Spoon Obasan

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Spoon Oba-san

スプーンおばさん
(Supūn Oba-san)

Genre

Fantasy, Adventure

TV anime

Director

Tatsuo Hayakawa

Studio

Studio Pierrot

Network

NHK, Animax

Other networks:
RTL 2 TF1 NCRV Odeon TV, Rete 4 TVP 1

Original run

April 4, 1983 – March 9, 1984

Episodes

Spoon Oba-san (スプーンおばさん, Supūn Obasan^?, lit. "Aunt Spoon") is a Japanese anime television series, which premiered on NHK from April 4, 1983 to March 9, 1984, spanning 50 episodes.^[1] It is based on the novel Mrs. Pepperpot by the Norwegian author Alf Prøysen. It was also later aired in Japan by the satellite television network Animax.

The series was later aired across several countries worldwide, and has been translated into English^{[citation needed]} and several other languages.

1 Plot
2 Characters
3 Regional releases
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Mrs. Pepperpot lives in a small little village with her husband. She wears a small magical teaspoon around her neck which every now and then shrinks her to the size of her teaspoon which doesn't shrink as well, and she must drag it along with her on her back when she gets shrunk. She always changes back to her original size after a certain amount of time. This special condition had its advantages - she can communicate with animals and enjoy wonderful adventures in the woods. This way she wins new and interesting friends on a regular basis. She is a good friend of Lily, a mysterious little girl who lives in the forest alone, she is also friends with a mouse family. She can not reveal her secret or show herself in the shrunk condition, which sometimes gets quite difficult. Her husband, Mr. Pepperpot eventually finds out his wife's secret, later on in the series.