| Mrs. Pepperpot | |
| Ja Kanji: | スプーンおばさん |
| Ja Romaji: | Supūn Oba-san |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Keiji Hayakawa |
| Music: | Tachio Akano |
| Studio: | Pierrot |
| Network: | NHK General TV |
| First: | April 4, 1983 |
| Last: | March 30, 1984 |
| Episodes: | 130 |
Mrs. Pepperpot,[1] known in Japanese as, is a Japanese anime television series, based on the children's books of Mrs. Pepperpot by the Norwegian author Alf Prøysen. The series was broadcast on NHK General TV from April 4, 1983, to March 30, 1984, spanning a total of 130 10-minute episodes.[2]
Mrs. Spoon Pepperpot lives in a small little village with her husband Fork. She wears a small magical teaspoon around her neck which every now and then shrinks her to the size of her teaspoon which does not 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 eventually finds out his wife's secret later on in the series.
The series has been licensed in North America by Discotek Media who released it on Blu-ray in Japanese with English subtitles, and the English dub on April 26, 2022.[3]