List of Spice and Wolf episodes
The Spice and Wolf animated television series is based on the light novel series Spice and Wolf, written by Isuna Hasekura and illustrated by Jū Ayakura. The episodes are directed by Takeo Takahashi and animated and produced by Imagin.[1] The story follows a 25-year-old traveling merchant named Kraft Lawrence, who one night meets a wolf-deity named Holo who controls wheat harvest. Holo was bound to a nearby town by an old promise to ensure good harvest, but they had stopped believing in her. Lawrence helps her escape this town and, in return, she helps him with his business transactions as they head north toward Holo's homeland of Yoitsu.
The anime first aired between January 9 and March 26, 2008 on the Chiba TV Japanese television network,[2] and the episodes were released to six DVD compilation volumes, each of which contained two episodes except for the first compilation, which contained three episodes.[3] The volumes were released between April 2 and August 29, 2008 by Pony Canyon.[4][5] The third volume, released on May 30, 2008, contained episode six of the television broadcast in addition to the unaired episode seven, which is included as an original video animation.[3][6] The anime is licensed for release in English by Kadokawa Pictures USA and Funimation Entertainment,[7][8] and a complete thirteen-episode Region 1 DVD box set was released on December 22, 2009.
Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Tabi no Tochū" (旅の途中) by Natsumi Kiyoura, and the ending theme is "Ringo Hiyori: The Wolf Whistling Song" (リンゴ日和 〜The Wolf Whistling Song) by Rocky Chack.[1]
A second season of the anime titled Spice and Wolf II began airing on July 9, 2009. Most of the staff from the first season returned, though Toshimitsu Kobayashi replaced Kazuya Kuroda as the character designer and chief animation director and Brain's Base managed the animation instead of Imagin. The voice actors from the first season retained their roles.[9]
Spice and Wolf
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Spice and Wolf II
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See also
Notes
- A Episode seven never aired on television; it was released with the third DVD compilation in Japan as an original video animation.[6]
- B This episode never aired on television; it was released as an original video animation with a picture book entitled Spice and Wolf: Wolf and Gold Wheat published by ASCII Media Works in Japan.[11]
References
- ^ a b "Anime staff on the official website" (in Japanese). Imagin. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ a b c "On air information on the official website" (in Japanese). Imagin. Archived from the original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ a b "DVD section on the official website" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ "Spice and Wolf DVD 1" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- ^ "Spice and Wolf DVD 6" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- ^ a b "Okami to Koshinryo (Wolf and Spice) 3" (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- ^ "Kadokawa USA Announces Six New Licenses". Anime News Network. 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- ^ "Funimation Acquires Spice and Wolf Fantasy Anime". Anime News Network. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ "Spice and Wolf's 2nd TV Anime Season Confirmed". Anime News Network. 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ a b "Story introduction section on the official website" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ "Spice and Wolf II's Act 0 to Ship on DVD in April". Anime News Network. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-02-03.