A two-minute trailer has been released for the Solo Leveling anime adaptation. A new key visual, January 2024 premiere window, and additional staff details were also revealed.
The newly announced staff members include Chiaki Kozumi (Engage Kiss) as sub-character designer, Hirotaka Tokuda (Warlords of Sigrdrifa director) as monster designer, Yasuhiro Okumura (DanMachi Season 2 and 3) as art director, Naomi Nakano (Buddy Daddies) as color designer, and Daichi Iseki (Scarlet Nexus) as compositing director.
Solo Leveling was originally a Korean web novel written by Chugong and illustrated by Dubu. It later inspired a webtoon drawn by Dubu. The anime’s credits and the recent volumes of the webtoon’s Japanese publication credit H-Goon with adapting Solo Leveling.
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. Both have received Japanese localizations.
The main staff of the Solo Leveling anime includes Shunsuke Nakashige (Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory) as director, Noboru Kimura (Healer Girl, Amaim Warrior at the Borderline) as head writer, Tomoko Sudo (Fragtime) as character designer, and Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan Final Season co-composer) as music composer. A-1 Pictures is in charge of the animation production.
The cast includes:
• 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
Crunchyroll will be streaming the show outside of Japan.
Source: @sololeveling_pr
