Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma - The Fifth Plate Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		4.5
Audio		4.5
Extras		3.0
Overall		3.0

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma - The Fifth Plate Blu-ray Movie Review

Food Wars: Fifth Plate returns to the kitchen for culinary delights. The Food Wars anime has a cult fanbase devoted to the anime. Created by Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki, Food Wars: Fifth Plate impresses with more of the fan-favorite culinary school excitement that made the series so popular in the first place. Food Wars: Fifth Plate Limited Edition is a deluxe collectors set aimed at the series most diehard fans. Food Wars: Fifth Plate Limited Edition provides a plethora of special bonus collectables for fans.

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Food Wars: Fifth Plate Blu- ray Review

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma - The Fifth Plate Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Released on Blu-ray by Sentai Filmworks, Food Wars: Fifth Plate – Limited Edition is presented in 1080p MPEG-4 AVC encoded high-definition in the original television broadcast aspect ratio of 1.78:1 widescreen. The presentation is pleasing with robust color reproduction and fine detail. The transfer capably showcases the animation.

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Food Wars: Fifth Plate Blu- ray Review

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma - The Fifth Plate Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

The release comes with a selection of lossless audio options: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (with English subtitles). The lossless audio capably presents the dialogue, the sound effects, and the score. The audio presentation is robust with the full spectrum of lossless audio encoding.

One of the great things about physical media and Blu-ray is lossless audio encoding. Lossless audio provides a crisper and more satisfying audio experience for enthusiasts. Home theater enthusiasts and audiophiles alike appreciate the more robust and detailed soundstage. Impressively crisp audio adds to the experience. Streaming video services only provide lossy (non-lossless) audio encoding. Streaming services often only provide MP3 quality audio. For those fans desiring the best of the best, it is nice to know the physical media format provides a superior audio presentation.

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Food Wars: Fifth Plate Blu- ray Review

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma - The Fifth Plate Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Food Wars: Fifth Plate Limited Edition is a deluxe collectors edition with robust packaging and a plethora of physical swag to whet the appetites of Food Wars cuisine lovers everywhere. The box-set features an impressive assembly of extra pack-in collectables including a deluxe food-plate style outer box with a fancy storage system. A treasure trove for the die-hard fan of the series.

In addition to the pull-out collector's box packaging (designed to look in unison with other sets in the Food Wars deluxe limited-edition line), the set also provides the Season 5 Blu-ray box-set in standard DVD sized clear packaging (staying in unison with the packaging selection for previous limited-edition sets), a collectable recipe notebook, a bamboo coaster collection, a sticker sheet collection, and a metal pin collectable. These physical swag items add extra value to the collector's edition for fans who prefer a more robust physical media edition with personal items and swag that one can't simply get from the on-disc supplements. The physical items add some extra flair to the box-set and the set was designed well in terms of staying true to the previous limited-edition releases for the anime.

The Blu-ray discs are the same as in the standard edition release. If fans would prefer a standard-edition sans physical swag, then the standard set is always an option, too. The standard edition comes in standard Blu-ray sized casing.

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Food Wars: Fifth Plate Blu- ray Review

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma - The Fifth Plate Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Food Wars: Fifth Plate returns with a deluxe collector's edition aimed at satisfying the appetites of the anime series cuisine lovers everywhere. The Blu-ray box-set includes a plethora of limited-edition swag including a deluxe oversized collector's box (consistent with previous limited-edition releases for other seasons), a clear DVD-sized case for the Season 5 Blu-ray box set, a recipe notebook, a bamboo coaster set, a sticker sheet set, and a collectable metal pin.

The physical bonus items are the real value in the limited edition release. If fans are looking for a more premium collector's version with added bonuses like these physical swag items then this set will appeal to those fans looking to get a fancier edition for the collection. Fans of the series who have collected previous limited-edition season sets in the Food Wars box-set line will be interested in adding this collector's edition release to their collection.