We’ve had quite a few TV spots come out for the spring 2015 anime series Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, and now Warner Bros. Japan has debuted a new two minute promo for the series with a focus on its opening song. And a lot of focus on the culinary delights within the show, which will make you pretty hungry as you watch it play out. The series is set to debut on April 3rd, 2015 on MBS, TBS and CBC with more broadcasters and dates to come. The series comes from the manga of the same name by Yuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki and we’ve seen a couple of TV spots so far, including one narrated by Risa Taneda, who is taking on the role of Erina Nakiri in the series that’s arriving in April 2015.
Directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani, the series is being animated at JC Staff with Shogko Yasukawa handling the scripts and Tomoyuki Shitaya working on the character design adaptations. It’ll star Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Soma Yukihira, Risa Taneda as Erina Nakir, Minami Takahashi as Megumi Tadokoro, Ikumi Mito as Shizuka Ishigami, Maaya Uchida as Yūki Yoshino, Ai Kayano as Ryōko Sakaki, Taishi Murata as Shun Ibusaki, Yūsuke Kobayashi as Zenji Marui, Ai Kakuma as Mayumi Kurase, Rina Hidaka as Urara Kawashima, Banjo Ginga as Senzaemon Nakiri and Rikiya Koyama as Joichiro Yukihira.
The series is currently running in Weekly Shonen Jump by Yuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki with ten volumes to its name so far. Viz Media publishes the manga in North America digitally and in print form.
Plot concept: Soma Yukihira’s old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father’s culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, out of the blue, his father decides to enroll Soma in a classy culinary school!
Can Soma really cut it in a place that prides itself on a 10 percent graduation rate? And can he convince the beautiful, domineering heiress to the school that he belongs there at all?!
