: Shokugeki no Soma anime television series was produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani, the series was first announced in October 2014 by Shueisha.

[1] The season adapts the first eight volumes (chapters 1–60) of Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki's manga series of the same name.

[2] The video streaming service Crunchyroll simulcast the series with English subtitles to the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America, Europe (excluding French speaking territories and Italian speaking territories), the Middle East, and North Africa.

[3] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for digital and home video distribution in North America.

[4] In the United States, Adult Swim's Toonami programming block aired the English dub from July 7, 2019, to January 12, 2020.