Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (狼と香辛料: merchant meets the wise wolf) is a 2024 reboot anime adaption of the light novel of the same name by Isuna Hasekura.
The anime series was animated by Passione, directed by Hijiri Sanpei, chief directed by Takeo Takahashi, composed by Kevin Penkin, and it premiered in Japan on April 1, 2024. Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming services on April 15, 2024[1].
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Holo | Ami Koshimizu | Brina Palencia |
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Kraft Lawrence | Jun Fukuyama | J. Michael Tatum |
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Norah Arendt | Mai Nakahara | Leah Clark |
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Fermi Amati | Saeko Chiba | Ryan Reynolds |
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Dian Rubens | Akeno Watanabe | Colleen Clinkenbeard |
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Elsa Schtingheim | Lynn | Madeleine Morris |
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Gyoam Evan | Atsushi Abe | Jordan Dash Cruz |
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Yarei | Tomokazu Sugita | Austin Tindle |
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Richten Marlheit | Hōchū Ōtsuka | Christopher R. Sabat |
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Hans Lemerio | Hozumi Gōda | Kent Williams |
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Jacob Tarantino | Shinpachi Tsuji | Charles Campbell |
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Zheren | Daisuke Namikawa | John Burgmeier |
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Myuri | Aimi Tanaka | Emi Lo |
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Assessor (Appraiser) | Tōru Nara | Sean Hennigan |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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Knight | Hidenori Takahashi | ¿? | 1 |
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Village Chief | Katsuji Mori | Doug Jackson | |
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Villagers | Tomofumi Ikezoe | ¿? | |
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Taira Kikumoto | ¿? | ||
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Haruna Terada | ¿? | ||
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Kōzō Dōzaka | ¿? | ||
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Yūga Satō | ¿? | ||
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Hayato Kimura | ¿? | ||
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Wataru Isami | ¿? | ||
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Lord (Traveler Husband) | Ryōta Takeuchi | Van Barr Jr. | 2 |
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Lord's Wife | Haruna Terada | ¿? | |
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Male Servant | Rin Satō | ¿? | |
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Unloader | Hiroshi Nakamura | ¿? | 3 |
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Weiz | Eiji Hanawa | Eric Vale | |
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Guide | Masayuki Satō | Corey Wilder | 3, 6 |
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Assassins | Naoyuki Shimozuru | ¿? | 4, 6 |
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Shōhei Yamaguchi | ¿? | ||
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Kōsuke Okamoto | ¿? | ||
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Fumitake Ishiguro | ¿? | ||
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Shunsuke Kanie | ¿? | ||
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Hideyoshi Nozawa | ¿? | ||
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Cargo Loader | Tetsu Inada | Ricco Fajardo | 4 |
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Subordinates | Manabu Sakamaki | ¿? | 5 |
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Taira Kikumoto | ¿? | ||
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Wataru Isami | ¿? | ||
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Coachmens (Driver) | Akio Katō Hiroshi Shirokuma |
Greg Dulcie | |
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Townspeoples | Tomofumi Ikezoe | ¿? | |
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Shinichirō Kitamura | ¿? | ||
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Shōhei Yamaguchi | ¿? | ||
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Yōko Ōjimo | ¿? | ||
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Haruna Terada | ¿? | ||
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Stooge | ¿? | Aaron Michael | |
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Executives | Tomofumi Ikezoe | ¿? | 6 |
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Wataru Isami | ¿? | ||
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Merchants | Kanehira Yamamoto | ¿? | 7 |
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Hiroshi Nakamura | ¿? | ||
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Daisuke Kageura | ¿? | ||
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Shopkeeper | Tomohisa Asō | Mark Stoddard | |
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Traveling Priest | Atsushi Imaruoka | Marcus D. Stimac | |
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Inspectors | Tomofumi Ikezoe | ¿? | 8 |
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Hayato Kimura | ¿? | ||
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Stall Owner | Kōzō Dōzaka | ¿? | |
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Messenger | ¿? | Seth Magill | |
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Servant | Akira Koga | Justin Briner | 8-9 |
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Merchants | Tadashi Miyazawa | TBA | 9 |
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Wataru Isami | TBA | ||
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Yūsuke Kei | TBA | ||
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Tomofumi Ikezoe | TBA | ||
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Hiroshi Nakamura | TBA | ||
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Youths | Ryō Akiyama | TBA | |
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Seiji Maeda | TBA | ||
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Owner | Tomekichi Himuka | TBA | |
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Priest | Naoya Uchida | Jim Johnson | |
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Lawrence's Master | Tomekichi Himuka | David Wald | |
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Innkeeper | Ryūta Anzai | TBA | 10 |
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Merchant | Kōzō Dōzaka | TBA | |
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Servant | Taira Kikumoto | TBA | 10-11 |
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Martin Liebert | Kenyū Horiuchi | Chuck Huber | 11-12 |
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Merchants | ¿? | Jonah Scott | 11 |
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¿? | Nick Huber | ||
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¿? | Jim Foronda | ||
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Assassins | Shōhei Yamaguchi | ¿? | |
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Shinobu Matsumoto | ¿? | ||
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Tomofumi Ikezoe | ¿? | ||
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Assassins | Shōhei Yamaguchi | ¿? | 12 |
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Shinobu Matsumoto | ¿? | ||
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Tomofumi Ikezoe | ¿? | ||
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Shōtarō Ōtani | ¿? | ||
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Shūhei Habu | ¿? | ||
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Kōtarō Nozawa | ¿? | ||
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Shinichirō Kitamura | ¿? | ||
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Marc Cole | Rikiya Koyama | ¿? | 14-19 |
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Eu Lunt | Kahoru Sasajima | ¿? | |
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Owner | Akimitsu Takase | ¿? | 14 |
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Preacher | Gō Fujii | ¿? | |
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Townspeoples | Masayuki Satō | ¿? | |
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Rin Satō | ¿? | ||
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Misaki Tsuji | ¿? | ||
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Shōhei Yamaguchi | ¿? | ||
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Wataru Isami | ¿? | ||
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Preacher | Atsushi Imaruoka | ¿? | 14-15 |
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Gi Batos | Susumu Akagi | ¿? | 15-16, 18-19 |
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Director | Tomofumi Ikezoe | ¿? | 15-16 |
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Adele Cole | Mayumi Yanagisawa | ¿? | 15 |
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Innkeeper | Akimitsu Takase | ¿? | 16-17 |
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Kumerson Residents | Shinichirō Kitamura Yōko Ōjimo Mayumi Fukuda Haruna Terada |
¿? | 16 |
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Merchants | Hideyoshi Nozawa Wataru Isami Taira Kikumoto |
¿? | |
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Servant | Takeshi Nishimura | ¿? | |
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Customers | Tetsuya Higarashi Chiharu |
¿? | 17 |
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Merchants | Tomofumi Ikezoe Taira Kikumoto Wataru Isami Hideyoshi Nozawa Takeshi Nishimura |
¿? | |
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Boy | Miki Yakata | ¿? | 18 |
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Merchants | Tomofumi Ikezoe Wataru Isami Hideyoshi Nozawa Takeshi Nishimura |
¿? | |
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Dian's Servant | Haruna Terada | ¿? | 19 |
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Merchants | Wataru Isami Shinichirō Kitamura Shōhei Yamaguchi Kazuya Hatakeyama Shunsuke Kanie |
¿? | |
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Owner | Tomofumi Ikezoe | ¿? | |
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Shopkeeper | Masayuki Ōshita | ¿? | |
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Villagers | Jōichirō Ōtsuki Tomofumi Ikezoe Wataru Isami Shō Okumura Tatsuhiro Kikuchi Yōko Ōjimo Minami Ozawa Akiko Seri Tomoko Nakada |
¿? | 20 |
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Sem | Yōsuke Akimoto | ¿? | 20, 22-23, 25 |
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Kemp | Mie Sonozaki | ¿? | 20, 25 |
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Lindet | Chō | ¿? | |
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Priest | Takeshi Hirabayashi | ¿? | |
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Villagers | Tomofumi Ikezoe Hironori Shiojiri Shōhei Yamaguchi Ryūnosuke Watanuki Wataru Isami Tatsuhiro Kikuchi Takumu Miyazono |
¿? | 21 |
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Innkeeper | Haruna Himeno | ¿? | |
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Baker | Shinobu Matsumoto | ¿? | 21, 23, 25 |
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Iima Ranel | Toa Yukinari | ¿? | |
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Villagers | Wataru Isami Tatsuhiro Kikuchi Takumu Miyazono |
¿? | 22 |
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Franz Schtingheim | Naomi Kusumi | ¿? | |
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Villagers | Wataru Isami Tatsuhiro Kikuchi Takumu Miyazono Kyōsuke Mano Shinichirō Kitamura Shōhei Yamaguchi |
¿? | 23 |
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Bishop Mendez | Kazuhiro Yamaji | Brian Mathis | 25 |
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Villagers | Wataru Isami Tatsuhiro Kikuchi Takumu Miyazono Aoba Narishima Kurumi Sakamoto Amane Hasegawa Tomoko Nakada Yōko Ōjimo Haruna Terada |
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Soldiers | Shinichirō Kitamura Hideyoshi Nozawa |
¿? | |
Additional Voices[]
Multimedia[]
Cast Reveal[]
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Notes[]
- This is Brina Palencia's first non-reprisal role in two years since Takt op.Destiny.
- Due to being in the same recording studio, Brina Palencia and J. Michael Tatum reprised their roles as Holo and Kraft Lawrence.
- So far Brina Palencia, J. Michael Tatum, Leah Clark, John Burgmeier, Eric Vale, and Christopher R. Sabat, Charles Campbell, Kent Williams and Chuck Huber are the only voice actors form the original series to have returned.
- Doug Jackson replaced Mike McFarland as Pasloe Chief due to unknown reasons.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Content | Classification | Country | |
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April 15, 2024 | Anime | Digital | 24 Eps. | TV-14 | United States | 
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See Also[]
References[]
External Links[]
- Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf at the Internet Movie Database.
- Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf on Behind The Voice Actors.