Food Wars!

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma is a Japanese anime series based on the manga series Shokugeki no Soma, written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki. The anime adaptation is produced by production studio J.C.Staff and directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani. The first season aired between April 3, 2015 and September 25, 2015 as part of the "Animeism" block on MBS.

A second season titled ''Food Wars! The Second Plate'' aired on Tokyo MX and MBS from July 2, 2016 to September 24, 2016. The third season, titled ''Food Wars! The Third Plate'' aired on Tokyo MX from October 3, 2017 to December 19, 2017, when the season went on hiatus. The second half of the third season aired from April 8, 2018 to June 24, 2018. A fourth season titled ''Food Wars! The Fourth Plate'' is set to premiere in October 2019.

Crunchyroll began streaming the series on April 3, 2015, as it aired in Japan. The series will premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami on July 6, 2019 at 1:00 AM, replacing the Promised Neverland.

Plot
Teenager Soma Yukihira aspires to become a full-time chef in his father Joichiro's family restaurant and surpass his father's culinary skills, but Joichiro gets a new job that requires him to travel around the world, and closes his shop. Joichiro has Soma enroll in Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute, an elite culinary school where students engage in food competitions called shokugeki (food wars). He secures himself a spot at the school, despite the objections of Erina Nakiri, the talented granddaughter of the school's dean. Soma is assigned to Polaris Dormitory where he meets other aspiring chefs, including Megumi Tadokoro. The story follows his adventures as he interacts with his peers and challenges Totsuki's students as well as others in shokugeki competitions. Learning that his father was not only a student of Totsuki, but also the second seat in the Council of Ten; Soma plans on becoming the best at the academy to surpass his father.