Sometimes a show gets famous for something it’s not about. A particular scene, idea, moment, or mistaken bit of marketing will catch the attention of potential viewers and get spread as what everyone who doesn’t know about the show knows about the show. Heck, maybe a fan even makes a particularly good meme that escapes the bounds of the fandom, using a shot taken out of context. It happens.
Shows that get this kind of strange and spontaneous publicity are sure to garner at least a quick salvo of views… but especially when the expectation created by the popularized snippet is off base, there still has to be something worthwhile to sustain interest. Spice and Wolf, a show that garnered at least some fame off the ‘promise’ of a cute and feisty girl with a wolf’s ears and tail, perhaps even clad in naught but her, ahem, natural pelt, is not particularly risque or ribald, and did well enough to warrant a second season. Why? Because it makes medieval economics downright fascinating and intense.
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