In the anime industry, it is often said that when a project is announced it only has one confirmed season, or even two seasons if the production committee is quite confident with the source “material” and it was extremely warmly received. However, it looks like Solo Leveling has broken this pattern, as a recent leak has claimed that the anime will have at least six seasons in total.
This information comes from Korean news site The Bell: Gateway to Capital Markets, which focuses on market developments in Korea, focuses on finance, has a good reputation in the corporate industry.
In an article published in February this year, the newspaper reported that D&C Media, the publisher that published Solo Leveling's content, had re-“absorbed” the webtoon publisher from which it had been separated for three years. first, in an attempt to streamline the management of print novels and webtoons, rather than running them as separate businesses. After it was reported that the market for this type of content in Korea decreased by 40% in 2023, compared to the previous year.
According to the report, in the two and a half years since the separation of the two companies, that is, novels and webtoons in D&C Media, the global webtoon market has grown rapidly thanks to works such as “Solo Leveling” or “Only I Level Up”.
After mentioning “Solo Leveling” as a leading work of the webtoon market, with the currently airing anime adaptation attracting a large number of fans.
Season 2 will begin airing in the second half of this year and last until season 6, which will likely help increase revenue for webtoon production companies.
Of course, this is only the Korean side's plan, what about the Japanese side's plan? An announced adaptation with six parts would equate to a total of 72 episodes, if what was seen in the first part that ended today is maintained. According to fan feedback, this is enough for a complete adaptation of the original work. But how many years will it take to produce the six-part adaptation?