List of Spice and Wolf episodes

The "Spice and Wolf" animated television series is based on the light novel series "Spice and Wolf" written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. The episodes are directed by Takeo Takahashi, written by Naruhisa Arakawa, and character designs are provided by Kazuya Kuroda; the animation studio Imagin headed production. [citeweb|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8537|title=Spice and Wolf (TV)|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2008-01-09] The story follows a twenty-five-year-old hawker named Craft Lawrence who meets a wolf-deity named Holo one night. He helps her escape a town she was bound to by an old promise and in return she helps him with his business transactions as they head north toward Holo's homeland of Yoitsu.

The anime aired between January 9 2008 and March 26 2008 on the Chiba TV Japanese television network, and contained twelve episodes broadcast on TV. [citeweb|url=http://www.spicy-wolf.com/anime/story.html|title="Spice and Wolf" official episode listing|publisher=MediaWorks|accessdate=2008-01-09|language=Japanese] The episodes will be released in six DVD compilation volumes; volume one will contain three episodes while the subsequent volumes will contain two episodes each.citeweb|url=http://www.spicy-wolf.com/DVD/dvd.html|title=DVD section at Spice and Wolf's official website|publisher=MediaWorks|accessdate=2008-01-09|language=Japanese] The volumes are being released between April 2 2008 and August 29 2008 by Pony Canyon; volume three was released on May 30 2008 and contain episode six of the television broadcast in addition to the unaired episode seven which is included as an original video animation episode. Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is Nihongo|"Tabi no Tochū"|旅の途中 by Natsumi Kiyoura, and the ending theme is Nihongo|"Ringo Hiyori: The Wolf Whistling Song"|リンゴ日和 ～The Wolf Whistling Song by Rocky Chack.

A second season of the anime has been confirmed for production and will be titled "Spice and Wolf II". Most of the staff from the first season will return, except for Toshimitsu Kobayashi replacing Kazuya Kuroda as the character designer and chief animation director, and "Spice and Wolf II" will be animated by Brain's Base instead of Imagin. The voice actors from the first season will retain their roles.citeweb|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-10-05/wolf-and-spice-2nd-tv-anime-season-confirmed|title=Spice and Wolf's 2nd TV Anime Season Confirmed|publisher=Anime News Network|date=2008-10-05|accessdate= 2008-10-05]

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* [http://www.spicy-wolf.com/ Anime official website] jp icon