List of Spice and Wolf episodes

Spice and Wolf is an anime television series adapted from the light novel series of the same name by Isuna Hasekura and Jū Ayakura.^[1] The episodes are directed by Takeo Takahashi and animated and produced by Imagin.^[2] The story follows a 25-year-old man traveling merchant named Kraft Lawrence who meets Holo, a female wolf deity of wheat. Holo, bound to a nearby town by an old promise to ensure good harvest, escapes with Lawrence when the townspeople stopped believing in her. Lawrence takes her north toward her homeland, Yoitsu, and she helps him with his business transactions in return.

The first season of the anime aired between January 9 and March 26, 2008, on the Chiba TV Japanese television network,^[3] and was later released on six DVD compilation volumes, each containing two episodes, though the first compilation contains three episodes.^[4] The volumes were released between April 2 and August 29, 2008, by Pony Canyon.^[5][6] The third volume, released on May 30, 2008, contains episode six of the television broadcast in addition to the unaired episode seven, which is included as an original video animation (OVA).^[4][7] A Blu-ray box set of the series was released on January 30, 2009, in Japan by Pony Canyon.^[8] The anime is licensed for release in English by Kadokawa Pictures USA and Funimation,^[9][10] and a complete 13-episode Region 1 DVD box set was released on December 22, 2009, in North America.^[11]

A second season, titled Spice and Wolf II, aired 12 episodes between July 9 and September 24, 2009. These episodes were released on four Blu-ray and DVD compilation volumes, each of which contains three episodes,^[12][13] between October 7, 2009, and January 6, 2010.^[14][15] Most of the staff from the first season returned, though Toshimitsu Kobayashi replaced Kazuya Kuroda as the character designer and chief animation director and Brain's Base managed the animation instead of Imagin.^[16] The script for both seasons was written by Naruhisa Arakawa,^[2][16] and the voice actors from the first season retained their roles.^[17] Another OVA, animated by Brain's Base, was released bundled with a picture book, written and illustrated by the light novel creators, entitled Spice and Wolf: Wolf and Gold Wheat (「狼と香辛料」狼と金の麦穂, Ōkami to Kōshinryō Ōkami to Kin no Mugiho). The bundle was released by ASCII Media Works on April 30, 2009, under their Dengeki Bunko Visual Novel imprint.^[18] Funimation licensed Spice and Wolf II and released the series in English on August 2, 2011.^[19]

In an interview with Darren Kwok in August 2015, original author Isuna Hasekura laid to rest speculation regarding the release of a potential third season for the anime series.^[20]

For the first season, the opening theme song is "Tabi no Tochū" (旅の途中) performed by Natsumi Kiyoura, while the ending theme song is "Ringo Biyori (The Wolf Whistling Song)" (リンゴ日和 〜The Wolf Whistling Song) performed by Rocky Chack.^[2] For the second season, the opening theme song is "Mitsu no Yoake" (蜜の夜明け) performed by Akino Arai, while the ending theme song is "Perfect World" performed by Rocky Chack.^[21] The background music soundtrack for both seasons is written by Yuji Yoshino.^[2][16]