Once the children turn twelve and passed several tests, they are sent for “adoption”, meaning to be eaten.Ĭan they escape? What is outside the house? Is the world ruled by demons? Are there other adult humans? What kind of society is this? So many questions and not many answers in season one. And the consumers are children-eating demons.
Spoiler: the orphanage is, in reality, a “farm” and the children are its “livestock”. And yes, despite the cute children’s artwork, this one is definitely not for kids (unless you want them to have nightmares). Indeed, the whole season is an emotional rollercoaster where nothing is at it seems.īy the way, I have not been this excited about a matured anime since Erased. Lies, mysteries, tension, suspense, surprises, revelations, death, darkness, cliffhangers, horror… And that is just the first episode.
Their bond seems genuine, particularly between Emma and Norman. Norman and Ray are both smart while Emma is kind, optimistic, and the more athletic of the three. Meanwhile, the anime series has been considered one of the best of the 2010s.Emma, Norman, and Ray are the three oldest orphans in age and our main characters. In 2018, the manga won the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga and serialized it on their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.Īs of October 2020, The Promised Neverland had over 25 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series. A live-action film adaptation is set to release in December 2020. Amazon Studios and Touchstone Television are also developing an American live-action series. A second season has been announced to premiere in January 2021. The story follows a group of orphaned children in their escape plan from an orphanage after they realize a dark secret.Īn anime television series adaptation by CloverWorks premiered from January to March 2019 in the Noitamina programming block.
It was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 2016 to June 2020, with the individual chapters collected and published by Shueisha into twenty tankōbon volumes. The Promised Neverland (Japanese: 約束のネバーランド, Hepburn: Yakusoku no Nebārando) is a Japanese manga series written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu.
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