Moomins (1977–1982) User Reviews

Now that's scary!

[Torgo_Approves · 8/10 · 26 June 2006]

(r#39)

I stumbled upon this show on Youtube searching for my lost childhood in the form of old anime Moomin episodes. If I'm to understand this right, this is the show that the Brits grew up with. No wonder people like Bullet Tooth Tony exist.

Richard Murdoch hauntingly tells the tale of how Moomin transformed into a hideous beast when he hid inside the Wizard's hat. Accompanying the narration are creepy art-house-inspired Moomin dolls jumping around to some sort of flute-like music. A very creepy experience and I hope I don't get any nightmares because of this.

8/10

Childhood Memory

[carmenneverxx · 8/10 · 18 April 2021]

The series was so charming and magical to watch when I was a child. I remember being scared of the anime but I loved books so I watched this version, native to my country. It felt so whimsical and mysterious. Great job!

An excellent series

[sutt-3 · 10/10 · 21 September 2007]

Forget what Torgo says, if you were younger when this was on, then you would have found this series charming, and a bit scary at times, but then kids like to be scared, just a bit, but not too much and this has just the right amount of suspense to keep youngsters happy while still being watchable by us older folks. The stories were excellent, being based on the original books, and in fact, as a fan of the books, I think the adaptations were very sympathetic to the originals. The animation and narration are first class, and if you are a fan of the books, you won't be disappointed, and if you were a fan of Bagpuss and the other output from Smallfilms such as the Klangers then this will be right up your street.

Food for the imagination

[isis_ka · 9/10 · 2 September 2008]

The Moomins are a family of white hippo looking creatures comprising of Moomin-papa, Moomin-mama and their child simply called, Moomin. You follow the young Moomin and his friends through many adventures as they discover the world they live in. A world full of wonder, magic and also sometimes danger.

The overarching themes of the series are generosity, patience, love and compassion. We see this through the interactions of the rather diverse personalities and characters found on the show. Just to name a couple: Little My is a miniature girl like character with a huge personality (and attitude) and on the other side of the spectrum you will find a kangaroo looking creature named Sniff who is rather timid and paranoid. I found myself getting rather attached to the cute little characters along the way. Another theme that struck out at me later on in life is that this series is not only about kids being kids but also about parents allowing their kids to be kids as well as being there for them when things go wrong.

I had to look long and hard before I could find the series on DVD (that would also work in our DVD players in Canada). And I plan to make my future children watch this show when they are young too and hope that they will be able to simply enjoy the originality and imagination that went into the little world and also grab a few little life lessons along the way.

Flashback

[rabenulrik · 10/10 · 22 June 2021]

Surprised to see few reviews here. This was part of a controversial Danish Xmas show back then in 1980. This is classic Moomins with the well known intro, and based on the many books by Tove Jansson. If you have loved Moomins for decades, or love foreign TV shows outside of UK and US try to find this end of 70s Moomins on DVD.