Solo Leveling anime reveals episode count for season 1

Saturday, January 6, 2024, saw the much-awaited premiere of the highly anticipated Solo Leveling anime series, bringing with it an enthralling first episode to the first season of the series. Likewise, fans also saw the official website for the series post information regarding its Blu-ray DVD offerings, which will go on sale later on in the calendar year.

Excitingly, this Blu-ray information has also seemingly revealed an episode count for the first season as well, given how many volumes are listed and how many episodes are in the first volume. Assuming the currently posted information on the series’ official website is true and accurate, it seems that the first season of the Solo Leveling anime series will have 12 episodes overall.

The Solo Leveling anime Blu-ray DVDs will then break down these 12 episodes into four discs with three episodes each, with these discs set to release from March through June 2024. Each of the Blu-ray volumes will also come with various extras, such as recording bloopers, special booklets and jackets, a special edition case, and more.

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Solo Leveling anime’s Blu-ray listings seemingly confirm count of 12 episodes for beloved series’ first season

As mentioned above, this apparent confirmation of the Solo Leveling anime’s total episode count comes just after the premiere of the series’ first episode overall. This isn’t necessarily surprising, given that in recent years, many other highly anticipated anime series have announced Blu-ray information shortly after their premiere.

However, what is intriguing is the 12-episode order for the anime’s first season. Given its success as a Webtoon and how highly anticipated the television anime adaptation of the series was, the decision to go with 12 episodes is intriguing.

Some online rumors suggest that the first season will have 2 consecutive cours, although nothing has been officially confirmed yet. However, a second cour consisting of another 12 or 13 episodes will take the first season to a total of 25 episodes, which is proportionate to the property’s aforementioned popularity.

The series stars Taito Ban as protagonist Sung Jinwoo/Shun Mizushino, Reina Ueda as Cha Hae-in/Shizuku Kosaka, and Hiroki Touchi as Baek Yoonho/Taiga Shirakawa. Additional cast for the series includes:

• Genta Nakamura as Yoo Jinho/Kenta Morohishi
• Daisuke Hirakawa as Choi Jong-in/Shin Mogami
• Banjou Ginga as Go Gunhee/Kiyoomi Gotō
• Makoto Furukawa as Woo Jinchui/Akira Inukai
• Haruna Mikawa as Sung Jinah/Aoi Mizushino

The Solo Leveling anime serves as the television anime adaptation of author Chugong and illustrator Jang Sung-rak’s (aka Dubu) original webtoon series of the same name. The series ran from March 2018 to December 2021 and was highly praised for most of its run. While the ending was somewhat controversial, fans were generally pleased with how the series had concluded.

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