Kakao Entertainment, a part of Korean tech group Kakao, confirmed Monday that it’s to supply a movie model of “Solo Leveling,” a success webtoon.
The image might be produced on its behalf by Japan’s A-1 Photos (“Sword Artwork On-line,” “The Seven Lethal Sins,” “Anohana: The Flower We Noticed That Day, Erased,” and “Your Lie in April”) with Nakashige Shunsuke directing. Music is to be scored by Sawano Hiroyuki (“Assault on Titan”). Some media have referred to as it a sequence, however in e-mail to Selection Kakao Leisure described the difference as a “movie” and as “a film.”
The property was initially an internet novel written by Chugong in 2016, earlier than it was developed as an internet sequence written by h-goon with artwork by Dubu, CEO of Redice Studio, and D&C Webtoon, and launched by Kakao Web page in 2018.
The motion fantasy novel follows the adventures of fundamental character Sung Jinwoo in a world consistently threatened by monsters and the forces of evil. In his battles towards these forces, readers watch Sung – dubbed the weakest hunter of all mankind – rework into one of many strongest hunters in existence.
The web sequence has attracted over 14.2 billion cumulative views worldwide, with specific success in Japan, Thailand and the U.S. It’s famous not just for the plot, but in addition the spectacular artwork that brings the motion to life.
“Solo Leveling” has additionally been launched as NFTs. A job enjoying recreation is presently being developed by Netmarble.
Kakao Leisure reviews that some 220,000 followers had petitioned for a function movie adaptation utilizing the change.org web site. The movie model is scheduled for supply in 2023. Kakao didn’t disclose all distribution channels although it has been reported that Crunchyroll will launch the movie on-line outdoors Asia.
“If somebody instructed me that this internet novel would change into an animation [film] once I was first began writing it six years in the past, I wouldn’t have believed them,” stated Chugong, in a provided remark. “I really feel so enthusiastic about this, and I can’t wait to see Sung Jinwoo and his buddies come to life.”
“It looks as if it was solely yesterday once we first mentioned the potential of this adaptation. Phrases can’t categorical how moved I’m that that is occurring,” stated illustrator Dubu.
Kakao Leisure was established in 2021 from the merger of Kakao Web page and Kakao M.
