It really is the season of giving. Crunchyroll have a wonderful gift for us anime fans and it involves the beloved Korean manhwa Solo Leveling, written by Chugong and illustrated by DUBU (REDICE Studio). Ther manhwa will be adapted into an anime series by Japanese studio A-1 Pictures and will air on Crunchyroll in January 2024. However, fans will have a very unique opportunity to watch the first two episodes on the big screen this December.
A premiere of the first two episodes (44 minutes) is scheduled in December in 3 European countries:
- France (Paris – Le Grand Rex – 11.12.23)
- Germany (Berlin – Colosseum – 12.12.23)
- United Kingdom (London – Cineworld Leicester Square – 13.12.23)
Tickets are available now.
Japanese voice cast and characters:
- Sung Jinwoo voiced by Taito Ban
- Yoo Jinho voiced by Genta Nakamura
- Sung Jinah voiced by Haruna Mikawa
- Cha Hae-In voiced by Reina Ueda
- Choi Jong-In voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa
- Baek Yoonho voiced by Hiroki Touchi
- Go Gunhee voiced by Banjo Ginga
- Woo Jinchul voiced by Makoto Furukawa
English voice cast and characters:
- Jinwoo Sung voiced by Aleks Le
- Jinho Yoo voiced by Justin Briner
- Jinah Sung voiced by Rebecca Wang
- Hae-In Cha voiced by Michelle Rojas
- Jong-In Choi voiced by Ian Sinclair
- Yoonho Baek voiced by Christopher R. Sabat
- Gunhee Go voiced by Kent Williams
- Jinchul Woo voiced by SungWon Cho
Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but in Sung Jinwoo’s case, whatever killed him made him stronger. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them.
The anime series Solo Leveling is adapted from the best selling Korean web novel written by Chugong, which was later adapted into a webtoon and manhwa in 2018, with illustrations by DUBU.
Solo Leveling is animated by acclaimed A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online), with motion graphics by Production I.G (Attack on Titan, PSYCHO-PASS). The series is directed by Shunsuke Nakashige (Sword Art Online). Additional staff credits include music by Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan) and TOMORROW X TOGETHER (K-pop band), character design by Tomoko Sudo, and monster design by Hirotaka Tokuda.
