Comet in Moominland (film)

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Comet in Moominland (ムーミン谷の彗星, Mūmindani no Suisei) is an anime film by Telecable Benelux B.V., first released in Japan in 1992 as triple-feature with 2 shorter films. The story is based on the novel Comet in Moominland by Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish.

Plot Summary[]

Unusual things have been happening in Moominvalley. Moomin, Sniff, and Mii leave for the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to confirm the Muskrat's words: a comet is about to hit Moominvalley and destroy the world. On the way, they meet Snufkin, the Hemulen, and the Snorks and they experience many adventures.

Synopsis[]

Our story begins with a ball-like figure sitting under a tree. Two legs and a tail emerges from the ball and it turns out that it is no other than the Moomintroll, picking a flower for his mother's garden. Sniff's voice can be heard calling for Moomin, as he comes running to the troll. He wonders what Moomin is up to and reminds him that they where supposed to go to the beach today.

Moominpappa is building the bridge for their big blue house and Moominmamma is painting the veranda.The Mymble's daughter comes out from the house and says farewell after leaving her sister in the hands of the Moomin's while she rests.

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Differences from the book[]

While Little My is prominently featured in the film, she does not appear in the book at all.
Moomin and Sniff discovers the ocean during the start of the book, while in the film it is a known location to them.
Sniff finds the cat during the start of the book and reunites with it after returning from the observatory, while in the film the cat is discovered while evacuating the Moominhouse, on the way to the cave.
Sniff is the only one of the group to look at the comet through the telescope in the book, while Moomintroll and Little My also does it in the film.
The comet's tail is not seen in the book as the comet is coming straight for Moominvalley, while in the film it is visiable.
Some events are left out from the film, including:
- Moonintroll, Sniff and Snufkin being taken by a river on their raft and rescued by a Hemulen.
- The group visits a general store owned by a mouse woman and an open-air dance floor near by.
In the book, Moomintroll buys Snorkmaiden the mirror from the general store, while in the film she finds the mirror in the sunken ship.
In the film, Snufkin also falls into the sunken ship, while in the book only Snorkmaiden and Moomintroll does.
Moomintroll does not celebrate his birthday in the book.

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Trivia[]

Like with the anime, the film has an English dub. However the film's English dub has an entirely different voice cast due to it having been done by a different party, with none of the english cast from the Anime's BBC's broadcast reprising their roles.
There are some inconsistencies with the movie and the anime:
- Mrs. Fillyjonk already lives in Moominvalley, even though the film takes place before the anime series. She moves to Moominvalley in the episode Our Neighbour is a Tough Teacher.