I’ll come and out and say it. My knowledge of anime pre-2010 is pretty awful. Despite my age, I only started watching anime in 2014 so while I’m pretty good on seasonal stuff since then along with big hits, my general knowledge is pretty poor. My lack of knowledge isn’t helped by the fact that I tend to dismiss a lot of shows as ‘probably not my thing’ because let’s face it, there’s a lot out there to see.
Spice and Wolf is one such pre-2010 anime (Winter 2008) that, despite countless great reviews, I had decided to push to the bottom of my plan to watch list because of the curious focus upon economics. What’s more I’d been led to believe that once I’d finished watching Spice and Wolf, I’d be perpetually disappointed as I came to terms with never being able to find out how the story ends.
While I can’t yet comment on this second point as I haven’t seen the second season, I will soon join the hordes of people in debunking the ‘economics is boring’ excuse for not watching the show.
It’s been a long time since I did a first impressions article. That’s mainly because I haven’t watched any back catalogue anime in such a long time. Last month, you might remember that I asked you all to help me choose what to watch next and the winner of that vote was the Economics/Romance classic Spice and Wolf. As I’m sure many people would have probably felt before watching the show, I had no idea what to expect from this strangest of genre combinations; this article will tell you all what I made of things three episodes in (sorry for the poor image quality by the way – still waiting for my Blu-Ray copy to arrive from the States).
Lawrence has so far spent most of his time being frustrated with Holo.
Before I start I guess it’s fair to share the two preconceptions I had about Spice and Wolf before I started watching: firstly, most of the show is about economics and secondly, Holo ranks pretty highly on anime fans best girl lists.
The Tiny World of an Anime Amateur 