New ‘The Promised Neverland’ Book Explores the Series From Perspective of British/American Literature

The Promised Neverland manga has officially ended, but it seems some more works are being released in relation to the franchise.

On Monday, publisher Shueisha released a book that explores theme and story of the series through the perspective of a scholar of both American and British literature. The title of the said is Eibei Bungakusha to Yomu "Yakusoku no Neverland" (Reading The Promised Neverland with a British/American Literature Scholar) by Kei Toda.  It is also noted that the opinions and statements mentioned in the book does not represent the series’ creators.

The book’s contents explores the manga’s literary influences like the demons and the reason behind the series title. Also, it contains some major spoilers of the manga so be sure at least finish reading the manga before getting into this book.

The main topics that are explored are as follows:

• What is the true meaning behind the title The Promised Neverland?
• Some British and American literary works that may provide hints to the mysteries
• Grand Duke Leuvis, Lord Bayon... Who are the models behind the demons?
• Sonju's "Original Doctrine" and Judeo-Christianity
• Social hierarchies, Queens, and hunting... Which country resembles the demon society?
• The demon language and Hebrew
• Why is Leuvis' pet a monkey?
• The freshness of The Promised Neverland through a feminist perspective

Netflix recently announced on their official Twitter account that they will be adding the first season of The Promised Neverland anime into their growing streaming library beginning September 1. It will be available on the following regions: United States, Canada, and Latin America.

The official website of The Promised Neverland anime released a new visual for the upcoming second season, which is slated to air in January 2021. The series was originally slated for October 2020 but delayed to a later date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides a second season, The Promised Neverland will also be getting a live-action film adaptation which is set for a December 18, 2020 release. A teaser video was released just this week, and you can check it out here

The last chapter of The Promised Neverland was kind of an emotional one as this was the ending of the popular manga series. The said chapter was released in this year’s 28^th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. According to ANN, the manga’s 20^th and final volume is slated to be released in Japan in October.

Weekly Shonen Jump also revealed that the series would have both an artbook and fanbook slated to be release in Tokyo in December.

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.

It was announced recently 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.

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 previously 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 will be 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.

Source: ANN