Teaser visual revealed
A stage presentation at the
Jump Festa
'20 event on Sunday revealed that the
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
anime is getting a fifth season that will premiere in April 2020. The anime will be titled
Shokugeki no S?ma
: G? no Sara
(Strong Plate, a pun on "Go" meaning "five"). The event also revealed a teaser visual and the fifth season's logo.
Weekly Shonen Jump
had
teased
that there would be an "important announcement" for the franchise on December 22 at
Jump Festa
'20.
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 manga, premiered on October 11, and will have 12 episodes.
Crunchyroll
is
streaming
the series as it airs.
Yoshitomo Yonetani
is returning to direct the anime at
J.C. Staff
.
Shogo Yasukawa
is returning to oversee the series scripts, and
Tomoyuki Shitaya
is returning as character designer.
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, and ended the series after a three-chapter epilogue in August. Chef
Yuki Morisaki
is credited for cooperation for the manga.
Viz Media
released 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.
Source:
Animate Times