The Promised Neverland

The Promised Neverland
Cover of the first tankōbon volume of The Promised Neverland, as published by Shueisha on December 2, 2016
約束のネバーランド
(Yakusoku no Neverland)
Genre Dark fantasy,[1] science fiction,[2] thriller[3]
Manga
Written by Kaiu Shirai
Illustrated by Posuka Demizu
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Imprint Jump Comics
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
Original run August 1, 2016 – present
Volumes 10
Anime television series
Directed by Mamoru Kanbe
Written by Toshiya Ono
Music by Takahiro Obata
Studio CloverWorks
Original network Fuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run January 2019 – scheduled

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. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 1, 2016 with the individual chapters collected and published by Shueisha into ten tankōbon volumes as of August 2018. The story follows a group of orphaned children in their escape plan from a farm. Viz Media licensed the manga in North America and serialized The Promised Neverland in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. An anime television series adaptation by CloverWorks will premiere in January 2019 in the Noitamina programming block.

Plot

Set in year 2045, Emma is an 11-year-old orphan living in Grace Field House, a small orphanage housing her and her 37 siblings. Life had never been better; with food that tasted gourmet, plush beds, snow-white uniforms, the love of their "Mom" and caretaker Isabella, and the litany of daily exams that Emma always aced with her two best friends Ray and Norman. The orphans are basically allowed to do whatever they want, except to venture out of the compounds or the gate that connects the house to the outside world.

On a fateful night, another orphan named Conny is sent away to be adopted, but Emma and Norman follow her after noticing that she had left her stuffed rabbit toy Bernie back at the house. Sneaking out, they find Conny dead and the truth of the existence of this supposed orphanage to be a farm where human children are raised as food for demonic creatures. Worst still, Isabella is in allegiance with the demons, ripping away at everything the two ever thought they knew. Determined to break out of Grace Field House, Norman and Emma partner up with Ray to peel away at the façade of the farm and find a way to escape with all their other siblings.

Media

Manga

Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu launched The Promised Neverland in issue 34 of Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on August 1, 2016. It is Shirai and Demizu second collaboration; their first series was Popy no Negai.[4] On July 25, 2016, Viz Media announced that they would digitally publish the first three chapters of the series on Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. Thereafter, they will publish the manga's new chapters simultaneously with the Japanese release.[5] The first printed volume in North America was released on December 5, 2017.[6]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the 26th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on May 28, 2018. The series will premiere in January 2019 and will air on Fuji TV's late-night Noitamina anime programming block.[7] The series will be animated by CloverWorks and directed by Mamoru Kanbe, with Toshiya Ono handling series composition, Kazuaki Shimada handling character designs, and Takahiro Obata composing the series' music.[8]

Reception

The manga was nominated for the 10th Manga Taishō awards in January 2017,[9] and gets 43 points from the "Executive Committee" of Manga Taishō awards and it was also nominated for the 11th edition of the Manga Taishō awards in 2018 and it received 26 points in total.[10][11] As of August 2017, the manga had 1.5 million in print.[12] By October 2017, the number had increased to 2.1 million.[13] As of September 14, 2018, the first 10 volumes had 6 million copies in print.[14] Anime News Network's Rebecca Silverman enjoyed the first manga volume and gave it a A-, saying, "Tense pacing, interesting literary connections, art and story work well together, strong plot and foreshadowing."[15] In January 2018, the manga won the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shōnen category.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Espiritu, Emmanuelle (July 13, 2017). "'The Promised Neverland' Chapter 47: Humanity's Sordid History to Finally Be Revealed". The Christian Post. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ Douresseaux, Leroy (April 18, 2018). "The Promised Neverland: Volume 3 manga review". ComicBookBin. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Promised Neverland at Viz Media.com". Viz Media. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Mononofu Manga Ends in Shonen Jump, 3 New Series to Launch". Anime News Network. July 25, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Viz Media to Preview The Promised Neverland Manga in Shonen Jump". Anime News Network. July 25, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  7. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 27, 2018). "The Promised Neverland Manga Gets TV Anime in January 2019". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ Ressler, Karen (August 2, 2018). "The Promised Neverland Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Character Visuals". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ "10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles". Anime News Network. January 23, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Mitsuharu Yanamoto's Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō Wins 10th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. March 28, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  11. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-22/paru-itagaki-beastars-wins-11th-manga-taisho-awards/.129344
  12. ↑ "The Promised Neverland Manga Has 1.5 Million Copies in Print". Anime News Network. August 31, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  13. ↑ "The Promised Neverland Manga Has 2.1 Million Copies in Print". Anime News Network. October 22, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  14. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-29/roundup-of-newly-revealed-print-counts-for-manga-light-novel-series/.136106
  15. ↑ Silverman, Rebecca (December 9, 2017). "The Promised Neverland GN1 Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  16. ↑ "The Promised Neverland, After the Rain, More Win 63rd Shogakukan Manga Awards". Anime News Network. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
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