Comet in Moominland (film)

Comet in Moominland ムーミン谷の彗星
The cover of film's Japanese DVD release
Directed by	Hiroshi Saitô
Produced by	Kazuo Tabata
Written by	Akira Miyazaki
Based on	Kometjakten by Tove Jansson
Starring	Minami Takayama Ryûsei Nakao Rei Sakuma Takehito Koyasu Akio Ôtsuka Ikuko Tani Mika Kanai
Music by	Sumio Shiratori (Japanese version) Pierre Kartner (International version)
Edited by	Seiji Morita
Production company	Telescreen Japan Inc. Telecable Benelux B.V.
Release date	August 8, 1992 (1992-08-08) (Japan)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	Japan Finland Netherlands
Language	Japanese

Comet in Moominland (Japanese: ムーミン谷の彗星, Hepburn: Mūmindani no Suisei^?) is an anime film by Telecable Benelux B.V.. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish. It was the first full-length Moomin film. It was released in Japan first theatrically in August 8, 1992 as a triple-feature with two unrelated shorter films and later released on video with 10 minutes of extra footage. It was never released for English, but has been dubbed to several European languages. It was the seventh most watched film in Finland in the season 1992/1993 with 166,738 viewers.

As the original novel introduces many recurring characters who appear in later Moomin novels, the film similarly works as a prequel to the 1990 anime series Moomin. International version of the film features a new musical score composed by Pierre Kartner whereas the original, Japanese release of the film mainly recycles Sumio Shiratori's score from the anime series. Japanese version, however, has new opening and ending songs "Shiawase no morugaane" and "Kono uchuu he, tsutae tai", both sung by Emiko Shiratori.

The plot takes place before the events of the Moomin TV series. Before the events of the film, Moomin and his parents Moominpappa and Moominmamma had moved to Moominvalley and finished building Moomin House.