One of the big events at the start of 2024, the Japanese animation seriesSolo Leveling aroused contrasting reactions. In Japan, this alarming figure is enough to surprise fans of the anime.
Solo Leveling: Japanese censorship?
A real reference for fans of manhwa (South Korean equivalent of manga), Solo Leveling has finally been released. adapted to à television by the Japanese studio A-1 Pictures. If the announcement of the anime had aroused some controversies, which led the studio to producing two dubs (one with Korean names, another with Japanese names),the Solo Leveling series was extremely anticipated. However, the series does not seem to have made as much noise as announced, despite the fidelity of the series. à the original work.
Following; its distribution to television, the series has just been released – in several parts – in Japan in physical format, and the sales figures are clearly not good… Indeed, for its first week release, the third volume of the DVD/Blu-ray sold… 91 copies. A truly disastrous figure, you will agree, and whose causes seem multiple. First of all, DVDs and Blu-Rays are very expensive in Japan, and the market is very expensive. is collapsing. To be convinced of this, it is enough to remember the disappointing sales from MAPPA's point of view of DVDs and Blu-Rays of Chainsaw Man. Japanese animation studios, which tend to releasing the seasons in several parts at a high price, makes the situation worse. “Solo Leveling: the anime makes this catastrophic figure in Japan” />
Then, despite a version specially designed for Japan, the seriesSolo Leveling is regularly singled out in the Land of the Rising Sun, due to the very dark image given of Japan in the webtoon< /strong>, resulting from the still very conflictual relations between Japan and Korea. We recall that the invasion of Korea by Japan, and the numerous crimes committed in the Land of the Morning Calm and in the puppet state of Manchuria are still reasons for discord between the two countries strong> – especially since the far-right and Holocaust-denying Japanese government refuses to recognize Japan's faults.
May the fans of Solo Levelingreassures itself, however: A-1 Pictures has announced; the start of a second season of the anime. Thus, despite the catastrophic sales of DVDs and Blu-Rays, the series will indeed have the right to be released. a season 2.