The official Japanese website of The Promised Neverland revealed a new trailer and release date for the second season on the weekend of Shueisha’s Jump Festa event in Tokyo. The hit anime series based on the manga by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu is scheduled to begin its second season sometime on Oct. 2020.
The announcement was accompanied by a new key visual featuring the kids of Grace Field House following their breakout in episode 12, which you can see below.
TVアニメ『約束のネバーランド』第2期【2020年10月】よりフジテレビ“ノイタミナ”ほかにて放送決定！
さらに、2020年7月より第1期再放送も決定！第1期ラストシーンをイメージした描き下ろしイラストも公開いたします。https://t.co/FbCI27dUDL
2020年10月、どうぞお楽しみに！#約ネバ pic.twitter.com/6G2cCNZOVd
— 『約束のネバーランド』公式 (@yakuneba_staff) December 20, 2019
A teaser trailer was also released, which you can see below. Aniplex USA has yet to release an English subtitled trailer as of this writing.
TVアニメ『約束のネバーランド』第2期、2020年放送決定！https://t.co/FbCI27dUDL#約ネバ pic.twitter.com/SuCUZsAYwy
— 『約束のネバーランド』公式 (@yakuneba_staff) March 28, 2019
The first season of The Promised Neverland aired on Fuji TV in Japan and streaming stateside on Crunchyroll, FunimationNow, HIDIVE and Hulu from Jan. 11-March 29 2019. The English dub premiered on Toonami from April 13-June 29, 2019. Toonami plans on giving the first season an encore run beginning on Jan. 4, 2020 at 3:30 a.m. Eastern. It is yet to be announced if and when the second season will air on the better cartoon show as of now.
As with any potential Toonami show, if you wish to see The Promised Neverland return to the block for its second season, we recommend sending your show requests to Toonami’s Facebook page, or by directly messaging Jason DeMarco through his Ask.fm page or on his Twitter handle @Clarknova1. We also recommend letting Aniplex USA know through their respective social media outlets.
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