Written by Kaiu Shirai (白井 カイウ) and illustrated by Posuka Demizu (出水 ぽすか), the dark fantasy manga “The Promised Neverland”(約束のネバーランド) publishes its final chapter at this year’s 28th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, which is issued today (15th June). The manga’s 20th and final volume will be published in October.
A message written by Shirai and Demizu together with a special illustration is revealed on the official Twitter, thanking fans for their continuous support in these four years.
本日発売の「週刊少年ジャンプ」にて
「約束のネバーランド」連載完結致しました‼️こうして皆様に出会えた幸運と
ご愛読頂いた４年間の日々に
今一度、心より感謝申し上げます。ただ、#約ネバ
まだまだ終わりません‼️楽しい企画、てんこ盛りですので
引き続き、宜しくお願い致します?✨ pic.twitter.com/tVRg5CC5CU— 『約束のネバーランド』公式 (@yakuneba_staff) June 15, 2020
The franchise also announced the development of an English live-action series produced by Amazon Studios and Television Studios. “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” director Rodney Rothman is directing the series and Meghan Malloy is writing the pilot.
Weekly Shonen Jump also confirms that the manga will get an artbook and a fanbook, as well as an original manuscript art exhibition opening on 11th December 2020 in Tokyo. A Japanese live-action film directed by Yūichirō Hirakawa (平川雄一朗) is set to open on 11th December 2020 in Japan.
▍About “The Promised Neverland”
The Japanese manga series is written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 1, 2016, with the individual chapters collected and published by Shueisha into sixteen tankōbon volumes as of October 2019.
The manga won the Best Shōnen Manga award at the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in January, was nominated for the 11th Manga Taisho awards in January, and was nominated for the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in February. The series also topped the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook’s list of manga for male readers last December.
The series follows the story of Emma, an 11-year-old orphan living in Grace Field House, a self-contained orphanage housing her and 37 other orphans. Life has never been better: with gourmet food; plush beds; clean clothes; games; and the love of their “Mother”, the caretaker, Isabella. The orphans are allowed complete freedom, except to venture beyond the grounds or the gate, which connects the house to the outside world.
