Spice and Wolf | |
Spice and Wolf light novel volume 1.
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狼と香辛料 (Ōkami to Kōshinryō) |
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Genre | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance |
Light novel | |
Written by | Isuna Hasekura |
Illustrated by | Jū Ayakura |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Male |
Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
Original run | February 10, 2006 – September 10, 2016 |
Volumes | 19 |
Manga | |
Written by | Isuna Hasekura |
Illustrated by | Keito Koume |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Dengeki Maoh |
Original run | September 27, 2007 – present |
Volumes | 14 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Takeo Takahashi |
Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Yuji Yoshino |
Studio | Imagin |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Chiba TV, KBS, Sun-TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama |
English network | |
Original run | January 9, 2008 – March 26, 2008 |
Episodes | 13 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Takeo Takahashi |
Music by | Yūji Yoshino |
Studio | Imagin |
Licensed by | |
Released | May 30, 2008 |
Runtime | 24 minutes |
Game | |
Spice and Wolf: Holo's and My One Year | |
Developer | ASCII Media Works |
Publisher | ASCII Media Works |
Genre | Business, Dating sim |
Platform | Nintendo DS |
Released | June 26, 2008 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Takeo Takahashi |
Music by | Yūji Yoshino |
Studio | Brain's Base |
Licensed by | |
Released | April 30, 2009 |
Runtime | 24 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Spice and Wolf II | |
Directed by | Takeo Takahashi |
Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Yūji Yoshino |
Studio | Brain's Base |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Chiba TV, KBS, Sun-TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama |
English network | |
Original run | July 9, 2009 – September 24, 2009 |
Episodes | 12 |
Game | |
Spice and Wolf: The Wind that Spans the Sea | |
Developer | ASCII Media Works |
Publisher | ASCII Media Works |
Genre | Business, Dating sim |
Platform | Nintendo DS |
Released | September 17, 2009 |
Spice and Wolf (狼と香辛料 Ōkami to Kōshinryō?, lit. Wolf and Spice) is a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. ASCII Media Works published 17 novels between February 2006 and July 2011 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. ASCII Media Works reported that as of October 2008, over 2.2 million copies of the first nine novels have been sold in Japan. The series has been called a "unique fantasy" by Mainichi Shimbun due to the plot focusing on economics, trade, and peddling rather than the typical staples of fantasy such as swords and magic.Yen Press licensed the light novels and is releasing them in English in North America.
A manga adaptation illustrated by Keito Koume began serialization in the November 2007 issue of ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh. The manga was licensed by Yen Press, which has begun releasing the volumes in English. A 12-episode anime adaptation aired between January and March 2008, plus a single original video animation (OVA) episode released in May 2008. A second OVA was released in April 2009 as a prequel to the second anime season Spice and Wolf II, which aired 12 episodes between July and September 2009. Both anime seasons were released in English by Kadokawa Pictures USA and Funimation. Two visual novels based on the series for the Nintendo DS were released by ASCII Media Works in June 2008 and September 2009.