Famed cartoonist Ralph Bakshi revived the Mighty Mouse cartoon character for a series of humorous and satirical adventures on Saturday morning TV, and gave Mighty Mouse a true identity (Mike Mouse, a worker at Pearl Pureheart’s factory), a new sidekick, new friends...and new villains. This series is memorable and beloved as a huge springboard for the many cartoonists and animators who would later become famous in their own right.
In case you see a garbled character at the beginning and again at the end of the headline up above, those are supposed to musical notes (
NOTE: they were garbled for many readers; we've removed them). Mighty Mouse always sang his song of rescue: "Here I come, to save the day!" Now, he's singing his way to DVD, courtesy of Paramount Home Video.
Ralph Bakshi (
Wizards, Lord of the Rings) was behind this 1987 version fo the show, where Mighty Mouse is voiced by Patrick Pinney (
G.I. Joe), and other voice cast includes Maggie Roswell (
The Simpsons), Mona Marshall (
South Park), Dana Hill (
Duckman) and Michael Pataki (
Star Trek's "Korax").
The
January 5th release of
Mighty Mouse, The New Adventures - The Complete Series comes on 3 DVDs, with every installment of the Saturday morning cartoon digitally remastered and presented in the original full screen video format. This release also includes several extras! First up are 3 Bonus
Mighty Mouse cartoons, from the original Terry Toons theatrical shorts, "
chosen from the Paramount vaults and restored for this release" (per info supplied to retailers).
Also included is a Featurette, described this way in the studio's information: "
Includes loads of interviews and audio commentaries from show contributors who went on to become animation's best and brightest such as Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo), Jim Reardon (Wall-E), John Kricfalusi (Ren & Stimpy) and Tim Minton (Tiny Toons)." We also have heard that animation historian Jerry Beck may have somehow been involved in this release; he's always a valuable contributor to collections such as these!
Pricing and package art have not been made available just yet, Stay tuned and we'll update you just as soon as we can!
