Shokugeki no Souma Anime’s 5th Season Premieres on April 10

This year’s 14th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the fifth season of the Shokugeki no Souma anime will premiere on April 10 at 24:30 (effectively April 11 at 12:30 a.m.).

nano.RIPE (ending themes for Shokugeki no Soma anime’s second through fourth seasons) will perform the opening theme song “Last Chapter,” and voice actress and singer Fuchigami Mai (Planet With, Outbreak Company) will perform the ending theme song “Crossing Road.”

The fifth season is titled Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara.

Shokugeki no Souma: Shin no Sara, the fourth anime season based on Tsukuda Yuuto and Saeki Shun’s manga, premiered on October 11, and had 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired. Yonetani Yoshitomo returned to direct the anime at J.C. Staff. Yasukawa Shougo also returned to oversee the series scripts, and Shitaya Tomoyuki returned as character designer.