Story: 10/10
Well, this series has no real plot. You can watch the episodes in any order, except for the story arcs which usually lasts 2-3 episodes. Otherwise, the episodes are separate, except they may still have references to previous episodes and there are also some subplots like Snork's flying ship arc. I really like how the episodes vary from adventurous to regular episodes where we just deal with the life of the Moomin family. It creates a good balance. Some episodes can be boring, but there are no really bad episodes in this series!
Art: 9/10
The art stays really consistent in this series. Although in some episodes you can notice that the drawners have changed and the characters may look a little strange, but otherwise there is quite little of variation here (compared to the second season, which is drawn almost entirely in anime style). Honorable mention definitely goes to the beautiful backgrounds that sometimes look very realistic, especially the winter landscapes!
Sound: 10/10
I have watched this series completely only in Finnish with a very successful old 90s dubbing, so I can say based on that the sound quality is very crystal clear and good.
Music: 10/10
Perfect! Just perfect! It's noticeable that Sumio Shiratori and his wife Emiko Shiratori really enjoyed making these songs! There's many varying songs, happy, funny, scary, sad.
Voice acting: 10/10
As I said, I have watched this series in Finnish and with a very awesome dub! The dubbing of the anime was here for a long time... if not bad, then at least mediocre, but Moomins was really well done! It's mostly due to the good direction and the very highly trained actors/actresses as a voice actors/actresses. I should watch the whole series in Japanese as well, but what I have seen from the clips, they sound really good too.
Characters: 9/10
All the characters are really different personalities and I like that in Moomin Valley everyone is valued for who they are and everyone's talents can be helpful. My favorite characters have always been the philosophical wanderer Snufkin, the greedy and fearful Sniff, the small but clever Little My, Snork the inventor, the old and funny plant-collector Hemulen and the Moomin's always so gentle parents, Moominpappa and Moominmamma! I don't really hate any of the characters (except Mrs. Fillyjonk, she's just so annoying!), even Stinky has his good moments despite being the only "main villain" in the series. Like everyone else, I was scared of Groke like crazy as a kid, but later I realized she's a really likable character. The Witch and her granddaughter Alicia were also very nice add to this series as they didn't appeared in the original stories.
Enjoyment: 10/10
Even though I must have seen all the episodes a million times, I never get tired of this series! It's part of the magic of it that these stories take you with them as much like they did as kid.
Tanoshii Moomin Ikka definitely gets 10/10 from me! It's a series that everyone should see at least once in their life so they can understand its beauty and those deep messages behind the stories!
