'Ookami to Koushinryou: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf' 2nd Season in Production

by Vindstot
Sep 23, 3:08 PM | 13 Comments

The 25th and final episode of Ookami to Koushinryou: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf) ended with an announcement on Tuesday that a second season for the anime is in production. The official website also revealed a new visual (pictured).

Produced by animation studio Passione, the new anime series adapting Isuna Hasekura's adventure fantasy light novel began airing on April 2. Crunchyroll simulcast the anime with multiple subtitles and dubs.

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 published the 24th and latest volume in January 2023.

Hasekura launched the Shinsetsu Ookami to Koushinryou: Ookami to Youhishi (Wolf & Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf) spin-off light novel in September 2016. Kadokawa released the 11th volume on September 10.

Yen Press licensed both light novels in English and published the 24th volume of the original novel in August 2023. The ninth spin-off volume will go on sale on October 1.

Official site: https://spice-and-wolf.com/
Official X: @Spicy_Wolf_Prj

Source: Moca News

Ookami to Koushinryou: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 2nd Season on MAL

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@Nachtwandler_21 Not sure, I downloaded the books some 10 years ago and don't have access to them currently to confirm. I might not be a native English speaker but I can tell that it doesn't sound natural.
When was the Yen Press one released again?

Sep 25, 6:57 AM by Aizix

Love it when the sequels are announced right away. I didn't doubt this one.

Sep 24, 2:09 PM by jorel262

@Aizix say what? Spice and Wolf translation is one of the best Yen Press made. They do have bad translations ("No Game No Life", "Rokka no Yuusha" for example) but calling this one awkward is really odd. Unless you are reading some bad fantraslation instead.

Sep 24, 11:36 AM by Nachtwandler_21

That was quick, but expected. I will be there no matter what.

Sep 24, 4:19 AM by BatoKusanagi

YES! Finally getting to see the continuation without forcing myself to read the awkwardly translated books.
Best news of the last couple years.

Sep 24, 4:02 AM by Aizix

Maybe one day i'll give this a go, even tho i have read almost the whole series ... i can't bring myself to watch this.

Sep 24, 12:04 AM by Swagernator

It being another two cour would be great. At least I hope it'll be.

Sep 23, 8:49 PM by Softhenic03

I was so sure it was going to be completed in one hit. More is good though so im happy.

Sep 23, 8:05 PM by terr-rawr-saur

@dimidrum for me it does. It hass better animation, they did not change things compared to novels. And last 6 episodes adapted LN vol. 4 which was skipped in the old anime. The cast and director are the same, which is another plus. And it is much more fitting to put the Eve storyline in the nbext season as it spawns at volumes 5, 8 and 9 (with her missing in 6 but still being story-relevant).

Sep 23, 4:33 PM by Nachtwandler_21

@dimidrum I'm a little confused that by including a previously ignored arc they were only able to cover two thirds of the old anime. But this gives me hope that we will finally see a full adaptation of one of the most famous LNs. Even after more than 10 years.

Sep 23, 4:32 PM by RobertBobert

Sooo… people who watched both original and remake, what do you think now, after the conclusion? Leaving nostalgia aside, is the remake well done?

Tbh I’ll watch the remake one way or another regardless of the answers… but I want to see what people is thinking.
Personally, at the moment I have only seen the first season of original anime. And not to mention the undoubtedly variety of strengths, the story or more specifically the narrative was sometimes pretty sloppy and messy. It felt like these were the nuances of adaptation. So I at least hope this was fixed in the new version.

Sep 23, 4:30 PM by dimidrum

Expectable, since Myuri's cameo at the start wasn't just an Easter egg, but actually foreshadowed, that we gonna have full adaptation.

Sep 23, 3:48 PM by Piromysl

Another one that I hope will air next year.

Sep 23, 3:33 PM by MegamiRem