Announcing the exciting new Spice and Wolf anime project! With a special August Hollow x Summer Festival visual already released, fans can look forward to more visuals being unveiled at the beginning of each month. The project marks a refreshing reboot and Passione’s talented team will bring it to life. The main part? Beloved main cast from the original anime will return to reprise their roles! The long-awaited premiere is scheduled for 2024.
The catchy visual is themed “Fireworks are awesome, but why can’t you see me?” Really interesting! The full title of the new project is Spice and Wolf: Merchant meets the wise wolf. To ensure a great production, Takao Takahashi has been appointed as the main director, with Hijiri Sanpei at the directing helm and musical genius Kevin Penkin taking charge of the music.
For those who may have missed the ride, the first Spice and Wolf anime consisting of 12 episodes was animated by the talented Studio Imagine and aired during the Winter 2008 anime season. A special OVA episode followed in May of the same year, and fans were even more delighted with the second OVA released in May 2009. Subsequently, a second season, consisting of 12 episodes, was produced by Studio Marvy Jack and Brain’s Base and aired that summer.
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Story
The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler has pretty well settled into his routine-that is, until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess asleep in his cart. Taking the form of a fetching girl with wolf ears and a tail, Holo has wearied of tending to harvests in the countryside and strikes up a bargain with the merchant to lend him the cunning of “Holo the Wisewolf” to increase his profits in exchange for taking her along on his travels. What kind of businessman could turn down such an offer? Lawrence soon learns, though, that having an ancient goddess as a traveling companion can be a bit of a mixed blessing. Will this wolf girl turn out to be too wild to tame?
Spice and Wolf originates from a captivating Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura, complemented by delightful illustrations by Yuu Ayakura. Published by ASCII Media Works from 2006 to 2019, the light novel series boasts a total of 22 volumes. Furthermore, fans were treated to an exciting manga adaptation by Keito Koum, which ran from September 2007 to December 2017. And that’s not all, for those who want more adventures in the world of Spice and Wolf, a sequel novel titled Wolf and Parchment, masterfully written by Hasikura and beautifully illustrated by Hidori, is still ongoing, promising more fascinating stories for fans.
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