Spice and Wolf

[MoparMaxivan]

Alternative title: Okami to Koshinryo (Japanese)
狼と香辛料 (Japanese)

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural

Plot Summary: Craft Lawrence, a 25 year old peddler travelling from town to town selling and buying various things to make a living during a period much like Europe in the Middle Ages. One night when stopped at the town of Pasroe, he finRAB in his wagon a 250 year old pagan wolf deity girl named Holo. She appears to be that of a 15 year old girl, except for a wolf tail and ears. She introduces herself as the town's goddess of harvest who has kept it blessed with good harvests of wheat for many years. Despite having the responsibility to watch over the town, she wants to go back to her homeland in the north called Yoitsu, she believes the people have already forsaken her anyway and that she has kept her promise to maintain the good harvests. She manages to bargain her way out of the village by making a deal with Lawrence to take her with him. As they travel, her wisdom helps increase his profits, but at the same time, her true nature draws unwanted attention from the church.

Nuraber of episodes: 12

Opening Theme: "Tabi no Tochū (旅の途中)" by Natsumi Kiyoura
Ending Theme: "Ringo Hiyori (リンゴ日和)" by Rocky Chack

Official website: 狼と香辛料 Official web site (Japanese)

Information:
Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Jan 8, 2008 to Mar 25, 2008
Producers: IMAGIN

Genres: Romance, Fantasy, Adventure
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

[John Kimble]

awww i remeraber watchin this anime like a year go,its such a cute anime

[Maria_2244]

Well, I also watched EP7 (the raw) and I did understand it (I hope...) Well, just like as said above, 7 is just one of the sweet relationships of both Horo and Lawrence. Well, glad I watched that EP7, I thought it was a special though...

Anyway, awaiting for news about this series whether they'll continue it or not.

[☮king☮]

Horo is awesome

[Six Samurai]

Yea, but when she was transforming, it looked like she's just being inflated XD

[DallasCowboysRock]

Spice and Wolf was excellent--definitely one of my favourites from the Winter season. The plot wasn't particularly interesting, as it wasn't fast paced or engaging for the most part (at least for me), but the relationship between Horo and Lawrence was totally worth it. I really didn't expect this anime to be great when I started it (merchants and trading didn't sound too exciting for me), but Horo totally made it worth it. The ending was quite open, which definitely leaves the possibility of a second season up in the air. I wouldn't be surprised at all if season 2 came around late this year or early next year. Does anybody know if there is still material from the manga that hasn't been covered?

[Deviant Fish]

Romance is one of the genres, so we can probably say with a fair degree of certainty that a kiss between Horo and Lawrence is coming our way. But, I don't see Lawrence and Horo sticking together. So it may be a bittersweet ending.

But who knows? This is one of those rare times where I hope I'm wrong.

[phone_tv_dsl]

No spoilers...

I'll watch it tonight. I can't wait.

Edit: woohoo!! I just found the OP/EP!!! D/ling it now.

[physicsanon]

First episode was nice, somethings different from the manga but having not read the novels both are based on I don't know which is more correct. Hopefully it'll continue along the same storyline the manga has, though the studio doing it isn't known for their shows being any good.

[lala.xo]

I think it's 13 episodes, but episode 7 can only be viewed in the DVD or something like that.