Mrs. Pepper Pot, known in Japanese as 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 1983 to March 1984, spanning 130 episodes. 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.[citation needed] The series was later aired across several countries worldwide, and has been translated into English [citation needed] and several other languages.