The Solo Leveling anime is one of the most anticipated anime series of 2024, and episode 1 will begin the two-cour run this winter. Shun Mizushino’s journey to become the strongest player begins.
Solo Leveling is a manhwa (manga) series created by writer Chugong and the late artist DUBU. A-1 Pictures is producing the official anime adaptation in a two-cour run, which is expect to have 24 to 26 episodes. This means that fans can expect 12 to 13 episodes in each cour.
Solo Leveling Episode 1 Release Date and Time (Updated)
Episode 1 of the Solo Leveling will premiere on January 7 at 12:00 a.m. JST. Crunchyroll will stream the Solo Leveling anime on January 6 at 9:30 a.m. PDT, so fans can expect a simulcast of the English subbed version. However, the English dubbed version will likely arrive a few hours after the simulcast release.
New Solo Leveling episodes will be released at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 9:30 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 10:30 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 11:30 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 12:30 p.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 5:30 p.m. GMT
Anime Staff, Voice Cast, and Overview
BTS sibling group, TOMORROW x TOGETHER, will perform the theme song “LEveL” with Hiroyuki Sawano as composer. Shunsuke Nakashige directs the Solo Leveling anime series at A-1 Pictures, while Noboru Kimura handles screenplay. Tomoko Sudo is the character designer, and Hirotaka Tokuda is the monster designer.
Here’s the confirmed English and Japanese voice cast of Solo Leveling:
- Aleks Le and Taito Ban as Sung Jinwoo [성진우] / Shun Mizushino
- Justin Briner and Genta Nakamura as Yoo Jinho [유진호] / Kenta Morohishi
- Rebecca Wang and Haruna Mikawa as Sung Jinah [성진아] / Aoi Mizushino
- Michelle Rojas and Reina Ueda as Cha Hae-in [차해인] / Shizuku Kosaka
- Ian Sinclair and Daisuke Hirakawa as Choi Jong-in [최종인] / Shin Mogami
- Christopher R. Sabat and Hiroki Tōchi as Baek Yoonho [백윤호] / Taiga Shirakawa
- Kent Williams and Banjo Ginga as Go Gunhee [고건희] / Kiyoomi Gotō
- SungWon Cho and Makoto Furukawa as Woo Jinchul [우진철] / Akira Inukai
Here’s an overview of the series from Yen Press:
Known as the 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?
