The new Spice and Wolf anime unveiled a non-credit version of the opening featuring Hana Hope’s “Tabi no Yukue (The Journey’s Destination)” theme song. Studio Passione is animating the upcoming adaptation.
Ami Koshimizu and Jun Fukuyama are returning as Holo and Lawrence for Spice and Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf. Takeo Takahashi, who directed the original series is the chief director for the remake. Hijiri Sanpei is directing, with Koji Haneda on character designs and Kazuhiro Inoue as the art director. Kevin Penkin is composing the music. The anime will run for two consecutive cours.
Crunchyroll will be streaming the upcoming Spice and Wolf reboot, describing the plot as:
Lawrence is a traveling merchant selling various goods from a horse-drawn cart. One day, he arrives at a village and meets a beautiful girl with the ears and tail of an animal! Her name is Holo the Wisewolf and she brings bountiful harvests. She wishes to return to her homeland, and Lawrence offers to take her. Now, the once-lonely merchant and the once-lonely wisewolf begin their journey north.
Spice and Wolf is based on a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura and illustrated by Jyuu Ayakura. ASCII Media Works published it from 2006 to 2019. The light novel had a total of 22 volumes. A manga adaptation by Keito Koume ran from September 2007 to December 2017. A sequel novel titled Wolf and Parchment written by Hasekura and illustrated by Hidori is currently ongoing. Yen Press licensed both the original series and the sequel.
This is the second anime adaptation of the series – the first aired more than a decade ago and had two season.
Source: Official Website
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