Gift For Mimura

Gift For Mimura

April 18, 1991 (estimated) TV Episode Moomin

Also known as: Mymble's Diamond

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

Mymble has found a ring on the ground with a big, sparkling stone and gives it in to the Inspector. When no one comes forth to claim it he gives it to her and she is very, very happy, deciding it must be a diamond. She parades it all around Moominvalley, until she is informed by Fillyjonk that if one has a huge diamond like that one must dress accordingly. Not only that, but one must behave accordingly and live accordingly and even though Mymble is helped by Little My and Stinky she soon finds that although diamonds may be a girl's best friend, they should be so in moderation..

Characters

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

Credits

Directing

Director
Hiroshi Saitô, Ryôsuke Takahashi

Writing

Writer
Shozo Matsuda, Akira Miyazaki, Tove Jansson
Script Supervisor
Lars Jansson

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

Animation

Animator
Osamu Kobayashi (Animation Director)

Art Department

Art Direction
Jiro Kono

Casting

Dialogue Director
Jertta Ratia

Production Management

Production Managers
Mutsuo Shimizu, Manabu Tamura
Co-Production Coordinator
Shigi Nonaka

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.