
Housing varies, but the most affordable is the Polaris Dormitory, where students have to impress the dorm matron with a dish in order to secure residence. The campus is a wide-ranging resort with many research societies (clubs), cooking classrooms, and large arenas used for competitions. Its students mostly come from Totsuki's junior high school, but transfers are taken provided that they pass the entrance exam. The series is set mainly at Tōtsuki Culinary Academy (Tōtsuki Saryō Ryōri Gakuen), an elite culinary school located in Tokyo, Japan, where only a handful of students graduate from each year. The series has received mixed reviews, with positive reactions to the narrative and genuine recipes depicted, whilst many critics panned the overuse of fan service. The series has also had a pair of video games released in 2015.īy March 2020, the manga had over 20 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. The fifth and final season, titled Food Wars! The Fifth Plate, aired between April and September 2020. A fourth season, titled Food Wars! The Fourth Plate, aired between October and December 2019. The second half aired between April and June 2018. The first cour of the third season, titled Food Wars! The Third Plate, aired between October and December 2017. A second season, titled Food Wars! The Second Plate aired between July and September 2016. 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.Īn anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired between April and September 2015. Yuki Morisaki also works as a contributor, providing the recipes for the series. The series follows an aspiring chef who enrolls in an elite culinary school where students take part in cooking competitions.

Its chapters were compiled in 36 tankōbon volumes published by Shueisha. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 2012 to June 2019. "Sōma of the Shokugeki") is a Japanese manga series written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki. Shokugeki no Soma: The Dish of Friendship and Bonds (2015)įood Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma ( Japanese: 食戟のソーマ, Hepburn: Shokugeki no Sōma, lit.Shokugeki no Soma: The Ultimate Recipe (2015).
