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	Comedy[1][2] Cooking[3][4] Slice of life[5]
Manga
Written by	Yūto Tsukuda
Illustrated by	Shun Saeki
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump Jump GIGA
English magazine	NA: Weekly Shonen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	November 26, 2012 – August 29, 2019
Volumes	36 (List of volumes)
Light novel
Shokugeki no Sōma: ~à la carte~
Written by	Michiko Itō
Illustrated by	Shun Saeki
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Jump j-Books
Demographic	Male
Original run	February 4, 2014 – April 3, 2015
Volumes	3
Manga
Shokugeki no Sōma: L'étoile
Written by	Michiko Itō
Illustrated by	Taiki Asatoki
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Shōnen Jump+
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	March 3, 2015 – June 21, 2019
Volumes	8
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshitomo 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 by	Shōgo Yasukawa
Music by	Tatsuya Kato
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	Crunchyroll LLC[a][6] NA: Sentai Filmworks[b] UK: Anime Limited SA/SEA: Medialink
Original network	TBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS, Animax, Tokyo MX, BS11
English network	NA: Anime Network US: Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run	April 4, 2015 – September 26, 2020
Episodes	86 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Shokugeki no Sōma: ~Fratelli Aldini~
Written by	Michiko Itō
Illustrated by	Shun Saeki
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Jump j-Books
Demographic	Male
Published	October 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, making it one of the best-selling manga series. The series has received positive reactions to the narrative and genuine recipes depicted.

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