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].
Synopsis
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.
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.
