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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma S1E1 — The Vast Wasteland
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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma•Season 1•Episode 1

The Vast Wasteland

7.5/10 · 438 votesApr 4, 201524 min

Ranked #24 of 24 in Season 1•−0.7 vs season avg

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Yukihira is a popular neighborhood restaurant where Yukihira Soma helps out in the hopes of surpassing his father as a chef one day. But land sharks are after their restaurant, and one day Soma tells them that the restaurant will close if they couldn't serve

Written byShogo Yasukawa
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Cast15

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Soma Yukihira

Ai Kayano

Ai Kayano

Ryoko Sakaki

Maaya Uchida

Maaya Uchida

Yuki Yoshino

Chinatsu Akasaki

Chinatsu Akasaki

Alice Nakiri

Risa Taneda

Risa Taneda

Erina Nakiri (voice)

Minami Takahashi

Minami Takahashi

Tadokoro Megumi

Kengo Kawanishi

Kengo Kawanishi

Shoji Sato

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Houjou Miyoko

Saori Onishi

Saori Onishi

Arato Hisako

Junichi Yanagita

Junichi Yanagita

Daigo Aoki (voice)

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Hayama Akira

Taishi Murata

Taishi Murata

Ibusaki Shun

Crew12

S

Shiro Shibata

Key Animation

T

Toshiaki Satou

Key Animation

K

Kyota Washikita

Key Animation

Y

Yukako Tsuzuki

Key Animation

R

Ryousuke Tanigawa

Key Animation

M

Mai Matsuura

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Kosuke Yoshida

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Masakazu Yamazaki

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Yumi Nakayama

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Yoshitomo Yonetani

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Yuri Nakajima

Key Animation

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Shogo Yasukawa

Writer

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Episode Summary

"The Vast Wasteland" is episode 1 of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma season 1. It scored 7.5/10 from 438 votes, ranking #24 of 24 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Written by Shogo Yasukawa, it aired on April 4, 2015.

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