TV Series and Films
The story of the Moomins has been made into television series on many occasions by various groups, the most recent of which is a Japanese–Dutch collaboration, that has also produced a feature-length film. However, there are also two Soviet serials, puppet animation Mumi-troll (Moomintroll) and cutout animation Shlyapa Volshebnika (Magician's Hat) of three parts each, and the Polish–Austrian puppet animation TV series, The Moomins, which was broadcast and became popular in an edited form in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.
The two newest feature film re-use the footage of the Polish-Austrian series: Moomin and Midsummer Madness had its release in 2008, and in 2010 the Moomins appear in the first Nordic 3-D film production, with the title song by Björk, in Moomins and the Comet Chase.
- Die Muminfamilie (The Moomin Family) 1959 West German marionette TV series, and its 1960 sequel Sturm im Mumintal (Storm in Moominvalley)
- Mūmin (Moomin), 1969–70 Japanese traditional animation TV series
- Mumintrollet (Moomintroll), 1969 Swedish-language Finnish suit actor TV series
- Shin Mūmin (New Moomin), 1972 Japanese traditional animation TV series, remake of the 1969 series by the staff of its latter half
- Mūmin (Moomin), 1971 Japanese traditional animation film
- Mūmin (Moomin), 1972 Japanese traditional animation half-hour film
- Mumindalen (Moominvalley), 1973 Swedish suit actor TV series
- Mumi-troll (Moomintroll), 1978 Soviet Union stop motion serial film of Comet in Moominland
- Opowiadania Muminków (The Moomins), 1977–82 Austrian, German and Polish-produced "Fuzzy Felt" stop motion TV series made in Poland. The series has been re-compiled a number of times in other formats:
- Moomin and Midsummer Madness, 2008 Finnish-produced compilation movie of the TV series
- Moomins and the Comet Chase, 2010 Finnish-produced 3-D film compiled and converted from the 1977–82 series
- The Moomins, 2010 Finnish-produced high-definition video version of the 1977–82 series
- Vem ska trösta knyttet?, 1980 Swedish traditional animation half-hour film of Who Will Comfort Toffle?
- Shlyapa Volshebnika (Magician's Hat), 1980–83 Soviet Union cutout animation serial film of Finn Family Moomintroll, different staff and aesthetic to the 1978 serial
- Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka (Moomin), 1990–91 Dutch, Finnish and Japanese-produced traditional animation TV series made in Japan
- Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka: Bōken Nikki (Delightful Moomin Family: Adventure Diary), 1991–92 Dutch and Japanese-produced traditional animation TV series made in Japan, a continuation of the 1990–91 series
- Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka: Mūmindani no Suisei (Comet in Moominland), 1992 Dutch and Japanese-produced traditional animation feature film made in Japan, a prequel to the 1990–91 series
- Hur gick det sen? (What Happened Next?), 1993 Swedish short film of The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
- Moomins The Movie, 2014 Finnish hand-drawn animation feature film, with a plot line taken from the comic strip.
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