Solo Leveling has been a tour de force thus far. The first cour has been as astounding journey, with twists complemented by some truly awesome production.
The latter is somethingSolo Levelingfans are celebrating in particular. This isn’t just one of thebest animebecause Sung Jinwoo is a good protagonist and the concept is solid (though both of those are true), but because of the approach of A-1 Pictures.
The studio turned Chugong’s manwha into one of thebest anime showsof the year by carefully considering the changes necessary, enhancing where possible, and working to a solid schedule. On the even of the Cour 1 finale, fans are almost in disbelief that A-1 Pictures has stayed the landing.
“I’m just glad that even with this many amazing episodes, we still don’t have any production issues so far,” a fanstateson Reddit. “There is no crunch or overwork happening to put the episodes out on time.”
“I hope Aniplex and Crunchyroll learned from this,” another fan says. “Aniplex needs to learn to delay your projects if your season is not even half finished. Give the animators more time, see the results.”
A comparison is made with Nier: Automata Ver1.1a, the anime based on the cult sci-fi RPG. A-1 Pictures made that as well, and so far there’s been over a year between cours, without a solid release date for the return.
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So far, it seems like Solo Leveling has avoided that fate. For now, anyway. Check out our list of thebest anime like Solo Levelingfor entertaining alternatives in the meantime.
Anthony McGlynn is a Senior Anime Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. An expert on animes like Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling and My Hero Academia, he also has over 10 years experience covering games and pop culture for outlets such as Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PCGamesN, PCGamer, The Digital Fix, and many more. You can contact him at: anthony.mcglynn@dexerto.com
