‘The Promised Neverland’ Franchise is Getting a 4th Novel

There is more to look forward to in The Promised Neverland series as it was announced on their official Twitter account that the popular franchise is getting a fourth novel. The novel is titled Yaksoku no Neverland: Omoide no Film-tachi (The Promised Neverland: The Films of Memories).

Same as the previously released three novels, Nanao will also be writing the fourth novel.

This upcoming novel will contain stories said in the first anime season’s DVD booklet, in the Jump Giga magazine, and also a new short story. It is slated to be release in December 4 along side the previously announced fanbook.

The first novel, Yakusoku no Neverland: Norman kara no Tegami (The Promised Neverland: A Letter from Norman) was released in Japan in June 2018. The second one titled Yakusoku no Neverland: Mama-tachi no Tsuisōkyoku (The Promised Neverland: Moms' Song of Remembrance) was released in June 2019. The third novel Yakusoku no Neverland: Senyū-tachi no Record (The Promised Neverland: Record of War Buddies) was released in October 2.

The live-action film adaptation of the manga is set for a December 18 release in Japan. The film casts Minami Hamabe (live-action anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day) as Emma, Jyo Kairi (live-action My Little Monster) as Ray and Rihito Itagaki (Show by Rock! stage musical) as Norman. Keiko Kitagawa (live-action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon TV series’ Sailor Mars) will be playing Isabella, and comedian Naomi Watanabe will be playing Krone. The film is directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa (live-action ERASED film), with scripts written by Noriko Goto.

Previously, the official website of The Promised Neverland anime released a 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 previously 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