3rd season of culinary shōnen series premieres on October 3 on Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll began streaming an English-subtitled promotional video on Saturday Food Wars! The Third Plate, the third season of the Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma anime. The video is the same video that Mantan Web began streaming on Friday, and it previews ZAQ's opening theme song "Braver."

The season will premiere on October 3, and will follow the battle against the Council of Ten. Crunchyroll will exclusively stream the anime starting on October 3.

The following cast members will return for the third season:

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Sōma Yukihira Hisako Kanemoto as Erina Nakiri (returning from the original video anime and event anime, as original voice actress Risa Taneda is still on hiatus for her health) Akira Ishida as Eishi Tsukasa Shizuka Itou as Rindō Kobayashi Rie Kugimiya as Momo Akanegakubo Kana Hanazawa as Nene Kinokuni Yuuki Kaji as Terunori Kuga

Rock duo nano.RIPE are performing the ending theme song.

Yoshitomo Yonetani is returning to direct the anime at J.C. Staff. Shogo Yasukawa is returning to oversee the series scripts, and Tomoyuki Shitaya is returning as the character designer. Tatsuya Katou is returning to compose the music.

Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki's manga previously inspired two television anime series. The first anime season aired for 24 episodes from May to September 2015. Crunchyroll streamed the first anime adaptation as it aired in Japan, and Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for North America. Sentai Filmworks also licensed Food Wars! The Second Plate, the second anime season. The 13-episode series aired in July-September 2016, and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired.