The charming characters along with their diverse cast of companions from the series have captivated Japanese audiences for ...

The company plans to open about 10 Moomin outlets mainly in large cities in the next five years. The Moomins are particularly popular in Japan, with several animated adaptations aired since the 1960s.

With almost 50 percent of the global 'Moomin market' in Japan, MoominValley Park has the ideal audience — nostalgic adults, kawaii fans and, of course, woodland-creature-loving kids.

Nicolas Eschbach’s Paris-based Indie Sales has clinched major deals on Xavier Picard’s “Moomins On The Riviera,” the comedy adventure toon feature based on popular illustrator Tove Jansson’s comic ...

A theme park based on the Moomins, a collection of popular characters created by Swedish-speaking Finnish writer Tove Jansson, is set to open in the Saitama Prefecture city of Hanno in stages ...

Plans for a new Moomin theme park have been announced for Japan. The theme park is due to open in 2015 to coincide with the centenary of the birth of Tove Jansson, the cartoon’s creator. The ...

Big in Japan, but could America love Moomin? HELSINKI: In one of the quirkiest book cults America has never heard of, a round-snouted troll is hauling consumers' wallets from their pockets despite ...

Nicolas Eschbach’s Paris-based Indie Sales has clinched major deals on Xavier Picard’s “Moomins On The Riviera,” the comedy adventure toon feature based on popular illustrator Tove Jansson ...

Nicolas Eschbach’s Paris-based Indie Sales has clinched major deals on Xavier Picard’s “Moomins On The Riviera,” the comedy adventure toon feature based on popular illustrat… ...