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37. Food Wars!
https://myanimelist.net/anime/28171/Shokugeki_no_Souma

This is one of the more known titles on the list but if you don't know what it is... it's basically a battle shounen where they cook instead of hit each other. They also have food orgasms. Food Wars follows Souma Yukihira on his quest to become the number one chef at the prestigious Tootsuki Culinary Academy.

In my opinion one of the strengths of the show is that it has a lot of balance in where the appeal lies. Starting with the cast it has several standout characters in Souma, Erina, and Alice specifically. But each member gains a bit of backstory and have reasonable influence on the overall story or other characters. Even if some of them are basically just nice to look at (like Ikumi) they still add something.

Speaking of being nice to look at. The first season has a fair amount of fan service overall. It does help that the show does have a collection of some of the best looking female characters I've seen in a show... like ever. There's a good amount of comedy too, and a lot of the show is actually funny. Beyond that most people in the cast is fairly likable (at least the ones that need to be) and even the ones that might not do that much are either cool or just hot.

The actual shokugeki though are the high points and each one is a battle of wits and oneupmanship. It helps that the shokugeki has a wager on them raising the stakes, sometimes where it's the point of no return (although one might argue this kind of takes away the tension of it makes it to obvious). But that's a relatively minor issue.

Food Wars is a great series and season 3 is coming in the Fall. 100% recommended for just about anyone.

36. Yuru Yuri (S2+3)
https://myanimelist.net/anime/12403/Yuru_Yuri%E2%99%AA%E2%99%AA

Yuru Yuri (or easy going yuri) is a slice of life comedy series about of group of middle school girls. If the title didn't give it away the show has a lot of Yuri understones (which get stronger later on but remains basically family friendly). The show focuses more on the friendship of the girls and their funny antics and just being cute overall.

S2 (and 1) were done by who might be the new king of moe slice of life comedy, Dogo Kobo. Season 3 is done by TYO Animations. There is a distinct difference in the two seasons in direction and style. Dogo Kobo's is easily the funnier of the set with more running gags and more general moeness. TYO's version approaches it from a more endearing standpoint wanting you to have more of a "warm" feeling with their character interactions versus being more strictly a comedy.

As for the cast first there is KYOUKO TOSHINOU. If there was a "leader" it would be her. She's energetic and basically always fun. There's Akari, who I almost forgot about, Yui the cool one, and Chinatsu the girl who is... kinda there but also leads to some of the funniest moments. There's a decent side cast with each girl having their own gimmick. The best one is obviously Ayano screaming Kyouko's name whenever she enters a room. Also, Kyouko's favorite ice cream is rum raisin.

Since it's a slice of life there's no story beyond how they got the club started. The comedy is more balanced so it doesn't have like the killer scenes like a nichijou but the cast just has an extreme level of likability. Both season are great and despite their differences people who liked the first two should like the third.
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Updated: July 27th, 2016.