The Solo Leveling anime adaptation will premiere in Japan and on Crunchyroll on January 6 (effectively January 7 at 12 AM JST, in the former’s case).
Accompanying the release date reveal is a new trailer that includes a preview of the newly announced ending song “request” by krage.
Solo Leveling began as a Korean web novel written by Chugong and illustrated by Dubu, which later inspired a webtoon drawn by the latter. H-Goon is credited with adapting Solo Leveling in the recent volumes of the webtoon’s Japanese publication.
Tappytoon describes the webtoon as:
In a world where awakened beings called “Hunters” must battle deadly monsters to protect humanity, Sung Jinwoo, nicknamed “the weakest hunter of all mankind,” finds himself in a constant struggle for survival. One day, after a brutal encounter in an overpowered dungeon wipes out his party and threatens to end his life, a mysterious System chooses him as its sole player: Jinwoo has been granted the rare opportunity to level up his abilities, possibly beyond any known limits. Follow Jinwoo’s journey as he takes on ever-stronger enemies, both human and monster, to discover the secrets deep within the dungeons and the ultimate extent of his powers.
Yen Press publishes the physical volumes of the Korean web novel and manhwa in English.
Staff
• Director: Shunsuke Nakashige (Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory)
• Series composer: Noboru Kimura (Healer Girl, Amaim Warrior at the Borderline)
• Character designer: Tomoko Sudo (Fragtime)
• Sub-character designer: Chiaki Kozumi (Engage Kiss) as sub-character designer
• Monster designer: Hirotaka Tokuda (Warlords of Sigrdrifa director)
• Music composer: Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan Final Season co-composer)
• Animation production: A-1 Pictures
Cast
• Taito Ban as Jun Mizushino/Jinwoo
• Genta Nakamura as Kenta Morobishi/Yoo Jin-ho
• Reina Ueda as Shizuku Kousaka/Cha hae-in
• Daisuke Hirakawa as Shin Mogami/Choi Jong-in
• Hiroki Touchi as Taiga Shirakawa/Baek Yun-ho
• Banjou Ginga as Kiyoomi Gotou/Go Geon-hui
• Makoto Furukawa as Akira Inukai/U Jin-cheol
Source: Press release
