The Moomins (TV series)
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The Moomins is a 1980s stop motion animation TV series based on the Moomin books, about magical creatures from the forests of Finland. They were created by artist and author Tove Jansson in as series of books, picture books and comic strips. The series was first devised in 1979 when the books were adapted for TV by Film Polski, Jupiter Film and Semafor, for Polish, Austrian and German audiences. They were later offered to other countries including the UK. The British version was adapted by Film Fair and first broadcast in the UK in 1983 on CITV, in which it was narrated by Richard Murdoch.
This series was often referred to as the 'fuzzy felt Moomin' series, due to the appearance of the characters. It was the third series to be made based on the Moomin books, with two more made since then. Nonetheless, it is one of the two most well known Moomin series, along with Moomin (1990). It has been criticised for being rather dark and scary for children.
[edit] DVD Release
A Region 2 DVD boxset was released in 2005,[1] in both English and German editions.
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| The Moomin Series by Tove Jansson | |
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| Authors | Tove Jansson • Lars Jansson |
| Books | The Moomins and the Great Flood • Comet in Moominland • Finn Family Moomintroll • The Exploits of Moominpappa • Moominsummer Madness • Moominland Midwinter • Tales from Moominvalley • Moominpappa at Sea • Moominvalley in November |
| Picture Books | The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My • Who will Comfort Toffle? • The Dangerous Journey • An Unwanted Guest |
| Characters | Moomintroll • Moominmamma • Moominpappa • Sniff • Snufkin • Little My • The Hemulen • The Groke • Hattifatteners |
| Television | Die Muminfamilie (1959-61) • Mumintrollet (1969) • Tove Jasson no Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka (1969-70) • Shin Muumin (1972) • Mumi-troll (1978) • The Moomins (1979-82) • Shlyapa Volshebnika (1980-83) • Moomin (1990-91) • Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Bōken Nikki (1991-92) |
| Film | Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Muumindani no Suisei |
| Other Tove Jansson books | The Summer Book • A Winter Book |
