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Light Novel 'Ookami to Koushinryou' Gets New Anime Project

by Vindstot
Feb 25, 2022 12:36 AM | 106 Comments
A new anime project for Isuna Hasekura's Ookami to Koushinryou (Spice & Wolf) light novel was announced by publishing imprint Dengeki Bunko on Friday. The official Twitter account celebrating the series' 15th anniversary also revealed a teaser visual (pictured).

Hasekura originally submitted the novel at the Dengeki Novel Prize in 2005 and won the Silver Prize. Media Works (later ASCII Media Works, now Kadokawa) began publishing the series through its Dengeki Bunko label in February 2006, featuring illustrations by Juu Ayakura. Kadokawa shipped the 23rd volume last September. Ookami to Koushinryou has a cumulative 5 million copies of its volumes in print.

Hasekura launched the spin-off light novel Shinsetsu Ookami to Koushinryou: Ookami to Youhishi (Wolf & Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf) in September 2016. The sixth volume shipped last March.

The first television anime by animation studio Imagin premiered in 13 episodes in Winter 2008, followed by an original video anime the following April. Brain's Base and Marvy Jack produced a second anime season in Summer 2009.

Synopsis
A young traveling merchant, Kraft Lawrence has become accustomed to days of roaming and trading, with few companions. Or so it was until one peculiar day where the trader finds a young, naked, wolf-like girl asleep in his wagon.

The beautiful girl, calling herself Holo, claims to be a local wolf deity worshipped by locals as the God of Good Harvest. Year after year, she ensured they would reap a good harvest, but she has since grown tired of fulfilling the wishes of the ungrateful locals.

Holo ends up striking a deal with Kraft: if he helps her escape the villagers, she will gladly help him in his merchant endeavors. Together, they roam from town to town in search of business, and Kraft realizes both the ups and downs of traveling with a haughty and shrewd wolf goddess. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Announcement


Official site: https://hasekuraisuna.jp/
Official Twitter: @Spicy_Wolf_Prj

Source: Anime Voice

Ookami to Koushinryou (Shinsaku Anime) on MAL

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More of Holo and Lawrence's adventures, what a welcome surprise, sure hope it's a sequel!

Apr 8, 2022 3:53 PM by MKSTEEL

after this long??? REALLY???? I'm speechless

Mar 1, 2022 4:50 PM by Solomon-san

Squiyn said:
Nisekoi s3 anyone?


Don't give up! Seeing Spice and Wolf getting a new Anime renewed my hope that Nisekoi can get one too!

Mar 1, 2022 11:21 AM by macXros

A new spice and wolf anime after so long.

Mar 1, 2022 12:53 AM by MegamiRem

I love this anime so much, it's been so many years... we finally get a new adaptation/season fuck yeah!

Feb 28, 2022 9:17 PM by dragoncapsule505

This is literally the best news I have ever heard in all of ever in my life ever

Feb 28, 2022 5:46 PM by AT_Anime

This is the best news I have ever heard in my life

Feb 28, 2022 1:25 PM by The_Ruby_Sniper

Oh, thank goodness we're finally getting something new for this wonderful series. I'm not too concerned if it's a reboot or a continuation. Seeing Holo and Lawrence back on the small screen is absolutely exciting!

Feb 27, 2022 1:20 PM by DeltaEightyEight

MY ONLY AND FOREVER ONE WAIFU IS RETURNING TO ME. #THISISTHEBESTDAYOFMYLIFE

Feb 26, 2022 9:48 PM by Haru-Ayumi

Please be a third season and not some ova or some weird vr project

Feb 26, 2022 6:47 PM by Atlos

More Holo is always good news

Feb 26, 2022 8:40 AM by GoodieGuy

I hope this anime goes well.

Feb 26, 2022 7:39 AM by Mantron

Nisekoi s3 anyone?

Feb 26, 2022 1:37 AM by Squiyn

now as to the original subject... kick ass yeahhhhsssssshhh! halleluja and passs the wheaties!

i've looked around, i can't find a streaming interweb version(s) of the VR pieces... so. i've just watched my Funimation disks of Law and Hols over. and over. and over. and over. annnd...

ok. quick fact. the Holo calisthenics ... nauuughty! :> ahem ahem. i'm by no means a furry. but. :> THAT definitely rises this shield hero. :>

now as to the commentaries about S2? nani TF? are you talkin bout willis? that was some excellent work. yeahhh, i admit freely it was diff than S1. but it was plenty good enough. the ending ughhh... still irks me to this day.

now. if we get a Fruits Basket full-court press of episodes from page 1 book 1 till whenever the author/artist decided to finish everything off? yep. i'll put that one on my Xmas list if i gotta scour my city for scrap-metal to pay for it. get the Funi crew back on it for the Edub. that was some epic work. :D

if they go for a pure and simple S3 till etc. sequel. aight, i'll have that idea on my Xmas list too.

as to studio? ack. that would be a pickle. who's good but not crazy busy all the time? not Clover Works. those guys do NOT know how to schedule their work, 3 shows this season and 24 thingy's already had to delay 1 episode a week so far.

ooh. ooh. this idea will make some folks cringe and some folks go, 'ooh, now that's a peculiar idea.' SHAFT. BUT! get the Monogatari team back together. the whole shebang. if they've gone elsewhere, heck kidnap them or something. except for one part of the team, those backgrounds and lack of anything other than the characters talking on screen.

art? oh lord. do NOT do the LN art-style. i love it, it's crazy pretty! but. the OP/EP using that art in S1, 2. nope. holy hell nopey with a stick of dynamite up its butt NOPE! somebody i know online slipped me some scans of the LN artist's art book for S&W. gorgeous ART work. i do NOT think it'll work for an anime.

well, that's my five bucks worth on Spice n Wolf :D

Feb 26, 2022 12:41 AM by KiliianSleipnir

Yui_Suzumiya69 said:
This is great news. Now maybe we can get sequels to Chivalry of a Failed Knight, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, No Game No Life, Eromanga Sensei, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, Watamote, Domestic Girlfriend, High School of the Dead and A Sister's All You Need.


chivalry, yes i'd like that. got that one on disk! :D i really liked the ending but i just knew it was gonna be a 1 season, 12 eps, pump and dump show to boost source sales. the writing of the final half just screamed 'we know we're getting to a story arc break and we're ending the show exactly on it.'

haruhi, yes i'd like that too.

NGNL... meh... yeah. i'm never holding my breath for that one. it was good. the 'prequel movie' was good. otherwise... shakes head. meh. i do kinda sorta even regret buying those two on disk. i'll probably sell em on Amazon someday.

eromanga, yes i'd like that. funny funny funnnnnny! :D

SN battles? ahh. no. it was good. but not good enough. if they did a bottom-up remake from scratch i'd check it out.

wata? shrug? huh? never heard of it. looked it up, doubt that would ever be up my alley.

DomesGF? no. never. nope. watched the first bit. it was ok. listened and read folks talking about 'the rest of the manga'... annnd nope. from what i know, it turns into a flaming giant dumpster-fire of a manga.

HSOTD? yup. sure. i wouldn't be 100% behind that one, but sure. give it a shot.

sister's all you need? yup! i'd like that one alot. it was funny as hell. :D

you missed one. one i thought should never have stopped at just a 1st season. Knights and Magic. damn gorgeous CGA blending and usage. fun story. OP MC that wasn't crazy op right off the bat... guy grows into it... plus he's a brainiac who gets a new set of tools in his new world to use with his brains. not just thews and slews and slippin in girly parts ooze because his plot armor is so stronk.

Feb 26, 2022 12:23 AM by KiliianSleipnir

KainiusTheGreat said:
TweedleDane said:
I am just ....... Speechless. Just speechless . There is no way anyone in this whole wide world expected this . No way .

This has been quite a wild week ..... COTE , Rushia , and now this . Come to think about it , it has been quite a wild start to this year ...


Funny thing is there was an announcement about this a few months back. It was vague but certainly referring to this announcement....also, in that same announcement was mention of something for Toradora!! I am completely beside myself about this new Spice and Wolf, as it's my favorite series, and Toradora is in my top 10 as well, so if the upcoming announcement is Toradora Season 2 I may legit die of excitement.

Also, RIP Rushia, I will miss her forever BUT her VA already created a new Youtube channel so while Rushia is gone, the person is still going to be here with us! She created the channel in the past 2-4 days.


ahh, Toradora already came to us with 2 seasons. i've got the DVD/BR Part1 and Part2 disks sets right here from NIS America on my shelf next to me. set 1 has 13 eps, set 2 has 12eps and 1 OVA... plus all the extras/specials etc. on each set. so you're thinking of a Season 3 sequel. :)

Feb 26, 2022 12:05 AM by KiliianSleipnir

I've seen such announcement a few days back, I passed it out as just mere rumours/hoax.
Is this for freaking real!? I don't care if we got a reboot or a sequel, as long as they'll commit to adapt it to the end this time.

KainiusTheGreat said:
TweedleDane said:
I am just ....... Speechless. Just speechless . There is no way anyone in this whole wide world expected this . No way .

This has been quite a wild week ..... COTE , Rushia , and now this . Come to think about it , it has been quite a wild start to this year ...

....also, in that same announcement was mention of something for Toradora!

Is the Toradora LN even still has mats beyond what the anime has adapted!? If so, that'll also be great news!

Feb 25, 2022 9:51 PM by uncleqrow

TweedleDane said:
I am just ....... Speechless. Just speechless . There is no way anyone in this whole wide world expected this . No way .

This has been quite a wild week ..... COTE , Rushia , and now this . Come to think about it , it has been quite a wild start to this year ...


Funny thing is there was an announcement about this a few months back. It was vague but certainly referring to this announcement....also, in that same announcement was mention of something for Toradora!! I am completely beside myself about this new Spice and Wolf, as it's my favorite series, and Toradora is in my top 10 as well, so if the upcoming announcement is Toradora Season 2 I may legit die of excitement.

Also, RIP Rushia, I will miss her forever BUT her VA already created a new Youtube channel so while Rushia is gone, the person is still going to be here with us! She created the channel in the past 2-4 days.

Feb 25, 2022 9:26 PM by YuniVT

This is great news. Now maybe we can get sequels to Chivalry of a Failed Knight, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, No Game No Life, Eromanga Sensei, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, Watamote, Domestic Girlfriend, High School of the Dead and A Sister's All You Need.

Feb 25, 2022 8:23 PM by Yui_Suzumiya69

Ronninn said:
Is this the price of WW3?

With all these announcements, anything is possible.


This announcement alone can stop WW3, someone needs to show this to Vladdy

Feb 25, 2022 8:04 PM by Shuhan

It’s time to ditch the text file.
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