Best Anime of January 2019
The Promised Neverland
The Promised Neverland is an up-and-coming manga series getting its very first anime adaption, and it shows just as much potential. The bright chibi art style of the series belies a dark core at its heart. The show focuses on a group of orphans who live at the Grace Field House.
With a “Mama” to care for them, they live an idyllic carefree life, outside of the rigorous tests they have to do each day and the fact that they can’t leave the orphanage.
However, one day two of the top-scoring orphans, Emma and Norman, decide to break the number one rule and leave the orphanage. There they discover a horrifying reality, that all the orphans are being raised as livestock, food for a race of demon-like creatures.
Even just from the first trailer, The Promised Neverland seems like it’s going to strike an interesting tone, just as dark as suspenseful as the manga. The animation quality also looks pretty outstanding, with Cloverworks being the studio behind the show, who also brought us Persona 5: The Animation.
Although we’ll have to wait and see how the anime actually pans out, The Promised Neverland has all the makings to be 2019’s first cult hit. It’ll premiere on Jan. 11.
