The Promised Neverland, Blue Box Manga Both Get New Novels
The Yakusoku no Neverland ~10-nen-me no Okurimono~novel, commemorating the manga's 10th anniversary, depicts the story of Emma and the other children after the manga's final episode. The novel will also include stories about Cislo and the other members of the Lambda group, and Phil and the rest of the younger children.
The manga's first novel, Yakusoku no Neverland: Norman kara no Tegami (The Promised Neverland: A Letter from Norman, image right), shipped in Japan in June 2018. The second novel, Yakusoku no Neverland: Mama-tachi no Tsuisōkyoku (The Promised Neverland: Moms' Song of Remembrance), shipped in January 2019. The second novel focuses on Isabella and Sister Krone.
The third novel, Yakusoku no Neverland: Senyū-tachi no Record (The Promised Neverland: Record of War Buddies), shipped in October 2020. The novel focuses on Yuugo and Lucas. The fourth novel, Yakusoku no Neverland: Omoide no Film-tachi (The Promised Neverland: The Films of Memories), shipped in December 2020. The novel contained stories told in the first anime season's DVD booklet, and in the Jump Giga magazine, as well as a new short story.
Nanao also wrote all four previous novels.
Shirai and Demizu launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in August 2016, and the series ended in June 2020. Shueisha published the manga's 20th and final volume in October 2020. Viz Media publishes the manga digitally and in print in North America. MANGA Plus also publishes the manga digitally in English.
A new bonus one-shot chapter for the manga titled "War vs. Peace" was published in Weekly Shonen Jump on August 24.
The first anime adaptation of The Promised Neverland premiered in January 2019. Aniplex of America streamed the anime on Crunchyroll, Hulu, Funimation, and HIDIVE as it aired. The second season premiered in January 2021. Funimation streamed the series as it aired in Japan.
A live-action film of the manga premiered in December 2020.
The Ao no Hako Epilogue novel depicts stories before and after the manga's final episode. Stories include Taiki and Chinatsu going out for a drive after Taiki gets his driver's licence, and Hina being active in rhythmic gymnastics as a university student.
Blue Box manga's first novel adaptation titled Ao no Hako Prologue (image right) shipped in Japan in December 2024, and included stories about the characters before the manga's main story.
The second novel adaptation titled Ao no Hako Interlude shipped in Japan in December 2025. The novel includes a story about Kyō Kasahara's own unrequited love and an episode about Taiki and Chinatsu's first part-time job experience.
Nanao also wrote the two previous novels.
Miura first published the story as a one-shot manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2020. The magazine started the manga's serialization in April 2021. The manga ended on July 13. Shueisha published the manga's 27th compiled book volume on October 2, and the 28th and final volume will ship on December 4. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service and Viz Media publish the manga in English digitally and physically, respectively. Viz Media will publish the manga's 22nd volume on November 3. The overall book franchise surpassed 10 million copies in circulation in May.
The manga's vertical, full-color version launched on Shueisha's Jump TOON manga service in December 2024.
The anime adaptation's first season debuted in Japan in October 2024. The first season aired for two consecutive cours (quarters of a year). The anime's second season debuted on October 4 on TBS and 27 other channels. Netflix also streams the new season.
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