Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Soma Yukihira
食戟のソーマ
(Shokugeki no Sōma)
Genre
Manga
Written byYūto Tsukuda
Illustrated byShun Saeki
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
Magazine
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 26, 2012 – August 29, 2019
Volumes36 (List of volumes)
Light novel
Shokugeki no Sōma: ~à la carte~
Written byMichiko Itō
Illustrated byShun Saeki
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump j-Books
DemographicMale
Original runFebruary 4, 2014 – April 3, 2015
Volumes3
Manga
Shokugeki no Sōma: L'étoile
Written byMichiko Itō
Illustrated byTaiki Asatoki
Published byShueisha
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 3, 2015 – June 21, 2019
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed byYoshitomo Yonetani
Produced by
  • Noriko Dohi
  • Kouhei Kawase
  • Ryuu Hashimoto
  • Ryousuke Mori
  • Horkazu Hara
  • Jun Fukuda
  • Akifumi Fujio
  • Hiroshi Kamei
  • Terushige Yoshie
  • Souji Miyagi
  • Ayako Ooyama
  • Ryuutarou Usukura
Written byShōgo Yasukawa
Music byTatsuya Kato
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
Original networkTBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS, Animax, Tokyo MX, BS11
English network
Original run April 4, 2015 – September 26, 2020
Episodes86 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Shokugeki no Sōma: ~Fratelli Aldini~
Written byMichiko Itō
Illustrated byShun Saeki
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump j-Books
DemographicMale
PublishedOctober 2, 2015
Video games
  • Shokugeki no Soma: The Ultimate Recipe (2015)
  • Shokugeki no Soma: The Dish of Friendship and Bonds (2015)
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Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (Japanese: 食戟のソーマ, Hepburn: Shokugeki no Sōma, lit. 'Sōma of the Shokugeki') is a Japanese manga series written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 2012 to June 2019. Its chapters were compiled in 36 tankōbon volumes published by Shueisha. The series follows an aspiring chef who enrolls in an elite culinary school where students take part in cooking competitions. Yuki Morisaki also works as a contributor, providing the recipes for the series. The manga is licensed by Viz Media in North America, who has been releasing the volumes digitally since March 2014, and released the first volume in print in August 2014.

An anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired between April and September 2015. A second season, titled Food Wars! The Second Plate aired between July and September 2016. The first cour of the third season, titled Food Wars! The Third Plate, aired between October and December 2017. The second half aired between April and June 2018. A fourth season, titled Food Wars! The Fourth Plate, aired between October and December 2019. The fifth and final season, titled Food Wars! The Fifth Plate, aired between April and September 2020. The series has also had a pair of video games released in 2015.

By March 2020, the manga had over 20 million copies in circulation. The series has received positive reactions to the narrative and genuine recipes depicted.

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