She’s not a boy and doesn’t have extraordinary physical abilities nor special powers. SJ: Emma is a main character that breaks the Shonen Jump mold. Shirai Sensei: Sorry, but as creators, we won’t ease up…I think. SJ: This manga has scared a lot of children (and sometimes adults too). What are your thoughts on this? I’m not sure if this counts as horror (maybe it’s more of a thriller than a horror), but off the top of my head I like, The Others (with Nicole Kidman) and Identity (with John Cusack). Shirai Sensei: I like suspense-thrillers more than horror movies.
#The promised neverland manga life movie#
Are you a horror fan? If so, what horror movie and manga do you like?
SJ: In The Promised Neverland, there are many horror elements in the action-adventure story. This resulted in the English title having a connection to the phrase “promised land,” so it was good to have “promise” in the title. The word “promise” is from Sir James Matthew Barrie's Peter Pan, who makes a “promise” with Wendy, and I already knew that our story would eventually involve a “promise” between humans and demons. Shirai Sensei: We wanted a create a big difference between the “gentleness” that the title may imply and the actual hell that happens in the story. SJ: The title “The Promised Neverland” makes one think of the phrase the “Promised Land” or Peter Pan’s “Neverland.” What did you want to express through the title? I really thought the idea of “Minerva outside of the frame” was great, so I said “Then, maybe Minerva, who is left-handed, can be outside of the frame and be writing a few interesting words.” Also, I said, “If we don’t put Minerva in this, Phil might be interesting.” Next thing I know, Demizu Sensei had added both Minerva writing something and Phil! It was a really mysterious and exciting illustration. For example, when it came time to decide what would be under the dust jacket of volume 2 (in the Japanese edition), Demizu Sensei said, “I’ve been thinking of an image of Minerva, who is someone from the outside world, standing outside of the frame and looking in, but I don’t think that would make much of an impact, so I’m not sure.” So that idea was put on hold. In the beginning, I think there were some rare cases that we came up with the idea together, though. Shirai Sensei: Basically, any easter eggs in the art were improvised by Demizu Sensei. Do you discuss where to hide the easter eggs? Can you give us an example of this process with one of your past illustrations? SJ: There are many extravagant color illustrations with easter eggs in them. Shirai Sensei: I brought the 300-page draft of The Promised Neverland to the publisher and Sugita-san took me on. SJ: Can you tell us how you became a mangaka? I simply write up a description of what the character is like and send it. As far as the demons, I wouldn’t even create a rough sketch of them and just put the ball in Demizu Sensei’s court. With the humans, even at the rough sketch stage I have a design, but I ask that be ignored. SJ: How detailed do you get with your human or demon character descriptions? Sugita-san and I will give feedback and Demizu Sensei incorporates it into the art. Demizu Sensei is pretty much in charge of all things design related. And when designing things, Demizu Sensei always has great ideas that I will incorporate later on. Also, while Demizu Sensei doesn’t suggest changes to the story, they sometimes perceive things in a fun, unexpected way. They also sometimes ask about the dialogue, and I adjust things based on that. It’s rare to have any changes to the layout or dialogue by Demizu Sensei, but there are times when I haven’t refined some panel layouts, so Demizu Sensei will finalize them. Shirai Sensei: I’m in charge of the storyboards and Demizu Sensei is in charge of the art. SJ: How do you two work together on a single story? Please tell us what each of your roles are. As a result of that, I was able to meet Demizu Sensei and I’m so glad we’re working together. Plus, good artists know other good artists.
#The promised neverland manga life series#
We were having trouble finding an artist for The Promised Neverland manga series so, at one point, I was looking at the Twitter accounts of good artists. Shirai Sensei: I found out about Demizu Sensei through Twitter and got in contact through my editor, Sugita-san. Shonen Jump: Please tell us how you and Demizu Sensei met.
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