Lawrence encounters a girl who had snuck into his wagon. New TV anime Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf episode 1 synopsis and scene previews have been released!
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Published by Kadokawa’s Dengeki Bunko, the highly popular light novel Spice and Wolf won the 12th Dengeki Novel Silver Grand Prize and celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2021.
Sales of the series have exceeded 5 million copies at present, and its sequel Spice and Wolf: Spring Log and its spin-off series, Wolf and Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf are actively being published. The series boasts significant popularity both in Japan and overseas.
The synopsis and scene previews of the long-awaited first episode, first airing on April 1st (Mon), have been released.
[Episode 1: The Harvest Festival and the Coachman’s Cramped Seat”]
Looking to trade wheat, the traveling merchant Lawrence makes a stop in Pasloe, a village expecting a harvest festival just around the corner. However, Yarei, the negotiator Lawrence is looking for, is unable to meet him, due to being trapped by a worship custom directed toward the harvest deity Holo.
Lawrence is left with no choice but to leave the village, but that night, he encounters a girl who had snuck into his wagon. Sporting animal ears and an impressive tail, the girl calls herself by the same name as the deity of the village—Holo.
[Anime Overview]
New TV anime Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf
<Story>
A young traveling merchant named Kraft Lawrence makes a living by moving between town to town selling his goods, accompanied by his equine, wagon-pulling partner.
One day he comes through a small village with fields of golden wheat, and he meets a beautiful girl with wolf ears and a tail.
“My name’s Holo.”
Holo refers to herself as the “Wise Wolf,” and the physical incarnation of the wolf goddess of harvest.
After hearing that she wishes to return to her hometown—the forest of Yoitsu far in the north—Lawrence and Holo become traveling companions on a northbound business trip.
However, a merchant’s journey is fraught with unexpected ups and downs…
The solitary merchant and lone wolf goddess’ avatar join up and begin their turbulent adventure together in a horse-drawn wagon.
<Broadcast and Streaming Info>
Airing on TV Tokyo and other networks starting from 25:30 on April 1 (Mon)!
TV Tokyo: Starting April 1, airing every Monday from 25:30
TV Osaka: Starting April 1, airing every Monday from 25:30
TV Aichi: Starting April 1, airing every Monday from 25:30
BS TV Tokyo: Starting April 2, airing every Tuesday from 24:30
AT-X: Starting April 3, airing every Wednesday from 22:00
(Reruns: Airing every Friday from 10:00 / Every Tuesday from 16:00)
Streaming first via ABEMA starting from 26:00 on April 1 (Mon)
Episodes streaming in order via other platforms starting April 4 (Thurs) at 26:00
<Staff>
Original: Isuna Hasekura (Dengeki-Bunko “Spice and Wolf” KADOKAWA)
Characters: Jū Ayakura
General Director: Takeo Takahashi
Director: Hijiri Sanpei
Character Designer: Kōji Haneda
Color Design: Tomoko Koyama
Art Material: Kaoru Aoki, Toshiki Amada, Reiji Obata
Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue
Camera Director: Kōji Hayashi
Editor: Ayako Tan
Sound Director: Tomohiro Yoshida
Music: Kevin Penkin
Production: ENISHIYA
Anime Production: Passione
Opening Theme: Hana Hope “Tabi no Yukue”
Ending Theme: ClariS “Andante”
<Cast>
Kraft Lawrence: Jun Fukuyama
Holo: Ami Koshimizu
Zheren: Daisuke Namikawa
Richten Marlheit: Hōchū Ōtsuka
Hans Remelio: Hozumi Gōda
Norah Arendt: Mai Nakahara
[Book Info]
■Dengeki Bunko: Spice and Wolf
Volumes 1 to 23 now available (continuing publication)
・The Story from Volumes 1 to 17
The traveling merchant Lawrence finds a girl asleep in his wagon filled with bundles of wheat. The beautiful girl, sporting the ears and tail of a wolf, introduces herself as Holo, a goddess of harvest: “The people used to call me a goddess, but now I’m merely Holo,” she tells him, skillfully spinning a yarn Lawrence soon finds himself entangled by. While Lawrence has his doubts about her claims of divinity, he agrees to travel with her. Together they set off toward Holo’s hometown of Yoitsu.
・The Story from Volume 18 Onward (Spice and Wolf: Spring Log)
Holo, a girl sporting wolf ears and a tail and the incarnation of a wolf goddess, met the traveling merchant Lawrence one day during one of his trips.
Together, the two of them traveled far toward Holo’s hometown of Yoitsu, and finally arrived at the hot spring town of Nyohhira at the end of their journey. Lawrence stops working as a traveling merchant, and the two of them decide to settle down together in this place.
More than ten years have passed since then, and Lawrence is running “Bathhouse Spice and Wolf” in Nyohhira. While very occupied with his business, he spends his days peacefully with his beloved wife, Holo, and their daughter, Myuri. They live a joyful life at the bathhouse, their days filled with happiness and laughter, when a new story is spun…
■(Dengeki Bunko) Wolf and Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf
Volumes 1 to 9 now available (continuing publication)
The story of Myuri, daughter of Holo and Lawrence, begins!
The young man Col once accompanied Holo and Lawrence on their journey, but after many years he decides to leave Lawrence’s Bathhouse Spice and Wolf, setting off to fulfill his dream of becoming a member of the clergy.
Invited by a prince from Winfield, Col departs intent on helping correct wrongdoing in the Church. However, it turns out that Holo’s daughter, a girl named Myuri sporting wolf ears and a tail, was stowed away in Col’s baggage!
“Wolf” and “Parchment.” Their world-changing journey together begins here.
[Textless Opening Released in Advance on YouTube!]
URL：https://youtu.be/IRL1jSmfIKU
■Official Site: https://spice-and-wolf.com/
■Anime Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/Spicy_Wolf_Prj
■Official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spice.and.wolf_anime_pr
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