Solo Leveling’s first season finished on a true high note, as Sung Jinwoo uttered his iconic call, ‘Arise’. The scene was perfectly executed, but preparation was down to the wire on the vocal performance.
Comfortably one of thebest animeof the year,Solo Levelingwowed viewers from the jump when it premiered in January. Already a massively successful manwha, the adaptation from A-1 Pictures swiftly found a global audience through the season.
“In Episode 12, the speech before the ‘Arise’ moment, I spent like four hours the night beforehand writing that speech and just trying to find those words. It was really difficult,” he tells Dexerto.
“We just understood each other’s workflow, so she allowed me a lot of creative freedom in interpreting a lot of the lines for myself and writing my own dialogue,” he explains. “So, a lot of the speeches that are in this show are actually my words that I was able to pitch and review, making sure it fits the scene and adds all the original intentions in both the Japanese and the webtoon it came from.”
Anime Expo gave us a new trailer forSolo Leveling Season 2, but we’re still waiting on a release window. Have a look at our list of thebest anime like Solo Levelingfor alternatives to keep you occupied.
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Anthony McGlynn is a Senior Anime Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. An expert on animes like Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling and My Hero Academia, he also has over 10 years experience covering games and pop culture for outlets such as Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PCGamesN, PCGamer, The Digital Fix, and many more. You can contact him at: anthony.mcglynn@dexerto.com
