Though we loved more than just the seven shows listed here, the IGN team got together and picked out the best shows from the 2015 anime season based on their ability to tell an awesome story. Let us know your favorite shows from the summer season in the comments below.
Consistently engaging and entertaining, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma takes the high-stakes shounen battle trope and refines it. Main character and cooking prodigy Soma aims to be number one (a mainstay of shounen anime) at his extremely prestigious cooking school. Food Wars nails that competitive intensity, and it takes the time to develop even its most minor characters so we have a reason to care about their successes and failures. It also does fan service the right way; characters’ over-the-top reactions to food make sense when that food is so beautifully animated and enthusiastically presented. We’re really hoping for a second season, because this is the show that demands it.
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Consistently engaging and entertaining, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma takes the high-stakes shounen battle trope and refines it. Main character and cooking prodigy Soma aims to be number one (a mainstay of shounen anime) at his extremely prestigious cooking school. Food Wars nails that competitive intensity, and it takes the time to develop even its most minor characters so we have a reason to care about their successes and failures. It also does fan service the right way; characters’ over-the-top reactions to food make sense when that food is so beautifully animated and enthusiastically presented. We’re really hoping for a second season, because this is the show that demands it.
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