
Fantasy, finances, and fickle gods!
A wise wolf has descended upon the podcast for our review of the 2008 anime series Spice and Wolf, which is currently getting a remake at the time of this recording. Bill hosts with returning special guest Will to talk about both original seasons of the show and speculate on the wheat and apple markets. Enjoy!
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Time stamps:
- 00:00:00 – Introductions
- 00:02:21 – How we found Spice and Wolf
- 00:05:17 – Staff and cast
- 00:13:22 – Series background
- 00:16:55 – Character and plot discussion
- 00:47:08 – The music
- 00:57:31 – Final thoughts
Music used in this episode:
- Tabi no Tochuu by Natsumi Kiyoura
- The Wolf Whistling Song by Ringo Biyori
- Yume no Manimani by Yuji Yoshino (Spice & Wolf OST)
- Chiisana Tameiki by Yuji Yoshino (Spice & Wolf OST)
- Hamu by Yuji Yoshino (Spice & Wolf OST)
A collection of things we brought up:
- Spice and Wolf (2008)
- Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (2024)
- Berserk episode Will appeared on
- Hunter X Hunter
- MyAnimeList
- Animazement
- Funimation
- Jun Fukuyama
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
- Persona 5
- J. Michael Tatum
- My Hero Academia
- Steins;Gate
- Chris Sabat
- Jennifer Hale
- Ami Koshimizu
- Sailor Moon Crystal
- Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story
- Brina Palencia
- One Piece
- Zombie Land Saga
- Takeo Takahashi
- Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness
- Naruhisha Arakawa
- Blue Seed
- Dragon Ball
- Yuji Yoshino
- .hack//Legend of the Twilight
- Toshihiro Kohama
- Yo-kai Watch
- Cowboy Bebop
- The Big O
- Kazuya Koroda
- Chrono Crusade
- Princess Resurrection
- Toshimitsu Kobayashi
- Lupin the Third
- Persona 3 The Movies
- Persona 4
- Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
- Isuna Hasekura
- YenPress
- Spice and Wolf audiobooks
- Spice and Wolf Nintendo DS games
- Eric Vale
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
- McKay’s Used Books and More
- Marvel
- The Apothecary Diaries
- X-Men
- Sega Genesis




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