a mysterious girl who lives in the forest with her pet Mink.   She is the only one who knows Mrs. Pepperpot&#039;s secret and she helps her keep the secret.  (wikipedia)

An older women wears a small spoon around her neck but every now and then, she shrinks to the size of a mouse because of the spoon. She sees the world then from a completely different perspective and has all kind of strange adventures together with Wendy, the mouse and many others.
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(Source: Anime News Network)

[Website (WMG)](https://wmg.jp/shimamotosumi/) | [Wiki (JP)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B3%B6%E6%9C%AC%E9%A0%88%E7%BE%8E)

A Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator of film, anime and video games. She is currently independent of any talent management company.

After graduating from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she joined Gekidan Seinenza, a theatrical acting troupe. Her best-known voice roles include [Nausicaä](https://anilist.co/character/539/) in [Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind](https://anilist.co/anime/572/), and [Kyouko Otonashi](https://anilist.co/character/4745/) in [Maison Ikkoku](https://anilist.co/anime/1453/).

She won the role of Nausicaä as she had played [Clarisse](https://anilist.co/character/11236/) in [The Castle of Cagliostro](https://anilist.co/anime/1430/) and impressed Hayao Miyazaki.

She is married to Daisuke Koshikawa, one of the founders of the comedy troupe Chibikko Gang. Their first child, [Shiori Koshikawa](https://anilist.co/staff/185752/Koshikawa-Shiori), has also done voice acting.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Mother of [Gaute Boris Skjegstad](https://anilist.co/staff/220571/).

Music video for the song Ringo no Mori no Koneko-tachi by Mari Iijima that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The song was used as the ending for Spoon Oba-san. Both the ending and this video were animated by Kouji Nanke, but the Minna no Uta version uses new animation.

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