支倉凍砂の著書で、第12回電撃小説大賞銀賞を獲得した同名ライトノベルをアニメ化。ファンタジー作品ながら、剣と魔法といった定番ストーリーではなく、商売がテーマの異色作として好評を博す。行商人の青年・ロレンスと、人の姿に化けることが可能な女性の狼神・ホロが、馬車で各地を巡りさまざまな物品の取り引きを行いながら、利益を生み出そうと奔走する。旅の目的は、ホロの故郷である北の地。その旅路の過程で、2人は互いに強い信頼関係で結ばれてゆく……。見所は何といっても臨場感のある取引の場面。だが、ロレンスとホロの男女の関係からも目が離せない。2人は友人以上恋人未満……。でも互いに離れたくはないと考えていて。ぜひ会話の端々から、2人のほのかな想いを感じ取ってほしい。
Holo is a powerful wolf deity who is celebrated and revered in the small town of Pasloe for blessing the annual harvest. Yet as years go by and the villagers become more self-sufficient, Holo, who stylizes herself as the "Wise Wolf of Yoitsu," has been reduced to a mere folk tale. When a traveling merchant named Kraft Lawrence stops at Pasloe, Holo offers to become his business partner if he eventually takes her to her northern home of Yoitsu. The savvy trader recognizes Holo's unusual ability to evaluate a person's character and accepts her proposition. Now in the possession of both sharp business skills and a charismatic negotiator, Lawrence inches closer to his goal of opening his own shop. However, as Lawrence travels the countryside with Holo in search of economic opportunities, he begins to realize that his aspirations are slowly morphing into something unexpected.
Based on the popular light novel of the same name, Ookami to Koushinryou, also known as Spice and Wolf, fuses the two polar genres of economics and romance to create an enthralling story abundant with elaborate schemes, sharp humor, and witty dialogue. Ookami to Koushinryou is more than just a story of bartering; it turns into a journey of searching for a lost identity in an ever-changing world.
