New season follows battle against Council of Ten
This year's 30th issue of
Shueisha
's
Weekly Shonen Jump
magazine is revealing on Monday that the
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
anime is getting a third season that will premiere this fall. The issue reveals that the anime is titled:
Shokugeki no S?ma
: San no Sara
(Food Wars! The Third Plate). The new anime will follow the battle against the Council of Ten.
The issue also reveals the third season's first key visual. The visual features S?ma Yukihira, Erina Nakiri, Azami Nakiri (Erina's father), Eishi Tsukasa (Council of Ten first seat), and Rind? Kobayashi (Council of Ten second seat).
The announcement also reveals the following returning cast members:
The 25th volume of
Y?to Tsukuda
and
Shun Saeki
's original manga series will ship on July 4, and the manga will
bundle
an
original anime DVD
(
OAD
). The
OAD
will
feature
some of the members of the Council of Ten for the first time in the anime.
Tsukuda and Saeki's manga previously inspired two television anime series. The first anime season aired for 24 episodes from May to September 2015.
Crunchyroll
streamed
the first anime adaptation as it aired in Japan, and
Sentai Filmworks
licensed
the series for North America.
Sentai Filmworks
also
licensed
Food Wars! The Second Plate
, the second anime season. The 13-episode series aired in July-September 2016, and
Crunchyroll
streamed
the series as it aired.
The 24th volume of Tsukuda and Saeki's manga also bundled an anime on DVD when it shipped on May 2.