The Adventures of Pepero

The Adventures of Pepero
Cover of EP showing two main characters.
GenreAdventure
Created byTatsuya Ono
Sumio Takahashi
Written byMasaki Tsuji
Shigeharu Harajima
Yū Yamamoto
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Tadashi Minagai
Izumi Arima
Yūji Mino
Naoko Miyake
Sōji Yoshikawa
Keiji Kubota
Directed byKazuhiko Udagawa
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes26
Production
Production companiesDaiko
Wako Production
Original release
NetworkANN (NET)
Release6 October 1975 (1975-10-06) 
29 March 1976 (1976-03-29)

The Adventures of Pepero or The Adventures of Pepero the Andes Boy (アンデス少年ペペロの冒険, Andesu Shōnen Pepero no Bōken) is a 26-episode anime television series created by Tatsuya Ono and Sumio Takahashi and aired on the NET Network from 1975-10-06 to 1976-03-29 in Japan. It has since been then translated and broadcast in several languages worldwide. The story follows the young boy Pepero as he searches for his father who has gone missing while seeking the mythical golden city of El Dorado.

The theme songs for the series are Pepero's Adventure (ペペロの冒険, Pepero no Bōken) (opening) and O Wind, Please Carry My Message (風よつたえて, Kaze yo Tsutaete) (ending), both composed by Takeo Yamashita and arranged by Hiroshi Tsutsui, with lyrics by Kazuo Umezu and vocals by Mitsuko Horie.