List of Solo Leveling episodes

Solo Leveling is an anime television series based on Chugong's South Korean web novel of the same name. It is produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Shunsuke Nakashige, with Noboru Kimura writing the scripts, Tomoko Sudo designing the characters, and Hiroyuki Sawano composing the music.^[1] The first season was originally scheduled for 2023,^[1] but was delayed and later aired from January 7 to March 31, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks.^[2][a] The first episode was screened in Tokyo, Seoul, Los Angeles, India, and Europe in December 2023.^[3]

Key visual for the series

Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.^[1] Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand).^[4][5]

After the broadcast of the first season finale, a second season titled Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow was announced.^[6] It aired from January 5 to March 30, 2025.^[7][8][b] A compilation film of the first season, titled Solo Leveling: ReAwakening, was screened along with the first two episodes of the second season in Japan from November 29 to December 12, 2024.^[9][10] Crunchyroll acquired the North American and select international rights for the compilation film, screening it in the United States and Canada beginning on December 6, 2024.^[11]

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	12		January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07)	March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31)
2	13		January 5, 2025 (2025-01-05)	March 30, 2025 (2025-03-30)

Episodes

Season 1 (2024)

Main article: Solo Leveling season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title [12]	Directed by [12]	Written by [12]	Storyboarded by [12]	Chief animation directed by [12]	Original release date [13][a]
1	1	"I'm Used to It"	Shunsuke Nakashige	Noboru Kimura [ja]	Shunsuke Nakashige & Hirotaka Tokuda	N/A	January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07)
2	2	"If I Had One More Chance"	Yūya Horiuchi	Fūka Ishii	Yūya Horiuchi	Chiaki Furuzumi	January 14, 2024 (2024-01-14)
3	3	"It's Like a Game"	Takayuki Kikuchi	Shingo Irie [ja]	Takayuki Kikuchi	Tomoko Sudo	January 21, 2024 (2024-01-21)
4	4	"I've Gotta Get Stronger"	Tōru Hamazaki	Shingo Irie	Ikurō Morimoto & Yoshihiro Kanno	Hirotaka Tokuda	January 28, 2024 (2024-01-28)
5	5	"A Pretty Good Deal"	Makiko Hayase	Norimitsu Kaihō	Makiko Hayase	Chiaki Furuzumi	February 4, 2024 (2024-02-04)
6	6	"The Real Hunt Begins"	Takashi Sakuma	Norimitsu Kaihō	Takashi Sakuma & Yoshihiro Kanno	Tomoko Sudo	February 11, 2024 (2024-02-11)
7	7	"Let's See How Far I Can Go"	Yūya Horiuchi	Shigeru Murakoshi [ja]	Yūya Horiuchi	Hirotaka Tokuda	February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18)
8	8	"This Is Frustrating"	Hiromu Ōshiro	Shunsuke Nakashige	Hiromu Ōshiro	Chiaki Furuzumi	March 3, 2024 (2024-03-03)
9	9	"You've Been Hiding Your Skills"	Hirotaka Tokuda	Shingo Irie	Hirotaka Tokuda	Tomoko Sudo & Hirotaka Tokuda	March 10, 2024 (2024-03-10)
10	10	"What Is This, a Picnic?"	Yūya Horiuchi & Takashi Sakuma	Yoshikazu Tominaga	Kōki Onoue	Hirotaka Tokuda	March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17)
11	11	"A Knight Who Defends an Empty Throne"	Takayuki Kikuchi	Noboru Kimura	Takayuki Kikuchi	Chiaki Furuzumi	March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24)
12	12	"Arise"	Shunsuke Nakashige	Noboru Kimura	Shunsuke Nakashige	Tomoko Sudo	March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31)

Season 2: Arise from the Shadow (2025)

Main article: Solo Leveling season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title [14]	Directed by [14]	Written by [14]	Storyboarded by [14]	Chief animation directed by [14]	Original release date [15][b]
13	1	"You Aren't E-Rank, Are You?"	Yūya Horiuchi	Shigeru Murakoshi [ja]	Yūya Horiuchi	Tomoko Sudo	January 5, 2025 (2025-01-05)
14	2	"I Suppose You Aren't Aware"	Tatsuya Sasaki	Fūka Ishii	Makoto Muta	Chiaki Furuzumi	January 12, 2025 (2025-01-12)
15	3	"Still a Long Way to Go"	Kōji Furukuwa	Noboru Kimura [ja]	Hiroki Hirano	Hirotaka Tokuda	January 19, 2025 (2025-01-19)
16	4	"I Need to Stop Faking"	Makiko Hayase	Noboru Kimura	Makiko Hayase	Tomoko Katasho & Hiromi Ogata	January 26, 2025 (2025-01-26)
17	5	"This Is What We're Trained to Do"	Kento Toya	Shigeru Murakoshi	Kento Toya	Tomoko Sudo	February 2, 2025 (2025-02-02)
18	6	"Don't Look Down on My Guys"	Takayuki Kikuchi	Fūka Ishii	Takayuki Kikuchi	Hirotaka Tokuda	February 9, 2025 (2025-02-09)
19	7	"The 10th S-Rank Hunter"	Hiromu Ōshiro	Yoshikazu Tominaga	Hiromu Ōshiro	Chiaki Furuzumi	February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16)
20	8	"Looking Up Was Tiring Me Out"	Tatsuya Sasaki	Noboru Kimura	Yuka Kuroda & Yoshihiro Kanno	Hiromi Ogata, Tomoko Katasho & Yukiko Busa	February 23, 2025 (2025-02-23)
21	9	"It Was All Worth It"	Yūya Horiuchi	Shigeru Murakoshi	Yūya Horiuchi	Chiaki Furuzumi	March 2, 2025 (2025-03-02)
22	10	"We Need a Hero"	Hirotaka Tokuda	Fūka Ishii	Hirotaka Tokuda	Hirotaka Tokuda	March 9, 2025 (2025-03-09)
23	11	"It's Going to Get Even More Intense"	Kento Toya	Yoshikazu Tominaga	Kento Toya	Tomoko Sudo	March 16, 2025 (2025-03-16)
24	12	"Are You the King of Humans?"	Ryūtarō Suzuki	Noboru Kimura	Ryūtarō Suzuki & Yoshihiro Kanno	Hirotaka Tokuda	March 23, 2025 (2025-03-23)
25	13	"On to the Next Target"	Shunsuke Nakashige	Shunsuke Nakashige	Shunsuke Nakashige	Tomoko Sudo, Chiaki Furuzumi, Hirotaka Tokuda & Kento Toya	March 30, 2025 (2025-03-30)

Home media release

Japanese

Aniplex (Japan – Region 2/A)

Vol.		Episodes	Release date	Ref.
Season 1
	1	1–3	March 27, 2024	[16]
	2	4–6	April 24, 2024	[17]
	3	7–9	May 29, 2024	[18]
	4	10–12	June 26, 2024	[19]
Season 2
	1	13–18	April 23, 2025	[20]
	2	19–25	June 25, 2025	[21]

English

Crunchyroll, LLC (North America – Region 1/A)

Part			Episodes	Release date	Ref.
Season 1
	Season 1	Limited Edition	1–12	July 22, 2025	[22][23]
		Standard Edition

Notes

1. Tokyo MX, GYT, GTV and BS11 all list the series premiere as January 6 at 24:00, which is effectively January 7 at midnight JST
2. Tokyo MX, GYT, GTV and BS11 all list the season premiere as January 4 at 24:00, which is effectively January 5 at midnight JST