grant funds to continue the animated adaptation of Isuna Hasekura's Spice and Wolf novels for the benefit of the public.

While the Obama Administration has demonstrated increasing interest in public-private partnerships that function on a global scale, this interest seems to have been quite lacking on the artistic level. The annual funds allocated for such engagement hover around $10,000,000, a small fraction of the funds that were expended for similar purposes during the 20th century. In order for America to demonstrate a continued interest in international arts, as well as showing a willingness to engage with the private sector, we petition the Obama administration to allocate the necessary funds to continue the animated adaption of Isuna Hasekura's popular series Spice and Wolf, a heartwarming romantic adventure tale dealing with seminal questions surrounding entrepreneurship, politics, travel, and love.