“Spice & Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf” receives its 2nd promotional video

The official website for the new anime Spice & Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (Ōkami to Kōshinryō: merchant meets the wise wolf), based on the light novel series Spice & Wolf by author Isuna Hasekura , released its second promotional video this Wednesday. -Friday (31).

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The anime will premiere in April on TV Tokyo and other broadcasters. The anime will be a completely new series, which tells the story of Kraft Lawrence and his encounter with the wolf Holo .

Technical team

• Chief Director: Takeo Takahashi
• Anime Director: Hijiri Sanpei (Spice and Wolf II episode director)
• Music Composer: Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss, Tower of God, The Rising of The Shield Hero)
• Animation Studio: Passione
• Production Company: ENISHIYA

Synopsis

The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is all too familiar. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, wagon, and whatever goods came his way, the salesman settled into his routine - until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess sleeping in his wagon. Taking the form of an attractive girl with wolf ears and tail, Holo has grown tired of tending the crops in the field and makes a deal with the merchant to lend her the cunning of “Holo the Wise Wolf” to increase her profits in return. to take it on your travels. What kind of businessman could refuse such an offer? Lawrence soon discovers, however, that having an ancient goddess as a traveling companion can be a bit of a mixed blessing. Will this wolf girl prove to be too wild to tame?

Hasekura then released the Spice and Wolf light novels with illustrations by Jū Ayakura in 2006. The novels took a break after the 17th volume in 2011 and returned with the 18th volume in 2016. Therefore, the 24th and most recent volume was released on the day January 7th.