Les moomins

Oh! However, Whatever be the situation, I always remember the MoominValley

When I was small Muumilaakson tarinoita was my favorite TV-show by far, and I wasn't the only one. Based on the books and comics of Tove and also Lars Jansson, the stories are about Moomin, his parents and his many friends and the adventures they have, and every episode is quite unique and never boring! All the characters are lovely and even the "bad" ones turn out to be not so bad at some point and Moomins are always nice to them! The voices do a good job and the music is wonderful. The episodes might be sad, funny or teaching, and I have never seen a bad Moomin episode except the "new episodes" made later are nothing compared to these, these are the original ones and people should start with watching these! This is not an average children's TV-show, this is better!

I remember watching this 1990 Dutch-Japanese-Finnish anime TV series when I was younger. It was shown on the BBC as a part of their children's block CBBC and RTÉ 2 years ago. I know it's based on beloved Moomin characters by a Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson. Back in the late 2000s, I looked up on the Wikipedia about Moomin and I revealed that Moomin comic strip series was originally made in Finland. I thought I did not know that. It sounds pretty interesting.

I always loved that anime series. It's probably one of the best anime TV series of all time. It never gets old. It will always be a timeless classic.

If you're a fan of Moomin, you'll love this anime series.

I remember this show when i was a kid and i loved it!

It was very creepy at times, especially the Groke *shudders* but it was so memorable that it sticks with me even till today.

Its just one of those shows that sticks with you your whole life. I really wish i could get the whole thing on DVD form somewhere, but its very hard to find. It just gives me that feeling that is so hard to describe, i miss it so much.

Anyone form the early 90s will remember this classic! 10 out of 10 form me!

Totally awesome!

The first commentor complitely missed the point. It is, however, refreshing to see someone who apparently did not like Moominland stories.

The Japanese TV series is amazingly close in atmosphere to the original books. Much of this is assumably because of the author, Tove Jansson, spent a lot of time looking over how her characters are treated by others.

Let's look at it from this point of view: isn't it nice to see a show where each character is an individual. Not everyone is either picture book good or simply bad. Amidst all the adveture, dangers, monsters, comets, and unexpected events there is an overall atmosphere of love and acceptance the characters feel for each other. This is completely opposite from Pokemon that I would not let my children to watch.

And one more possibly important item: Moominland stories are children's stories that adults like to read and watch as well. Children, at least in Finland, are simply hypnotized by them.

My only wish is that these will come out on DVD before my children have grown up.