Norman

Lore & Background

Norman was born on March 21, 2034. At the beginning of the story on October 12, 2045, Norman is 11 years old. He has blue eyes and short white hair that is parted to his left, with a longer piece curving upwards on the left side of his head. An authentication number, 22194, is tattooed on his neck.

As the most intelligent out of the three, he is the first to find out Ray's true identity as Isabella's spy and prepare various back-up plans and escape routes. After Ray is betrayed by Isabella, Norman is forced to be shipped before his 12th birthday, accepting his fate of inevitable death to deceive her and let the rest of the children escape. However, instead of being put down, Norman is sent to a special research facility called Lambda Λ7214, created to try to create higher quality human livestock in a faster and more efficient way than the Premium Farms for the tifari ceremony.

He escapes from Lambda and destroys the place after leading the other children held there in an uprising. Afterwards, he establishes a place called The Paradise Hideout for children they rescued from Lambda to live at and prepares a plan to wipe out all demons.

Reader's Guide

Norman appears in three of four light novel books of the series written by Nanao, illustrated by Posuka Demizu and supervised by Kaiu Shirai, as well as appearing in the comedic spin-off manga, Oyakusoku no Neverland, written and illustrated by Shuhei Miyazaki. Norman appeared in two drama CDs released along with the anime series' first season Blu-ray disc, titled GF House Ghost Disturbance and Gift from the 39th Girl. The stories were originated from the novel A Letter from Norman.

Norman also appeared in two other drama CDs titled The day Emma cried and Voice Time Capsule, released along with the anime series' second season Blu-ray disc. Norman is a playable character in the mobile game The Promised Neverland: Escape the Hunting Grounds released on iOS and Android. Norman is also a playable character in the crossover collaborations between The Promised Neverland and the smartphone video games Identity V, Jumputi Heroes, Dragon Egg, Vivid Army and LINE POP 2.

In the anime adaptation, he is voiced by Maaya Uchida in Japanese and by Jeannie Tirado in the English version. In the live-action film adaptation, Norman is portrayed by Rihito Itagaki.

Did You Know?

• Norman was nominated for the Best Male Character category at the 41st Anime Grand Prix in 2019.
• Norman ranked at first place in the Color Illustration Character Poll of the series in 2018.
• In the Weekly Shōnen Jump's popularity poll of the series in 2018, Norman is in second place.
• Norman took second in the second popularity poll of the series, with a total of 4,763 votes.
• Good Smile Company launched a Nendoroid figure based on Norman in September 2019.