Solo Leveling Announces English Dub Premiere Date

Solo Leveling has revealed the premiere date for its long-awaited English dub.

As announced by Crunchyroll, the English dub of Solo Leveling will premiere on Jan. 20. The anime adaptation began airing on Jan. 6. The casting list for the English dub had been revealed with Aleks Le taking on the lead role as Sung Jinwoo.

Aleks Le will portray the weakest-Hunter-turned-strongest Sung Jinwoo. Justin Briner will voice Yoo Jinho, Jinwoo’s friend. Rebecca Wang voices Jinwoo’s sister Sung Jinah. Michelle Rojas portrays the S-rank Hunter Cha Hae-in who has a sensitive nose. Ian Sinclair portrays Choi Jong-in, an S-rank Hunter who specializes in fire magic. Christopher R. Sabat voices Baek Yoonho, an S-rank Hunter who specializes in transformation magic. Kent Williams portrays the chairman of the Korean Hunter Association Go Gunhee. Sungwon Cho plays chief inspector Woo Jinchul. Dani Chambers voices Lee Joohee, Jinwoo’s friend. Caitlin Glass will oversee the dub as the ADR Director. 

Le voiced his excitement over the casting, jokingly saying, “My favorite part about getting to voice Jinwoo is when he says ‘It’s solo time’ and he starts leveling all over those guys.” 

Produced by A-1 Pictures, Shunsuke Nakashige will direct Solo Leveling. Noboru Kimura will oversee the project as the head writer with Tomoko Sudo as the character designer and Hiroyuki Sawano as the composer. Taito Ban will voice Sung Jinwoo (renamed to Shun Mizushino in the anime for Japanese broadcast), Reina Ueda will voice Cha Hae-In (renamed to Shizuku Kosaka in the anime for Japanese broadcast), Hiroki Touchi will voice Baek Yoonho (renamed to Taiga Shirakawa in the anime for Japanese broadcast), Genta Nakamura will voice Yoo Jinho (renamed to Kenta Morohishi in the anime for Japanese broadcast), Daisuke Hirakawa will voice Choi Jong-In (renamed to Shin Mogami in the anime for Japanese broadcast), Banjou Ginga will voice Go Gunhee (renamed to Kiyoomi Gotō in the anime for Japanese broadcast) and Makoto Furukawa will voice Woo Jinchul (renamed to Akira Inukai in the anime for Japanese broadcast). K-Pop band TOMORROW X TOGETHER will collaborate with acclaimed composer Hiroyuki Sawano, using his alternate name SawanoHiroyuki[nZk], for the opening theme song “LEveL.” krage performs the ending theme song “request.”

Solo Leveling, the original novel written by Chugong and the webcomic adaptation by DUBU, remains one of the most popular action webcomics. The story follows Sung Jinwoo’s journey of becoming the strongest Hunter in the world after he accepts the System’s offer in becoming a Player following his near-death experience. He soon gets thrown into a war against the Monarchs as the powerful beings seek to wipe out the human race. The webcomic ran from March 2018 to December 2021. 

DUBU expressed excitement at the prospect of seeing his work come to life in an anime, however the artist died shortly after the anime adaptation announcement, after succumbing to a brain hemorrhage due to chronic illness. A series of side stories, dedicated in honour of DUBU, released in January 2023. Solo Leveling released a spin-off novel series called Ragnarok, written by Daul, which features Jinwoo’s son, Sung Suho who embarks on new adventures. Both novels are available to read on Tapas.

Solo Leveling is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

Source: Crunchyroll