Spice and Wolf is a nice little anime that came out last January. A year later, it's still one of my favorites. It's based on a light novel series, and though it's been licensed over here, it has yet to be released in America. The series, set in medieval Europe, is about a travelling merchant named Lawrence who is asked by giant wolf diety Horo (in the form of a 15-year-old girl) to bring her to her home in the north. It's kind of a slow series, but it has a certain charm to it. Action scenes are few and far between, and the series is carried by Horo and Lawrence's interaction. While Horo and Lawrence bicker on a fairly regular basis, they do care for each other, and they help each other out. As of now, the series is only 13 episodes long. A second season has been confirmed, but a release date has not been set yet.
Like I said, it's slow, and a lot of other viewers I know found the parts about the economics of Lawrence's endeavors as a merchant confusing and boring. But it has a nice mood to it, and I'd say it's definitely worth a watch.
- Johnson
