Crunchyroll announced today that it has acquired the North American and select international theatrical rights for Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-. The company and Sony Pictures Entertainment will screen the film in theaters across the United States and Canada on December 6, 2024.
The film is a recap film of the anime series’ first season and also includes a sneak peek of the first two episodes of the upcoming second season, Arise from the Shadow.
Solo Leveling -ReAwakening- will premiere in South Korea on November 28, 2024 and in Japan on November 29, 2024.
Season one of Solo Leveling first aired in Japan on January 7, 2024 for 12 total episodes. It was streamed outside of Japan by Crunchyroll, bilibili, and Netflix. A-1 Pictures is the animation production company for the series.
The anime is based on the 2016 South Korean web novel written by Chugong and illustrated by Dubu (Redice Studio). A webtoon drawn by the latter was released afterwards in 2018 and released nine total volumes. H-Goon is credited with adapting the series in later volumes of the webtoon’s Japanese publication after Dubu’s passing.
Crunchyroll will stream the second season, and describes the first season as:
It’s been over a decade since the sudden appearance of the “gates”—the paths that connect our world with a different dimension. Since then, certain humans have awakened to supernatural powers. We call these individuals “hunters.” Hunters make their living by using their powers to conquer dungeons inside the gates. In this world of tough customers, the low-ranked hunter Jinwoo Sung is known as “the weakest hunter of all mankind.”
One day, Jinwoo gets fatally injured when he runs into high-rank double dungeons hidden within a low-rank dungeon. Just then, a mysterious quest window appears in front of him.
On the verge of death, Jinwoo decides to accept the quest and starts leveling up… while the others aren’t.
Source: press release
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