The Anime Expo has left us several bombshells, and one of them has been the announcement that ‘Just Leveling’ will have its own anime series. The manhwa (“Korean manga”) of Chugong and Dubu it began to be published online in 2016 and became a webtoon format in 2018.
The story quickly gained traction outside of South Korea and is one of the most popular manhwas of the moment. There’s already a video game on the way, and after months of rumors there are finally some details for sure about the anime series.
Direct to simulcast
The anime of ‘Solo Leveling’ will be produced from A-1 Pictures and will have Shunsuke Nakashige (‘Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory’) as director. Noboru Kimura (‘Gundam Build Divers’) will be the main scriptwriter, and Tomoko Sudo (Alice in Borderland) will design the characters. The soundtrack will be paid by Hiroyuki Sawanothe composer of ‘Shingeki no Kyojin’.
There is still no specific date for the premiere of ‘Solo Leveling’, but it has been confirmed that it will arrive during 2023 and Crunchyroll has already obtained the license to broadcast the series in simulcast outside Japan. In addition to this first trailer in which we can see a preview of the action and a look at the characters, a promotional poster focused on its protagonist has also been revealed with which the character design can be better appreciated.
The worldwide dungeon-crawling phenomenon is getting an anime adaptation!
Solo Leveling is coming to Crunchyroll in 2023!
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— Crunchyroll @ Anime Expo (@Crunchyroll) July 3, 2022
‘only leveling‘ revolves around Jinwoo Sung, who belongs to the lowest level within the Hunter Association and is known as “the weakest hunter”. One day he manages to survive a particularly dangerous mission and is chosen by a program as the only player, with which he begins to gain skills and “level up” by leaps and bounds.