The Promised Neverland (Seasons 1–2)

The Promised Neverland (2019) is a dark fantasy anime you can watch online on iFILM. Adapted from Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu's manga and animated by CloverWorks, the first season runs 12 episodes that sit somewhere between mystery, thriller and horror.

Emma, Norman and Ray are the sharpest children at Grace Field House. Good meals, clean clothes, a kind caretaker they call Mom, and daily aptitude tests that they always ace. It plays like a cozy orphanage story right up until two of them slip past the gate one night and find out exactly why they've been raised so well. From there the show becomes a chess match: the kids plot an escape while the adults read every move they make.

What sets The Promised Neverland apart is that its heroes win with their heads, not their fists — memory, bluffing and thinking a turn ahead are the only weapons they get. Sumire Morohoshi voices Emma and Maaya Uchida plays Norman. Fans of mind-game thrillers like Death Note will feel right at home. Stream every episode of The Promised Neverland online on iFILM.