Moominvalley (TV series)

Moominvalley
GenreAnimated family drama
Created byMarika Makaroff
Steve Box
Based onMoomins
by Tove Jansson
Written byMark Huckerby
Nick Ostler
Steve Box
Directed bySteve Box (S1-2)
Sara Barbas (S3)
Nigel Davies (S3)
Jay Grace (S3)
Darren Robbie (S3)
Voices of
ComposersSamuli Kosminen
Jarmo Saari (S2-3)
Pekka Kuusisto
Country of originFinland
United Kingdom
Original languagesEnglish (Finnish, Swedish, Sami)
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producerMarika Makaroff
ProducersJohn Woolley (S1)
Marion Edwards
Louise Holmes
Steve Dorrance
Running time22 minutes
Production companyGutsy Animations
Original release
Network
Release25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) –
present
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Moominvalley (Finnish: Muumilaakso, Swedish: Mumindalen, also known as just Moomin) is a British-Finnish animated family drama television series. An adaptation of the 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]

  1. ^ "The Moomins are back, voiced by Taron Egerton and Kate Winslet". BBC News. 12 September 2017. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ "New cutting edge Moomin TV series in development". Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Anima Vitae joins Gutsy's Moominvalley". Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Finland's most expensive TV show: New Moominvalley series". Yle Uutiset. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Useita Ylen tv-ohjelmia miljoonakastiin vuonna 2019 – Muumilaakson avausjakso keräsi reilusti yli 2,1 miljoonaa katsojaa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 21 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2020.