwards.
The game is actually an interactive movie since the player can only watch how the story advances through the different game scenes. The only gameplay is in the educational part of the software that is actually very good. You have exercises, English vocabulary tests and a Japanese to English dictionary. The game can also be used to teach English speakers Japanese. Of course you can't use most of the exercises but at least you can use the dictionary and play the game in English.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Software aimed at learning English conversation while enjoying animation at home. "Movie viewing mode" which can watch a movie just like a video can be switched by English ? Japanese ? subtitles and a single button.
Also, since it has a built-in dictionary function, words that you do not understand can also be retrieved instantly. "Role play practice mode" in which a player plays the leading role or semi-protagonist part acts as an actor, so that in what situations, what emotions and what kind of gesture should I speak, I get acquainted with nature. "Script mode" which reads dialogs without video is the mode most suitable for preparatory / revenge based on reading.
The English / Japanese display can be switched with a single touch, and the sound can be reproduced instantaneously.
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Educational & Anime themes.
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