Is it one of the rare examples of "anime is better"?
Summary:
A-1 Pictures are handling the Solo Leveling adaptation the right way.
The source material is good, but not special.
The anime adaptation does everything right.
Solo Leveling (Ore dake Level Up na Ken) was one of the most anticipated anime series this season. It had to be rather scary for A-1 Pictures, since with such high expectations comes great responsibility. But did they manage to live up to these expectations?
Production and marketing
A-1 Pictures seem to have understood that Solo Leveling is a big and important project and it was marketed just the right way. There were enough trailers and content to hype the viewers up, and the decision to premiere it in a couple of European countries before its international release was a nice strategy.
On top of that, the studio really does know how fans perceive Solo Leveling. They understood that the first episode of the series was rather underwhelming, and that the anime needed more time to impress the viewers. That's why they chose to go with two first episodes for the premiere.
The quality of the adaptation is also incredible. The fight sequences look incredible, the animation is top-notch, and they definitely knew what they were doing with the improved character design of Jinwoo and a couple of fan-servicey moments.
How to turn "mid" into "brilliant"
Although Solo Leveling was pretty hyped even before its official release, manhwa readers kept telling us not to expect something extraordinary out of the adaptation. They emphasized that Solo Leveling was good, but always followed it with "it's not special, though".
Solo Leveling is not a groundbreaking project, there's nothing we've never seen before. It's just a genuinely enjoyable story that you'd probably like, but won't be thinking about for hours after finishing.
And A-1 Pictures knew that, too, it seems, so they decided to make it better and try to turn something regular into something worth your attention. From the way the adaptation is going and its scores, it looks like they've succeeded.
The anime adaptation fixes a lot of pacing issues of the source material. It pays more attention to side characters and introduces them earlier than in the manhwa. A-1 Pictures knows about all the issues Solo Leveling has and are trying to fix them to turn the series into a truly great experience.
Fans genuinely hope that the adaptation will keep its quality and they are confident that the anime will be even better than the source material. And judging by the way it's going, we're sure that they're right.
Is it one of the rare examples of "anime is better"?
Summary:
A-1 Pictures are handling the Solo Leveling adaptation the right way.
The source material is good, but not special.
The anime adaptation does everything right.
Solo Leveling (Ore dake Level Up na Ken) was one of the most anticipated anime series this season. It had to be rather scary for A-1 Pictures, since with such high expectations comes great responsibility. But did they manage to live up to these expectations?
Production and marketing
A-1 Pictures seem to have understood that Solo Leveling is a big and important project and it was marketed just the right way. There were enough trailers and content to hype the viewers up, and the decision to premiere it in a couple of European countries before its international release was a nice strategy.
On top of that, the studio really does know how fans perceive Solo Leveling. They understood that the first episode of the series was rather underwhelming, and that the anime needed more time to impress the viewers. That's why they chose to go with two first episodes for the premiere.
The quality of the adaptation is also incredible. The fight sequences look incredible, the animation is top-notch, and they definitely knew what they were doing with the improved character design of Jinwoo and a couple of fan-servicey moments.
How to turn "mid" into "brilliant"
Although Solo Leveling was pretty hyped even before its official release, manhwa readers kept telling us not to expect something extraordinary out of the adaptation. They emphasized that Solo Leveling was good, but always followed it with "it's not special, though".
Solo Leveling is not a groundbreaking project, there's nothing we've never seen before. It's just a genuinely enjoyable story that you'd probably like, but won't be thinking about for hours after finishing.
And A-1 Pictures knew that, too, it seems, so they decided to make it better and try to turn something regular into something worth your attention. From the way the adaptation is going and its scores, it looks like they've succeeded.
The anime adaptation fixes a lot of pacing issues of the source material. It pays more attention to side characters and introduces them earlier than in the manhwa. A-1 Pictures knows about all the issues Solo Leveling has and are trying to fix them to turn the series into a truly great experience.
Fans genuinely hope that the adaptation will keep its quality and they are confident that the anime will be even better than the source material. And judging by the way it's going, we're sure that they're right.
