Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
Cover of the first manga volume featuring Sōma Yukihira
食戟のソーマ
(Shokugeki no Sōma)
Genre Adventure, comedy,[1] slice of life[2]
Manga
Written by Yūto Tsukuda
Illustrated by Shun Saeki
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Imprint Jump Comics
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
Original run November 26, 2012 – present
Volumes 31
Light novel
Shokugeki no Sōma: à la carte
Written by Michiko Itō
Illustrated by Shun Saeki
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
Imprint Jump j-Books
Original run February 4, 2014 – present
Volumes 4
Manga
Shokugeki no Sōma - L'étoile
Written by Michiko Itō
Illustrated by Taiki Asatoki
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Shounen Jump +
Original run March 3, 2015 – present
Volumes 3
Anime television series
Directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani
Written by Shogo Yasukawa
Music by Tatsuya Kato
Studio J.C.Staff
Licensed by
Animatsu Entertainment
Original network TBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS, Animax
English network
Original run April 3, 2015 – June 25, 2018
Episodes 61 + 5 OVA

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (Japanese: 食戟のソーマ, Hepburn: Shokugeki no Sōma, lit. "Sōma of the Shokugeki") is a Japanese shōnen manga series written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki. Yuki Morisaki also works as a Contributor, providing the recipes for the series. Individual chapters have been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since November 26, 2012, with tankōbon volumes being released by Shueisha. As of May 2018, 29 volumes have been released in Japan. The series is licensed by Viz Media, who has been releasing the volumes digitally since March 18, 2014, and released the first volume in print on August 5, 2014.[3]

An anime adaptation by J.C.Staff aired between April 3, 2015 and September 25, 2015. A second season named Food Wars! The Second Plate aired between July 2, 2016 and September 24, 2016.[4][5] The first cour of the third season, referred to as Food Wars! The Third Plate aired between October 4, 2017 and December 20, 2017.[6] The second half aired between April 9, 2018 and June 25, 2018.[7]

Synopsis

Setting

The series is set mainly at Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute, an elite culinary school located in Tokyo, Japan, which only a handful of students graduate each year.[lower-alpha 1] Its students mostly come from Totsuki's junior high school, but transfers are taken provided they pass the entrance exam. The campus is a wide-ranging resort with many research societies (clubs); cooking classrooms, and large arenas used for competitions. Housing varies, but the most affordable is the Polaris Dormitory, where characters have to impress the dorm matron with a dish in order to secure residence. Totsuki also runs a chain of resort hotels; with the biggest being the Totsuki resort; run by Gin Dojima, which is visited during the course of Soma's first year at Totsuki.

The top student chefs occupy seats on the Council of Ten Masters. Students can initiate a shokugeki with any other student or alumni; a cooking fight with stipulations on the line. Battles fought in this way could be for cooking utensils, research society facilities, council membership, or even expulsion from the school.

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 (anime: food war). 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.

Soma and the other first-year students participate in a cooking camp judged by the school's alumni that expels about a third of the entering class. He enters the Fall Classic, a competition that takes the top 60 first-year students, pares them down to eight students who then compete in a single elimination tournament. The first-years then participate in week-long stagiaire internships at local restaurants, as well as a large-scale school-wide Moon Festival. When Erina's father Azami takes over the school, Soma and Erina form a rebel faction to challenge the establishment.

Media

Manga

The manga began as a one-shot in Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump in April 2012 and then began as a series in November 2012. The first tankōbon volume was published on April 4, 2013. As of October 2018, thirty-one volumes have been published. Viz Media has licensed the manga for North America and published the first volume on August 5, 2014.[9]

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced on October 2014 by Shueisha.[10] The anime was directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani at J.C.Staff with Shogo Yasukawa as the series scriptwriter and starred Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as the main character, Sōma Yukihira.[11] Crunchyroll began streaming the anime on April 3, 2015.[12] Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime for digital and home video release in North America.[13] For the first fourteen episodes, of the first season. The show's opening theme was "Kibō no Uta" (希望の唄, The Song of Hope) by Ultra Tower,[14] and the ending theme was "Spice" (スパイス, Supaisu) by Tokyo Karankoron.[15] From episode fifteen onwards, the opening theme was "Rising Rainbow" (ライジングレインボウ, Raijingu Reinbō) by Misokkasu, while the ending theme was "Sacchan's Sexy Curry" (さっちゃんのセクシーカレー, Sacchan no Sekushī Karē) by Seiko Oomori. A 25-minute original video animation was bundled with the 19th volume of the manga, which was released on July 4, 2016.[16]

A 13-episode second season, titled Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate (食戟のソーマ 弍ノ皿, Shokugeki no Sōma: Ni no Sara) aired between July 2, 2016 and September 24, 2016.[5][17] The second season's opening theme song is "Rough Diamonds" by SCREEN mode, and the ending theme song is "Snowdrop" (スノードロップ) by Nano Ripe.[18][19]

The first cour of the third season aired between October 4, 2017 and December 20, 2017.[20][6] The first opening theme song was "Braver" by Zaq, and the ending theme song is "Kyokyo Jitsujitsu" (虚虚実実) by Nano Ripe.[21] The second half aired between April 9, 2018 and June 25, 2018.[7] The second opening theme is "Symbol" (シンボル) by Luck Life, and the ending theme song is "Atoria" (アトリア) by Fo'xTails.[22]

Video games

Food Wars! has produced two games released in Japan. Shokugeki no Soma: The Dish of Friendship and Bonds (食戟のソーマ 友情と絆の一皿, Shokugeki no Soma: Yūjō to Kizuna no Hitosara) is a visual novel developed by FuRyu[23] and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was released for the Nintendo 3DS on December 17, 2015. A teaser trailer was revealed on May 24, 2015.[24]

The game features an original story that takes place in Europe while characters from the series interact among each other. In addition, the characters will be voiced by their respective voice actors from the anime.[23] Gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent on reading the text that appears on the screen which represents either the dialogue between the various characters or the thoughts of the protagonist. Like many other visual novels, players will go through all kinds of situational events as the original story unfold.[25]

Shokugeki no Soma: The Ultimate Recipe (食戟のソーマ 最饗のレシピ, Shokugeki no Soma: Saikyō no Recipe) is a mobile game published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game was released for iOS and Android on August 17, 2015.[26]

Reception

It was number twelve on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey[27] and it was number three in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2014.[28] The Anime News Network gave the anime series a B; citing the art as being very good, and that Soma is a very likeable protagonist. They however opined that the amount of fanservice might put some readers off, and considered some instances of fanservice uncomfortable and unnecessary.[29]

Volume 1 has sold 139,657 copies as of April 28, 2013;[30] volume 2 has sold 176,682 copies as of June 16, 2013;[31] volume 3 has sold 238,590 copies as of August 18, 2013,[32] volume 4 has sold 252,975 copies, as of September 22, 2013;[33] volume 5 has sold 271,570 copies as of December 22, 2013;[34] volume 6 has sold 277,726 copies as of February 23, 2014;[35] and volume 7 has sold 279,364 copies as of April 20, 2014.[36] As of May 2, 2018, it was revealed that the manga had 14 million copies in print.[37]

Notes

  1. ↑ While the English manga volume 1 back cover indicates the school has a 10% graduation rate,[8] it appears to be about 1%, as Dean Senzaemon says in his opening speech that in the last year, of 812 entering freshman, only 76 made it to the second year, and that the number of students who graduate each year can be counted on one hand.Ch. 4

References

  1. ↑ "The Official Website for Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma". Viz Media. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Food Wars!". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Food Wars!, Volume 1". Viz Media. Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Anime Gets 2nd Season". Anime News Network. December 10, 2015. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Food Wars Anime's 2nd Season's Title, Summer Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. February 28, 2016. Archived from the original on February 28, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Anime's 3rd Season Premieres on October 3". Anime News Network. August 24, 2017. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Food Wars! The Third Plate Anime's 2nd Cour Premieres on April 8". Anime News Network. March 5, 2018. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  8. ↑ "VIZ: Read a Free Preview of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 1". www.viz.com. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Viz Media Adds Shokugeki no Sōma Cooking Comedy Manga". Anime News Network. November 4, 2013. Archived from the original on April 6, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Shueisha Confirms Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma TV Anime for 2015". Anime News Network. October 28, 2014. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ "J.C. Staff Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma Anime Cast Yoshitsugu Matsuoka". Anime News Network. November 9, 2014. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Crunchyroll Streams Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma Anime". Anime News Network. April 3, 2015. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Sentai Filmworks Adds Pleiades, Re-Kan, SNAFU Too, Hello! KinMoza, UtaPri Season 3, Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon and Food Wars". Anime News Network. April 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  14. ↑ ""Shokugeki no Soma" TV Anime OP Song PV by Ultra Tower". Crunchyroll. April 13, 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  15. ↑ スパイス(アニメ｢食戟のソーマ｣エンディングサイズ) (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Food Wars! Anime's 2nd Season, OVA Previewed in Videos". Anime News Network. March 28, 2016. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 2 Listed With 13 Episodes". Anime News Network. June 28, 2016. Archived from the original on June 28, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  18. ↑ "SCREEN mode, nano.RIPE Perform 2nd Food Wars! Anime Season's Themes". Anime News Network. May 22, 2016. Archived from the original on May 23, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Food Wars! 2nd Season's New Promo Previews 1st Autumn Election Match". Anime News Network. June 21, 2016. Archived from the original on June 26, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Anime Gets 3rd Season This Fall". Anime News Network. June 22, 2017. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  21. ↑ "ZAQ, nano.RIPE Perform Theme Songs for Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 3". Anime News Network. August 17, 2017. Archived from the original on September 9, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Luck Life, Fo'xTails Perform Theme Songs for Food Wars! The Third Plate's 2nd Cour". Anime News Network. February 18, 2018. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  23. 1 2 "Shokugeki No Soma is also Cooking up a visual Novel". Silicon Era. Archived from the original on August 23, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma 3DS Game's Teaser Streamed". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Shokugeki No Soma Yujo to Kizuna No Hitosara". Play Asia. Archived from the original on June 9, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Shokugeki No Soma getting Mobile Game later this year". Silicon Era. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters". Anime News Network. December 9, 2013. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Japan's Bookstore Employees Rank Top Manga of 2014". Anime News Network. February 6, 2014. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  29. ↑ "Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma GN1 - Review-". Anime News Network UK. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  30. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, April 22–28". Anime News Network. May 1, 2013. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  31. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 10–16". Anime News Network. June 21, 2013. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  32. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, August 12–18". Anime News Network. August 21, 2013. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  33. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 16–22". Anime News Network. September 26, 2013. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  34. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 16–22". Anime News Network. December 30, 2013. Archived from the original on May 20, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  35. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 17–23". Anime News Network. February 27, 2014. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  36. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, April 14–20". Anime News Network. April 23, 2014. Archived from the original on April 25, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  37. ↑ "Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series (March - May 2018)". Anime News Network. May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.