Moomin | |
A screenshot of the series' British English dubbed title, featuring Moominhouse behind the logo.
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楽しいムーミン一家 (Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka) |
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Genre | Fantasy, Adventure, Slice of life |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Saitô Masayuki Kojima |
Produced by | Kazuo Tabata Dennis Livson |
Written by | Akira Miyazaki Shozo Matsuda Masaaki Sakurai |
Music by | Sumio Shiratori |
Studio |
Telecable Benelux B.V. Telescreen Japan Inc. Visual 80 |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo (1990–1991) |
English network | |
Original run | April 12, 1990 – October 3, 1991 |
Episodes | 104 |
Anime television series | |
Delightful Moomin Family: Adventure Diary | |
Directed by | Takeyuki Kanda |
Produced by | Kazuo Tabata |
Written by | Masaaki Sakurai |
Music by | Sumio Shiratori |
Studio | Telecable Benelux B.V. |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | October 10, 1991 – March 26, 1992 |
Episodes | 26 |
Anime film | |
Comet in Moominland | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Saitô |
Produced by | Kazuo Tabata |
Written by | Akira Miyazaki |
Music by | Sumio Shiratori |
Studio |
Telecable Benelux B.V. Telescreen Japan Inc. |
Released | August 8, 1992 |
Runtime | 68 minutes |
Moomin (Japanese: 楽しいムーミン一家 Hepburn: Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka?, Delightful Moomin Family) is a Japanese-Finnish anime television series produced by Telecable Benelux B.V.. It is based on the Moomin novels and comic strips by the Finnish illustrator and author Tove Jansson and her brother Lars Jansson. It was the third anime adaptation of Moomins but the first to be distributed and dubbed in other countries worldwide. Moomin first aired on TV Tokyo from April 12, 1990 to October 3, 1991. The series has also been dubbed English and aired on CBBC in United Kingdom during the same year.
Moomin takes place the peaceful Moominvalley, where young Moomin along with his parents Moominpappa and Moominmamma live at the large and blue Moominhouse. The series follows many fun or even obscure adventures of Moomin family and their friends around the Moominvalley or sometimes outside of it. Most of the stories involve discovering magical objects/creatures, adventures in different locations or dealing with everyday situations. While many episodes are faithful or at least loosely based on the novels and comic strips, the series has its own consistent continuity.