Comet in Moominland (film)
Comet in Moominland Japanese , Hepburn Mmindani no Suisei? is an anime film by Telecable Benelux B.V.. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish. It was the first fulllength Moomin film. It was released in Japan first theatrically in August 8, 1992 as a triplefeature with two unrelated shorter films and later released on video withminutes of extra footage. It was never released for English, but has been dubbed to several European languages. It was the seventh most watched film in Finland in the season 19921993 with 166,738 viewers.
The plot takes place before the events of the Moomin TV series. Before the events of the film, Moomin and his parents Moominpappa and Moominmamma had moved to Moominvalley and finished building Moomin House.Moomin, Little My and Sniff go to the beach to find shells for Moomimamma who wants them to adorn her flowerbeds. During the trip Sniff finds a cave. On the same evening it is raining, and Moomin gives Moominmamma a pearl he has found from the sea. Moominmamma suggests he gives it to a girl he likes, but Moomin doesnt believe such thing will happen. Suddenly the Muskrat appears on the front door and asks for a place to stay because his home on the riverbank has been destroyed when Moominpappa build a bridge there earlier on the same day. Muskrat, a philosopher, tells he has smelled something strange recently, and argues that the current rain is unnatural. The next day, Muskrats words come true, because the rain has changed everything black and according to Muskrat it is soot from outer space. To the entire people of the Moominvalley, he notes that the Final Judgment will fall upon them on. Later on the same day at the dinner table, he tells the Moomins about galaxies, their homeworld, and its fate. He believes that a threat is coming from space and nothing can be done. ........
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