The film will shift the story’s rule about orphans having to “ship” at the age of 12 to the age of 16.
Shirai and Demizu launched The Promised Neverland manga in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in August 2016, and the series has entered its final arc as of September 2018.
The magazine teased in August that the manga has entered the “climax” of the final arc.
The series also topped the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi!