Crunchyroll today debuted the English-language dub trailer for Solo Leveling, the highly anticipated dungeon-trawling anime, based on the manhwa by author Chugong and illustrator Dubu (Redice Studio). Hailed as “2024’s first must-see anime” by Collider‘s Michael Thomas, the dub will arrive on Crunchyroll’s streaming platform this Saturday, January 20 at 1 p.m. PST.
Synopsis: They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. 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.
Directed by Caitlin Glass, the English-language dub cast features Aleks Le (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) as dual blade-wielding, shadow summoning, solo leveling guy Sung Jinwoo; Justin Briner (My Hero Academia) as trusty rich sidekick extraordinaire Yoo Jinho; Rebecca Wang (Aether Gazer) as hard-working sister Sung Jinah; Michelle Rojas (Hell’s Paradise) as lovely, deadly S-rank hunter Cha Hae-in; Ian Sinclair (One Piece) as flame-wielding, ‘cool glasses guy’ Choi Jong-in; Christopher R. Sabat (Dragon Ball Z) as ‘beast mode with sick sideburns’ Baek Yoonho; Kent Williams (Dragon Ball Z) as the silver-haired, wise and strong chairman of the Korean Hunter Association, Go Gunhee; SungWon Cho (Ranking of Kings) as Woo Jinchul, Chief inspector of the Korean Hunters Association; and Dani Chambers (The Ancient Magus’ Bride) as Sung Jinwoo’s hunter friend, Lee Joohee.
The Solo Leveling anime is directed by Shunsuke Nakashige (Sword Art Online), with series composition by Noboru Kimura, character design by Tomoko Sudo (Fragtime), monster design by Hirotaka Tokuda (animation director, Sword Art Online), art direction by Yasuhiro Okumura (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) and cinematography by Masataka Ikegami (Carole & Tuesday, My Hero Academia). The A-1 Pictures production also features music by multi-award-winning composer Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan, PROMARE), bookended by opening theme song “LEveL,” performed by TOMORROW X TOGETHER and Sawano, and ending theme “request,” performed by krage.
