Food Wars Gets Replaced By Paranoia Agent on Toonami’s 1 AM Programming Block

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma recently put out the first episode of it’s fifth and final season on 11th April. However, only the first two seasons of the show are available on Toonami for streaming currently.

Adult Swim’s Toonami Block posted an announcement on Twitter and Facebook. Looks like Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent will run on 25th April in the 1 AM time slot instead of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma.

That’s right #toonami faithful, to replace Food Wars we’ve got the long awaited return of a stone cold CLASSIC. Satoshi Kon’s monumental PARANOIA AGENT. Who loves you, and who do you love? pic.twitter.com/MqlszoeP1I
— SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) April 15, 2020

Adult Swim does plan to stream season 3-5 of Food Wars; however, they need some more deals to strike to obtain the appropriate rights for streaming.

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FYI for those asking, we do intend to bring Food Wars S3-5 to Toonami eventually but it’s a different set of rights that will require a new deal to be struck. We are working on it, we’ll of course let you know when and if we make that happen. I love Food Wars!
— SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) April 15, 2020

Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent is a 13-episode long anime series that first premiered in 2004. This psychological thriller genre anime revolves around two detectives trying to solve the mystery behind a recent surge in crime taking place in Musashino City.

Kon directed the series at Madhouse, and Kon is also credited with the original work. Seishi Minakami and Tomomi Yoshino wrote the scripts, and frequent Kon collaborator Susumu Hirasawa composed the music.

About Food Wars!

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma is a Japanese shōnen manga series written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki.

Souma is the son of the owner of a small eatery in Japan. For his age, Souma is very talented and can quickly cook up some new dishes.

Souma’s father leaves the family business to work with his friend, and Souma’s restaurant is on the verge of closing. To improve his cooking skills and to save the restaurant, Souma begins studying in Engetsu Teahouse Culinary Academy, which is regarded as Japan’s top culinary academy.