Solo Leveling: Reawakening is playing in theaters and the release date for season 2 of the anime, Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadows, has also been announced. While fans are waiting for the original Japanese version, Indian fans have a big reason to watch it in Hindi, Tamil or Telugu. Reason- Rana Daggubati, who has lent his voice to the ice elf leader Barka in the film and series. In an exclusive interview with India Today Digital, Rana Daggubati talks about the challenges of dubbing in three languagesAnd he was introduced to the world of anime and manga through One Piece a few years ago.

Actor Rana Daggubati said, “I am fortunate that I have trained for a few films and we have some ambitions where we want to make films in different languages. So, we got the opportunity to learn other languages ​​first and dub them.” Got it.” In an exclusive interview talking about solo leveling.

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He said, “It’s hard to say anything in three languages. But, the fact that I got a chance to do that and live that character three times, it’s fun. It’s something I haven’t played; I get to live it three times, so it’s always interesting.”

Daggubati voices Barka, the leader of the Ice Elves. He is formidable and gives Sung Jin-woo a run for his money. “A character like Barasa is very well written. The original Japanese voice artist plays it so well that even if you don’t understand the language, just through the subtitles and the emotions, the way they present it, You get what they do.’ You’re trying to say,” he told us. “And I think somewhere in India, we have some sense of cultural disparity in terms of pitch in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. But, just keeping in mind the nuances of the character, going somewhere between the languages ​​is ultimately what you are trying to do in each of these roles,” he said.

So, what is Rana Daggubati’s recently watched anime? He said, “I’ve always watched anime in bits and pieces. Solo leveling is the last thing I’ve looked at, obviously, in depth.”

Here is the Hindi trailer for Solo Leveling: Reawakening:

But, what is Daggubati’s favorite anime? “One Piece is always fun,” the actor quickly replied, “It was actually the first set of the manga that a friend gifted me about six-seven years ago. This is the first time I got into it. Also, I was excited because, finally, Netflix actually made a show based on it. So, for me, this was the first version of the manga to see what could happen.” ‘

And what if Rana Daggubati had to recommend a comic – not just a manga or manhwa? He thought for a while and said, “Watchmen has always been my favorite. To me, it’s the kind of thing you have to read if you’re going for a graphic novel.”

Coming back to dubbing, this is not the first time that Daggubati has dubbed for a negative character, if we can call Barca that. He had also previously lent his voice to Thanos. What is Daggibaati’s attraction towards negative characters? “In acting school, I concentrated only on this class, where there was heavy voice training. I used to do a lot of them (negative roles) and I was always mesmerised,” he said with a smile.

“Even as a kid, when you hear powerful characters voice something, that always stays with you. And, you always remember the dialogue through the voice, and I thought that was important.” For a lot of the characters, you don’t even know what they look like, but you can remember them through their voices, the way they deliver a line, so for me, growing up, that was always fascinating. Once I chose to do this, I just got into it. And I’m excited. And you always remember the bad guy more than the good guy, and that’s how I sound.”

As the person who heads Spirit Media, which focuses on Indian comics, what does he think about coming on par with something like anime? “anime is unique in itself. In India, we have very little… I mean it’s very early in terms of animation. There’s very little amount to talk about. But, many forms of art There are — paintings, comic book styles — that I think can translate into something; every time we make a volume in India, we’ll get something that’s quite unique,” Daggubati said. Said.

Solo Leveling: The Reawakening is playing in multiple theaters In India. During this time, Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadows will be streaming on Crunchyroll starting January 4th,