{"id":77277,"date":"2024-01-13T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T18:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=77277"},"modified":"2024-01-13T23:20:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T07:20:52","slug":"aniplex-drops-solo-leveling-opening-and-ending-animations-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/01\/13\/aniplex-drops-solo-leveling-opening-and-ending-animations-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Aniplex Drops Solo Leveling Opening and Ending Animations on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The<em> Solo Leveling<\/em> anime adaptation recently released its second episode, and with it came the debut of its impressive opening and ending animations, which can be viewed on Aniplex&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The opening sequence, which contains delicious action animation, credits Korea&#8217;s <strong>STUDIO PPURI<\/strong> for production assistance. The studio has worked on animated trailers for games like<em> Blue Archive<\/em> and <em>Honkai&nbsp;Impact<\/em>&nbsp;<em>3<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sakugabooru.com\/post?tags=in_seung_choi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Choi Inseung<\/strong><\/a> storyboarded and directed the animation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u4ffa\u3060\u3051\u30ec\u30d9\u30eb\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306a\u4ef6\u300d\u30ce\u30f3\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8OP\u30e0\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc\uff5cSawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:TOMORROW X TOGETHER\u300cLEveL\u300d\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9KBl_UurkEc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the experimental psychological thriller-like ending sequence is directed by Production I.G&#8217;s <strong>Hiromu Oshiro<\/strong> (&#8220;THE BINARY &#8211; Tadashii Kanjou&#8221; music video). Oshiro, who has motion graphics credits in <em>Solo Leveling<\/em> and shows like <em>Tengoku Daimakyou<\/em> and <em>Sword Art Online<\/em>:\u00a0<em>Alicization<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>War of Underworld<\/em>, is also credited with the 3DCG, compositing, editing, and grading.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Solo Leveling<\/em> premiered in Japan on January 6 (effectively January 7 at 12 AM JST) and is streamed by Crunchyroll, Bilibili, and Netflix overseas. It was initially announced with a 2023 release date.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u4ffa\u3060\u3051\u30ec\u30d9\u30eb\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306a\u4ef6\u300d\u30ce\u30f3\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8ED\u30e0\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc\uff5ckrage\u300crequest\u300d\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HCqVYCNZIrQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Solo Leveling<\/em> originated as a Korean web novel written by <strong>Chugong<\/strong>&nbsp;and illustrated by&nbsp;<strong>Dubu<\/strong>, which later inspired a webtoon drawn by the latter. <strong>H-Goon<\/strong>&nbsp;is credited with adapting&nbsp;<em>Solo Leveling<\/em> in the later volumes of the webtoon\u2019s Japanese publication.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:&nbsp;<strong>Shunsuke Nakashige<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mother of the Goddess\u2019 Dormitory<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer:&nbsp;<strong>Noboru Kimura<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Healer Girl<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Amaim Warrior<\/em>&nbsp;<em>at the<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Borderline<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer:<strong>&nbsp;Tomoko Sudo<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Fragtime<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Sub-character designer:&nbsp;<strong>Chiaki Kozumi<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Engage Kiss<\/em>) as sub-character designer<br>\u2022 Action director:<strong> Yoshihiro Kanno<\/strong> (<em>Sword Art Online Progressive<\/em> co-action animation director)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Monster designer:&nbsp;<strong>Hirotaka Tokuda<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Warlords of Sigrdrifa<\/em>&nbsp;director)&nbsp;<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Music composer:&nbsp;<strong>Hiroyuki Sawano<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Attack on Titan Final Season<\/em>&nbsp;co-composer)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production:&nbsp;<strong>A-1 Pictures<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Taito Ban<\/strong>&nbsp;as Jun Mizushino\/Jinwoo&nbsp;<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Genta Nakamura<\/strong>&nbsp;as Kenta Morobishi\/Yoo Jin-ho<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Reina Ueda<\/strong>&nbsp;as Shizuku Kousaka\/Cha hae-in<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Daisuke Hirakawa<\/strong>&nbsp;as Shin Mogami\/Choi Jong-in<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022<strong>&nbsp;Hiroki Touchi<\/strong>&nbsp;as Taiga Shirakawa\/Baek Yun-ho<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Banjou Ginga<\/strong>&nbsp;as Kiyoomi Gotou\/Go Geon-hui<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Makoto Furukawa<\/strong>&nbsp;as Akira Inukai\/U Jin-cheol<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Aniplex YouTube channel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Solo Leveling anime adaptation recently released its second episode, and with it came the debut of its impressive opening and ending animations, which can be viewed on Aniplex&#8217;s YouTube channel. The opening sequence, which contains delicious action animation, credits Korea&#8217;s STUDIO PPURI for production assistance. 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