'Shokugeki no Souma' Gets Fifth Season in Spring 2020

by Vindstot
Dec 21, 2019 7:17 PM | 35 Comments

A fifth anime season for Yuuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki's Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) manga was announced at the Jump Festa 2020 event on Sunday. Subtitled Gou no Sara (The Fifth Plate), the new season will premiere in April 2020. The official website also opened a new page, revealing a key visual (pictured above). Staff and cast members from the fourth season will reprise their roles.

Tsukuda debuted the cooking manga featuring artworks by Saeki in Weekly Shounen Jump in November 2012. TV star and food researcher Yuki Morisaki collaborated with the creators, making dishes and recipes depicted in the series. After nearly a seven-year serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump, the series switched to Jump GIGA this June and ended after a three-chapter epilogue on August 29. Shueisha published the 36th and final volume on October 4. Shokugeki no Souma sold a cumulative 19 million copies of its compiled volumes.

J.C.Staff produced the first two anime seasons premiered in Spring 2015 and Summer 2016. The third season aired in two split cours in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018. The 18th, 19th, 24th, 25th, and 29th manga volumes included five original video anime episodes, which served as side stories and bridges between seasons. The fourth and latest season, subtitled Shin no Sara, debuted on October 12 and will air the 12th and final episode on December 28.

Crunchyroll simulcast all three seasons with subtitles, and is currently streaming the fourth season. Sentai Filmworks released the first two seasons on Blu-ray and DVD in North America in August 2017 and February 2018. The third season will ship on home video on February 25, 2020.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in 2013 and simultaneously publishes new chapters with the Japanese release through its Shounen Jump service digitally. The 33th volume went on sale on December 3.

Official site: http://shokugekinosoma.com/5thplate/
Official Twitter: @shokugeki_anime

Source: Comic Natalie

Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara on MAL

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Read the manga and although it might not be as good as the previous ones, it's still good, enjoyed it thoroughly

Feb 21, 2020 2:45 PM by WickedAngel

Koolman511 said:
Have not read the manga but will still watch to see what it will be about

bro I don't think you want to

Feb 19, 2020 5:26 PM by Swag_Akatsuki

Have not read the manga but will still watch to see what it will be about

Jan 5, 2020 1:16 PM by Koolman511

1- new villian too op
2- love rival
3- character regression
4. yuki morosaki not involved in the blue arc (Morisaki is the brains of all the
recipes used in the series. The series officially lists her as a"collaborator").
5. removed almost 70% of cooking from the manga (meaning showing only the results)
6. cooking with some kind of a weapon like CHAINSAW and more
7. foodgasm was no longer interesting
9. dealing with nakiri's family again.
10.superpower
11. rushed
12. plus the epilogue be like: wait...WHAT...THATS IT !!?
13. from comedy to (worst drama and romance

and more

Jan 1, 2020 2:09 AM by ithyphallic60

The Blue Ark A.K.A The Worst Arc ;_;

Dec 28, 2019 3:30 AM by Sylveria

Oh nice a new season. I don't read the manga but I really enjoyed the anime. The comments are very "well" xD

Dec 24, 2019 12:00 PM by Enjumi

All I can say.. Not bother with this season. Since Season 3 it has gotten worse and season 4 it's just boooring.

Dec 23, 2019 6:58 PM by GalacticMagna

I would not be upset if they decide to take some liberties with the final arc haha.

Dec 23, 2019 3:57 PM by Sugusato

So the final,and the worst arc is also going to be animated,great

Now,let's see how the anime only watchers react to all the bullshitry and character assassinations of this arc

Dec 23, 2019 9:27 AM by madarchod

So many retards bitching

Dec 23, 2019 7:58 AM by KilluasDrip2003

They are actually animating the arc that killed Food Wars May God have mercy on our souls

Dec 22, 2019 3:59 PM by landofthekwt

idk how to feel now. I'm pretty much going in with reverse expectations, expecting this to be the biggest garbage

Dec 22, 2019 2:46 PM by Short_Circut

lmao the comments here. I'm dead. Can't wait to finally see what all the fuss is about.

Dec 22, 2019 10:58 AM by Nubiellee

The manga is in my favs... but why? lmao that last arc made me cringe.

Dec 22, 2019 10:49 AM by RagnMunkeez

Manga reader be like, ah shit here we go again.

Dec 22, 2019 9:01 AM by Detective1412

mmm... i'm ready to see one of the most appalling arc of the manga animated.
welp, i'm happy this franchise at least got a full anime adaptation.

Dec 22, 2019 8:08 AM by blonkevnoci

We are indeed in the best timeline for this to being animated. April can't come anytime soon.

Dec 22, 2019 3:28 AM by Illyricus

Oh no. Please no. NO
...
NOOOOOOOOOOO-

Dec 22, 2019 2:03 AM by Elucid

Who would win?

Blue arc vs Game of Thrones Season 8.

Dec 22, 2019 12:07 AM by Papa_Scorch

Why are characters who don't appear this season on that visual?

Seriously I know they are only in the background but still they have no business being there reminding us of their pathetic non-importance.

Dec 21, 2019 11:09 PM by Slimcoder

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