Magic Hat

Magic Hat

April 19, 1990 TV Episode Moomin

Series titles: Tanoshii Moomin Ikka (Japanese), Happy Moomin Family (

Studio
Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Telecable Benelux B.V., Televisión Española (TVE), Yleisradio (YLE)
Distributor
A-Film Distribution, Bulls, Finlands Svenska Television (FST), Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Telecable Benelux B.V., Televisión Española (TVE), Yleisradio (YLE)

Synopsis

The magical Hat, which the Moomins tried to get rid of in the first episode, reappears, it got stuck on a sand bank in the river, which has turned to raspberry juice. Moomin recovers the Hat and hides it in the cellar, wanting to have a constant supply of juice. Little My drops a piece of string into the hat, hoping it will turn into spaghetti. However, the string turns into something quite different.

Characters

Moomin, Moominmamma, Snork, Snufkin, Groke, Fillyjonk, Moominpappa, Little My, Too-Ticky, Snork Maiden, Sniff

Credits

Directing

Director
Hiroshi Saitô, Ryôsuke Takahashi
Episode Director
Takuo Suzuki

Animation

Animator
Osamu Kobayashi (Animation Director)

Voices

Voice
Rabbe Smedlund (Moomin), Ulla Tapaninen (Moominmamma), Samuli Edelmann (Snork), Timo Torikka (Snufkin), Tapio Hämäläinen (Groke), Leena Uotila (Fillyjonk), Matti Ruohola (Moominpappa), Elina Salo (Little My), Marja Packalén (Too-Ticky), Aila Svedberg (Snork Maiden), Eero Ahre (Sniff)
Vocal Talent (English-Language Version)
Susan Sheridan (Moomin), Toni Barry, John Chancer, David Graham, Garrick Hagon, Jeff Harding, Stacey Jefferson, Pat Starr, Peter Whitman

Crew

Art Direction
Jiro Kono
Production Managers
Mutsuo Shimizu, Manabu Tamura
Script Supervisor
Lars Jansson
Co-Production Coordinator
Shigi Nonaka
Dialogue Director
Jertta Ratia

Production notes

A Moomintroll is small and shy and fat, and has a Moominpappa and a Moominmamma. Moomins live in the forests of Finland. They like sunshine and sleep right through the winter. The snow falls and falls and falls where they live, until their houses look like great snowballs. But when spring comes, up they jump.&Momin characters reflect a specific human type. Their many adventures and subsequent resolutions stress important family values, non-violence and individual qualities of kindness, self-confidence and independence.

The third of the "Moomin" series.

This remake by Hiroshi Saito aired for 104 episodes on TV Tokyo. In 1991, starting with Episode 79, the series was renamed "Tanoshii Moomin Ikka Boken Nikki" ("Happy Moomin Family Adventure Diary"), with the directors changed to Takeyuki Kanda and Tsuneo Tominaga.