Solo Leveling Season 2 officially ended today and there was notably no Season 3 or sequel announcement at the end, but the staff shared numerous illustrations to commemorate the finale. This comes following the producer Atsushi Kaneko saying in a recent behind-the-scenes video that he was uncertain of the show’s future, but teasing that it may continue with the support and encouragement from the followers.
The anime was the most watched anime on Crunchyroll in 2024, and it has consistently been breaking many records on the platform and putting up huge numbers on YouTube and other platforms. The second season premiered as part of the Solo Leveling: ReAwakening movie, which featured the last episode of the first season along with the first two Season 2 episodes.
Solo Leveling Season 2 Staff Commemorates Ending With Illustrations
Studio A-1 Pictures was in charge of the animation, and numerous animators who worked on the anime released special illustrations following the finale. You can see them below.
First, the official X account shared the following illustration by Karen Hirakawa:
Then several animators shared illustrations on their own profiles:
About Solo Leveling
The story began as a web novel titled Only I Level Up (나 혼자만 레벨업), written by Chugong (a pseudonym). It was serialized digitally starting in 2016 on the Korean platform KakaoPage.
In 2018, the novel was adapted into a webtoon (a digital comic format optimized for mobile reading) by REDICE Studio, a South Korean studio known for high-quality manhwa (Korean comics). The webtoon’s art was drawn by Jang Sung-rak, better known by his pen name DUBU. The script was initiallyadapted to the webtoon format by Gi So-Ryeong (2018–2019), while h-goon took over from 2019 up until its end in 2023. Tragically, DUBU passed away in July 2022 due to chronic health issues.
The Solo Leveling anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures is based on the webtoon. Season 1 ran for 12 episodes from January to April 2024, with the main staff consisting of Shunsuke Nakashige as the director, Tomoko Sudo as the character designer, Hiroyuki Sawano as the music composer, and Noboru Kimura in charge on the series composition.
Solo Leveling was voted the most anticipated anime of Winter 2024, and it also won Best New Anime at our Winter 2024 Anime Awards. The second season was then voted as the most anticipated show of Winter 2025 this season.
The anime was ranked first in our eleventh weekly ranking, which was its only weekly win of the season.
Although Solo Leveling Season 2 released its finale, it set numerous records and is very likely to continue with Season 3, 4, 5, and on as there is plenty of material left to cover and Jinwoo has only started to show off his power. Much like the ReAwakening movie, there is also potential for more theatrical releases, so stay tuned as we wait for official announcements of a continuation.
Update (Mar 30): Corrected the information regarding the ReAwakening movie (it previously incorrectly said that the movie contained the last two episodes of the first season + the first episode of Season 2). Credit to @AniCigars on X for pointing it out.
Source: Solo Leveling Official X
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