The adventures of Holo and Lawrence continue into the summer! The second cour of Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF joins the summer 2024 anime season, and a new set of episodes means a new opening theme!Check out the creditless opening video for the new run of episodes, featuring new theme song “Sign” by Aimer:
Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF has Takeo Takahashi as chief director and Hijiri Sanpei (Maoyu assistant director) as director at studio Passione. Ami Koshimizu and Jun Fukuyama reprise their roles as Holo and Lawrence, respectively, from the original 2008 anime.Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs in Japan, describing the story as such:
Lawrence is a traveling merchant selling various goods from a horse-drawn cart. One day, he arrives at a village and meets a beautiful girl with the ears and tail of an animal! Her name is Holo the Wisewolf and she brings bountiful harvests. She wishes to return to her homeland, and Lawrence offers to take her. Now, the once-lonely merchant and the once-lonely wisewolf begin their journey north.
Source: TOHO Animation Channel on YouTube
