Complete Order (Release = Chronological)Recommended
0 / 6 watchedEvery season plus the OVAs, in the order they came out.
- 1 Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma 24 episodes. Soma enters Totsuki and survives the training camp.
- 2 Food Wars! The Second Plate 13 episodes. The Autumn Elections decide the top first-years.
- 3 Food Wars! OVAs Short side stories bundled with manga volumes from 2016 to 2018. Optional.
- 4 Food Wars! The Third Plate 24 episodes split across fall 2017 and spring 2018. The Moon Festival and the fight against Central.
- 5 Food Wars! The Fourth Plate 12 episodes. The Regiment de Cuisine decides Totsuki's fate.
- 6 Food Wars! The Fifth Plate 13 episodes. The BLUE tournament ends the anime.
TV Seasons Only
0 / 5 watchedThe main story without the OVA side dishes.
- 1 Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
- 2 Food Wars! The Second Plate
- 3 Food Wars! The Third Plate
- 4 Food Wars! The Fourth Plate
- 5 Food Wars! The Fifth Plate
About Food Wars
Food Wars follows Soma Yukihira as he fights through the elite Totsuki cooking academy one high-stakes cooking duel at a time. All five seasons adapt a single straight-line story, so release order is the correct order.
Good to know
The OVAs are short side stories bundled with manga volumes between 2016 and 2018, and all of them are optional. The final season paused after two episodes in spring 2020, then resumed that July.
