Global anime outlet Crunchyroll announced today it is bringing Solo Leveling — the new anime series based on the hit Korean manwha by Chugong and illustrator DUBU (REDICE Studio) — to select theaters in Western Europe for special premiere screening events next month. Produced by A-1 Pictures in Japan, the highly anticipated adaptation has been tagged as one of the flagship titles of the streamer’s next season.
Solo Leveling will be available to stream on Crunchyroll in January 2024.
Special screenings premiering the show’s first two episodes (44 minutes total) will take place in three major metropolises:
- Paris, France at Le Grand Rex — December 11
- Berlin, Germany at the Colosseum — December 12
- London, U.K. at Cineworld Leicester Square — December 13
Tickets are on sale now; the London event page can be found here.
Synopsis: 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.
Solo Leveling is animated by 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 K-pop band TOMORROW X TOGETHER, character design by Tomoko Sudo, and monster design by Hirotaka Tokuda.
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
