The much-awaited trailer for season two of Solo Leveling has arrived! The new season was officially announced as Solo Leveling Season 2: Arise from the Shadow. The series is based on the Korean web novel by Chugong and is set in a realm of talented hunters and monsters.
Weak hunter Sung Jinwoo embarks on a journey to various dungeons to discover the true source of his power. The anime adaptation premiered in January of this year and has become one of the breakout anime shows of the year. It has been produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Shunsuke Nakashige, with Noboru Kimura writing the scripts.
The web novel series ran for 14 books between 2016 and 2021, and the webtoon version ran for nine volumes released between 2018 and 2021. Crunchyroll will stream the second season and describes the story in a synopsis.
The low-ranked hunter Jinwoo Sung is known as ‘the weakest hunter of all mankind.’ However, he gets fatally injured while running into high-rank double dungeons hidden within a low-rank dungeon. He then discovers a mysterious quest window, and on the verge of death, decides to accept the quest and start leveling up.
Shunsuke Nakashige directed the anime series at A-1 Pictures, with Noboru Kimura serving as the head writer. Tomoko Sudo designed the characters, and Hiroyuki Sawano composed the music.
NME praised Solo Leveling’s narrative surprises, brisk pace, and visual spectacle. Combine that with the joys of Jin-woo’s ascent and the intriguing mystery of his omniscient interface, and you get an addictive anime that deserves all the hype it’s getting
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