[Early Access] An Amateur's Guide to Moomin (Part 3)

For the third and final part of this retrospective on the Moomin Series, I explore the major adaptations of Tove Jansson's work, and examine how it affects the latter half of the author's life, as well as contemplate the reason for why the Moomins have gained such popularity amongst certain people online.

Chapter Markers:

0:00 Introduction

1:20 Chapter 8 - Adaptations and Appreciation

4:40 An Unexpected Adaptation

7:46 Fuzzy Felt Friends

10:17 The Moomin Boom

17:39 Chapter 9 - Concluding the Third Moomin Renaissance

Part 1: https://youtu.be/ICAgFDASPII

Part 2: https://youtu.be/EcikoHSf2-8

Bibliography:

 Augsburger Puppenkiste. Die Muminfamilie, ARD, 1959.

Bosworth, Mark. “Tove Jansson: Love, War and the Moomins.” BBC News, BBC, 13 Mar. 2014, www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26529309.

Dębiński, Lucjan, and Maria Kossakowska. The Moomins, Episode 1-100, Se-Ma-For, 1977.

Jansson, Tove, and Elizabeth Portch. Comet in Moominland. Puffin Books, 2019.

Jansson, Tove, and Kingsley Hart. Moominpappa at Sea. Puffin Books, 2019.

Jansson, Tove, and Kingsley Hart. Moominvalley in November. Sort Of Books, 2018.

Jansson, Tove, and Thomas Warburton. Moominsummer Madness. Puffin Books, 2019.

Jansson, Tove. Finn Family Moomintroll. Translated by Elizabeth Portch, Puffin Books, 2019.

Jansson, Tove. Moomin: the Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip. Drawn & Quarterly, 2010.

Jansson, Tove. Moominland Midwinter. Paw Prints, 2008.

Jansson, Tove. Tales from Moominvalley. Penguin Books Ltd, 2019.

Jansson, Tove. The Exploits of Moominpappa. Penguin Books Ltd, 2019.

Jansson, Tove. The Moomins and the Great Flood. Drawn & Quarterly, 2018.

Karjalainen, Tuula, and David McDuff. Tove Jansson: Work and Love. Penguin Books, 2016.

Lamppu, Eva. “Big in Japan, but Could America Love Moomin?” Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 6 Oct. 2009, www.reuters.com/article/us-moomins/big-in-japan-but-could-america-love-moomin-idUSTRE59501Z20091006.

Miyazaki, Akira, et al. “Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka.” Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka, season 1, episode 1-78, TV Tokyo, 1990.

“Moomin Characters as Tove's Self-Portraits.” Moomin, 15 May 2019, www.moomin.com/en/blog/moomin-characters-as-toves-self-portraits/.

“Moomin Products in the 1950s.” Moomin, 15 May 2019, www.moomin.com/en/blog/moomins-in-the-1950s/.

Moomintrivia. “Psychology of The Invisible Child.” Moomin Trivia, 10 June 2019, moomintrivia.tumblr.com/post/185491696931/psychology-of-the-invisible-child.

Moyle, Franny. Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson. Youtube, BBC 4, 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYgC0nKyF0g.

“The Story of How Moomintroll Was Born.” Moomin, 12 Jan. 2020, www.moomin.com/en/blog/the-story-of-how-moomintroll-was-born/.

“Who Inspired Tove When Creating Moominmamma?” Moomin, 15 May 2019, www.moomin.com/en/blog/who-inspired-tove-when-creating-moominmamma/.

“Who Inspired Tove When Creating Moominpappa?” Moomin, 15 May 2019, www.moomin.com/en/blog/who-inspired-tove-when-creating-moominpappa/.

Yamazaki, Tadaaki. Moomin, Fuji TV, 1969.

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