Following the airing of its final episode today, it
was announced that the anime “ Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the
Wise Wolf ” will be getting a second season .
The press release did not indicate a scheduled premiere date, but it is implied
that the same production team at Passione Studios is being retained.
It should be noted that this is a new
adaptation (remake) of the light novels written by Isuna
Hasekura and illustrated by Juu Ayakura , “ Spice
and Wolf ( Ookami to Koushinryou )”, adapting the
original content more faithfully.
Isuna Hasekura and Juu
Ayakura began publishing the light novels in February 2006 through Kadokawa 's Dengeki
Bunko imprint . The work inspired a manga adaptation by Keito
Koume that ran from September 2007 to December 2017.
The franchise also inspired a twelve-episode anime
adaptation produced by Imagin Studios , directed by Takeo
Takahashi and written by Naruhisa Arakawa , which
premiered in January 2008. A second season of twelve episodes was produced
by Brain's Base and Marvy Jack studios , and
premiered in July 2009.
Synopsis
of Spice and Wolf
Holo is a powerful wolf deity who is celebrated and
revered in the small town of Pasloe for blessing the annual harvest. However,
as the years pass and the villagers become more self-sufficient, Holo, who
styles herself as the “Wise Wolf of Yoitsu,” has been reduced to a mere folk
tale. When a traveling merchant named Kraft Lawrence stops by Pasloe, Holo
offers to become his business partner if he will eventually take her to his
northern home of Yoitsu.
The clever merchant recognizes Holo's unusual ability
to assess a person's character and accepts her proposal. Now possessing both
keen business skills and a charismatic negotiator, Lawrence inches ever closer
to his goal of opening his own shop. However, as Lawrence travels the
countryside with Holo in search of economic opportunities, he begins to realize
that his aspirations are slowly morphing into something unexpected.
Source: Comic Natalie
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