Crunchyroll announced on Feb 5, 2025, that Grammy-nominated Colombian singer J Balvin is set to make his anime voice acting debut in the English and Spanish dubs of Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise From the Shadow-.
J Balvin expressed his excitement about the role, saying:
“I’m beyond thrilled to join the cast of Solo Leveling! This series has such a passionate fanbase, and getting the chance to be part of the anime world, after being a fan for such a long time, is an absolute honor. I can’t wait for everyone to see what we’ve been working on!“
Crunchyroll has yet to reveal which character J Balvin will voice but listed the role as important.
The English dub of Solo Leveling Season 2 began streaming on Jan 18, 2025, featuring returning cast members, including:
- Aleks Le as Sung Jinwoo
- Rebecca Wang as Sung Jinah
- Daman Mills as Barca
- Emi Lo as Han Song-Yi
- Patrick Seitz as Kim Chul
- Trina Nishimura as Park Heejin
- Geoff Bisente as Go Myunghwan
- SungWon Cho as Woo Jinchul
- Matthew David Rudd as Hwang Dongsoo
- Ian Sinclair as Choi Jong-In
- Kent Williams as Go Gunhee
- Christopher R. Sabat as Baek Yoonho
- Cory Yee as Ahn Sangmin
- Anthony Bowling as Hyun Kichul
- Sally Vahle as Teacher
- Monica Flatley and Kirsty Johnson as Students
- Bryson Baugus, Aiden Call, Ethan Gallardo, Brandon Acosta as B-Rank Members
- Drew Breedlove as C-Rank Member
- Aiden Call as Ice Elf
Solo Leveling season 2 started airing on Jan 4, 2025. Crunchyroll is streaming the season in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and India.
LiSA and Felix from South Korean boy band Stray Kids performed the opening theme song, “ReawakeR”.
A compilation film, titled Solo Leveling: ReAwakening, was released in the theatres in Japan on Nov 29. The film recaped key events from the anime’s first season, and also offer fans a sneak peek at the upcoming second season, featuring its first two episodes.
Solo Leveling season 1 produced by A-1 Pictures aired from January to March 2024.
The first season of the anime won Best Anime Series Award in the Astra TV Awards category.
Solo Leveling‘s anime has been adapted from the South Korean web novel of the same name written by Chugong.
It was serialized in Kakao’s digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage beginning on July 25, 2016, and was later published by D&C Media under their Papyrus label since November 4, 2016.
The novel has been licensed in English by Yen Press.
A webtoon adaptation of Solo Leveling was first serialized in KakaoPage on March 4, 2018; it was illustrated by Jang Sung-rak (Dubu).
The webtoon’s first season concluded on March 19, 2020, and its second season was released from August 2020 to December 2021. Its individual chapters have been collected and published by D&C Media in eleven volumes as of June 2024.
A Korean drama adaptation is in development, and spin-off webtoon Solo Leveling: Ragnarok premiered in August 2024.
Source: Crunchyroll, ANN
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