Moominvalley (Finnish: Muumilaakso, Swedish: Mumindalen, also known as just Moomin) is a 2019 animated family drama musical series. An adaptation of the classic Moomin books and comics by writer-illustrator Tove Jansson and her brother Lars Jansson, it is created using new techniques in 3D CGI.[1]
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Genre | Animated family drama musical |
Created by | Marika Makaroff Steve Box |
Based on | Moomins by Tove Jansson |
Written by | Mark Huckerby Nick Ostler Steve Box |
Directed by | Steve Box (S1-2) Sara Barbas (S3) Nigel Davies (S3) Jay Grace (S3) Darren Robbie (S3) |
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Composers | Samuli Kosminen Jarmo Saari (S2-3) Pekka Kuusisto |
Country of origin | Finland United Kingdom |
Original languages | English, Finnish, Swedish, Sami |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
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Executive producer | Marika Makaroff |
Producers | John Woolley (S1) Marion Edwards Louise Holmes Steve Dorrance |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Gutsy Animations |
Distributor | PGS Entertainment |
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Original release | 25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) – present |
Finnish production company Gutsy Animations ran a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo from 8 March to 21 April 2017. The campaign was organised in order to raise funds towards visual development of the series.[2] Animation company Anima Vitae was appointed as the lead animation company for the first two episodes of the series.[3]
The tremendously popular series is Finland's most expensive TV show with a €20 million budget.[4] In 2019 the series' first episode was the most watched program on Finnish national broadcaster Yle's streaming service Yle Areena.[5]
The protagonist of the series is Moomintroll, who is curious, kind, sensitive and idealistic. He is a typical hero in a coming-of-age story: he tries to tackle the puzzle of growing up to his true, individualistic self while remaining a beloved part of the family. He lives with his caring Moominmamma and nostalgic Moominpappa. Moomintroll is joined by his best friend, the free-spirited wanderer Snufkin, the chaotic Little My, daydreamer Snorkmaiden, cowardly Sniff, and many other friends.
Character | English actor[6][7][8] | Finnish actor[7][9] | Finland Swedish actor[7][10] | Japanese actor[7] | Northern-Sami actor[11] | Inari Sami Actor | Skolt Sami actor |
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Moomintroll | Taron Egerton (S1-2) Jack Rowan (S3) | Joonas Nordman | Christoffer Strandberg | Junta Terashima | Áilu Valle | Mikkâl Morottaja | Teemu Titola |
Moominmamma | Rosamund Pike | Satu Silvo | Maria Sid | Kikuko Inoue | Siri Broch Johansen | Anna Morottaja | Tiina Sanila-Aikio |
Moominpappa | Matt Berry | Ville Haapasalo | Carl-Kristian Rundman | Yasunori Matsumoto | Mikkel Gaup | Aimo Aikio | Tauno Ljetoff |
Snufkin | Edvin Endre | Olavi Uusivirta | Paavo Kerosuo | Issey Takahashi | Niko Valkeapää | Tomi Koivunen | Tuomas Kiprianoff |
Little My | Bel Powley | Kiti Kokkonen | Saga Sarkola | Ikue Otani | Irene Länsman | Auri Ahola | Neeta Jääskö |
Snorkmaiden | Akiya Henry | Alina Tomnikov | Edith Holmström | Minami Tsuda | Linda Tammela | Heli Huovinen | Heidi Gauriloff |
Sniff | Warwick Davis | Markku Haussila | Andreas af Enehielm | Koji Ochiai | Aslak Paltto | Marko Tervaniemi | Pavlo Heikkinen |
Muskrat | Will Self | Heikki Harma | Max Bremer (S1, S2 eps 1–5, 13) Sixten Lundberg (S2 eps 6–9) | Nobuaki Kanemitsu | Pentti Pieski | Yrjö Musta | Erkki Lumisalmi |
Hemulens (male) | Joe Wilkinson | Taisto Oksanen | Pekka Strang | Tetsuharu Ōta | Tuomas Huusko | Jouko Moshnikoff | |
Hemulens (female) | Susie Brann | Ella Pyhältö | Cecilia Paul | Inger-Mari Aikio | N/A | ||
Fillyjonk | Kate Winslet (S1-2)
Teresa Gallagher (S3) |
Kristiina Halttu | Nina Hukkinen | Shiho Hisajima | Anna Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman | Suvi King | Tiina Sanila-Aikio |
Mymble | Jennifer Saunders | Lotta Lindroos | Hellen Willberg | Yuriko Ishigane | Annukka Hirvasvuopio-Laiti | Marke Laaksonen | Heini Wesslin |
Too-ticky | Katie Leung (S1-2)
Teresa Gallagher (S3) |
Elina Knihtilä | Nina Palmgren | Anne Olli | N/A | ||
Emma The Stage Rat | Alison Steadman | Arja Saijonmaa | Suvi West | ||||
Misabel | Rebecca Root | Miiko Toiviainen | Kaj Korkea-Aho | Kozue Harashima | Aslak Paltto | ||
Ninny | Mayumi Kawai | Yasmine Yamajako | Jenna Hukkinen | Yui Fukuo | Iŋgá Ravna-Pieski | ||
Teety-Woo | Matt Lucas | Lauri Ketonen | Olli Liljeström | Kunihiro Kawamoto | Pekka Aikio | ||
The Ghost | Richard Ayoade | Ali Jahangiri | André Wickström | Kyousei Tsukui | |||
Mr Brisk | Julian Barratt | Riku Nieminen | Kristofer Gummerus | Yukito Soma | N/A | Juha Feodoroff | |
The Hobgoblin | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Jorma Uotinen | Nicke Lignell | Hidenari Ugaki | N/A | Veikko Aikio | N/A |
Thingumy | Jon Monie | Anna Puu | Iida Kuningas | Kōsuke Echigoya | Niina Aikio-Siltala | ||
Bob | Susie Brann | Paula Vesala | Sara Soulié | Mitsuhiro Inose | Sari Sarre | ||
The Fisherman | Rhys Darby | Kari Ketonen | Oskar Pöysti | Hiroyuki Shibamoto | N/A | Markus Juutinen | |
Seahorse 1 | Miriam-Teak Lee | Saara Aalto | Emma Klingenberg | Mariko Munakata | Anna Lumikivi | ||
Seahorse 2 | Shalom Brune-Franklin | Anna-Maija Tuokko | Jennie Storbacka | Sayaka Narita | Sonja Hovslagare | ||
Toffle | Iina Kuustonen | Nina Palmgren | Sachiko Honma | Mariann Bernhardt | |||
The Groke | Susie Brann | ||||||
Snork | Chance Perdomo | Deogracias Masomi | |||||
Stinky | Mike Wilmot | Santeri Kinnunen | Elmer Bäck | ||||
The score for the series is composed by Finnish musicians Pekka Kuusisto and Samuli Kosminen, with Jarmo Saari joining them in season 2. Kuusisto's father, Ilkka Kuusisto, had previously composed an opera for the Moomins with Tove Jansson in 1974.[12] The official soundtrack was released on 19 April 2019.[13]
No. overall | No. in season | English title[14] | Finnish title[15] | Finland Swedish title[16] | Original release date |
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1 | 1 | "Little My Moves In" | "Pikku Myy tuli taloon" | "Lilla My flyttar in" | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 2 | "The Spring Tune" | "Kevätlaulu" | "Vårvisan" | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 3 | "The Last Dragon In The World" | "Maailman viimeinen lohikäärme" | "Den sista draken i världen" | ![]() ![]() |
4 | 4 | "Moominsummer Madness" | "Kelluva teatteri" | "Den flytande teatern" | ![]() ![]() |
5 | 5 | "The Golden Tale" | "Kultainen häntä" | "Den gyllene svansen" | ![]() ![]() |
6 | 6 | "The Secret Of The Hattifatteners" | "Hattivattien saari" | "Hattifnattarnas ö" | ![]() ![]() |
7 | 7 | "Snufkin And The Park Keeper" | "Nuuskamuikkunen ja Puistonvartija" | "Snusmumriken och parkvakten" | ![]() ![]() |
8 | 8 | "Monster Fish" | "Muumipapan kalajuttu" | "Monsterfisken" | ![]() ![]() |
9 | 9 | "Night Of The Groke" | "Yksin kotona" | "Ensam hemma" | ![]() ![]() |
10 | 10 | "Moominmamma's Maid" | "Muumimamman apulainen" | "Muminmammans hembiträde" | ![]() ![]() |
11 | 11 | "Ghost Story" | "Kummitustarina" | "Spökhistorien" | ![]() ![]() |
12 | 12 | "The Invisible Child" | "Näkymätön lapsi" | "Det osynliga barnet" | ![]() ![]() |
13 | 13 | "Midwinter Ancestor" | "Taikatalvi" | "Trollvinter" | ![]() ![]() |
The first two episodes of season two were screened at Finnkino cinemas in Finland on 2 February 2020, exactly a month before these episodes premiered on Yle TV2 and Yle Areena on 2 March 2020.[17]
No. overall | No. in season | English title[18] | Finnish title[15] | Finland Swedish title[16] | Original release date |
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14 | 1 | "Moomin's Winter Follies" | "Latua, herra Virkkunen!" | "Vintervansinne" | ![]() ![]() |
15 | 2 | "The Fire Spirit" | "Nuuskamuikkunen ja tulenhenki" | "Snusmumriken och eldanden" | ![]() ![]() |
16 | 3 | "Moominpappa & Son" | "Muumipapan uusi yritys" | "Muminpappan och plikten" | ![]() ![]() |
17 | 4 | "Little My Moves Out" | "Kohtalokas pulloposti" | "Hjärta rimmar med smärta" | ![]() ![]() |
18 | 5 | "The Strange Case Of Mrs Fillyjonk" | "Rouva Vilijonkan katoamismysteeri" | "Fru Filifjonks mystiska försvinnande" | ![]() ![]() |
19 | 6 | "The Hobgoblin's Hat" | "Taikahattu" | "Den magiska hatten" | ![]() ![]() |
20 | 7 | "Thingumy and Bob" | "Tiuhti ja Viuhti" | "Tofslan och Vifslan" | ![]() ![]() |
21 | 8 | "The Trial" | "Omituinen oikeudenkäynti" | "Den rysande rättegången" | ![]() ![]() |
22 | 9 | "Farewell, Snorkmaiden" | "Jäähyväiset Niiskuneidille" | "Farväl Snorkfröken" | ![]() ![]() |
23 | 10 | "Moominpappa's Island" | "Muumipapan saari" | "Muminpappans ö" | ![]() ![]() |
24 | 11 | "Moominmamma's Mural" | "Muumimamman muraali" | "Muminmamman längtar hem" | ![]() ![]() |
25 | 12 | "Moomintroll and the Seahorses" | "Muumipeikko ja merihevoset" | "Mumintrollet och sjöhästarna" | ![]() ![]() |
26 | 13 | "November" | "Muumilaakson marraskuu" | "November" | ![]() ![]() |
No. overall | No. in season | English title[19] | Finnish title[15] | Finland Swedish title[16] | Original release date |
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27 | 1 | "Homecoming" | "Kotona jälleen!" | "Hemkomsten" | ![]() ![]() |
28 | 2 | "Moomintroll's Grand Adventure" | "Muumipeikon suuri seikkailu" | "Mumintrollets stora äventyr" | ![]() ![]() |
29 | 3 | "Brisk and Breezy" | "Leirinjohtaja Virkkunen" | "Herr Brisk sätts på prov" | ![]() ![]() |
30 | 4 | "Inventing Snork" | "Niisku löytää ystävän" | "Snorken får en vän" | ![]() ![]() |
31 | 5 | "The Stinky Caper" | "Haisulin kopla" | "Stinky och Muminligan" | ![]() ![]() |
32 | 6 | "Toffle's Tall Tales" | "Tuhton hurjat tarinat" | "Tofts hisnande historiet" | ![]() ![]() |
33 | 7 | "Winter Secrets" | "Talvisia salaisuuksia" | "Vinterhemligheter" | ![]() ![]() |
34 | 8 | "Lonely Mountain" | "Yksinäisten vuorten seikkailu" | "Äventyr i Ensliga Bergen" | ![]() ![]() |
35 | 9 | "Mrs Fillyjonk's Last Hurrah" | "Vilijonkan viimeiset villitykset" | "Fru Filifjonk släpper loss" | ![]() ![]() |
36 | 10 | "Snufkin and the Fairground" | "Nuuskamuikkunen ja huvipuisto" | "Snusmumriken och nöjesfältet" | ![]() ![]() |
37 | 11 | "Call of the Hattifatteners" | "Hattivattien kutsu" | "På jakt efter hattifnattens gnista" | ![]() ![]() |
38 | 12 | "Moominmamma's Flying Dream" | "Muumimamman lentävä unelma" | "Muminmammans flygande dröm" | ![]() ![]() |
39 | 13 | "Midsummer Magic" | "Juhannuksen taikaa" | "Midsommarmagi" | ![]() ![]() |
Moominvalley first aired on Yle TV2 in Finland on 25 February 2019, and a day after in Swedish on Yle Teema & Fem. It began airing in the United Kingdom on Sky One, Sky Kids and NOW TV on 19 April 2019. The first eight episodes aired overnight between 2:00 and 6:00 am, and were then repeated in pairs between 5:30 and 6:30 pm over the Easter weekend from 19 to 22 April. Episodes 9–11 followed on the afternoon of Saturday 27 April, 12–13 on Sunday 28. The first five episodes of season 2 aired over the weekend before Christmas 2019, with the remainder broadcast over the following Easter weekend, 10–13 April 2020.[20] Japan's national broadcaster NHK premiered Moominvalley on its BS4K channel on 4 April 2019.[21] The series has also been sold to China.[22] On 9 August 2019 it launched on WildBrain's YouTube channel.[23] In November 2020 it was announced that Moominvalley had been recommissioned for a third season by anchor broadcasters Yle in Finland and Sky in the UK. The first eight episodes aired on Sky Showcase in pairs from Good Friday 2022 (15 April) until Easter Monday (18 April), with the remainder scheduled, also in pairs until the final episode, for subsequent Sundays.[8]
On 1 May 2019 PGS Entertainment acquired the distribution rights to Moominvalley.[24]
In the United Kingdom, the series also airs on BBC Alba as part of the CBBC Alba block, where it is dubbed in Scottish Gaelic.
The series has been extremely successful in its reviews and ratings worldwide. The first episode of Moominvalley was viewed by 600,000 viewers when it premiered in Finland's Yle TV2 in February 2019. It also became the most watched television series episode of all time in Yle's streaming service, Yle Areena, bringing the total viewership of the first episode in Finland to over two million.[25][26] Moominvalley was the most watched TV series and the fourth most watched TV programme in Finland in 2019 (incl. all channels).[27]
In 2019 Moominvalley was awarded the Best Animated Kid's Programme at TBI's Content Innovation Awards.[28] The series also won a Golden Venla award for 2019 Best Children's Program[29] and won Best Children’s Series at 2020 British Animation Awards.[30] Moominvalley was nominated for Best Animation and Best Storytelling at 2019 Shanghai Television Festival. In 2020 Moominvalley was a New York International Children's Film Festival nominee[31] and additionally, nominated for the best Children's animation at Banff Rockie Awards.[32] Moominvalley was shortlisted for Broadcast Digital Awards in 2020[33] and selected for Encounters' Film Festival's competition programme in the same year.[34] It was nominated for an International Emmy Kids Award.[35][36] In 2020 Moominvalley was nominated for Best Children's Program in Golden Venla Awards for the second year around.[37]
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