The first season of The Promised Neverlandanime television series is 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.[1] It adapted the "Introduction" (chapters 1–9) and "Jailbreak" (chapters 10–37) story arcs from the original manga series of the same name written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu. The anime series was announced in the 26th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on May 28, 2018, and aired from January 11 to March 29, 2019, on Fuji Television's late-night Noitamina programming block.[2][3]
Uverworld performed the season's opening theme song "Touch Off", while Cö shu Nie performed the season's ending theme songs "Zettai Zetsumei" and "Lamp".[4][5][6]