This wolf’s ready to roll into an all-new dimension!
Earlier today, the official Twitter account for Spice and Wolf VR Spicytails updated with a preview of the 3D model for Holo. A short video, plus several stills were shown off. You can check these out below.
Trailer
The 3D trailer is a T-Posing Holo, which is being spun around in a test environment.
というわけで、VRアニメ用賢狼ホロのラフモデルはこんな感じです。3D空間の視界を2Dで見てるからやや足が短めです。ここから表情と動きがつくと、ほんとに震えるくらい目の前に存在を感じるようになります。参考に、前作のVRアニメ『Project LUX』の動画をぶら下げておきますのでどうぞ。 pic.twitter.com/awu0k7wa8Y
— SpicyTails@ (@spicytails) August 4, 2018
Stills
Two screenshots and a piece of concept art were revealed, which you can check out below.
Spice and Wolf VR will be released in 2019. The project, which will include English subtitles, will be available on HTC’s VIVE, the Oculus Rift, and other headsets. the project will not require a VR Headset to be used.
Spice and Wolf creator Isuna Hasekura is planning the project and writing the scenario, while illustrator Ju Ayakura (Spice and Wolf) provides character designs. Keisuke Sakakibara is in charge of 3D Modeling and animation for the title.
Cast
The title will star the following:
- Holo: Ami Koshimizu
- Kraft Lawrence: Jun Fukuyama
Both actors are reprising their roles from the TV series.
Spice and Wolf VR will be released in 2019. The project, which will include English subtitles, will be available on HTC’s VIVE, the Oculus Rift, and other headsets. the project will not require a VR Headset to be used.
The Spice and Wolf light novels originally launched in 2006 under Dengeki’s Deneki Bunko imprint. The ongoing series currently has 20 volumes, with the most recent shipping to stores on February 10.
The series spawned two anime TV series, which aired in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Takeo Takahashi (Citrus, MAOYU) directed both shows at Imagin, with Naruhisa Arakawa (Steam Detectives, Outbreak Company) writing the screenplays. Kazuya Kuroda (Master of Mosquiton, Vandread) provided character designs for the first series, while Toshimitsu Kobayashi (Aoharu x Machinegun, El Hazard: The Alternative World) took over for the sequel.
Funimation currently holds the rights to the Spice and Wolf anime, which they describe as:
Lawrence, a traveling merchant searching for profit, finds a naked girl with the ears and tail of a wolf asleep in his cart. Her name is Holo, a harvest goddess with an untamed beast lurking inside who longs to return to her beloved northern home.
Armed with his street smarts and her animal instincts, the simple peddler and forgotten deity begin a journey through the wild countryside. Along their path, the riches of happiness shall be reaped even as the bankruptcy which dwells in the human heart is exposed.
Sources: Yaraon!