In an interview with Aniplex’s After Hours program on May 10, 2024, which was hosted by Sally Amaki, Solo Levling producer Sota Furuhashi shared hints regarding the exciting developments that’s in store for the upcoming season 2 of the anime.
Solo Levling season 1 focused on the main character’s journey of growth and self-discovery, and Furuhashi acknowledged that this will continue in the second season as well. However, he hinted at a broader narrative scope.
This will include shining a spotlight on the supporting characters of the series, suggesting that fans can expect more backstory and development for those who have been supporting the protagonist on his journey.
Furuhashi also went on to say that this focus on side characters will give viewers a more 360-degree look at the world of Solo Leveling.
“In season 1, it focuses a lot on the main character’s development, and of course that continues in season 2, but this time we’ll also turn the spotlight on on the supporting characters and fill in the story a bit more as we wrap things up, so you’ll get a more 360-degree look at the world of Solo Leveling in season 2.“
Solo Leveling anime, produced by A-1 Pictures, aired from Jan 7 to March 31, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks. Crunchyroll is streaming the series in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and India. The first episodes were screened from December 2023 in Tokyo, Seoul, Los Angeles, India, and Europe.
Crunchyroll licensed the series outside China, Japan, and South Korea. Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand).
A second season, entitled Arise from the Shadow, has been announced.
Solo Leveling is a South Korean web novel written by Chugong. It was serialized in Kakao’s digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage beginning on July 25, 2016, and was later published by D&C Media under their Papyrus label since November 4, 2016. The novel has been licensed in English by Yen Press.
A webtoon adaptation of Solo Leveling was first serialized in KakaoPage on March 4, 2018; it was illustrated by Jang Sung-rak (Dubu). The webtoon’s first season concluded on March 19, 2020, and its second season was released from August 2020 to December 2021. Its individual chapters have been collected and published by D&C Media in nine volumes as of August 2023.
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