In January 2024, Solo Leveling debuted on Crunchyroll's premium streaming service. Since then, the title has become a huge hit with anime viewers, surpassing established franchises like Attack on Titan to become the sixth most popular series on the site.
About two months ago, the Reddit anime community compiled a massive list of Crunchyroll's top 300 ranked anime series, with positions based on both total views and overall rankings. The writer also used this data to determine the popularity of each brand compared to Crunchyroll's #1 champion, One Piece. At the time of writing, Solo Leveling ranked right behind Attack on Titan in seventh place – quite a remarkable achievement considering the latter anime has had nearly a decade to build a loyal fan base. Although Attack on Titan outpaces Solo Leveling in both viewership and relative popularity, both series maintain an even 4.9 rating. However, as shown in a more recent Reddit post, Solo Leveling has closed that huge viewer gap, growing from 179,062 views to 252.2k views in just a few months. Since Attack on Titan only has 252.1k total views, Solo Leveling has now firmly dethroned the series as Crunchyroll's sixth most popular title.
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The following list includes the top 10 ranked original anime series on Crunchyroll (as of March 2024):
Demon Slayer One Piece: Kimetsu no Yaiba Jujutsu Kaisen Chainsaw Man Spy x Family Attack on Titan Solo Leveling My Hero Academia Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Naruto Shippuden
Unlike many other popular anime, Solo Leveling did not start as a manga but as a web novel, written by Korean author Chu-Gong. The novel was serialized on KakaoPage from July 2016 to October 2018. After its successful online release, the story was adapted into a popular manhwa by Jang Sung-Rak. Chu-gong's dark fantasy epic is set in a world where humanity is constantly tormented by monsters originating from other dimensions called “dungeons.”
The main hero of Solo Leveling is Jinwoo Sung, a young man who wants nothing more than to become a “Hunter” – part of an alliance of powerful warriors working to protect humanity. Jinwoo started off weak, but everything changed after almost his entire party was destroyed in a large-scale double dungeon raid. Jinwoo Sung emerged from this tragedy with a remarkable new power: the ability to level up indefinitely. Surprised but confused, Jinwoo Sung begins his journey to discover the true origin of his power. An anime adaptation of the story by A-1 Pictures – co-produced by Crunchyroll – premiered on January 7, 2024.
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Solo Leveling's huge international success does not reflect its popularity in Japan
While Solo Leveling has certainly attracted a devoted following, it's also one of the most controversial titles in Crunchyroll's lineup. It is relatively darker than many other shounen titles and, like Attack on Titan, contains many brutal death scenes that can sometimes make it difficult to watch. Additionally, it was criticized for being derivative of other popular anime titles—especially by viewers in Japan. Based on the results of a Japanese popularity poll, the series did not make a significant impact domestically during its initial broadcast, ranking only 35th (out of 61) for the anime season Winter 2024. However, its huge success on Crunchyroll shows that Solo Leveling has attracted a significant international following.
The Solo Leveling anime is currently available to stream via Crunchyroll and Prime Video. An English version of Chu-Gong's original web novel is available from Yen On, an imprint of Yen Press.
Level up alone
In a world of talented hunters and monsters, weak hunter Sung Jin-Woo gains extraordinary powers through a mysterious program, making him one of the strongest hunters and conquers the entire world. the strongest dungeons.
Source: Reddit