>>1036053Wrong, the Moomins are a Finnish creation like
>>1036243 said and the Japs just made their own adaptation, even that was long after the first story book which was written during the winter war.
Also the first anime adaptation was complete and utter shit since it completely disregarded the source material in an attempt to be more "mature." It went on to become so bad that Tove herself had to ask them to stop raping her creations.