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==TV series and films==

The story of the Moomins has been made into television series on many occasions by various groups, possibly the most well known of which is a [[Japan]]ese–[[Netherlands|Dutch]] collaboration, that has also produced a [[Comet in Moominland (film)|feature-length film]]. However, there are also two Soviet serials, [[stop motion|puppet animation]] ''Mumi-troll'' (''Moomintroll'') and [[cutout animation]] ''Shlyapa Volshebnika'' (''Magician's Hat'') of three parts each, and the [[Poland|Polish]]–[[Austria]]n puppet animation [[Television program|TV series]], ''[[The Moomins (TV series)|The Moomins]]'', which was broadcast and became popular in an edited form in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.

 

 

==Theatre==

[[File:Naantali Muumimaailma 01.jpg|thumb|Moomins Theatre show]]

 

{{Nihongo|Akebono Children's Forest Park|あけぼの子どもの森公園|Akebono Kodomo no Mori Kōen}}, also called "Moomin Valley", is a Moomin themed park for children in [[Hannō, Saitama]] in Japan that opened in July, 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city.hanno.saitama.jp.e.kb.hp.transer.com/0000002658.html |title=Akebono-children park facility guidance | publisher=Hannō city |date=2016-03-11 |access-date=2016-04-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065905/http://www.city.hanno.saitama.jp.e.kb.hp.transer.com/0000002658.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Elle |url=http://insaitama.com/moomin-valley-akebono-forest-in-hanno-city/ |title="Moomin Valley", Akebono Children's Forest in Hanno City | publisher=Saitama with Kids |date=2013-01-12 |access-date=2016-04-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413190238/http://insaitama.com/moomin-valley-akebono-forest-in-hanno-city/ |archive-date=2016-04-13 }}</ref> Tove Jansson had already in the 1970s given her personal permission to the city of Hannō to build a small Moomin-themed playground there.<ref>{{cite news | author=Sirén, Vesa | title=Ihana Mörkö! | newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat | date=5 June 2019 | pages=B 1–3 | language=fi | url=http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000006131011.html }}</ref>

 

 

The theme park has become very popular, with more than one million visitors during the first three months in 2019.<ref>{{cite news | author=Andersen, Ivar | title=Mammorna flockas till Mumindalen – i Japan | newspaper=Hufvudstadsbladet | date=24 December 2019 | pages=24–25 | url=http://www.hbl.fi/artikel/i-japan-ar-det-mammorna-som-flockas-i-mumindalen/ | url-access=subscription | language=sv | location=Helsingfors }}</ref>

{{As of|2017}}, the Moomin brand is estimated to have a yearly retail value of €700 million per year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensing.biz/big-interviews/read/moomin-with-the-times-moomin-characters-talks-the-future-of-this-classic-brand/046511|title=Moomin with the times: Moomin Characters talks the future of this classic brand|website=licensing.biz|access-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181418/http://www.licensing.biz/big-interviews/read/moomin-with-the-times-moomin-characters-talks-the-future-of-this-classic-brand/046511|archive-date=9 January 2018}}</ref>

 

File:Finnair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (OH-LGB) at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.jpg|left|[[Finnair]] [[MD-11]] decorated with Moomin characters serving the Japanese route

File:Rosehage kopp.jpg|[[Moominmamma]] in the [[Moomin mugs|Moomin-themed mug]]

File:The Moomins Garden in Holon.jpg| Moomins Garden in [[Holon]], [[Israel]]

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