Moominvalley (TV series)

*Moominvalley*
Moominvalley
Genre	Animated family drama
Created by	Marika Makaroff; Steve Box
Based on	Moomins; by Tove Jansson
Written by	Mark Huckerby; Nick Ostler; Steve Box;
Directed by	Steve Box (S1–2); Sara Barbas (S3–4); Nigel Davies (S3–4); Jay Grace (S3); Darren Robbie (S3);
Voices of	Taron Egerton (S1–2); Jack Rowan (S3–4); Rosamund Pike; Matt Berry; Edvin Endre; Bel Powley; Richard Ayoade; Akiya Henry; Will Self; Warwick Davis; Kate Winslet (S1–2); Teresa Gallagher (S3–4); Jennifer Saunders; Jack Rowan; Chance Perdomo;
Composers	Samuli Kosminen; Jarmo Saari (S2–3); Pekka Kuusisto;
Country of origin	Finland; United Kingdom
Original languages	English (Finnish, Swedish, Sami)
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer	Marika Makaroff
Producers	John Woolley (S1); Marion Edwards; Louise Holmes; Steve Dorrance;
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Gutsy Animations
Original release
Network	Yle TV2 / Yle Teema & Fem (Finland); Sky One (UK; series 1–2); Sky Showcase (UK; series 3–4);
Release	25 February 2019 –; present

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.

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. Animation company Anima Vitae was appointed as the lead animation company for the first two seasons of the series. 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. The series has 16 million streams on Yle Areena.

The series is Finland's most expensive television show with a €20 million budget. In 2019, the series' first episode was the most watched program on Finnish national broadcaster Yle's streaming service Yle Areena.