Solo Leveling: Release Date, Announcement, And Latest Updates

Hunters, raise your daggers! The popular manhwa Solo Leveling is receiving an anime adaptation.

Unlike Goku and Naruto’s predestined power dreams, Solo Leveling depicts the narrative of Jin-woo, a humble hunter who discovers a new source of strength by accident after an unsuccessful dungeon run.

The anime announcement has both fans and beginners thrilled, making Solo Leveling one of the most anticipated anime to debut on Crunchyroll next year; however, there are other reasons anime viewers should keep an eye on Solo Leveling.

The production will be directed by various well-known personalities, including one of the biggest names in anime music history.

Here’s all you need to know about the Solo Leveling anime, including its plot, voice actors, release date, and manhwa status.

1. Release date of Solo Leveling anime

The Solo Leveling anime is slated for a 2023 release.

2.What is Solo Leveling all about?

Solo Leveling is a Korean web novel series authored by Chu-gong and drawn by Redice Studio’s Jang “Dubu” Sang-rak. The narrative is set in modern-day Korea and includes MMORPG aspects.

Humans with magical abilities can become hunters, entering portals to another realm to battle creatures and bosses. If the hunting party clears out the gate’s dungeon, their prizes can be spent in the real world.

Sung Jin-woo, the main character, is renowned as the world’s weakest hunter. Despite his bad reputation, he still participates in dungeon raids to help pay for his mother’s healthcare fees.

Jin-woo sacrifices himself during a double-dungeon run to allow the rest of his party to escape. On the verge of death, the hunter unintentionally completes a hidden quest and is transformed into a “player,” a particular role that allows him to complete quests and level up on his own using a game-like system.

3. Status of the manhwa

The last chapter of the Solo Leveling manhwa was published on December 29, 2021, bringing the series to a close after 179 chapters.

4. Production details of Solo Leveling anime

A-1 Pictures, best known for its work on Sword Art Online and Erased, will produce the anime, which will be directed by Shunsuke Nakashige and written by Noboru Kimura. Tomoko Sudo will oversee character design.

Hiroyuki Sawano, who has worked on notable anime titles such as Attack on Titan, Blue Exorcist, and Kill la Kill, will compose the show’s music.

The anime will most likely adapt the Japanese version of the manhwa, which alters a few plot points. Jin-woo, for example, is now Shun Mizushino, and the setting shifts from Seoul to Tokyo.

5. VA cast of Solo Leveling

A-1 Pictures has yet to announce the VA cast of Solo Leveling.

6. About Solo Leveling

Solo Leveling is a Korean Webtoon written by Chu Gong and illustrated by Jang Sung Rak. It is adapted from the web novel; I Alone Level Up. Kakaopage publishes it in South Korea and Piccoma in Japan. The series ended in December 2021 and has been collected into 14 volumes.

Portals connecting the Earth to realms of monsters have opened up, and hunters defeat those monsters. Sung Jin Woo belongs to the lowest level of hunters, but after getting involved in a Dungeon quest, he alone can see quests like that of a game.

His journey to become the most powerful hunter and bring peace back to Earth begins.