“Three junkyard-dwelling hobos—bear Punch, weasel Boom, mouse Touch—battle mad wolf scientist Gari-Gari's schemes to seize their home.”
Hustle Punch
ハッスルパンチ
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Three junkyard-dwelling hobos—bear Punch, weasel Boom, mouse Touch—battle mad wolf scientist Gari-Gari's schemes to seize their home.
The show centers around three hobos that live in a broken car on top of a junkyard: Punch, Touch, and Boom. Punch is a bear who is literally strong-headed: his head is as hard as a rock, and nothing can knock him down. Boom the weasel is an expert shot, using not a gun, but a slingshot. Touch the mouse takes advantage of her smallness in order to get into small holes and sneaking into things without the villains knowing. Gari-Gari is a mad scientist wolf who wants to build a mansion over the junkyard, constantly thinking up evil plans to get the money needed to buy the property, whether it’s creating a machine that creates counterfeit 10 yen (about 10 cents in US money) or stealing priceless paintings and selling it to a high bidder. He is an inventor, creating things that can aid him into doing his deed. If Gari-Gari buys the junkyard, this of course means that the three heroes will have no place to stay, so they constantly thwart his schemes. Gari-Gari has two henchmen working for him: Black and Nyu. Black is a gangster cat who welds a gun, often shooting at Punch and the gang with it. Nyu is a simple-minded pig who has big strength. (Source: Cartoon Research) *Based on Hustle Punch by Mori Yasuji, serialized in Manga O.
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No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Hustle Punch begins and ends here.
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A Tv Production · Fall 1965
Toei Animation.- Format 26 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 50m all episodes
- Aired Nov 1965 – Apr 1966 Fall 1965
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-8095 catalog