It was announced on Wednesday by the anime streaming platform Funimation that they will start streaming the English Dub of The Promised Neverland anime series on July 1. The stream will be available for the following regions: Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
The Promised Neverland is based on a popular manga series of the same name created by Shirai and Demizu in August 2016 in the Weekly Shonen Jump. The series entered its final arc around September 2018. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English, while MANGA Plus releases the manga digitally in English.
In an August 2018 Interview, Shirai stated that Shirai would like the story to “not too much” in accordance to the story editor. Shirai also said that the manga series should be “ideally 20 to 30 volumes long”.
The hype of the manga series has paved the way for an anime adaptation that premiered in January 2019 in Japa. Aniplex of America also streamed the anime as it aired in Japan via the following streaming platforms: Hulu, HIDIVE, Crunchyroll, and Funimation. Toonami officially aired the anime in April 2019.
The second season of the anime was originally slated to premiere in Japan on in October. However, it now rescheduled to January 2021 due to production delays caused by COVID-19.
Aside from the anime adaptation, Japanese live-action film adaptation is also expected to premiere in Japan on December 18.
About the Promised Neverland Anime
Surrounded by a forest and a gated entrance, the Grace Field House is inhabited by orphans happily living together as one big family, looked after by their "Mama," Isabella. Although they are required to take tests daily, the children are free to spend their time as they see fit, usually playing outside, as long as they do not venture too far from the orphanage—a rule they are expected to follow no matter what. However, all good times must come to an end, as every few months, a child is adopted and sent to live with their new family... never to be heard from again.
However, the three oldest siblings have their suspicions about what is actually happening at the orphanage, and they are about to discover the cruel fate that awaits the children living at Grace Field, including the twisted nature of their beloved Mama.
It was reported on Wednesday by entertainment websites Variety and Deadline that Amazon is currently in the works of producing a live-action series adaptation of the popular manga series The Promised Neverland. Both Fox 21 Television Studios and Amazon Studios producing this production.
This upcoming project already has a director—and it’s none other than Rodney Rothman, the director of the hit Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse. Meghan Malloy, who also worked for Into the Spiderverse, is also tasked to write the series’ pilot episode.
Rothman is also the executive editor for the series along with Masi Oka, who worked for the live-action series Heroes, the Netflix live-action Death Note film, and a Hollywood film adaptation of Attack on Titan. Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon are also the series’ producers.
Back in May, Weekly Shonen Jump teased a “special project” for The Promised Neverland franchise. It was also revealed that the manga series is expected to end very soon. Back in August, it was teased that the manga was now on its “climax.”
Additional Info
As a part of the JUMP START initiative, the first three chapters of Yakusoku no Neverland were published in English as The Promised Neverland in VIZ Media's digital Weekly Shonen Jump on the same day as the Japanese release. After, the series was added to VIZ Media's Weekly Shonen Jump lineup. The publisher has been physically releasing the series since December 5, 2017. The series has also been licensed in Polish by Waneko, and in Spanish by Norma Editorial.
About The Promised Neverland Manga
At Grace Field House, life couldn't be better for the orphans! Though they have no parents, together with the other kids and a kind "Mama" who cares for them, they form one big, happy family. No child is ever overlooked, especially since they are all adopted by the age of 12. Their daily lives involve rigorous tests, but afterwards, they are allowed to play outside.
There is only one rule they must obey: do not leave the orphanage. But one day, two top-scoring orphans, Emma and Norman, venture past the gate and unearth the harrowing secret behind their entire existence. Utilizing their quick-wittedness, the children must work together to somehow change their predetermined fate.
Source: ANN