International fans, celebrate! Crunchyroll has finally revealed the release date, which will be on January 20, for the English-dubbed version of Solo Leveling Episode 1, titled I’m Used To It. The streaming service drops the anime’s English dub trailer showing Sung Jinwoo and the other hunters to give a glimpse of the epic fights they're about to begin.
The preview begins with the fight against the monsters, led by the high-ranking hunters. It then shows the weak-looking Jinwoo with bandages on his face. After being attacked, Lee Joohee starts to heal Jinwoo and even gets mad at him for being careless. As the next scene shows Jinwoo looking determined to fight the enemies this time, he finds himself in a dungeon with the Statue of God.
The fight against the moving statues begins, with Jinwoo manning up to defeat the enemies and save others. The next scene shows Woo Jinchul, an A-Rank Hunter and the Chairman of the Korean Hunters Association, asking Jinwoo if he had a second awakening. From there, a different Jinwoo is revealed, finally having the guts, strength, and abilities to fight and defeat the monsters.
Who are the English cast and staff of Solo Leveling?
Aleks Le will lead the English cast of Solo Leveling as Sung Jinwoo. For other cast members, you can check the list below:
Justin Briner as Yoo Jinho
Rebecca Wang as Sung Jinah
Michelle Rojas as Cha Hae-in
Ian Sinclair as Choi Jong-in
Christopher R. Sabat as Baek Yoonho
Kent Williams as Go Gunhee
SungWon Cho as Woo Jinchul
Dani Chambers as Lee Joohee
Caitlin Glass is the English dub ADR director, while Shunsuke Nakashige directs the anime. Noboru Kimura works on the screenplay, Tomoko Sudo on character designs, and Hirotaka Tokuda on monster designs.
What is Solo Leveling about?
Solo Leveling follows the story of the E-rank hunter, Sung Jinwoo, who’s also known for being the weakest hunter of all humanity, and his only contribution to raids is trying not to get killed. However, due to the dire need to pay his mother’s hospital bills and his sister’s tuition, he has no choice but to risk his life to earn. So, when he gets the chance to have a bigger paycheck, he grabs the opportunity even if it means he has to face a powerful being.
You can read the synopsis below:
Known as the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind, E-rank hunter Jinwoo Sung’s contribution to raids amounts to trying not to get killed. Unfortunately, between his mother’s hospital bills, his sister’s tuition, and his own lack of job prospects, he has no choice but to continue to put his life on the line. So, when an opportunity arises for a bigger payout, he takes it…only to come face-to-face with a being whose power outranks anything he’s ever seen! With the party leader missing an arm and the only healer a quivering mess, can Jinwoo somehow find them a way out?
The anime is based on the South Korean web novel of the same name by Chugong, first serialized in July 2016 on Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform, KakaoPage. It was later published in full by D&C Media under their Papyrus label in November 2016. It’s licensed in English by Yen Press.
It was adapted into a webtoon by Redice Studio CEO Jang Sung-rak, aka Dubu, in March 2018 and was first serialized in KakaoPage and a second season followed in August 2020, ending in December 2021 with 179 chapters. As of August 2023, it has collected nine volumes.
In addition, a role-playing game by Netmarble is now in the works, while a K-drama adaptation is also in development. The spin-off webtoon, Solo Leveling: Ragnarok, is scheduled to premiere in 2024. An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures was released on January 6.
New episodes of Solo Leveling are set to be released every Saturday in Japan and can be streamed on Crunchyroll. The second episode’s Hindi dub and other languages are scheduled to premiere on the streamer on January 27. With these dubbed versions, the anime can now reach a wider audience.
