Good news to fans waiting for news on the upcoming fourth season of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma! First off, an official release date has been confirmed, with the fourth season pegged for an October 11 release. The new season will air on Tokyo MX and BS11 at 12:30 am.
In addition to this, a new teaser visual was also released for Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fourth Plate. Check it out below!
The fourth season will still be directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani, with scripts still being overseen by Shogo Yasukawa. J.C. Staff is still animating the series.
Warner Bros., which holds the English distribution rights for the anime, released a recap video of the past seasons that also served as a teaser PV to Shokugeki no Soma’s 4th season.
Viz Media, which holds the manga’s distribution rights in English, describes the series as such:
”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?!”
Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma is written by Yuto Tsukuda, with illustrations by Shun Saeki. It was first serialized in the Weekly Shonen Jump in November 2012, with 35 tankobon volumes already released so far by Shueisha. The series received an anime adaptation from JC Staff, with the first season airing from April to September 2015 and the second season airing from July to September 2016. The third season was divided into two cours and was released from October to December 2017 and from April to June 2018.
Source: Anime News Network