# Spice and Wolf (2008)

> A travelling peddler and a wolf-eared harvest goddess trade their way across a medieval countryside, bargaining for profit while growing closer.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/24600

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, fantasy, romance
- Network: TOKYO MX
- Cast: Jun Fukuyama, Ami Koshimizu, Mai Nakahara, Kaori Nazuka, Daisuke Namikawa, Hochu Otsuka, Ryuji Mizuno, Mayumi Yanagisawa
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1158671/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Tone: wry, wistful, romantic, melancholic, witty

## What critics say

Audiences widely praise the sharp merchant-and-goddess banter, the economic intrigue of medieval trade, and the wistful romance between Lawrence and Holo.

## Synopsis

Spice and Wolf (2008-2009) is a Japanese anime fantasy romance series created as a seinen light novel adaptation and produced for TOKYO MX. Traveling merchant Kraft Lawrence (Jun Fukuyama) hauls goods across a rural, medieval-style Europe-inspired countryside, searching for profit, until he finds a naked girl with wolf ears and a tail asleep in his cart. She is Holo (Ami Koshimizu), a harvest goddess with an untamed beast inside who longs to return to her northern home. Their engine is simple and sharp: he wants to turn a profit and she wants to go home, and every deal, debt and village trade becomes a negotiation that tests both of them. Supporting roles, including merchant Nora Arendt (Mai Nakahara) and Kaori Nazuka's Chloe, widen the circle of business rivals and friends. The series runs two seasons of twenty-four episodes in total, and each episode is a self-contained journey that adds up to one continuing relationship. Its tone is wry, wistful and quietly romantic, with long dialogue exchanges, gentle humor and a melancholic awareness of human greed. Fans of Kino's Journey, Mushishi and Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki will find resonance in its episodic road travel and folkloric warmth.

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