The ocean chose her. She would like everyone to know she also chose the ocean, which is an important distinction.
Disney's Moana arrived in 2016 as one of the studio's most visually spectacular and emotionally grounded films — a story drawn from Polynesian mythology and culture, set on the island of Motunui, where a young chief's daughter feels the pull of the sea and the pull of her people in equal measure and has to figure out which call to answer first. The answer turns out to be: both, because Moana Waialiki is not someone who accepts the premise that those two things should be in conflict. She sails anyway. She finds the demigod Maui. She restores the heart of Te Fiti. She does all of it without losing sight of the island, the people and the love that sent her out in the first place.
Moana is, among the Disney heroines, one of the most complete — a protagonist whose journey is not about finding herself in relation to another person but about understanding her own inheritance and choosing what to do with it. The film's relationship with Polynesian navigation traditions, its visual language of ocean and coral and starlight, and its music — including the extraordinary How Far I'll Go, which is simply one of the finest Disney songs ever written — give it a specificity and a richness that rewards every re-watch. The 2024 sequel and the live-action remake introduced her to new audiences. She handles the expansion of her world with characteristic confidence.
Our Moana collection brings together officially licensed figures, apparel, accessories, homeware and gifts — from Moana and Maui Funko Pops and collector's pieces to mugs, prints and keepsakes for fans of one of Disney's most beloved recent heroines. For the adventurer, the navigator, the person who hears the ocean calling and has always planned to answer.
The sea calls to those who are ready. She was always ready.
