Live Action and Manga Differences

This page documents the major differences in The Promised Neverland’s story and characters between its original manga and live-action film adaptation.


 * Rossi, Eugene, Dalia, and all of the two-year-olds are absent from the film.
 * Sherry is among the children who escape from Grace Field House Plant 3 in the film adaptation.
 * Isabella's secret room does not appear in the film.
 * Don and Gilda are immediately told the truth by Emma, Ray, and Norman.
 * Krone tells the kids about the "Promise".
 * Nat, Anna, Lannion, and Thoma do not listen to Emma and Norman's conversation with Krone and thus are not told the secret before the five-year-olds.
 * The Transmitter-crippling device is hidden in Phil's Pig Pillow, which is an object that does not appear in the manga.
 * Don, Gilda, and Ray accompany Emma and Norman when visiting Krone in her room.
 * Ray and Isabella's backstories are not shown completely.
 * Emma, Ray, and Norman are aged up to fifteen.
 * After escaping, the children immediately head to Shelter B06-32.
 * Carol is aged up and already resides at Grace Field House Plant 3 at the beginning of the story.
 * The Promised Pen projects a blue owl which leads the escapees to the shelter.
 * Isabella tells the children about Leslie while on the wall.
 * Krone has a doll in the film (and in the anime), but not in the manga.
 * Several characters have different hair, eye, and skin colors than their manga and anime counterparts.
 * Minerva's Owl only appears as a hologram projected by the Promised Pen which leads the escapees out of Grace Field and through the Demon Forest.