Solo Leveling Season 3 on cards? Crunchyroll President 'hopes so'

India Today

02-05-2025

Solo Leveling has taken the anime world by storm. Adapted from the highly popular manhwa, the anime streamed on Crunchyroll and the second season also became the streaming platform's top show in the first quarter of 2025. Given the show's popularity, fans are demanding a third season. Now, Crunchyroll's president, Rahul Purini, has shared an update.When Purini was asked if the third season of Solo Leveling is on the cards, he told Deadline, 'We hope so,' adding, 'The [series] creators want to work on lot of shows. Anime is really popular, so there's a lot of demand, and so we have to find the right time to get started on the next season.'advertisementSpeaking about the show's success, Purini attributed it to the fact that the mahwa was already popular. He also pointed that the video game based on the manhwa was also a hit, adding that many anime fans are video game enthusiasts as well.
'The most important thing is the theme of the story, it has a lot of themes from gaming. If you are an RPG player, or play first-person-shooting games, you understand it. When people see those themes in a narrative story format like this, it is new, and it is different, and it is a language they speak and that makes it much more compelling,' he said.Earlier, Aleks Le, the man behind Sung Jinwoo's voice in the English dub, hinted that the third season of the hit anime will be made. He shared a video on social media saying the same. If the pattern is followed, then fans might get to see it early 2026, but nothing has been confirmed as of yet.Solo Leveling showcases the journey of Sung Jin-woo from being the "weakest hunter" to a formidable Shadow Monarch. The second season showed the Red Gate Arc and then transitioned to the much-anticipated Demon Castle Arc. It also showed the Jeju Island expedition, where Sung Jin-woo came face-to-face with the Ant King, Beru.Must Watch