Ranked #5201

Mouse

Mouse begins with our benevolent hero Sorata stealing an entire museum under the watchful eyes of the police, but gets much more absurd from there. Heavy on the man-rape humor, “Mouse” is surrounded by a bountifully breasted, cat suited trio of live-in assistants–yet frequently protests their blatant sexual advances to “send their master to paradise”.

The extreme amount of fanservice wasn’t a problem, as I do enjoy the occasional ecchi anime. However, the production value is amateurish and low budget for having debuted in 2003, appearing on par with anime of the 80’s. The girls have large eyes that occasionally look cross-eyed, which when combined with often outlandish costumes makes them unappealing.

Also, expect some horrible puns. In the squeaky opening theme song “Mouse Chuu Mouse”, “Chuu” is both the sound a mouse makes in Japanese and the sound effect for kisses. If that weren’t enough, the title is pronounced “Mouth to Mouth”.

As for plot, the logic of Mouses’ heist plans lacks mystery and creativity. It meanders around with flashback episodes before building to a partially explained, anti-climactic face-off with a rival thief.

On a positive note, Mouse is a series that doesn’t take itself too seriously, which is its redeeming quality. I did chuckle on occasion, but not at the intent of the creators. This title managed to have enough fun, tease, and laughable clichés to put it at a level of mediocrity in terms of both narrative and convention. If you are looking for deep character development and moving story, skip this show. Otherwise, it is great for sitting around and giving the “Mystery Science Theater” treatment. Watch it streaming on Netflix or Crunchyroll to avoid buyer’s remorse.

*By the way, if you are interested in this anime because you think a cat-burglar protagonist would be fun, you should definitely check out the master thief “Dark” in DNAngel (note: DNAngel has no ecchi, but is more of a “slice of life” adventure). read more

...Okay I was so disapointed by this anime that I almost kicked myself for having watched it. Episodes were short.
Story- Well the story was kind of unique I mean I was drawn to it because I thought the story would be unique alas you are in for disappointment if you plan to watch this anime thinking it will completely sync with the whole mysterious master thief plot. This anime was more about bouncing boobs and having relations with the opposite sex than it was about cleverly stealing expensive objects in my opinion.
Art- It was okay it could've been better in my opinion but then again judge not lest ye be judged.
Sound- Okay I did not like the sounds in this series I hated both the opening and closing and the "dramatic" music scenes did not do anything to spark up my interest. Voice acting was okay accept I hated the main character's voice.
Character- Okay I didn't for the most part like the characters even though more than half of the episodes are used developing character background; that's right half the series and I still didn't like the characters.
Enjoyment- I did not enjoy this at all as I was looking for a clever thief and mystery story and instead got flopping boobs and steady disappointment.
Overall- I was sorely saddened the characters were shoddy, the sounds were bad in my opinion, and the storyline did not really move anywhere. In the end I pined too watch Lupin to redeem the whole master thief storyline. I only suggest watching this anime iif your okay with mediocrity or just like ecchi. read more