The anime will premiere in April
The official website of the new television anime Ōkami to Kōshinryō: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (Spice & Wolf: Merchant Meet the Wise Wolf) based on the Spice & Wolf series by author Isuna Hasekura Light Novel has begun broadcasting promotional videos The anime’s second fox on Wednesday.
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The staff also launched the anime’s TikTok account, which is currently streaming both promotional videos.
The anime will premiere in April on TV Tokyo and other stations. The anime will be a brand new anime series, telling the story of Kraft Lawrence and his encounter with the wolf girl Holo.
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Jun Fukuyama is returning as Kraft Lawrence and Ami Koshimizu will return as Holo.
Takeo Takahashi will return to the series, this time as executive director. Hijiri Sanpei (spice and Wolf II episode director) is directing the anime at studio Passione. Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss, Tower of God, The Rising of The Shield Hero) is composing the music. ENISHIYA is producing the series.
Yen Press publishes the novels in English and describes the series:
The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact that Kraft Lawrence is very familiar with. Wandering from town to town with only his horse, cart, and whatever brought him, the peddler had settled into his routine pretty well—that is, until the night Lawrence found a The wolf goddess is sleeping in her car. Taking the form of a seductive girl with wolf ears and a tail, Holo grew tired of harvesting in the countryside and made a deal with the merchant to lend him the cunning of “Holo the Wisewolf” to increase his profits in exchange. Take her along on your trip. What kind of businessman can refuse such an offer? However, Lawrence soon realizes that having an ancient goddess as his companion may be a mixed blessing. Will this wolf girl become too wild to be tamed?
Hasekura launched the Spice and Wolf novel series with illustrations by Jū Ayakura in 2006. The novels took a break after volume 17 in 2011 and returned with the 18th volume in 2016. The 24th and latest volume was published. published in January 2023. Yen Press published the 24th novel in North America in August, and is also publishing a manga adaptation. Hasekura began a spin-off series, Wolf & Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf, in April 2016. Yen Press is also releasing the spin-off series in English, as well as its manga adaptation.
The novel also inspired two other series. Anime television seasons by director Takeo Takahashi and writer Naruhisa Arakawa. The first season aired in Japan from January to March 2008, and the second season (Spice and Wolf II) from July to September 2009. Funimation released both seasons on home video.
A virtual reality anime that follows the anime television series and debuted in June 2019 for Oculus Rift, HTC VIVE, and Oculus Go Edition. The sequel comes out in December 2020.
Source: Ōkami to Kōshinryō: merchant meets website target, Comic Natalie