Moominvalley (TV series) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Moominvalley
Genre	Animated family drama musical
Created by	Marika Makaroff Steve Box
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)
Starring	Taron Egerton Rosamund Pike Matt Berry Bel Powley Richard Ayoade Akiya Henry Will Self Warwick Davis Kate Winslet Jennifer Saunders
Composer(s)	Samuli Kosminen Jarmo Saari Pekka Kuusisto
Country of origin	Finland United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English, Finnish, Swedish, Sami
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer(s)	Marika Makaroff
Producer(s)	John Woolley (S1) Marion Edwards Louise Holmes Steve Dorrance
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Gutsy Animations
Distributor	PGS Entertainment
Release
Original network	Yle (Finland) Sky One (UK)
Original release	25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) – present

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.

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. Animation company Anima Vitae was appointed as the lead animation company for the first two episodes of the series.

The tremendously popular series is Finland's most expensive TV show with a €20 million budget. In 2019 the series' first episode was the most watched program on Finnish national broadcaster Yle's streaming service Yle Areena.

Synopsis

The protagonist of the series is Moomintroll, who is curious, kind, sensitive and idealistic. He is a typical child 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

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. The official soundtrack was released on 19 April 2019. The composers for season 2 are Samuli Kosminen, Pekka Kuusisto and Jarmo Saari.

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2 (2019–2020)

Season 3 (2022)

Coming January 12th, 2022.

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. Japan's national broadcaster NHK premiered Moominvalley on its BS4K channel on 4 April 2019. The series has also been sold to China. On 9 August 2019 it launched on WildBrain's YouTube channel. 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.

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

In the United Kingdom, the series also airs on BBC Alba as part of the CBeebies Alba block, where it is dubbed in Scottish Gaelic.

See also

In Spanish: Moominvalley para niños