The second season of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma anime television series, subtitled The Second Plate (弍ノ皿, Ni no Sara), was produced by J.C.Staff under the direction Yoshitomo Yonetani. The story continues Soma Yukihira's journey at the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy as he and his classmates compete in the Autumn Elections, followed by their stagiaire (unpaid internships at different restaurants). The series was first broadcast in Japan on MBS from July 2 to September 24, 2016 with additional broadcasts on Tokyo MX, BS11, and Animax.