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Information:
Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 8, 2008 to May 30, 2008
Producers: IMAGIN
Genres: Adventure,Fantasy,Romance
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A medevial setting, a wolf god,and a merchant.Such a setting is probably indicative of 100% shonen anime(Claymore came to my mind when I first glanced upon the series),but that isn't so.Away from all the fighting with which we associate most shonen anime with,Spice and Wolf concentrates on how business was done in the middle ages.The anime is based on a light novel series series written by Isuna Hasekura.The main characters of the series is the Wolf god Horo and the traveling merchant Lawrence.Lawrence meets Horo while he was passing by a village.Their meeting being set up under the most unusual of circumstances.Horo explains her wish to journey to her motherland in the north after the villagers who earlier worshiped her did not do so anymore.Lawrence is moved by Horo's story and allows her to travel with her so that she can finally travel to the north.The story takes shape from her on.Horo's wit and wisdom is seen throughout the series,and to a certain extent the church's influence and interference in the lives of the common man.The story also focuses on the relationship between the two,though turbulent and cold at first gets milder towards the later episodes of the season.
Spice and Wolf is a wonderful anime to watch.It's a total deviation from the regular anime stuff with which we are quite well versed with.It's a bit hard to even put it in a proper genre.But nevertheless Spice and Wolf is an excellent must anime to watch !!
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