The Promised Neverland

This article is about the manga series. For the film based off the manga series, see The Promised Neverland (film).

The Promised Neverland
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring (from left to right) Conny, Phil, Norman, Emma, Ray, Gilda, Mark and Don
約束のネバーランド
(Yakusoku no Nebārando)
Genre
Manga
Written byKaiu Shirai
Illustrated byPosuka Demizu
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 1, 2016 – June 15, 2020
Volumes20 (List of volumes)
Light novel
Written byNanao
Illustrated byPosuka Demizu
Published byJump J-Books
DemographicMale
Original runJune 4, 2018 – December 4, 2020
Volumes4
Manga
Oyakusoku no Neverland
Written byShuhei Miyazaki
Published byShueisha
Magazine
  • Jump Giga (2018)
  • Shōnen Jump+ (2019)
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 26, 2018 – March 28, 2019
Volumes1
Anime television series
Directed byMamoru Kanbe
Written by
  • Toshiya Ono (1–21)
  • Kaiu Shirai (13–21)
Music byTakahiro Obata
StudioCloverWorks
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV (Noitamina)
English network
Original run January 11, 2019 – March 26, 2021
Episodes23 (List of episodes)
Video game
The Promised Neverland: Escape the Hunting Grounds
DeveloperGOODROID
PublisherCyberAgent
PlatformAndroid, iOS
Released
  • JP: April 22, 2021
Live-action film
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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 was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 2016 to June 2020, with its chapters collected in 20 tankōbon volumes. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for English release and serialized it on their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The series follows a group of orphaned children in their plan to escape from their orphanage, after learning the dark truth behind their existence and the purpose of the orphanage.

The Promised Neverland was adapted into an anime television series produced by CloverWorks and broadcast on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. The series' first season ran for 12 episodes from January to March 2019. A second season ran for 11 episodes from January to March 2021. A live-action film adaptation was released in December 2020. Amazon Studios is also developing an American live-action series.

In 2018, the manga won the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category. By August 2023, The Promised Neverland had over 42 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. The manga has been overall well received by critics, particularly for its storytelling, characters and world-building. The anime series' first season was well received, being considered one of the best anime series of the 2010s. Reception for the second season however was overwhelmingly negative, mainly due to its rushed pacing and simplification of the original manga's plot.

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  3. ^ "The Official Website for The Promised Neverland". Viz Media. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.