Moominvalley (TV series)
| Moominvalley | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Animated family drama |
| Created by | Marika Makaroff Steve Box |
| Based on | Moomins by Tove Jansson |
| 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 | |
| Composers | Samuli Kosminen Jarmo Saari (S2-3) Pekka Kuusisto |
| Country of origin | Finland United Kingdom |
| Original languages | English (Finnish, Swedish, Sami) |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Marika Makaroff |
| Producers | John Woolley (S1) Marion Edwards Louise Holmes Steve Dorrance |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Gutsy Animations |
| Release | |
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| Original release | 25 February 2019 – present |
Moominvalley (Finnish: Muumilaakso, Swedish: Mumindalen, also known as just Moomin) is a 2019 animated family drama 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 seasons of the series.[3] The series attracted over 2.1 million Finns and has become the most watched show ever on Yle Areena streaming platform and the most watched television series of 2019 in the whole of Finland.[citation needed] The series has 16 million streams on Yle Areena.[citation needed]
The series is Finland's most expensive television 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[edit]
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[edit]
Music[edit]
Original score music[edit]
The original score for the series is composed by world-renowned Finnish musicians, classical violinist Pekka Kuusisto and percussionist Samuli Kosminen, with Jarmo Saari joining them in season 2. The Music supervisor for the series is Virpi Immonen. 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]
Official soundtrack, season 1[edit]
The series also includes episodic songs which are produced in collaboration with Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment. The official soundtrack for the Moominvalley TV series (released on 19 April 2019) includes 16 original recordings from a line-up of artists including Tom Odell, First Aid Kit, Alma, Delilah Montagu, Declan McKenna, MØ, SOAK and many more.[citation needed]
A limited edition 12" picture disc on clear vinyl was made available in four colourways, each featuring a different Moomin character. It was also released on 19 April 2019.[citation needed]
Official soundtrack, season 2[edit]
The second season includes nine original songs from up-and-coming artists such as Cavetown, girl in red, Jesse Markin and jens. The official soundtrack album, created in collaboration with Sony Music Finland, was released on 10 April 2020 globally on the major streaming platforms (Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, Google Play and Tidal).[citation needed]
Episodes[edit]
Series overview[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 13 |  February 25, 2019 April 19, 2019 | April 28, 2019 May 20, 2019 | |
| 2 | 13 | December 21, 2019 March 2, 2020 | April 13, 2020 April 27, 2020 | |
| 3 | 13 | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 | ||
Season 1 (2019)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | English title[14] | Finnish title[15] | Finland Swedish title[16] | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Little My Moves In" | "Pikku Myy tuli taloon" | "Lilla My flyttar in" | February 25, 2019 April 19, 2019 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Spring Tune" | "Kevätlaulu" | "Vårvisan" | March 4, 2019 April 19, 2019 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Last Dragon In The World" | "Maailman viimeinen lohikäärme" | "Den sista draken i världen" | March 11, 2019 April 19, 2019 |
| 4 | 4 | "Moominsummer Madness" | "Kelluva teatteri" | "Den flytande teatern" | March 18, 2019 April 19, 2019 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Golden Tale" | "Kultainen häntä" | "Den gyllene svansen" | March 25, 2019 April 19, 2019 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Secret Of The Hattifatteners" | "Hattivattien saari" | "Hattifnattarnas ö" | April 1, 2019 April 19, 2019 |
| 7 | 7 | "Snufkin And The Park Keeper" | "Nuuskamuikkunen ja Puistonvartija" | "Snusmumriken och parkvakten" | April 8, 2019 April 19, 2019 |
| 8 | 8 | "Monster Fish" | "Muumipapan kalajuttu" | "Monsterfisken" | April 15, 2019 April 19, 2019 |
| 9 | 9 | "Night Of The Groke" | "Yksin kotona" | "Ensam hemma" | April 22, 2019 April 27, 2019 |
| 10 | 10 | "Moominmamma's Maid" | "Muumimamman apulainen" | "Muminmammans hembiträde" | April 27, 2019 April 29, 2019 |
| 11 | 11 | "Ghost Story" | "Kummitustarina" | "Spökhistorien" | April 27, 2019 May 6, 2019 |
| 12 | 12 | "The Invisible Child" | "Näkymätön lapsi" | "Det osynliga barnet" | April 28, 2019 May 13, 2019 |
| 13 | 13 | "Midwinter Ancestor" | "Taikatalvi" | "Trollvinter" | April 28, 2019 May 20, 2019 |
Season 2 (2019–2020)[edit]
The first two episodes of season two were screened at Finnkino cinemas in Finland on 2 February 2020, exactly a month before these episodes premiered on Yle TV2 and Yle Areena on 2 March 2020.[17]
| No. overall | No. in season | English title[18] | Finnish title[15] | Finland Swedish title[16] | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Moomin's Winter Follies" | "Latua, herra Virkkunen!" | "Vintervansinne" | December 21, 2019 March 2, 2020 |
| 15 | 2 | "The Fire Spirit" | "Nuuskamuikkunen ja tulenhenki" | "Snusmumriken och eldanden" | December 21, 2019 March 2, 2020 |
| 16 | 3 | "Moominpappa & Son" | "Muumipapan uusi yritys" | "Muminpappan och plikten" | December 21, 2019 March 2, 2020 |
| 17 | 4 | "Little My Moves Out" | "Kohtalokas pulloposti" | "Hjärta rimmar med smärta" | December 21, 2019 March 2, 2020 |
| 18 | 5 | "The Strange Case Of Mrs Fillyjonk" | "Rouva Vilijonkan katoamismysteeri" | "Fru Filifjonks mystiska försvinnande" | December 21, 2019 March 30, 2020 |
| 19 | 6 | "The Hobgoblin's Hat" | "Taikahattu" | "Den magiska hatten" | March 30, 2020 April 10, 2020 |
| 20 | 7 | "Thingumy and Bob" | "Tiuhti ja Viuhti" | "Tofslan och Vifslan" | March 30, 2020 April 10, 2020 |
| 21 | 8 | "The Trial" | "Omituinen oikeudenkäynti" | "Den rysande rättegången" | March 30, 2020 April 11, 2020 |
| 22 | 9 | "Farewell, Snorkmaiden" | "Jäähyväiset Niiskuneidille" | "Farväl Snorkfröken" | April 11, 2020 April 27, 2020 |
| 23 | 10 | "Moominpappa's Island" | "Muumipapan saari" | "Muminpappans ö" | April 12, 2020 April 27, 2020 |
| 24 | 11 | "Moominmamma's Mural" | "Muumimamman muraali" | "Muminmamman längtar hem" | April 12, 2020 April 27, 2020 |
| 25 | 12 | "Moomintroll and the Seahorses" | "Muumipeikko ja merihevoset" | "Mumintrollet och sjöhästarna" | April 13, 2020 April 27, 2020 |
| 26 | 13 | "November" | "Muumilaakson marraskuu" | "November" | April 13, 2020 April 27, 2020 |
Season 3 (2022)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | English title[19] | Finnish title[15] | Finland Swedish title[16] | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Homecoming" | "Kotona jälleen!" | "Hemkomsten" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 28 | 2 | "Moomintroll's Grand Adventure" | "Muumipeikon suuri seikkailu" | "Mumintrollets stora äventyr" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 29 | 3 | "Brisk and Breezy" | "Leirinjohtaja Virkkunen" | "Herr Brisk sätts på prov" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 30 | 4 | "Inventing Snork" | "Niisku löytää ystävän" | "Snorken får en vän" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 31 | 5 | "The Stinky Caper" | "Haisulin kopla" | "Stinky och Muminligan" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 32 | 6 | "Toffle's Tall Tales" | "Tuhton hurjat tarinat" | "Tofts hisnande historiet" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 33 | 7 | "Winter Secrets" | "Talvisia salaisuuksia" | "Vinterhemligheter" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 34 | 8 | "Lonely Mountain" | "Yksinäisten vuorten seikkailu" | "Äventyr i Ensliga Bergen" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 35 | 9 | "Mrs Fillyjonk's Last Hurrah" | "Vilijonkan viimeiset villitykset" | "Fru Filifjonk släpper loss" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 36 | 10 | "Snufkin and the Fairground" | "Nuuskamuikkunen ja huvipuisto" | "Snusmumriken och nöjesfältet" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 37 | 11 | "Call of the Hattifatteners" | "Hattivattien kutsu" | "På jakt efter hattifnattens gnista" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 38 | 12 | "Moominmamma's Flying Dream" | "Muumimamman lentävä unelma" | "Muminmammans flygande dröm" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
| 39 | 13 | "Midsummer Magic" | "Juhannuksen taikaa" | "Midsommarmagi" | April 1, 2022 October 3, 2022 |
Season 4 (2024)[edit]
International broadcast[edit]
Moominvalley has been sold to more than 60 countries. Moominvalley first aired on Yle TV2 in Finland on 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 27 April, and 12–13 on 28 April. 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.[20] Japan's national broadcaster NHK premiered Moominvalley on its BS4K channel on 4 April 2019.[21] The series has also been sold to China.[22] On 9 August 2019 it launched on WildBrain's YouTube channel.[23] In November 2020 it was announced that Moominvalley had been recommissioned for a third season by anchor broadcasters Yle in Finland and Sky in the UK. The first eight episodes aired on Sky Showcase in pairs from Good Friday 2022 (15 April) until Easter Monday (18 April), with the remainder scheduled, also in pairs until the final episode, for subsequent Sundays.[8]
On 1 May 2019 PGS Entertainment acquired the distribution rights to Moominvalley.[24]
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[edit]
Ratings[edit]
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.[25][26] Moominvalley was the most watched TV series and the fourth most watched TV programme in Finland in 2019 (incl. all channels).[27]
Awards[edit]
In 2019 Moominvalley was awarded the Best Animated Kid's Programme at TBI's Content Innovation Awards.[28] The series also won a Golden Venla award for 2019 Best Children's Program[29] and won Best Children’s Series at 2020 British Animation Awards.[30] 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[31] and additionally, nominated for the best Children's animation at Banff Rockie Awards.[32] Moominvalley was shortlisted for Broadcast Digital Awards in 2020[33] and selected for Encounters' Film Festival's competition programme in the same year.[34] It was nominated for an International Emmy Kids Award.[35][36] In 2020 Moominvalley was nominated for Best Children's Program in Golden Venla Awards for the second year around.[37]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Uuden Muumi-animaation ääninä kuullaan Putous-tähtiä – katso näyte sarjasta (Finnish)", yle.fi
- ^ "Här är skådespelarna som ger röst åt den nya animationsserien Mumindalen (Swedish)", moomin.com, 27 November 2018
- ^ "Saamenkielinen Muumilaakso Mumenvággi alkaa 13.4. – ääninäyttelijöinä mm. Mikkel Gaup ja Áilu Valle". 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Each episode of the highly-anticipated Moomin animation series will include a featured track by top international artists – Moomin". Moomin. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Moominwalley (Original Soundtrack)". Amazon. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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- ^ a b c "Yle Areena, Muumilaakso". Yle Areena (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Yle Arenan, Mumindalen". Yle Arenan (in Swedish).
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- ^ "Uusi Muumilaakso-sarja alkaa (New Moominvalley series begins)". is.fi (in Finnish). 25 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "WildBrain Heads to 'Moominvalley' for Tove Jansson's 105th Birthday". 9 August 2019.
- ^ "PGS Brings 'Moominvalley' to the World as Global Distributor". May 2019.
- ^ "Useita Ylen tv-ohjelmia miljoonakastiin vuonna 2019 – Muumilaakson avausjakso keräsi reilusti yli 2,1 miljoonaa katsojaa". yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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- ^ "Endemol Shine, Kew, Sky among Content Innovation Award winners". TBI Vision. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Voittajat 2019". Kultainen Venla (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "British Animation Awards 2020 winner: Best Children's Series". Gutsy Animations. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Animations, Gutsy (28 February 2020). "New York International Children's Film Fest 2020 Feature Film Selections Announced". Gutsy Animations. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Moominvalley nominated at Banff Media's Rockie Awards". Gutsy Animations. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Broadcast Digital Awards 2020 Shortlist". Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Encounters Film Festival / Competition programme 2020". Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "International Emmy Kids Nominees Announced for Early Awards". 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Who won the latest round of Int'l Emmy Kids Awards?".
- ^ "Moominvalley nominated for the "Best Children's Program" in Golden Venla Awards". Gutsy Animations. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
External links[edit]
- Moominvalley at IMDb
- Moominvalley on Moomin.com
- Moomin television series
- 2019 British television series debuts
- 2010s British animated television series
- 2020s British animated television series
- British children's animated drama television series
- Finnish children's animated drama television series
- English-language television shows
- Sky UK original programming
- British computer-animated television series
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