ANIME CHARACTERS (MICKY MOUSE)

                     (mickey mouse)

                MICKEY MOUSE IS A CARTOON CHARACTER AND THE MASCOT OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY. HE WAS CREATED BY WALT DISNEY AND UB LWERKS AT THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS IN 1928. AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC MOUSE WHO TYPICALLY WEARS RED SHORTS, LARGE YELLOW SHOES,AND WHITE GLOVES, MICKEY IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST RECOGNIZABLE CHARACTERS.

             MICKEY  CREATED AS A REPLACEMENT FOR A PRIOR DISNEY CHARACTER, OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT,MICKEY FIRST APPEARED IN THE SHORT PLANE CRAZY, DEBUTING PUBLICLY IN THE SHORT FILM STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), ONE OF THE FIRST SOUND CARTOONS. HE WENT ON TO APPEAR IN OVER 130 FILMS,INCLUDING THE BAND CONCERT (1935), BRAVE LITTLE TRAILOR (1938),AND FANTASIA (1940). MICKEY APPEARED PRIMARILY IN SHORT FILMS,BUT ALSO OCCASIONALLY IN FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS. TEN OF THE MICKEYS CARTOON'S WERE NOMINETED FOR ACADEMY AWARD FOR THE BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM,ONE OF WHICH, LEND A PAW, WON THE AWARD IN 1942. IN 1978, MICKEY BEACOME THE FIRST CARTOON CHARACTER TO HAVE A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.

            BEGGINING IN 1930, MICKEY HAS ALSO BEEN FEATURED EXTENSIVELY AS A COMIC STRIP CHARACTER. THE MICKEY MOUSE COMIC STRIP, DRAWN PRIMIRALLY BY FLOYED GOTTFREDSON, RAN FOR 45 YEARS. MICKEY HAS APPEARED IN COMIC BOOKS SUCH AS DISNEY ITALY'S TOPOLINO,MM -MICKEY MOUSE MYSTERY MAGANIZE, AND WIZARDS OF MICKEY, AND IN TELEVISION SERIES SUCH AS THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB(1955-1996) AND OTHERS. HE ALSO APPEARED IN OTHER MEDIA SUCH AS VIDEO GAMES AS WELL AS MERCHANDISING AND IS A MEETABLE CHARACTER AT THE DISNEY PARKS.

MICKEY GENERALLY APPEARS ALONGSIDE HIS GIRLFRIEND MINNIE MOUSE, HIS PET DOG PLUTO, HIS FRIENDS DONALD DUCK AND GOOFY, AND HIS NEMESIS PETE, AMONG OTHERS. THOUGH ORIGINALLY CHARACTERIZED AS ACHEEKY LOVABLE ROGUE, MICKEY WAS REBRANDED OVER TIME AS A NICE GUY, USUALLY SEEN AS  AN HONEST AND BODACIOUS HERO. IN 2009, DISNEY BEGAN TO REBRAND THE CHARACTER AGAIN BY PUTTINNG LESS EMPHASIS ON HIS FRIENDLY, WELL-MEANING PERSONA AND REINTRODUCING THE MORE MENACING AND REINTRODUCING THE MORE MENACING AND STUBBORN SIDES OF HIS PERSNOLITY, BEGINNING WITH THE VIDEO GAME EPIC MICKEY.