I think the beauty of Snufkin and Moomin’s relationship is that it really doesn’t need to be defined. Whether romantic or otherwise, the love they have for each other is undeniable and so so beautiful. It’s something that anyone, queer or not, can find great comfort in.

This video made me cry.... as a Swedish person who grew up watching the moomins I didn’t really realize that others just didn’t. This video gave me a new perspective and inspired me to go back and rewatch this childhood favorite!

Clicked for The Moomins, stayed for the amazing, soothing voice ❤

I've loved Kiki's Delivery Service all my life, and I think the line "Kiki straight-up has depression" did more for me than years of therapy.

As a Finn who grew up on Moomins, i love that more people are getting into it and were getting quite a resurfacing with analyses like this. I wish i could find the entirery of the 90's Finnish dub somewhere to have a nostalgia trip

Snuffkin was based on the author's betrothed, who had a habit of leaving for long periods of time, travelling around the world. They were very much in love, but there was also a sense of distance between them, which translates to the longing between Moomin and Snuffkin. So much so that they broke their engagement eventually.

Tiuhti and Viuhti, (Thingumy and Bob) were based on her affair with a married woman, who would be greatly involved with bringing moomins on stage for the rest of their life. The King Ruby was their love that had to be hidden.

And Tuutikki  (Too-ticky) was her life partner until her death. So Tove was very much Bi, and wrote it carefully in her stories. Fun fact: some conservative women tried to ban moomins when her preference to women became known, as "the love between snorkmaiden and moomin was CLEARLY a lesbian affair and not fit for children". They failed to see all the real relationships put on a plate for them.

So you are not wrong :) i'm sorry to comment on an old video, but i enjoyed it very much. You have a calming voice and you explain your point very well. Thank you 😊

As someone who grew up on the 90s Mumin troll series, when I first saw a studio Ghibli film on the TV (Howl's moving castle) I thought it was Finnish. The only experience I had with Japanese anime at the time were Sailor Moon, Digimon and Pokemon. I had never thought that animation could have been done in another country than the place of its origin.

Nostalgia isnt just nostalgia. The person who defined it hadn’t experienced that bittersweet feeling outside of looking back at their young years. Nostalgia is the bittersweet feeling of hope, a deep but sophisticated sadness, and pangs of happiness. Its something you have a subtle yearning for, but at the same time can never experience again, or just cant experience anyway. It can vary in intensity, and isnt usually quite as strong as I described it above, but its still a feeling you can experience outside of what nostalgia is defined as traditionally.

I know this is supposed to be more about the moomins, and I do love the moomins, but the way you described your love and connection to Kiki's Delivery Service is very familiar to me too. I haven't seen the film yet, but I feel that same love for Ponyo instead. I saw it when I was really young with my mom so whenever I watch it I associate it with her and her high energy just like Ponyo. I'm just rambling but :') I understand that feeling too and it's nice to know other people have connections to the movies like that too.

I used to get up early to watch this and Tenchi in the morning as a child. This and ghibli fuelled my love mori kei aesthetic.

Grew up with the moomin books as bedtime stories (Australian). Watched the 90's anime as an older kid - watched the 69/70's two anime as a teenager.
Never once did I ever consider Moomintroll and Snufkin as a couple - which seems to be REALLY popular now!! I've always seen (and struggle to NOT see) Moomintroll as a kid and Snufkin as a young adult.

Moomintroll is a boy who always hears of his fathers adventures. He has a shallow, rose-tinted view of the world that often gets him into trouble that he just isn't prepared to handle alone... he needs the supervision of his parents or of others, whether he likes it or not, to remind him that things are more complex than how he imagines them. When I was a little kid Moomintroll was my peer.

Snufkin is a guy that doesn't need supervision, he acts as the supervisor. He smokes snuff from a pipe and loves coffee. He probably originally came to visit his fathers best friends - his older peers - and hangs out with their kids, in that weird place of "youngest adult in the room who doesn't usually need to care for children". Snufkin is my peer now.
To me, as a kid and as an adult, Snufkin can't be anything other than "older cousin" to moomin. Too distant to be a brother, but not just a friend who met by chance either.

As the youngest in my family ALL of my cousins were like 7 years older, but we would go on adventures together. Now with new adopted cousins - they gravitate towards me to play with them, not allowing me to sit down and talk with the other adults... but I don't mind much.
They ask me of my adventures and I show them my scars, take them down the creek to look for all the bugs they didn't know existed - walk just a little way into the bush and spin scary stories of monsters to keep them on their toes while we look for emus. Their parents would never let them look for emus - that's what makes having a Snufkin rad as a kid B)

As a person from Finland, I definitely grew up watching 90s Moomins. Even to this day, I still love and enjoy it. The happy tone made me happy, the funny lines made me laugh (especially in the original Finnish dub), the sad moments made me cry and scary scenes scared me and even gave me nightmares. As I have grown up, I got over my fear of Groke, Lady of Cold and Antlion but some of the scary scenes scared me so hard, I don't even dare to watch them.
90s Moomin introduced me to the world of anime, like Studio Ghibli movies. I also grew up watching Avatar: The Last Air bender at my late childhood years.

This video is so great. The only criticism I have towards this video is the fact, you didn't talk about the outstanding soundtrack by Sumio Shiratori. I love how you start this video by talking about Studio Ghibli movies.

I find the fact Sniff and Snorkmaiden are your least favorite characters funny because I ship Sniff x Snorkmaiden. I definitely ship Moomintroll x Snufkin too.

I honestly teared up around 25:00. You shouldn't have to separate larger scale social issues from this show because they're so closely tied. The show quite obviously addresses family, friendship, and other social interactions and ideas. No wonder it's gotten so popular in the last few years, especially with COVID keeping us literally "socially distancing". So glad I found this video and your channel; I'm going to go watch some Moomins and paint now! <3

I live in America, and yet when I first saw the moomins on YouTube, I could of sworn I had seen the moomins before. The show gives me a sense of nostalgia, even though there wasn't any way I could of watched it before.

I might of seen it in passing, or maybe a commercial - but there was no way I could of seen it as a child. And yet it had such an impact that I remembered it. Or maybe it just reminds me of my childhood.

i feel like the brightness of ponyo shows how children see the world. i love how colorful the movie is with all the small toys and buckets and the ramen bowls i think all of these remind me of my personal childhood and i absolutely love it

I'm legitimately watching this while thousands of feet in the air, flying to Sweden of all places :3 my second home in Sweden is my safe space where I get a break from my depression

I remember enjoying Moomins back in the 90's till I had a weird Moomin related nightmare and could not look at a Moomin the same way for many years. I should give the show a go in Japanese  at some point.

From my limited exposure to Snufkin due to Youtube shorts, he seems like what a cynic would be like in a perfect world. Instead of seeing the world's cruelty and trying to open peoples' eyes to it, Snufkin instead finds humorous people are so anxious when they have no idea the blessings they've got. Because he doesn't live in a world as terrible as ours. If he did, he'd be a lot darker.

I remember I was feeling like I couldn't draw anything, I was feeling empty most of the time and everytime I try to draw something I just ended up watching random videos on youtube with my sketchbook in my lap. Then I watched Kiki's Delivery Service and loved it so much! It inspired me to get out of that artist block and draw again.
Right now I'm feeling burnt out again, so maybe I'll watch Kiki again, or maybe give Moomin a try! Thank you so much

In Germany, the Augsburger Puppenkiste made their first puppet show about Moomin