Sleep Magic
Also known as: The Spell
Foreign title: Nemuri No Maho (Japanese)
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
Spring has already come in Moominvalley and Snufkin is back from his journey, but Moominfamily sleeps on and apparently nothing can wake them up. The others decide this can be no natural sleep, and conclude that the witch must be responsible. She admits to having cast a spell, but is not very willing to lift it again...
Characters
Moomin, Moominmamma, Snork, Snufkin, Groke, Fillyjonk, Moominpappa, Little My, Too-Ticky, Snork Maiden, Sniff
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Hiroshi Saitô, Ryôsuke Takahashi
- Episode Director
- Yorifusa Yamaguchi
Producing
- Producer
- Rosemary Davies, Dennis Livson, Kazuo Tabata
- Executive Producers
- Dennis Livson, Theresa Plummer-Andrews
Writing
- Writer
- Shozo Matsuda, Akira Miyazaki, Tove Jansson
Animation
- Animator
- Masaaki Kumagaii (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
Music
- Music
- Pierre Kartner, Shumio Shiratori
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.
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.