Spice and Wolf Complete6 min read
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpice and Wolf Complete is a guide book that delivers illustrations from the anime, manga, and light novels along with story information.
Spice and Wolf Complete is B5-size and 176 pages. Most of the book is in color with the last 15 pages in black and white. The cover illustration is by Ayakura Juu and that’s the only new illustration. After the short character introductions is a story digest including summaries of each light novel with a mix of small illustrations. Coverage of the the first nine volumes takes up the first 36 pages.
World talks about the towns that Horo and Lawrence visit. There’s a map and background art, but most of the illustrations are very small. This section runs from pages 48 through 68 and ends with a recipe for the honey and fruit mix that Horo enjoys in the show.
The next section focuses on the art work from the anime, video game, and Koume Keito‘s illustrated manga version of Spice and Wolf. The first part includes character designs by Kazuya Kuroda from the first season, followed by summaries of all 13 episodes.
The anime illustration gallery is the largest gallery, with 17 pages. It includes several spreads featured in Newtype, Animage, as well as posters from Megami and Comptiq H’s Magazine.
The Spice and Wolf DS video game features with a few pages of screen shots, character design, and publicity illustrations. The promotional works are all very small, too. The Comic section features the manga version by Koume Keito and is eight pages long. There are four pages summarizing the merchandise for the series including figures, keychains, towels, bags, and T-shirts.
The last part includes Ayakura‘s concept art for Spice and Wolf. We also get to see sketches of the light novel illustrations. There’s an interview with the artist, followed by guest illustrations from Koume Keito and Takeo Takahashi. The book ends with a new story for the light novel.
Title: Spice and Wolf Complete タイトル: 狼と香辛料ノ全テ Author: Dengeki Bunko Editing Dept. Publication Date: 12/10/2008 Size: 176p NDL: https://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/000009919583
