Moominvalley (TV series)

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Moominvalley
MoominValleyLogo.png
GenreAnimated family drama musical
Created byMarika Makaroff
Steve Box
Based onMoomins
by Tove Jansson
Written byMark Huckerby
Nick Ostler
Steve Box
Directed bySteve Box (S1-2)
(S3)
(S3)
(S3)
(S3)
Starring
  • Taron Egerton
  • Rosamund Pike
  • Matt Berry
  • Bel Powley
  • Richard Ayoade
  • Akiya Henry
  • Will Self
  • Warwick Davis
  • Kate Winslet
  • Jennifer Saunders
ComposersSamuli Kosminen
Jarmo Saari
Pekka Kuusisto
Country of originFinland
United Kingdom
Original languagesEnglish, Finnish, Swedish, Sami
No. of series3
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producerMarika Makaroff
ProducersJohn Woolley (S1)
Marion Edwards
Louise Holmes
Steve Dorrance
Running time22 minutes
Production companyGutsy Animations
DistributorPGS Entertainment
Release
Original network
  • Yle (Finland)
  • Sky One (UK)
Original release25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) –
present
External links
Website

Moominvalley (Finnish: Muumilaakso, Swedish: Mumindalen, also known as just Moomin) is a 2019 Finnish-British 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]

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]

Synopsis[]

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.

Cast and characters[]

Main article: List of Moomin characters
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
Moomintroll Taron Egerton (S1-2)
Jack Rowan (S3)		 Joonas Nordman Junta Terashima Teemu Titola
Moominmamma Rosamund Pike Satu Silvo Maria Sid Kikuko Inoue Siri Broch Johansen Tiina Sanila-Aikio
Moominpappa Matt Berry Ville Haapasalo Yasunori Matsumoto Mikkel Gaup Tauno Ljetoff
Snufkin Edvin Endre Olavi Uusivirta Issey Takahashi Niko Valkeapää Tuomas Kiprianoff
Little My Bel Powley Ikue Otani Neeta Jääskö
Snorkmaiden Minami Tsuda Heidi Gauriloff
Sniff Warwick Davis Koji Ochiai Pavlo Heikkinen
Muskrat Will Self Heikki Harma (S1, S2 eps 1-5, 13)
(S2 eps 6-9)		 Nobuaki Kanemitsu Erkki Lumisalmi
Hemulens (male) Joe Wilkinson Pekka Strang Tetsuharu Ōta Jouko Moshnikoff
Hemulens (female) N/A
Fillyjonk Kate Winslet (S1-2)

Teresa Gallagher (S3)

Kristiina Halttut 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
Katie Leung 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 Mayumi Kawai 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 Jennie Storbacka Sayaka Narita Sonja Hovslagare
Toffle Iina Kuustonen Nina Palmgren Sachiko Honma Mariann Bernhardt
The Groke Susie Brann
Snork Chance Perdomo
Stinky Mike Wilmot

Music[]

The score for the season 1 is composed by Finnish musicians Pekka Kuusisto and Samuli Kosminen. 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] The composers for season 2 are Samuli Kosminen, Pekka Kuusisto and Jarmo Saari.

Episodes[]

Season 1 (2019)

# English title[14] Finnish title Finland Swedish title[15]
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

Season 2 (2019–2020)

# English title[16] Finnish title Finland Swedish title
1 (14) Moomin's Winter Follies Latua, herra Virkkunen! Vintervansinne
2 (15) The Fire Spirit Nuuskamuikkunen ja tulenhenki Snusmumriken och eldanden
3 (16) Moominpappa & Son Muumipapan uusi yritys Muminpappan och plikten
4 (17) Little My Moves Out Kohtalokas pulloposti Hjärta rimmar med smärta
5 (18) The Strange Case Of Mrs Fillyjonk Rouva Vilijonkan katoamismysteeri Fru Filifjonks mystiska försvinnande
6 (19) The Hobgoblin’s Hat Taikahattu Den magiska hatten
7 (20) Thingumy and Bob Tiuhti ja Viuhti Tofslan och Vifslan
8 (21) The Trial Omituinen oikeudenkäynti Den rysande rättegången
9 (22) Farewell, Snorkmaiden Jäähyväiset Niiskuneidille Farväl Snorkfröken
10 (23) Moominpappa’s Island Muumipapan saari Muminpappans ö
11 (24) Moominmamma’s Mural Muumimamman muraali Muminmamman längtar hem
12 (25) Moomintroll and the Seahorses Muumipeikko ja merihevoset Mumintrollet och sjöhästarna
13 (26) November Muumilaakson marraskuu November

Season 3

Coming March/April 2022[17]

# English title
1 (27) Homecoming
2 (28) TBA
3 (29) TBA
4 (30) TBA
5 (31) TBA
6 (32) TBA
7 (33) TBA
8 (34) TBA
9 (35) TBA
10 (36) TBA
11 (37) TBA
12 (38) TBA
13 (39) TBA

International broadcast[]

Moominvalley first aired on Yle TV2 in Finland in 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.[18] Japan's national broadcaster NHK premiered Moominvalley on its BS4K channel on 4 April 2019.[19] The series has also been sold to China.[20] On 9 August 2019 it launched on WildBrain's YouTube channel.[21] On November 2020 it was announced that Moominvalley has been recommissioned for a third season by anchor broadcasters Yle in Finland and Sky in the UK.[22]

On 1 May 2019 PGS Entertainment acquired the distribution rights to Moominvalley.[23]

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.

Reception[]

Ratings[]

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.[24][25] Moominvalley was the most watched TV series and the fourth most watched TV programme in Finland in 2019 (incl. all channels).[26]

Awards[]

In 2019 Moominvalley was awarded the Best Animated Kid's Programme at TBI's Content Innovation Awards.[27] The series also won a Golden Venla award for 2019 Best Children's Program[28] and won Best Children’s Series at 2020 British Animation Awards.[29] 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[30] and additionally, nominated for the best Children's animation at Banff Rockie Awards.[31] Moominvalley was shortlisted for Broadcast Digital Awards in 2020[32] and selected for Encounters' Film Festival's competition programme in the same year.[33] It was nominated for an International Emmy Kids Award.[34][35] In 2020 Moominvalley was nominated for Best Children's Program in Golden Venla Awards for the second year around.[36]

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