so what other adaptations would you like to see me cover? also you can get the shirt at sharkrobot.

Your shirt fills me with an untold sadness.

Holo seems noticeably, "older looking" in design in the anime. I'm guessing that's because she's practically naked in most shots, and the anime didn't want to have a young looking loli running around nude.

Spice and Wolf totally deserves another season. I want a season 3 so bad. It's not fair how a lot of shows that are poo get episode after episode and season after season, but good shows like Spice and Wolf and Deadman Wonderland can't even tell all of their story in anime form. (-.-)

First time I came across the series was by seeing a young-looking, 30-or-something man reading the light novel in the original language on a plane to Sweden and I managed to get a peek of the cover, which then piqued my interest and got me to look up the anime later on as well. Where ever you are, thank you for letting me into the world of Spice & Wolf through passive osmosis, friendly airplane man of culture.

Finally more S&W coverage, shame adaptation of vol 7 never... That shirt's as savage as ever

"The manga has Holo with nipples so that's the Ultimate Version!" Lol. Nice.

To me, Lawrence being terrified made more sense than him just going "Oh, a giant wolf is wanting to travel with me, okay" due to the fact that as a man who saw a fellow merchant eaten alive by wolves, the sudden appearance of a massive one would instinctively scare the hell out of him. I don't care how pragmatic and tough someone thinks they are, if you watch someone ripped to shreds by wolves, screaming for help, and then get confronted, alone, by a chick with a GIANT wolf paw that can easily rend you asunder, you're gonna piss yourself.

"And they didn't want to offend anyone who believes in those things" I get the reasoning, but frankly, believe in God or not, the corruption of the church at historical eras has litle to do with the actual validity of the faith said church represents, it is just a historical truth anda way people abuse power.

Spice and wolf was my first official anime and holds a special place in my heart

that shirt fucking kill me

Because the design in the anime is mature holo is a believable woman and it doesn’t look ridiculous when she reminds Lawrence she is way older than him and she is one step ahead. It’s plausible and looks right. Because sometimes you can see that sometimes Lawrence is talking with other people and you can notice that holo doesn’t take part in the conversation a lot. But when Lawrence talks about it to holo, you realize she understood a lot about that conversation even if she looked detached

After the reboot, it's interesting to go back to this video and see what the first episode of the new anime did differently from the old. And honestly? Not much. The first episode clearly took most of its cues from the last anime than the light novel. It's almost a bit for bit remake, only with different camera angles, a larger budget, and reworked character designs to more closely resemble the light novel illustrations. The biggest difference is that Chloe's gone now (save for a cameo), replaced by Yarei, who she originally replaced in the first place. Plus, the flash forward at the beginning that implicitly promises that we're getting the whole story this time.

Stop it, Geoff Stop breaking my heart about the fact that we'll never get season 3 As for what you should do next - Berserk 2016/17. Bring alcohol.

"If spice and wolf is an economics lesson with boobs, then the anime is definitely the cliff notes version." Such truth to your words, MB my dude! (This also applies to Maou Yuusha)

Still waiting for season 3! At least we have the sequel books to look forward to I guess!

14:55 "If Spice and Wolf is an economics lesson with boobs..." Oh come on, I know sexy stuff isn't inherently bad but you are doing the series *absolutely no justice* by calling it that. Holo and Lawrence's relationship is a well-written work of art, filled with great chemistry and likable moments. Trivializing it almost makes it sound like ur lumping it in with fanservice anime

Thanks for reminding me that this show will never continue. I really wanted to have that wound reopened.

By the nine divines do I love your analysis, I just can't see the symbolism like this. I really always just want more of your in depth analysis content, even if it's for series that I don't personaly like that much. When it's something I loved as much as Spice and Wolf, despite how much i missed about it apparently, it's even better.

You could talk about Spice & Wolf all day and I'd gladly listen. I love the anime to death, I love the LNs to death, and I desperately need to read more.

This video is so well-researched and insightful and makes want to go out and read the light novels from the beginning. I urge you to keep doing this series. It's fantastic

Mother's Basement is a better "Anime Cinefix" than the actual "Anime Cinefix" aka, Anime Vice (rip)

"-Holo still chokes on potatoes-" lol

A new adaptation has been nnounced three weeks ago!! I just hope they are gonna stick to the og anime design! Because that anime design lowkey saved spice and wolf I would have never watched it or enjoyed it nearly as much if holo was a loli

"Though in the manga holo actually has nipples. So obviously, that's the ultimate version of Spice and Wolf." I lol'd.

Honestly, it's good they removed the Catholic elements, because most people don't understand how the Church worked even when they have something approaching knowledge of the subject, and Japan gets things even _more_ wrong.

If you don't just want to manga/light novel to anime, I think comparing the Original JoJo OVA to the newer corresponding episodes could make for an interesting episode.

I literally convinced a friend to experience spice and wolf by showing him a manga panel with Holo and her existent nipples... Listen it was underhanded but I'll be damned if it didn't do its job.

"In short, book Lawrence comes across as a bit of a dick." That's why I prefer reading it in the novel. LMAO

virgin anime Lawrence vs Chad book Lawrence.

Came here after i just finished anime. To fill the emptiness in my heart.

For anyone scrolling by, Spice & Wolf just got an official new TV anime announcement about a week ago. Whether its a continuation isn't known, but the rumor is that it will be a full reboot, similar to Fruits Basket.

23:23 My personal favorite moment in the series. She wants to fight the headpats, but can't quite bring herself to.

i can't believe how much I want to rewatch spice and wolf since it's one of the earliest anime I ever saw, or even moreso find out how the whole story goes. I never even liked the series that much when I first read it

"obviously thats the ultimate version of spice and wolf" 😂

Dam you've been on a roll making amazing videos! Keep it up! Edit: Also compare Baccano! to its light novel.

That shirt is definitely perfect for the first day a hell high school.

HOLY SHIT. YOU MADE A VIDEO ABOUT A SERIES THAT ISN'T SHIT (AKA SAO)????? IT'S NOT EVEN CHRISTMAS YET.

The Yarei thing in the books isn’t a plot hole. Holo mentions that she knew who Lawrence was as she had seen him come to Pasloe many times before, and that she didn’t just choose him on a whim at random. She was always watching the village and would have known that Lawrence and Yarei were trading partners

Rewatching in eager anticipation for the new Spice and Wolf anime- looking forward to a more faithful adaptation.

Everytime I go to sleep I remember that Season 3 will never come and I cry my self to sleep

I would love to see one of these videos on either One Punch Man or Mob Psycho 100. While both shows' adaptations went smoothly, there's still a lot to compare and contrast between ONE's original work and the animes.

"Obviously the ultimate version of Spice and Wolf" That made me smile. Good series idea. I've always wondered about light novels and how they translate to anime.

Any video about Spice & Wolf is a good video in my opinion. Keep it up!

I had totally forgotten the deep themes of this series. I just remember it as the series that gave everyone their first Why Boner.

An interesting moment is the scene after Lawrence has freed Holo from captivity. In Russian translation their talk is almost exact copy of the talk in the book: Holo is angry because Lawrence has not come himself, did not "fought for her with his clause and teeths". The actual reason of her anger was never mentioned though. But for me it was apparent that Holo told something too private to her saviour, something that should have been said to Lawrence only.

I subbed to this chanell orginially because you posted in the /r/spice&wolf and I'm glad to see more S&W content, keep up the great work.

The best way to experience the story is to both read the book and watch the anime. The books give a better description of everything happening and makes it easier to understand the character's thought process and motivation. The anime gives a good visual representation of the events happening in the book. It's easier to visualize events in the book when you have seen the anime, and you can read their dialogue in the voices they have in the anime.

season 3, we need one

That shirt is amazing.

Holy shit I love this idea, I'm a big fan of What's the Difference and Lost in Adaptation, so this is perfect! As this series goes on hopefully we get some episodes covering visual novels like Fate/Stay Night and Steins;Gate

Now we need a new video like this comparing the 3 versions XD

i guess its about time i watch Spice and Wolf

S3 N E V E R E V E R

22:20 You had me at manga You kept me around for this 😏

As one of the first anime I ever watched, the only anime which got me to read it's light novel form and one of my favorite stories I've ever had the joy of experiencing, I sincerely love this video.

this editing is freaking great, Holly shit

Great video. There is just one big thing I disagree with. Chloe was not a necessary, or even good, addition to this series. The things she adds (giving Lawrence a more personal connection to Pasloe) are not equal to the things we lose, which I will come to in a moment. But first... The "plot hole" of Lawrence and Yarei, and Holo's knowledge of them, can be explained by what is already in the book. In their conversation about how, for a mechant, time is money Holo says that for the farmers, time is irrelevant. They only care about the "air". "They wake in the dawn air, work the fields in the morning air, pull the weeds in the afternoon air" and so on. This turns into an emphasis of her loneliness when she ends with "they think not of time - like me, they note only the air", implying that while the farmers go about their lives she is left painfully aware of the passage of time due to her isolation and loneliness. But I digress. In this case the more important part to take away from this is the other, slightly less in your face, implication that all the while she was the local harvest deity, she watched over the town and the lives of the villagers. Even her trick with the apples was something she had seen while watching the village. She would obviously have taken note of Lawrence and his dealings in the village long before they actually met face to face. So why do I dislike changing Yarei to Chloe? Because it shifts (and lessens the impact of) the betrayal from Holo to Lawrence. Lawrence does not need the additional involvement in the story of the arc, because he already has his own side of it. The Pasloe part of the arc is Holo's, while Lawrence gets the money speculation deal, and both plot threads meet at the end when it is revealed that the noble responsible for the fact that in recent time care about, or even care for, Holo has been even more rapidly disappearing, is the same noble that funds the deal. He is responsible for this lack of care for Holo through the introduction of new, more efficient farming techniques, removing the villager's motivation to pray for a good harvest. This then becomes the final straw that makes Holo leave Pasloe. Anyway... As you said, in the book Yarei's betrayal is, unlike Chloe's more personal betrayal because of jealousy and unrequited love, due to the bitterness of a farmer who feels that a capricious old god should leave the village and make way for the new ways. This "capricious old god" is, of course, Holo. Now from Holo's perspective this wouldn't be the personal betrayal of a close acquaintance (let's be real here, there is no way that either Yarei or Chloe would be close enough to Lawrence to be actual friends when he passes through the village in a single day or at most two, once a year, and they have no contact beyond that), but instead it reaffirms and builds upon her two main sources of anguish. Her loneliness and (mostly later in the story) the pain of losing her home. Throughout the arc, we get to know how dissatisfied she is with the villagers as she has always done her best to fulfill her promise to give the village a good harvest (even if this meant giving the occasional poor harvest to let the land recover) which the villagers have forgotten, driving a wedge between them. This is even her main motivation for being in the story in the first place. Having a villager actively cast her out directly plays upon her feelings of dissatisfaction and loneliness by making crystal clear the fact that the village no longer even wants her there anymore. This becomes less of a wedge, and more the final nail in the coffin, when you also consider that she is not asked to leave, she is violently driven out, effectively "destroying" her second home because even while it still exists (unlike Yoitsu, her first home), she can't return there regardless. There are also a few other nitpicks I have: The part in the book where they discuss wolf attacks is actually the beginning of their iconic give and take banter. Holo jokes about the reason for why wolves attack people, and Lawrence realizes that she is messing with him. This joke, when she repeats it, does not sit well with him however, due to his previous trauma. Holo quickly realizes this and apologizes. The conversation then flips the other way around with Holo explaining the wolves fear of humans and Lawrence is the one making the faux pas when he almost asks Holo if she has ever attacked humans herself. Her cutting him off with a ambiguous "I can't answer that question" implies that she has, but she regrets it. The conversation does not end with this however, as you said, instead it end on a high note with Lawrence apologizing and Holo commenting that this makes them even. The book then states that a twenty-five-year-old is no match for the wisewolf (implying that she used the mention of wolves fear of humans to set up the conversation in such a way as to let Lawrence get back to equal ground with her through that half-question, because at that point both have said something they shouldn't have and both have apologized for it), and while they don't say anything more, there is no bad air between them. The whole "Lawrence is no match for Holo in verbal sparring, but they get along anyway" is clearly meant as a start of what their chemistry will develop into throughout their travels. The plot hole of the wheat is most obvious in the anime, where she pulls the disappearing/reappearing act due to the difference in Lawrence's reaction to her wolf paw, although the same question could be raised in the novels because she still gives him half the wheat in either version. It can still be explained by the fact that Holo is stated to "live in the wheat" and that "she will never truly die as long as some of it remains", but she is never stated, nor shown, to be able to use it to "teleport" over large distances, as her disappearing and reappearing in the anime was always done with the same wheat even though the wheat itself changed location in between. It was probably more likely a situation like "if something were to happen to Holo and the wheat she is holding, she will still survive because of the wheat Lawrence has, but this is far from the preferable option" i.e. she can survive being "killed" but it will be very painful nonetheless, making staying in captivity and waiting for rescue the better option. I would say that Yarei's order to kill Lawrence is not exactly "evil", at least no more so than Chloe's. In the original, Lawrence is simply an obstacle to their plans, he's just a loose end to be tied up while they take Holo to hand her over to the church. There is no malice in this decision, merely pragmatism. Especially since, as I stated earlier, they are more like acquaintances and business partners than actual friends. Chloe cursing the gods for being unfair is slightly out of character for her, because that line is taken from Yarei, who's motivation is his feelings that gods are fickle and unnecessary, while Chloe just wanted to be with Lawrence but he chooses another woman over her. The gods' fairness has really nothing to do with her pain and anger so, again, Yarei is the better character to use here. Those "few more lines", in their exchange about repaying a debt, are actually very important because they make it clear that his motivation is not about the money, he just doesn't want Holo to leave him. The "threat" of following her all the way to the north for money is just the best he could come up with on such a short notice, because they both know that any attempts of actually saying that he wants to be with her would ring hollow, due to his incredible fear of her at that moment.

Dude, a FANTASTIC piece of work you did there. It's a blast to have your videos on! Thank you!

Excellent timing for the youtube algorithm to recommend this

WHO’S HERE AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE RENEWAL?!

I love your shirt! Where did you get it?

I first saw the Anime around 2014/15 & he quickly became one of My Favourites but it wasn't until about a week ago that I was finally able to get the first two Volumes of the Light Novel 😁❤️

YOUR SHIRT IS NOT OKAY *sobsobsob* Real talk though, i love Spice and Wolf. It was my first light novel, because I loved the anime so much. Glad to see another video about it!

Love the shirt, Geoff

You know, I usually have a pretty easy time ignoring your bookwalker adds. But because this one is about a series that I really, really, enjoy, it is much harder.

The "You are an ass" scene is my favorite from Spice and Wolf

Mate, is time for the new adaptation

>"holo is such a good doggo" >does a 25 minute analysis video on comparing source material to adaptation and two other videos on it.

That hardcover looks heavy enough for one to need a weapon license! As shown at 1:20.

When you learn that the English voice actor for holo is the same as moxie from the borderlands

i have the spice and wolf novels on paper i cant explain it better but turning the pages with my fingers while reading the journey of lawrence and holo feels like the right way of enjoying their story

The 2 things that really impressed me about this anime series: 1. The economics mixed with the usual relationship slow origama unfolding 2. The English voices and language and articulation and steady thoughtful phrasing - usu. The Japanese is so much superior with the delicate but precise honorifics combined with the actual meaning (semantics) of the sentence. There's some good turns of phrase, timing and wit and so on. A very rewarding series. Delightful story-telling.

How about To Aru Majutsu no Index? There are some huge differences between the light novels and the anime. And they kinda screwed up Touma in the anime.

I love this novel esc cut away's, certainly one of the most visually unique edits of a analysis video I've seen recently. Excellent work.

I love spice and wolf I really cry'd a lot in the anime but even more in the manga

I love spice and wolf so much D:

Tbh I really want to see the differnce between the SAO anime and Light Novel, also $$$

Found this after watching a few episodes of new Spice and Wolf, god damn has your voice changed in 7 years.

Some silimar stuff too from another anime / manga. The title called "Emma" most of it is the same, but the very emotional part of the manga, is totally different from the anime. Yet they both sucessfully deliver that emotional moment, makes you all teary eyed.

this book is soo beautiful ! but I dont know if I want to read the story and the books because I like everything in the anime more precisely the music and the colors .

Oh shit the anime pope uploaded again

I really need to read the light novel and the manga. Spice and Wolf is probably my favorite anime.

For some reason, this is my favorite video from Mother's Basement so far.

Nina is best doggo!

15:35 no we cant. that is necessary information

You are on fire, I must say. Last few videos are all your A-Game.

that spice and wolf music gave me chills. fuck i love spice and wolf

That fucking T-shirt

Finally I got to make a "Last Time I Was This Early" comment ye boi

Whoa. Literally only a hundred people are already here. I think that's a new personal record. And also, books are gr8 I'mma lug them around forever.

I'm so excited to see your channel branching out, i've always felt that your channel has the most potential to be truly entertaining as many of you're videos were you talk about a random topic were very interesting and entertaining, more so than the other anime reviewer channels, but there were few that genuinely piqued my interest. Now with these new series and more recent random videos of interesting topics your channel has excitingly gotten much better and i feel that you really get to show of your talents as your own content creator (you're also pretty damn funny). Good on you Geoff, keep it up! P.S I doubt you would do an anime like this but the manga vs anime version of Dragonball Super would definitely be an interesting topic.

I bought the japanese version so now I'm trying to learn japanese so I can read the original untranslated LN

Sooo does anyone know if the uncensored version of the anime exists? If it's one of those things where the version with crosses and shit was released and is available, just much harder to get to than the censored version? Because I'm a hardcore anti-censorship kinda guy and I got a suspicion that the glaring absence of crosses would drive me mad for no other reason than that I know they were supposed to be there but aren't because censorship.

1:16 "or even self defence" I died xD

Great work as always, I just discovered S&W a few months ago and it was a joy. An amazing dub and the best line in any anime I have ever seen "Stupid potato!" it still cracks me up every time I think of that scene. Congrats on hitting 300k Subs.

I'll go to hell for laughing so hard at you shirt...(where did you get it?)

DO THIS FOR TYPE MOON PLEASE

Can’t believe I just found out about this... I binged this and instantly loved the anime now I’m gonna go read the novel and mangas. I hope they release a third season but then it’s been ten years so...

I never get mad at his sponsors since it's actually related to the content.