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Food Wars! The Third Plate to Stream as Crunchyroll Exclusive, Launches on 10/3 with 2 Others


It looks like the house with the orange banner is serving up a dish that only Totsuki’s finest can deliver.

Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that they will stream Food Wars! The Third Plate as an exclusive title. The series will launch on Crunchyroll on October 3, along with the following:

  • Black Clover
  • Juni Taisen: Zodiac War

Food Wars! The Third Plate

The Food Wars! anime adapts Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki’s manga of the same name. The series kicked off in April 2015, and ran for 24 episodes. Yoshitomo Yonetani (Nurse Witch Komugi, Tiger & Bunny The Movie -The Rising-) directed the series at J.C. Staff, while Tomoyuki Shitaya (Bakuman, Kiss×sis) provided character designs. Scripts were provided by Shinichi Inotsume and Shogo Yasukawa.

The confirmed voice cast for the new season includes:

  • Sōma Yukihira: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
  • Eishi Tsukasa: Akira Ishida
  • Rindō Kobayashi: Shizuka Ito
  • Momo Akanegakubo: Rie Kugimiya
  • Terunori Kuga: Yuuki Kaji
  • Nene Kinokuni: Kana Hanazawa
  • Erina Nakiri: Hisako Kanemoto

Crunchyroll describes Food Wars: The Third Plate as:

Yukihira Soma had been polishing his cooking skills while helping at his family’s diner and one day, enters the elite cooking school, Totsuki Teahouse Culinary Academy. Soma met various other chefs at the academy and as he grew, he started searching for his own way of cooking.

With the curriculums that required the students to go help out at actual restaurants, Soma gained even more experience. With that, he was able to break through his old self and break through to a whole new taste for his dishes. He successfully completes his curriculum and grew even more.

After his training in the actual restaurant, Soma finally sees the top of Totsuki Academy, the Totsuki Elite Ten at the Momiji Meet and Greet and challenges them.

The venue that was decided for Soma and the Elite Ten to battle was the Totsuki school festival, the Moon Festival. What will Soma make happen at this monster event that brings in 500,000 ever year?

Meanwhile, someone’s plan is coming together in the shadows. Soma’s new battle was about to begin!

Black Clover

Black Clover is based on Yuki Tabata’s manga of the same name. Tatsuya Yoshihara (Monster Musume, Long Riders!) will direct the project at Studio Pierrot, with Itsuko Takeda (Ristorante Paradiso, Blue Drop) serving as character designer. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Monster Musume, Tantei Opera Milky Holmes) is in charge of series composition for the project.

Crunchyroll describes the show as:

In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder’s magic. Asta’s is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent’s spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option!

Juni Taisen: Zodiac War

Juni Taisen is based on NisiOisin’s novel series of the same name. Naoto Hosoda (The Devil is a Part-Timer!, The Future Diary) is directing the project at Graphinica, with Chikashi Kadekaru (Hōkago Mania Club) providing character designs. Sadayuki Murai (Boogiepop Phantom, Knights of Sidonia) is in charge of series composition for the show.

Crunchyroll describes Juni Taisen as:

The record of the bloody battle between the twelve proud warriors—The 12th Twelve Tournament that gets held every twelve years…Twelve brave warriors who bear the names of the signs of the zodiac fight each other for the lives and souls. The participants are twelve very strange warriors: “Rat,” “Ox,” “Tiger,” “Rabbit,” “Dragon,” “Snake,” “Horse,” “Goat,” Monkey,” “Rooster,” “Dog,” and “Pig.”

The victor of this tournament gets to have one wish granted, whatever the wish may be. The one wish they want granted—Who will be the final survivor? Whose tears will flow on the bloody battlefield filled with conspiracy and murder? A soul-shaking battle royale is about to begin.

Source: Crunchyroll (Email Communication)

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