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This is a community for all things Moomin.

The Moomins is a franchise created by finnish author/illustrator Tove Jansson. It features a vast amount of comics, TV series, movies, books and games, telling various stories mostly set in moominvalley.

If you are new to the Moomins, this video essay is a fantastic starting point to learn about this family-owned franchise.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The 60s series was completely separate production, in which the Janssons had little involvement. The whole thing was written and produced in Japan. Once Tove saw it though, she refused to allow licensing it outside Japan. The reason it never spread or got translated is that she very deliberately tried to smother it, and mostly succeeded.

The 90s series was a direct collaboration between the Janssons, a dutch producer, and a Japanese animation studio. Tove was much more directly involved.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I intended to mention it as humorous contrast since its so jarringly different. It also makes me appreciate the later series even more.