Yakusoku no Neverland (The Promised Neverland)

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.

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Ray

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Ise, Mariya
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Norman

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Uchida, Maaya
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Emma

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Morohoshi, Sumire
Japanese

Phil

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Kouno, Hiyori
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Isabella

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Kaida, Yuuko
Japanese

Gilda

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Lynn
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Sister Krone

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Fujita, Nao
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Conny

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Ozawa, Ari
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Don

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Ueki, Shinei
Japanese

Anna

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Kayano, Ai
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Kanbe, Mamoru

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Shimizu, Katsunori

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Oono, Toshiya

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"Touch Off" by UVERworld

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"Zettai Zetsumei (絶対絶命)" by Cö shu Nie

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Jan 31, 2019

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

Shirokuza (All reviews)

165 people found this review helpful

Have you ever thought about escape?

The Promised Neverland starts with Emma, a happy lucky girl who spends her days in pure happiness along with all the other orphans. All the children there enjoy their daily activities that are not as burdensome as playing, eating delicious food, and taking extensive tests with full focus ... but wait. This is when you realize that this is not an ordinary orphanage, but the children who grew up there completely forgot about it. It was only after Emma witnessed the terrible truth about the purpose of the orphanage surrounded by walls that she and several other orphans began to read more

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Jan 31, 2019

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

cateapillar (All reviews)

86 people found this review helpful

The Promised Neverland is one of the most hauntingly brilliant anime I’ve seen in the last decade, and it definitely deserves the hype it’s receiving at the moment.

Horror is a genre that anime has always struggled with, as when you try to mash conventional horror tropes such as gore and disturbing imagery with eyes that take up half of a character's head, it usually isn’t horrific in the slightest bit. Because of this, horror in anime commonly strays away from the horror conventions of horror films in the western world, and instead revolves around psychological horror. This is the approach that The Promised Neverland has chosen to take when telling its story.

And it’s absolutely terrifying.

I suggest that you go into the first episode completely blind to get the full effect of the show, but if you need some more convincing as to why this show is worth your time, then read on.

The Promised Neverland revolves around a group of children that reside in an orphanage known as the “Grace Field House.” It’s an orphanage located in a secluded area in the woods, and the children that live in the orphanage are only given one rule by their “Mama”: they are not allowed to exit the gates of the orphanage that leads to the outside world, nor are they allowed to cross the fence that separates the children of the orphanage from the nearby forest. The children of the orphanage are raised to be naive, so they don’t question these rules. However, we as the viewer know something is off, which adds to the looming dread and tension of the beginning of the series.

Two of the kids then discover that the orphanage is actually a farm that raises children and prepares them for their “harvest”, when they’re murdered and fed to demons at a steep price. Upon discovering the truth of their existence, three of the orphans devise a plan to escape the orphanage once and for all.

After this, the story evolves into a terrifying cat and mouse game that is reminiscent of a series such as Death Note. There’s constant intellectual battles between the adults and the children, and the stakes are so incredibly high that it’s hard to stop watching. Every single scene feels more tense than the last, and the lingering fear of the chance that our three protagonists will be caught and immediately murdered permeates throughout the entirety of each episode.

Even more surprising about the series is that it’s based off of a Shonen Jump manga, and don’t let this turn you away from the show, as I checked out the source material and the manga feels nothing like the majority of the works published in the magazine. It feels far more Seinen than Shounen, and this adult edge helps to greatly elevate the levels of tension and horror in the manga.

Overall, The Promised Neverland is a terrifying look into despicable human behavior that could possibly make the entire anime community vegans due to its similarities with farm animal treatment. Jokes aside, The Promised Neverland is shaping up to be one of this years strongest shows, and one of the most horrifying anime of the past decade. This is not one that should be missed.

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Jan 31, 2019

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

forster82 (All reviews)

77 people found this review helpful

Damn... Its been quite a long time since Ive given an anime a solid 10/10. I really want to critisize Yakusoku no Neverland but its just way too damn perfect! This anime actually nailed absolutly everything! There is just no other way to put it...
The story is phenomenal! I personally love the "escape" and "mind game" theme of the anime, and I would really love to see more animes with this theme. The way everything plays out is just so bloody brilliant! I love it!
The Art is one of the best I have every seen! Every second of this anime I could feel my read more

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Jan 31, 2019

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

saiyan_junio (All reviews)

70 people found this review helpful

Apart from Dororo, this is my anime of the season! It's a flawed masterpiece and has earned a 9 from every single category I judge an anime on which is both a great thing but shows that it could've been executed slightly better overall and been a true masterpiece!

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Cloverworks is not a studio I particularly like at all, however I must give them their props, apart from a couple of budget limitations in some occasional backgrounds or distant characters- the animation is mainly crisp and fluid with fantastic emotion being portrayed in the way each character is presented! Furthermore, I must praise the stylistic direction read more

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