Spice and Wolf is a light novel eventually made into an anime in 2008, with a second season, animated by a different studio, following a year later. The original name, "Ookami to Koushinryou", literally translates to "Wolf and Spice", but for some reason the official English title has it the other way. The light novels concluded in 2011 with the seventeenth volume. Yen Press is translating and releasing both the novels and manga in the United States. Releasing the novels every six months starting in December 2009, it will take them a while to catch up.