The Promised Neverland is a Japanese manga series written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu. It was serialized in Shueisha's sh?nen manga magazine Weekly Sh?nen Jump from August 2016 to June 2020. The series follows a group of orphaned children in their plan to escape from their orphanage, after learning the dark truth behind their existence and the purpose of the orphanage. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for English release and serialized it on their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.