The Promised NeverlandStreaming on Crunchyroll, Funimation, and HIDIVE.Here we go. Another season of
The Promised NeverlandStreaming on Crunchyroll, Funimation, and HIDIVE.Here we go. Another season of anime. I’m starting on one that I was looking forward to quite a bit, having heard nothing but good things about the manga it’s adapting. Does it live up to that hype in this first episode?Yes. Yes it does.The Promised Neverland is, so far, about a bunch of kids who live at an orphanage. They live a pretty simple life, most of what we see them doing is playing tag in these huge fields. There’s also some academic tests they do, so there’s clearly an education system here too under the education of “Mom.” But nothing ever seems right. There’s something very off about the whole setup.That’s what this first episode does best: suspense. Between the imagery of bars and the children’s own discussions of the outside world, you’re always left with the impression that something is about to go horribly wrong, but you’re not really given any details to know how or why. Once we do get to the meat of what’s going horribly wrong, the scene is wonderfully played out and shows the story is capable of still being suspenseful even when its cards are on the table.Even as things can be a bit predictable (like it’s easy to guess what’s in the back of that wagon the second you see the wagon on screen), the show handles the characters, their expressions, and the camera in wonderful ways to make it engrossing all the same.I think I made a mistake starting with something this strong right off the bat, but I’m really looking forward to where this story goes!Will I watch Episode 2? Yes. -- source link
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