Solo Leveling

Last updated: 1 November 2026

About Solo Leveling

Sung Jinwoo starts as the weakest hunter in a world where gates to monster-filled dungeons open everywhere. After a near-death experience he gains a mysterious system that lets him level up without limit. His rise from weakest to strongest is fast, stylish and very satisfying to watch. The Solo Leveling anime is produced by A-1 Pictures, adapted from the hit Korean web novel and webtoon. It became a global phenomenon, one of Crunchyroll's most talked-about series, and winner of Anime of the Year at the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Its appeal is pure momentum: every episode leaves Jinwoo stronger, cooler and closer to the truth behind the System that chose him, while the world of hunters, guilds and gates grows more dangerous around him.

Solo Leveling is a TV anime from 2024, first released in Winter 2024. It belongs to the Action and Fantasy genres. The summary above is written by the AnimeYug team in our own words.

Official Trailer

▶Solo Leveling | OFFICIAL TEASER · Crunchyroll

Story & Plot

Ten years ago, gates began opening around the world, connecting Earth to dungeons full of monsters. Some humans awakened as hunters, but a hunter's power is fixed at birth, and Sung Jinwoo, an E-rank hunter nicknamed the weakest of all mankind, barely survives the weakest gates. During a raid on a hidden double dungeon, Jinwoo sacrifices himself for his party, and wakes up with a mysterious System only he can see.

The System gives him quests, stats and something no other hunter has: the ability to level up without limit. As Jinwoo grows from prey to predator, he uncovers an army of shadows waiting for a monarch, and a war between cosmic powers that has chosen Earth as its battlefield.

Jinwoo does not rise alone: every shadow he raises from the dead becomes a soldier in an army that answers only to him. But the stronger he becomes, the more the world's real powers begin to move, the great guilds and hunter associations who fear him, the mysterious Monarchs who hunt him, and the truth about why the System chose the weakest hunter of all as its player.

Story Arcs & Episode Guide

The Solo Leveling anime is split into story sagas. Here is every saga in order, with its episodes and years.

Why Watch Solo Leveling

• A true weakest-to-strongest rise, with visible progress almost every episode
• Stylish, hard-hitting dungeon fights animated by A-1 Pictures
• Hiroyuki Sawano's score gives every level-up a big-event feel
• A simple, addictive game-style system of quests, stats and loot
• Season 2's Jeju Island raid is one of modern anime's biggest battles

Who Is It For?

Best for action and dark-fantasy fans who enjoy power-growth stories and game-like systems. It is rated TV-MA in the US, with strong monster violence and gore, so it suits older teens and adults rather than younger viewers.

Sung Jinwoo

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Cha Hae-In

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Yoo Jinho

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Go Gunhee

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Choi Jong-In

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Woo Jinchul

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Sung Jinah

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Lee Joohee

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Beru

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Voice Actors

The Japanese voices behind the main characters of Solo Leveling.

• Sung JinwooE-rank hunter who becomes the System's only player
  Japanese voiceTaito Ban
• Cha Hae-InS-rank swordswoman and vice guild master of the Hunters Guild
  Japanese voiceReina Ueda
• Yoo JinhoD-rank hunter and Jinwoo's loyal sworn brother
  Japanese voiceGenta Nakamura
• Go GunheeChairman of the Korean Hunters Association
  Japanese voiceBanjo Ginga
• Choi Jong-InS-rank fire mage and master of the Hunters Guild
  Japanese voiceDaisuke Hirakawa
• Woo JinchulChief inspector of the Hunters Association surveillance team
  Japanese voiceMakoto Furukawa
• Sung JinahJinwoo's younger sister, a high-school student
  Japanese voiceHaruna Mikawa
• Lee JooheeB-rank healer and Jinwoo's friend from his weakest days
  Japanese voiceRina Honnizumi
• BeruShadow soldier born from the Ant King of Jeju Island
  Japanese voiceAkira Ishida

Staff & Production

Original Creator

Chugong (web novel); Dubu / Redice Studio (webtoon art)

Animation Studio

A-1 Pictures

Director

Shunsuke Nakashige

Series Composition

Noboru Kimura

Music

Hiroyuki Sawano

Manga & Source Material

Solo Leveling began as a South Korean web novel by Chugong before becoming a hit webtoon, and the anime adapts that story.

• Written by South Korean author Chugong
• First serialised on KakaoPage from 25 July 2016; published in print by D&C Media
• The web novel was collected in 14 books
• The webtoon, drawn by Dubu (Jang Sung-rak) of Redice Studio, ran on KakaoPage from March 2018 to December 2021
• The webtoon has been collected in 15 volumes as of October 2025
• A spin-off webtoon, Solo Leveling: Ragnarok, began in July 2024

Music

Each season has one opening and one ending theme. Hiroyuki Sawano composed the score, and also produced the first opening under his SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] project.

Opening Themes

• “LEveL”by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: Tomorrow X TogetherSeason 1 opening (2024)
• “Reawaker”by LiSA feat. Felix of Stray KidsSeason 2 opening (2025)

Ending Themes

• “Request”by krageSeason 1 ending (2024)
• “Un-Apex”by TK from Ling Tosite SigureSeason 2 ending (2025)

Series Timeline

1. 2016

   Chugong's web novel begins serialisation on KakaoPage in South Korea.

2. 2018

   The webtoon adaptation, drawn by Dubu, launches and builds a huge global readership.

3. 2024

   The anime's first season airs from January to March; the ReAwakening compilation film screens late in the year.

4. 2025

   Season 2, Arise from the Shadow, airs from January to March and ends with the Jeju Island raid.

5. 2026

   A sequel anime film, Solo Leveling: Beyond the System, is announced at Anime Expo 2026; no release date yet.

Quick Answers

News

1 November 2026

Solo Leveling: Beyond the System Movie Announced: Plus the Season 3 Question, Answered

Crunchyroll and Aniplex have announced Solo Leveling: Beyond the System, a theatrical movie continuing Jinwoo's story. And about Season 3, here is the honest answer.