I came away from Food Wars Season 1 surprisingly impressed – while the fan service was a little silly, the ridiculous passion for food and teen drama made for an entertaining romp. With Food Wars Season 2 now available on Blu-Ray it’s time to see how they keep that momentum going. Food Wars Season 2 […]
Food Wars has earned something of a reputation for its fusion of passionate food-analysis and copius fan service. The question lies in how the balance of these two elements will play out and if the narrative is strong enough to escape the fleshy grasp of its protagonists. Food Wars Complete Season 1 kicks off the […]
In a parallel, magical world where food causes sexual responses within the general population, the students of Totsuki Academy are competing for the top spot of their prestigious culinary school. It’s only three weeks into the Summer season and already Shokugeki no Souma has swept me up in the familiar hype. Forgoing all exposition entirely, the second […]
Food Wars! Vol. 08 picks up right where the battle for the Fall Classic Preliminaries left off in volume 7, with Soma and curry master Akira Hayama. This particular battle was highly anticipated, for obvious reasons, and author Tsukuda and illustrator Saeki do not disappoint. Of course, both dishes are incredibly crafted and presented in the […]
The Fall Classic is in full swing now, and all of the hopeful contestants have been split into blocks A and B for the preliminaries, with only four students from each block granted permission to participate in the finals. With so many potential victors, who could possibly emerge triumphant, and who will be ending their […]
From Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, Good Smile Company’s have done Erina Nakiri, the girl with God’s Tongue, justice in an incredible looking 1/8 scale figure! From Good Smile’s product page: From the anime series ‘Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma’ comes a long-awaited scale figure of “God’s Tongue” Erina Nakiri! The figure is based on the reaction scene […]
First off, I will admit that I watched the show first before delving into the source material. I thoroughly enjoy the show for what it offers, and wanted to see if it held up to the manga, or simply took the premise and ran something completely different. Happy to see that the anime stayed truthful […]