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Solo Leveling fans following Season 2 on Crunchyroll are in for some disappointing news about its upcoming finale. The release schedule for the final Season 2 episodes will not buck the trend despite the incredible hype built since Episode 18.

Since its January 2025 premiere, Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- has been earning worldwide praise for its excellent adaptation of the role-playing-inspired manhwa by Chugong (despite criticism for omitting key details from the source material). The reception to Episode 18 -- Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 6, "Don't Look Down on My Guys" -- was so strong that it 'broke the internet' for subscribers of Crunchyroll as well as illegal streaming services. The hype surrounding the series has only escalated since, with the recent episode release, "It Was All Worth It," being its strongest performer yet. Given Solo Leveling’s incredible momentum at the moment, fans were expecting a special event for its final episodes,...

The moment that fans and Sung Jinwoo have been waiting for finally comes to fruition in Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 9, whose official previews tease Jinwoo accomplishing his dream of healing his mother.

The official Solo Levelingwebsite revealed the preview images and synopsis for Season 2, Episode 9 (Episode 21 overall), set to air on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, and titled "It was All Worth It". It follows the events of the high-octane Episode 8, where Jinwoo finally takes down Demon King Baran in an epic battle, putting the Radisu (Radiru) family in control of the Demon Gate and acquiring what he needs to save his mother from Eternal Sleep. Readers can check out the full Jinwoo vs. Baran fight below, as well as Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 9's preview images and synopsis below.

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Solo Leveling's first anime season has been officially confirmed as the most-watched new anime of 2024 in an unsurprising yet impressive new disclosure from major streaming platform Crunchyroll.

Via Gamebiz, Crunchyroll revealed on Feb. 21 that Solo Leveling was the platform's most-watched new anime of 2024, over popular debutants like Dandadan, Kaiju No. 8, Wind Breaker and more. The revelation reportedly came in a newsletter sent to the media, confirming what many suspected about the series' massive global reach; Crunchyroll is also working on furthering this through recent collaborations with popular actors and musicians, such as Indian actor Rana Daggubati and Latin American music artist J Balvin.

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A-1 Pictures' Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 8 teases an all-out war between Sung Jinwoo and Demon King Baran as both characters' summoning abilities are put to the test in a fierce battle.

Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 8 (Episode 20 overall) revealed its official video preview via the official X (formerly Twitter) account. Titled "Looking Up was Tiring Me Out," the episode's trailer teases an exciting battle between Sung Jinwoo and formidable opponents in the Demon's Castle. Demon King Baran appears and is seemingly capable of matching Jinwoo's skill of summoning innumerable warriors, threatening an all-out war. The threat of the Ants also looms. Readers can check out the Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 8 trailer below.

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Fans of the Solo Leveling anime series now know who will be voicing one of the anime's fiercest villains in Season 2 of the show, with Crunchyroll recently anouncing its casting for the high orc Kargalgan.

Crunchyroll announced on Feb. 20 that Grammy Award-nominated artist J Balvin will voice dungeon boss Kargalgan in both the English and Spanish dubs of Solo Leveling Season 2: Arise from the Shadow. Kargalgan was one of the anime series' most powerful opponents, brutally toying with the attack squad Son Kihoon, before featuring in Season 2's best battle to date against Jinwoo.

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Solo Leveling is a South Korean web novel written by Chugong, later adapted into a manhwa (webtoon) and an anime. It follows the story of Sung Jin-Woo, a weak hunter who unexpectedly gains the ability to “level up” like a video game character, becoming the world’s strongest hunter.

Originally published on KakaoPage in South Korea, Solo Leveling was later officially translated into English by Webnovel (2016–2018). The webtoon adaptation, featuring stunning artwork by Dubu (Jang Sung-rak), ran for 179 chapters across two seasons. Solo Leveling (with a global release through platforms like Crunchyroll) is produced by A-1 Pictures with Shunsuke Nakashige as the director, Noboru Kimura as the scriptwriter, Tomoko Sudo as the character designer, and Hiroyuki Sawano as the composer.

Following its success, a compilation film titled “Solo Leveling: ReAwakening” was released in theatres from November 29 to December 12, 2024, summarising the first season and previewing the initial episodes of the second season.

Solo Leveling is teasing a major turning point in Sung Jinwoo's most personal battle -- saving his mother from Eternal Sleep. The official preview for Season 2, Episode 8 also promises a physical battle that Sung Jinwoo can't afford to lose.

The official Solo Levelinganime website revealed the preview images and synopsis for Season 2, Episode 8 (Episode 20 overall), titled "Looking Up was Tiring Me Out." The episode picks up from Jinwoo's global confirmation as the 10th S-Rank hunter, garnering direct visits from major figures like Choi Jong-in, Baek Yoonho and Go Gunhee, all while embarrassing actor-turning-hunter Lee Minsung. While his confirmation surprised those who knew him prior, such as Lee Joohee and Song Chiyul, a touching montage showcased their pride towards Jinwoo, formerly known as the world's weakest hunter. Readers can check out the new Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 8 preview images and synopsis below.

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Solo Leveling fans eagerly following the anime series have received a disappointing update on the hit manhwa adaptation. Despite its recent surge in popularity, a new episode of Solo Leveling Season 2 will be delayed on Crunchyroll.

According to the official Solo Leveling social media account on X (formerly Twitter), reposted by Crunchyroll, the English dub of Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 5, will not premiere as initially planned on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. The episode’s release will be delayed by one week, while Episodes 5 and 6 will instead premiere together on Feb. 22, 2025. Crunchyroll has not provided an explanation for the delay.

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After being looked down on as the world's weakest hunter, the new official previews for Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 7 reintroduce Sung Jinwoo as one of the world's strongest after his fight against an army of High Orcs.

The official Solo Leveling website revealed the previews for Season 2, Episode 7 (Episode 19 overall), aptly titled "The 10th S-rank Hunter." The episode continues from last week's epic showdown between Jinwoo and the orc army led by Kargalgan. Jinwoo was again forced out of the shadows, delivering one of the year's best fight scenes in seven minutes of non-stop action. The Hunters Association asked everyone present, including Cha Hae-in, to keep quiet about Jinwoo's powers until they were officially revealed. Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 7 promises to showcase exactly that revelation -- at least to some -- with the official preview images seen below.

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Crunchyroll is mostly known as an anime streaming service, bringing thousands of titles to international fans for them to enjoy. Now, it's also giving them a feast for the ears, with Crunchyroll and J-pop singer LiSA bringing her recent tour to North America.

Meant to coincide with the singer's birthday, the North American leg of the "Another Great Day" tour is heading stateside this summer. This comes as the singer is becoming even more well-known for performing the intro to the Season 2 of the hit anime series Solo Leveling. Per a press release, presale tickets will be available soon for Crunchyroll subscribers, giving them something to "reawake" to.

Related'We Wanted That Line': Solo Leveling's Sung Jinwoo Reveals the Anime Cut That Was 'Too Cold' Not to Return to the Dub

In addition to the Solo Leveling English dub's lauded improvisation, the latest episode receives praise due to restoring a line from the manhwa.

Solo Leveling Season 2 is poised to add a new mystery character to its ranks. A Grammy-nominated Colombian music artist will soon lend his voice to both the English and Spanish dubs of the incredibly popular Crunchyroll streaming anime series.

As revealed in a press release, musical artist J Balvin has joined the cast of Solo Leveling Season 2 in an unnamed "major voice role," and is set to provide voices in both English and Spanish. It follows his acting debut with Little Lorraine last year and marks his first entry into anime voice acting following a Pokémon game collaboration in 2021.

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Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 6 is teased as Sung Jinwoo's biggest battle yet as he takes on an entire army of orcs with his Shadows, as shown in the anime's official preview.

The Solo Leveling anime's official website revealed the preview for Season 2, Episode 6 (Episode 18 overall), titled "Don’t Look Down on My Guys." It drops on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, and picks up after Jinwoo enters the gate with the Hunters Guild's second squad, led by Son Kihoon. Red orcs attacked them before a senior figure, Kargalgan, took them to a throne room, with seemingly little odds of survival. Readers can check out Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode 6's preview images, staff and synopsis below.

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The time for more Solo Leveling is upon us! Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- makes its hotly-anticipated debut today on Crunchyroll, and we have a handy little guide to prepare you for all the action to come. Read on for an overview of the anime's cast, staff, trailer, visuals and everything else that's been leveling up steadily since the new season was revealed! Solo Leveling Season 2 Release Release Date and Exact Time Where to Watch Official Trailers Characters and Voice Actors Anime Staff Anime Key Visuals Plot When is Solo Leveling Season 2 Coming Out? Solo Leveling Season 2 Release Date and Time English Sub Release Date: - Solo Leveling Season 2 premieres on January 4, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Pt Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, Cis and India Related: Crunchyroll Winter 2025 Anime Season Lineup Announced! Where Can I Watch Solo Leveling Season 2? You...

This review contains spoilers for Solo Leveling's anime and manhwa. Proceed with caution.

In Solo Leveling, Hunters awaken to their powers all at once, and never grow stronger, no matter how much they train. However, some Hunters undergo a rare Second Awakening, suddenly receiving an additional power boost that substantially increases their rank in Hunter society. Director Shunsuke Nakashige's new film, Solo Leveling -ReAwawkening-, feels like the moment of the animes own Second Awakening, as it once again unlocks a new level of power that itll carry into its highly anticipated Solo Leveling Season 2.

Based on the light novel written by Chugong, Solo Leveling was always meant to be a resounding success. Much like its main character, Sung Jinwoo (aka The Worlds Weakest Hunter), Solo Leveling rose from relative obscurity to becoming an anime powerhouse that cant be stopped seemingly overnight. The light novel slowly leveled up from...

As fans of the series will know, A-1 Pictures’ anime adaptation of the popular South Korean manhwa series Solo Leveling finally aired earlier this year after numerous delays and cancelation scares. And while the series has received more or less positive reactions, fans of the original work were not as overwhelmed as they had hoped.

In light of this problematic first season, Solo Leveling was nevertheless renewed for a second season, which is scheduled for a 2025 release, but before that, as you might probably know already, a movie titled Solo Leveling -ReAwakening- is going to be released in late November this year.

The movie will give us a recap of the first season and tease the first episodes of the second season (which is becoming a tradition in the industry!), and we are happy to confirm that a new trailer has just been released and that you will be able...

The following contains spoilers for Solo Leveling Episode 11, "The Knight Who Defends an Empty Throne," now streaming on Crunchyroll.

Solo Leveling is slowly carving out its place in the RPG anime fandom, offering a breath of fresh air to the old Mmo formula as dungeon crawling and modern society overlap. It's hard to believe there was ever a time when Jin-woo Sung's worst fear was facing a goblin while out on a raid. Now, he can put up a fight with even the strongest hunters – a testament to how far he's come in his search for power. Jin-woo finally meets his match, and the System makes sure he does not escape unscathed as a shattering encounter follows suit.

Titled "The Knight Who Defends an Empty Throne", Solo Leveling Episode 11 seems to be the final test for Jin-woo Sung before the season wraps up. Directed and storyboarded by Takayuki Kikuchi from...

The following contains spoilers for Solo Leveling Episode 10, "What Is This, a Picnic?," now streaming on Crunchyroll.

Solo Leveling is reaching its home stretch -- and like its protagonist Jin-woo Sung, it has turned into a favorite of both viewers well-versed in the webtoon and those who are new to its world. As the penultimate episode of Season 1 begins, Jin-woo is still a lowly E-ranked Hunter... and he wants to stay that way. But his prowess says otherwise, and prying eyes are starting to take notice, which brings more trouble than he could possibly manage.

Solo Leveling Episode 10 examines how far Jin-woo has come in his journey, because his exploits have started turning the heads of powerful Hunters and Guilds. Directed by Takashi Sakuma, storyboarded by Koki Onoue, and scripted by Yoshikazu Tominaga, the episode titled "What Is This, a Picnic?" shows how normal dungeons have become a walk in...

The following contains spoilers for Solo Leveling Episode 8, "This Is Frustrating."

It was not too long ago when Solo Leveling's infamous Double Dungeon incident turned the lives of many survivors upside down, leaving them with deep-seated regret and trauma. Everyone felt like they lost a part of themselves behind the doors of the Cartenon Temple. This included Jin-woo Sung, who unexpectedly came out with a second wind. Neither team leader Chi-yul Song nor B-rank healer Joo-hee Lee or the others stepped into another dungeon, leaving them to contemplate their life's heading The anime is now at a juncture where the old characters are up for a much-anticipated reunion. Only time will tell whether it will be as disastrous as the last time they were in the same room together or not.

Directed by Hiromu Oshiro and scripted by Shunsuke Nakashige, Solo Leveling Episode 8, "This Is Frustrating," comes after a week-long hiatus.

The following contains spoilers for Solo Leveling Episode 6, now streaming on Crunchyroll.

The famous Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore once wrote, "If no one heeds your call, then walk alone." This quote could also be applied to Solo Leveling and Jin-woo Sung's journey from the weakest hunter to the hero who fears no dungeon boss. Since rising through the ranks is both surprising and unpredecented within the Solo Leveling universe, Jin-woo has to hide his growing abilities. But when a rogue party threatens his life, he has to decide how far he'll go to protect himself and his secret.

Solo Leveling Episode 6 heats up pretty quickly under the careful supervision of showrunners Shunsuke Nakashige and Noboru Kimura. The episode is directed by Takashi Sakuma with a script from Norimitsu Kaiho and music composition from Hiroyuki Sawano. Taito Ban leads the Solo Leveling voice cast as reawakened hunter Jin-woo Sung. He's joined...

The following contains spoilers for Solo Leveling Episode 5, now streaming on Crunchyroll.

As even new Dungeons & Dragons players know, assembling a party to set out on an adventure of magic and might is easier said than done. A balanced group requires compatibility, strategy and the right mix of classes to survive a perilous journey. In the world of Solo Leveling, Guilds have a functioning infrastructure in place -- leaving low-ranked hunters to band together as freelancers, sharing whatever resources they gather in a raid. And sometimes, the lure of further riches can be powerful enough to make teammates kill one another.

The fifth episode of the anime series, titled "A Pretty Good Deal," features new creatives and voice actors. The script is by Norimitsu Kaiho and directed by Makiko Hayase. Taito Ban still leads the voice cast as Jin-woo Sung, but he's joined by newcomers Genta Nakamura as Jin-ho Yoo,...

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Cast: Taito Ban, Genta Nakamura, Haruna Mikawa, Reina Ueda, and Banjo Ginga.

Creator: Chugong

Director: Shunsuke Nakashige

Streaming On: Crunchyroll

Language: Japanese (with subtitles)

Runtime: 12 Episodes, Around 25 minutes each.

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The world of anime has been influential outside of Japan to such a degree that many other cultures have begun to use the tropes defined by the medium to tell their own stories, which is great as it shows that the medium is flexible enough to adapt to other mediums and still retain its main characteristics, which takes us to Solo Leveling, an anime adaptation from a South Korean novel that eventually became a webtoon. It has finally come full circle, becoming an anime series where we follow our protagonist on his search to become the strongest.

Solo Leveling is a name that resonates with every webtoon reader because it not only paved the way for RPG and dungeon comics in Korea but has also been consistently at the top for years. While the artwork in the webtoon is exceptional and noteworthy, even when compared to the likes of Tower of God, The God of High School, and Eleceed, Solo Leveling has a unique approach to captivating the reader: elevations.

When the Solo Leveling anime was announced in early 2023, many fans were ecstatic that their favorite webtoon had finally received a well-deserved adaptation. Many anime enthusiasts, however, are still a bit reluctant to accept any animation studio other than Ufotable, which animated masterpieces such as Demon Slayer, Fate, and God Eater.

While whether the current animation studio, A-1 Pictures, does the webtoon justice is up for another debate, here's everything we know so far about the upcoming anime Solo Leveling.