Forum - View topicINTEREST: Moomin Theme Park to Open in Japan in 2017
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Lostlorn Forest
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Sounds peaceful, I want to go already. But hot darn, two years from now!
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Blanchimont
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To expand on this, there's two official languages in Finland, Finnish and Swedish (Finland was once part of Sweden, two centuries ago). |
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Mr. Oshawott
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It seems that it'll be a fun place to explore. The Moomin Zone must be full of fun but mysterious exhibitions of the Moomins' activities.
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manapear
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How exciting! I hope to save up enough to make a family trip by the time the park is open. (And maybe wait until the next round of SeraMyu is happening, lol.)
I'll also make a point of visiting the Moomin cafe, lol. I think it's wonderful it'll coexist with nature and emphasize that too. Moomin is a fun comic, but at times it just seems so adult. More so than usual stuff for children that doesn't talk down to children (which is wonderful!). I think the comics are great from a fun and learning/value perspective though. ^u^ |
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Blanchimont
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It's good to remember Tove Jansson was primarily a children's book author, and as she lived through the war years it had a noticeable influence on her works, especially later books after the war. But you're right, she was also an artist and drew comics based on her own books. She had a distinct style, and I don't think anyone has been able to replicate it authentically, except >... Fun fact is a lot of the scripts and actual drawings of the comics were drawn by her brother, Lars. Tove Jansson's entire family was artistically inclined; mother was an illustrator, father was a sculptor, younger brother, Lars, was an artist and her older brother a photographer, all famous in their specific fields. In light of recent events there is one more thing to take a special note of; Tove Jansson was a lesbian, and had at least two such serious relationships, one short and stormy, and a later one with a certain Tuulikki Pietilä, born in USA and one who became one of the most influential people on the Finnish graphical art scene, a relationship that came to last until the very end of Tove Jansson's life. |
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Hiroki not Takuya
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I wonder if Miyazaki was thinking of Moomin when he drew the "mouse" form of Boh in Spirited Away? I think they look identical, and I always thought it looked odd for a stylized mouse.
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