Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara

Food Wars! The Second Plate / 食戟のソーマ弍ノ皿 / Shokugeki no Souma 2nd Season / Shokugeki no Soma 2 / Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma 2 / Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate

Genres: Ecchi, Gourmet, School, Shounen
Themes: School
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: J.C.Staff
Producers: Dentsu, KlockWorx, Lantis, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Showgate, Shueisha, Warner Bros. Japan
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Rating: 8.06 / 10
Rank: #598
Popularity: #136
Users Listed: 1,184,528
Users Scored: 749,705
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 04/17/2022
Aired: July 2, 2016 – September 24, 2016 (Summer)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 13
Broadcast: Saturday at 22:00 (JST)

Synopsis:

The culmination of the Autumn Elections has narrowed the competition to eight aspiring chefs. The remaining contestants now navigate intense, individual culinary battles, each showcasing distinct gastronomic philosophies. Protagonist Souma faces a shifting landscape of judges and rivals, all bringing innovative techniques and challenging dishes. Set against the backdrop of Tootsuki Culinary Academy, the series explores themes of culinary artistry, personal growth, and the pursuit of excellence within a demanding environment. Expect detailed depictions of food preparation, strategic maneuvering during competitions, and character-driven moments as these chefs strive to prove their worth and advance in the academy's rigorous ranking system. The narrative emphasizes both technical skill and the emotional connection chefs forge through their creations.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: What Fills the Box (Aired: 07/02/2016)
Episode 2: The Interplay of Light and Shadow (Aired: 07/09/2016)
Episode 3: The Generation of Prodigies (Aired: 07/16/2016)
Episode 4: The Pursuer (Aired: 07/23/2016)
Episode 5: The Secret in the First Bite (Aired: 07/30/2016)
... and 8 more episodes

Characters:

Nakiri, Erina (Main) - Voice Actors: Taneda, Risa, Wittels, Stephanie, Kilka, Jana, Nonnenmacher, Marie, Veppo, Tamara, Fonseca, Karina
Tadokoro, Megumi (Main) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Minami, Saxton, Jad, Paul, Ela, Bachère, Valérie, Veppo, Tamara, Manso, Sofia, Lin, Angel
Yukihira, Souma (Main) - Voice Actors: Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu, Shepard, Blake, Richter, Raúl, Bourlé, Bastien, Santos, Diego, Gonzalez, Silvio
Aldini, Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Souma, Kouichi, Jones, Kyle Colby
Aldini, Takumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hanae, Natsuki, Baugus, Bryson, Bösherz, Konrad, Schubert, Rafael, Laurent, Arnaud, Arias, Leonel
Aldini, Isami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ono, Yuuki, Bickham, Clint, Laisné, Grégory, Gomes, Hector
Aoki, Daigo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanagita, Junichi, Love, Andrew, Schulze, David, Zylberberg, Jérémy, Carnevale, Bruno
Arato, Hisako (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oonishi, Saori, Karbowski, Brittney, Werner, Rieke, Anne, Mélanie, Helman, Maju
Bald Judge (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iijima, Hajime, Hutchison, Chris
Blondin, Abel (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamashita, Seiichirou, Daniels, Joe, Méyère, Bruno
Chapelle, Roland (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mizushima, Yuu, Gremillion, John, Araújo, Anderson
Daimidou, Fumio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yokoo, Mari, Bonasso, Joanne, Chemin, Pascale, Quadros, Isabela
Doujima, Gin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito, Mahany, Ty, Zylberberg, Jérémy, Carrarini, Daniel
Eizan, Etsuya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugita, Tomokazu, Hunter, Anthony, Rausenberger, Emmanuel, Maguolo, Alexandre
Gao, Wei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Akeno, Simmons, Genevieve, Lambotte, Jessie, Lin, Angel
Gotouda, Donato (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kondou, Takayuki, Wald, David, Balloussier, Cafi
Hayama, Akira (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suwabe, Junichi, Dailey, Kregg, Obermeyer, Arne, Rausenberger, Emmanuel, Rodrigo, Rafael
Houjou, Miyoko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chemin, Pascale, Masuet, Raquel, Seto, Asami, Greenberg, Kara
Hugo, Lucie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arai, Satomi, Haag, Hilary, Combes, Caroline, Liebing, Katja
Ibusaki, Shun (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Murata, Taishi, Hayes, Houston, Laurent, Arnaud, Machado, Yago
Inui, Hinako (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Noto, Mamiko, Sumrall, Allison, Lambotte, Jessie, Martins, Ana Paula
Isshiki, Satoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakurai, Takahiro, Gibbs, Scott, Thiele, Louis Friedemann, Myara, Hugo, Laisné, Grégory
Judge with Glasses (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakurai, Toshiharu, Mendelsohn, Mark
Kabutoyama, Tetsuji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arias, Leonel, Nogawa, Masashi, Jackson, Jovan
Kageura, Hisanao (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takumi, Yasuaki, Boike, Mike
Kasayama (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Tarou, Fenley, Steve, Krause, Thomas
Kawashima, Urara (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hidaka, Rina, Gilbert, Jennifer, Jakobs, Samira, Combes, Caroline, Zagrião, Julliana, Lin, Angel
Kikuchi, Sonoka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishi, Asuka, Searcy, Molly, Bautz, Julia, Bachère, Valérie
Kiyo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shintani, Mayumi, Medrano, Carolyn, Liebing, Katja
Koganei, Aki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujii, Yukiyo, Barr, Katelyn
Kurase, Mayumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kakuma, Ai, Simmons, Juliet, Lestani, Noelia, Lin, Angel
Kurokiba, Ryou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okamoto, Nobuhiko, Anzaldua, Leraldo, Dawn-Claude, René, Méyère, Bruno
Marui, Zenji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Yuusuke, Ayres, Greg, Mayer, Felix, Méyère, Bruno, Tupper, Yuri
Mimasaka, Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nogawa, Masashi, Hutchison, Chris
Mimasaka, Subaru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yasumoto, Hiroki, Mungle, Rob, Horta, Mauro, Zylberberg, Jérémy, Watanabe, Akeno, Stevens, Samantha
Mitamura, Mamoru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawada, Shinji, Regojo, Gabriel, Steinhoff, Ben
Mito, Ikumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishigami, Shizuka, Landon, Rachel, Baumgardt, Birte, Lambotte, Jessie
Mizuhara, Fuyumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawasumi, Ayako, Moore, Chaney, Nonnenmacher, Marie, Lin, Angel
Nakiri, Leonora (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ohara, Sayaka, Neves, Emily, Nonnenmacher, Marie, Linderhaus, Silke, Mourão, Alessandra
Nakiri, Alice (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Akasaki, Chinatsu, Kelly, Christina, Combes, Caroline, Riccart, Isabele, Lin, Angel
Nakiri, Senzaemon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ginga, Banjou, Swasey, John, Pichon, Yann, Berg, Rolf
Nishizono, Kazuna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Higashiuchi, Mariko, Duran, Patricia
Ooizumi, Kakinoshin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogata, Mitsuru, Fleck, Marty, Seugnet, Christophe
Sadatsuka, Nao (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Gotou, Saori, Hoch, Karlii, Combes, Caroline, Lin, Angel
Sakaki, Ryouko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kayano, Ai, Peters, Kelley, Chemin, Pascale, Beatriz, Celina
Saotome, Seishuu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katou, Masayuki, Le Minoux, Martial, Arias, Leonel, Gee, Jeremy
Sasaki, Yua (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hidaka, Rina, McDonald, Margaret, Bachère, Valérie, Medeiros, Karin
Satou, Shouji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawanishi, Kengo, Hartzog, Corey, Méyère, Bruno, Grativol, Marcelo, Saemann, Dennis
Sekimori, Hitoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Majima, Junji, Gibson, Chris, Argôllo, Pablo, Schmidtke, Lars
Shimizu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugisaki, Ryou, Gibbs, Scott
Shinomiya, Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Terasaki, Yuka, Flecknoe, Maggie, Lin, Angel
Shinomiya, Kojirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakamura, Yuuichi, McLaughlin, Benjamin, Le Minoux, Martial, Azevedo, Pedro, Kobayashi, Yumiko, Karbowski, Brittney, Steudtner, Robert
Shiomi, Jun (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Mikako, Rial, Monica, Lambotte, Jessie, Potempa, Annette, Dias, Gisela
Soutsuda, Mitsuru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamashita, Daiki, Poole, Patrick, Laurent, Arnaud, Raczko, Tom
Tadokoro, Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Muranaka, Tomo, Medrano, Carolyn
... and 4 more characters

Staff:

Dohi, Noriko (Producer)
Fujio, Akifumi (Producer)
Fujishiro, Atsushi (Producer)
Fukuda, Jun (Producer)
Kamei, Hiroshi (Producer)
Kawase, Kouhei (Producer)
Maruyama, Hiroo (Producer)
Matsukura, Yuuji (Producer)
Yoshie, Terushige (Producer)
Yonetani, Yoshitomo (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, 2nd Key Animation)
Aketagawa, Jin (Sound Director)
Miura, Kazuya (Episode Director)
Sakurai, Chikara (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Satou, Mitsutoshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yoneda, Kazuhiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Santos, Diego (Script)
Andou, Ryou (Storyboard)
Yamazaki, Takashi (Storyboard)
Matsui, Youhei (Theme Song Lyrics)
SCREEN mode (Theme Song Performance)
nano.RIPE (Theme Song Performance)
Abe, Michihisa (Planning)
Anne, Mélanie (ADR Director)
Furuya, Yuuji (Sound Effects)
Gonzalez, Silvio (ADR Director)
Hashimoto, Ryuuki (Key Animation, In-Between Animation)
Ichino, Maria (Key Animation)
Ishino, Hirokazu (Key Animation)
Itou, Yukiko (Color Design)
Jones, Kyle Colby (ADR Director)
Katou, Tatsuya (Music)
Kawahara, Kumiko (Key Animation)
Kawamura, Akihiro (Planning)
Kobayashi, Toshimitsu (Animation Director)
Masuda, Toshihiko (Key Animation)
Murata, Yoshikuni (Planning)
Nakayama, Yumi (Animation Director)
Nishiyama, Shigeru (Editing)
Sablon, Guillaume (Recording Engineer)
Saeki, Shun (Original Character Design)
Sakurai, Yuuka (Planning)
Schubert, Rafael (ADR Director)
Shimazaki, Katsumi (Animation Director)
Shimizu, Asami (Animation Director)
Tabata, Akira (Key Animation)
Takagi, Yuuji (Key Animation)
Takechi, Tsuneo (Planning)
Tanabe, Kana (Special Effects)
Tatezaki, Hiroshi (2nd Key Animation, Animation Director)
Tezuka, Emi (Key Animation)
... and 1 more staff

News:

North American Anime & Manga Releases for May (05/05/2024)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for February (02/05/2018)
TV Anime 'Shokugeki no Souma' Receives Third Season (06/22/2017)
Manga 'Shokugeki no Souma' Bundles OVA (12/13/2016)
Q3 2016 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 9/27] (07/01/2016)
Summer 2016 Simulcast List [Update 7/8] (06/27/2016)
Summer 2016 Preview (06/15/2016)
PV Collection for Jun 6 - 12 (06/12/2016)
TV Anime 'Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara' Unveils New Visual and Cast (06/05/2016)
PV Collection for Mar 28 - Apr 3 (04/03/2016)
Manga 'Shokugeki no Souma' to Bundle OVA (02/08/2016)
PV Collection for Dec 21 - 27 (12/27/2015)
'Shokugeki no Souma' Gets Second Season (12/10/2015)

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Shokugeki no Souma (anime - Prequel)
Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara OVA (anime - Sequel)
Shokugeki no Souma (manga - Adaptation)