Hit anime Solo Leveling has surpassed a style basic by way of opinions on platform Crunchyroll, regardless of solely having 23 episodes aired to date.
One Piece, the wildly well-liked collection with over 1,100 episodes, beforehand held the file for many opinions on the platform with 596,000. Regardless of having a fraction of that runtime, Solo Leveling has overtaken it with 603,000.
For comparability, long-running favorite Demon Slayer has 587,000 opinions, whereas the epic Assault On Titan ended with 354,000 opinions. This metric isn’t a exact indicator of viewers dimension, or hours watched, however it goes some method to illustrating the immense recognition of Solo Leveling early into its historical past.
Primarily based on the Korean internet novel by Chugong, the hit anime collection takes place in a realm of gifted hunters and monsters. On this world, weak hunter Sung Jinwoo is given extraordinary energy by means of a mysterious programme, which kickstarts a journey throughout the assorted dungeons to find the true supply of his energy.
The present is produced by A-1 Footage and directed by Shunsuke Nakashige, with Noboru Kimura writing the scripts, Tomoko Sudo designing the characters and Hiroyuji Sawano composing the music.
The primary season aired from January to March 2024 to essential and fan acclaim. A second season, entitled Come up From The Shadow, premiered in January 2025. There’s additionally a Korean drama adaptation in improvement.
Not too long ago, the present’s voice actor Taito Ban (Sung Jin-woo) has constructed pleasure for season two of the anime present, by promising a “darker route” than followers may have seen earlier than.
“(Jin-woo) has undergone an enormous change, each mentally and bodily” he mentioned, including that the character could also be heading in an surprising route. “All of those levelling ups have which means. Story-wise, Jin-woo’s path isn’t shiny, and he’s heading in a darkish route”.
