New series premieres in October
This year's combined 36th and 37th issues of
Shueisha
's
Weekly Shonen Jump
magazine announced on Monday that
STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION
will perform the opening theme song "Chronos" for
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
The Fourth Plate
(
Shokugeki no S?ma
: Shin no Sara
), the fourth anime
season
based on
Y?to Tsukuda
and
Shun Saeki
's
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
manga.
STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION
have previously performed themes for
Beyond the Boundary
,
Dimension W
,
Gangsta.
, and
Nobunaga The Fool
.
The new anime will premiere in October.
The manga previously inspired three television anime series. The first anime season aired for 24 episodes from April to September 2015.
Food Wars! The Second Plate
, the second anime season, aired for 13-episodes starting in July. The third season,
Food Wars! The Third Plate
, premiered in October 2017, and the second half of the third season
premiered
in April 2018.
Crunchyroll
streamed all three series as they aired, and
Sentai Filmworks
has licensed all three series.
Tsukuda and Saeki launched the manga in
Weekly Shonen Jump
in 2012. Chef
Yuki Morisaki
is credited for cooperation for the manga.
Viz Media
releases chapters of the manga weekly in English on its app and website, and also releases the manga's compiled book volumes in English.
Shueisha
also publishes the manga digitally in English on its
MANGA Plus
service.
The manga
ended
its run in
Weekly Shonen Jump
in June.
Shueisha
's
Jump Giga
magazine is publishing a three-chapter
Shokugeki no S?ma
: Le dessert
epilogue manga, and will publish the third chapter on August 29.
Source:
Weekly Shonen Jump
issue 36/37