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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
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What it's about
Young chef Soma enters the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy, where he must emerge victorious in over-the-top cooking battles or face expulsion.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 86 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20156 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201524 episodes
8.2IMDbEver since he was a child, fifteen-year-old Souma Yukihira has helped his father by working as the sous chef in the restaurant his father runs and owns. Throughout the years, Souma developed a passion for entertaining his customers with his creative, skilled, and daring culinary creations. His dream is to someday own his family's restaurant as its head chef. Yet when his father suddenly decides to close the restaurant to test his cooking abilities in restaurants around the world, he sends Souma to Tootsuki Culinary Academy, an elite cooking school where only 10 percent of the students graduate. The institution is famous for its "Shokugeki" or "food wars," where students face off in intense, high-stakes cooking showdowns. As Souma and his new schoolmates struggle to survive the extreme lifestyle of Tootsuki, more and greater challenges await him, putting his years of learning under his father to the test.
Best episode · S01E14 Metamorphose

Season 2 · Complete
The Second Plate
201613 episodes
8.2IMDbThe qualifiers of the Autumn Elections are now over, and only eight talented chefs remain. Now, they face off in one-on-one food wars, each with their own unique themes. Met with both new judges and new opponents all with their own specialties, Souma must stay on his toes if he hopes to make it to the top of both the Autumn Elections and Tootsuki Culinary Academy.
Best episode · S02E06 Morning Shall Come Again

Season 3 · Complete
The Third Plate
201724 episodes
8.1IMDbThe Moon Festival is Tootsuki Academy's annual gourmet gala, where students compete against each other to earn the most profit through selling their cuisine of choice. But for Souma Yukihira, it is also his first opportunity to challenge the Elite Ten, the supreme council that rules over the academy. However, this is only the beginning of Souma's war against the Elite Ten; a nefarious plot is underway that will provide Souma with the challenge he desires but will also shake the very foundations of Tootsuki Academy itself.
Best episode · S03E01 Challenging the Ten

Season 4 · Complete
The Fourth Plate
201912 episodes
7.9IMDbAt Tootsuki Culinary Academy, a heated eight-on-eight Shokugeki known as the Régiment de Cuisine rages on between Central and the rebel forces led by Souma Yukihira and Erina Nakiri. Though they won a stunning perfect victory in the first bout, the rebels face an uphill battle ahead, as they must now face off against the rest of the Elite Ten Council. With the future of Tootsuki at stake, Souma and Erina must push far beyond the limits of their abilities, using everything they learned from their mentors and ultimately drawing from their experiences cooking together as friends.
Best episode · S04E11 Song of Hope

Season 5 · Complete
The Fifth Plate
202013 episodes
7.9IMDbSouma has now moved up a grade and he has finally grasped what he has always hoped for; the first seat at the Totsuki Ten Masters Council. Things are getting back to normal for Soma and his friends, but that doesn't mean there's a break for them. Exams are looming, a suspicious new teacher shows up, and in the meantime, an invitation to a world-class cooking competition known as "BLUE" arrives to Totsuki. "BLUE" is one of the most authentic gastronomic tournaments for young chefs seeking fame. However, there's been a change to this year's system and themes are all out of ordinary!
Best episode · S05E01 Final Exams
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S03E01
Challenging the Ten
Soma finds out that Totsuki has a school festival that happens at the end of autumn called the Moon Festival. Soma is told by the 8th seat of the Elite Ten, Kuga, that if he’s able to beat him in any dish there, he’ll accept a Shokugeki from him and Soma decides to enter the Moon Festival so he can challenge him. He then goes to Kuga’s Chinese Food RS and sees...
- Written by Shogo Yasukawa

S01E01
The Vast Wasteland
Yukihira is a popular neighborhood restaurant where Yukihira Soma helps out in the hopes of surpassing his father as a chef one day. But land sharks are after their restaurant, and one day Soma tells them that the restaurant will close if they couldn't serve satisfactory food to their customers. The land sharks are only too happy to sabotage the restaurant's fridge and gleefully orders Soma to serve them a meat dish...
- Written by Shogo Yasukawa

S01E02
God Tongue
Under his father's orders, Soma attempts to transfer into one of Japan's top culinary schools, Togetsu Tea House Culinary Academy. His examiner, Nakiri Erina, is a student said to possess humanity's best palate: the God Tongue.
- Directed by Mitsutoshi Sato
- Written by Shogo Yasukawa

S01E07
The Silent Bowl, the Eloquent Bowl
The Shokugeki between Mito Ikumi and Yukihira Soma has begun! Everyone, including Erina, is convinced that Ikumi, the Meat Master, will win. Soma, on the other hand, is greeted by jeers the moment he enters the arena. Will Soma be able to save Don RS?
- Written by Shin'ichi Inotsume

S04E01
That Which I Want to Protect
Régiment du Cuisine with the Central Gourmet organization lead by Azami Nakiri continues. The 1st BOUT was won by the Soma and the rebels! To keep the momentum going and secure more wins, the rebels place Kuga, Mimasaka and Megishima as their next cards. Central on the other hand, sends in First seat; Tsukasa, Second seat; Rindo and Fourth seat; Saito. With the best members of both team, 2nd BOUT is bound to throw off some sparks!
- Directed by Youhei Suzuki

S01E03
That Chef Doesn't Smile
Just barely squeaking past the academy's transfer exam, Soma causes and uproar at the opening ceremony by making a brash speech in front of the entire class. In his very first class, he's paired with Tadokoro Megumi, a girl who is at risk of expulsion and is intent on keeping a low profile in order to survive.
- Directed by Riki Fukushima
- Written by Shogo Yasukawa
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Executive production
- Satoshi FukaoProducer
- Terushige YoshieProducer
- Ryutaro UsukuraProducer
- Noriko DohiProducer
- Akifumi FujioProducer
- Hirokazu HaraProducer
Writing
- Shun KawanabeWriter
- Shogo YasukawaWriter
- Shin'ichi InotsumeWriter
Direction
- Hikaru TanakaDirector
- Shinpei NagaiDirector
- Yoshitomo YonetaniDirector
- Takashi YamazakiDirector
- Riki FukushimaDirector
- Nana FujiwaraDirector
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- Yutaka KurosawaDirector of Photography
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- Tatsuya KatoOriginal Music Composer
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