Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise From the Shadow- topped the Winter 2025 anime ranking for the first time this season in Week 11. It came after the most brutal episode yet, which also left us on the biggest cliffhanger yet, with the Episode 12 preview already teasing the final conflict against the Ant King Beru.

Solo Leveling took 7.67% of the votes this week. It was followed by Re:ZERO Season 3 and Orb: On the Movements of the Earthwith the latter concluding its run and jumping up by 4.02% after the finale.

You can check the full results, or see the top 10 ranking below.

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Winter 2025 | Top 10 Anime Ranking of Week 11 – Solo Leveling Season 2 Wins

About Solo Leveling

The story began as a web novel titled Only I Level Up (I only level up alone), written by Chugong (a pseudonym). It was serialized digitally starting in 2016 on the Korean platform KakaoPage.

In 2018, the novel was adapted into a webtoon (a digital comic format optimized for mobile reading) by REDICE Studio, a South Korean studio known for high-quality manhwa (Korean comics). The webtoon’s art was drawn by Jang Sung-rak, better known by his pen name DUBU. The script was initiallyadapted to the webtoon format by Gi So-Ryeong (2018–2019)​, while h-goon took over from 2019 up until its end in 2023. Tragically, DUBU passed away in July 2022 due to chronic health issues.

The Solo Leveling anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures is based on the webtoon. Season 1 ran for 12 episodes from January to April 2024, with the main staff consisting of Shunsuke Nakashige as the director, Tomoko Sudo as the character designer, Hiroyuki Sawano as the music composer, and Noboru Kimura in charge on the series composition.

Solo Leveling was voted the most anticipated anime of Winter 2024, and it also won Best New Anime at our Winter 2024 Anime Awards. The second season was then voted as the most anticipated show of Winter 2025 this season.

Source: Anime Corner Ranking
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