Spice and Wolf: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Holo is a powerful wolf deity who is celebrated and revered in the small town of Pasloe for blessing the annual harvest. Yet as years go by and the villagers become more self-sufficient, Holo, who stylizes herself as the "Wise Wolf of Yoitsu", has been reduced to a mere folk tale. When a traveling merchant named Kraft Lawrence stops at Pasloe, Holo offers to become his business partner if he eventually takes her to her northern home of Yoitsu. The savvy trader recognizes Holo's unusual ability to evaluate a person's character and accepts her proposition. Now in the possession of both sharp business skills and a charismatic negotiator, Lawrence inches 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.

Series details

• Title: Spice and Wolf
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2008-01-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-09-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6608
• IMDb ID: tt1158671
• TVDB ID: 81178

Cast and credited roles

• Ami Koshimizu — Holo
• Jun Fukuyama — Kraft Lawrence
• Kaori Nazuka — Chloe
• Mai Nakahara — Norah Arendt
• Saeko Chiba — Fermi Amati
• Akeno Watanabe — Dian "Diana" Rubens
• Rikiya Koyama — Mark Cole
• Romi Park — Eve Boland

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-01-08; final listed air date 2008-05-30; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2009-04-30; final listed air date 2009-09-24; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

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