Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma

Ok, in all seriousness, Shokugeki no Soma is hands down the most genius work to come out of Weekly Shonen Jump in a long time! It's a cooking manga sure, but at it's core it's a battle manga. Think the anime version of Iron Chef with tons of food porn and people porn. No like seriously, there's a lot of ecchi and literal foodgasms happen. It's glorious, lol. And it even has an interesting and endearing feel good story to back it all up! 15 year old Soma Yukihira (Yoshitsugu Matsuoka [Kirito from SAO]) dreams of becoming a master chef like his father Jouichiro (Rikiya Koyama [Emiya Kiritsugu from Fate/Zero]), but to do that he has to graduate from Tootsuki Academy, Japan's top culinary arts academy where less than 10% of the students graduate! He makes many friends along the way including young and timid Megumi Tadokoro (Minami Takahashi) as well as many rivals like the daughter of the academy's head Nakiri Erina (Risa Taneda [Yukina Himeragi from Strike the Blood]), all while trying to fight his way towards becoming the school's top chef via the grueling cooking battles known as Shokugeki! Can Soma make it to the top? With an interesting story and concept, likable characters, a fun mix of action and comedy with cute girls and a lot of tasty food, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma is a must see series! NOW WATCH IT!

This is a great anime to watch! It's very true to the manga and the quality is great for the anime, top notch! Very great comedy and the way the animate and draw the reactions and food! I find myself eating every time I watch this show.....So be warned!!! If you're like me, don't binge watch this anime otherwise you'll find yourself eating ALL DAY! I feel like I gain a few pounds per episode- I can't help it since this show makes the cooking look so damn good! I recommend watching a sports anime after to counter the effects like Eyes Shield 21, or Hajime no Ippo to motivate you to work out afterwards. Great anime! You won't be bored or disappointed!

Its an incredibly well executed adaptation of an incredibly popular manga that's popular for a reason. The combination of incredible cooking animation and ridiculous reactions make this show a much watch of the season or even a must watch in general. Its pretty Ecchi, if you can handle it, but its just to ridiculously hilarious to look away.

Warning: This series has nudity, sexually suggestive behavior, and blatantly sexual cut-scenes that make it worthy of the title of food porn. If Gourmet Girl Graffiti was too much for you, then you won't survive the first episode here. That aside, the concept of the show is actually looking very interesting. The acting, script, and presentation have good flow with very well done dramatic music and style to highlight important scenes. The food scenes are done in high quality style to highlight them as great co-stars of the show. It will be fun to see exactly where they plan on taking this crazy train, since it has already gone off the tracks. I am anticipating great laughs, and quite a few moments of embarrassment (oddly enough) from this series as it pushes against boundaries of both taste and social standards. The story centers on a young man just ending middle school with plans to study culinary arts in the small family restaurant with his father. Unfortunately for him both life and his father have other plans, and he is forced to attend an ultra elite culinary school in order to find his path in life. From the very start he is facing nearly impossible odds, and has to perform one food miracle after another in order to gain a foothold in this prestigious institution. Once he gets himself settled in the dorms he finds that each of his fellow housemates are as unique as he is, and has already caught the eyes of the most elite students due to his brazen introduction at the entrance ceremony. From there he will face numerous challenges and set backs in his new struggle of personal and professional growth. One thing is certain, even in the face of defeat he is entertaining us with his best efforts.