Made in Abyss
Made in Abyss | |
![]() Volume 1 cover, featuring Reg (top) and Riko (bottom), in front of the Abyss. | |
メイドインアビス (Meido in Abisu) | |
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Genre | Adventure, dark fantasy, science fiction[1][2] |
Manga | |
Written by | Akihito Tsukushi |
Published by | Takeshobo |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Web Comic Gamma |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 2012 – present |
Volumes | 7 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Masayuki Kojima |
Written by | Hideyuki Kurata |
Music by | Kevin Penkin |
Studio | Kinema Citrus |
Licensed by | |
Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, TVA, SUN, KBS, TVQ, STS, BS11 |
Original run | July 7, 2017 – September 29, 2017 |
Episodes | 13 |
Anime film series | |
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Directed by | Masayuki Kojima |
Written by | Hideyuki Kurata |
Music by | Kevin Penkin |
Studio | Kinema Citrus |
Released | January 4, 2019 (Part 1) January 18, 2019 (Part 2) |
Made in Abyss (Japanese: メイドインアビス, Hepburn: Meido in Abisu) is a manga series by Akihito Tsukushi about a young girl who finds and befriends a humanoid robot and descends with him into the titular Abyss in search of her mother. It has been serialized online in Takeshobo's digital publication Web Comic Gamma since 2012 and has been collected into six tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Kinema Citrus aired its first season from July 7 to September 29, 2017, and a sequel is in production.
Plot
The story is centered around an orphaned girl named Riko who lives in the Belchero Orphanage, which is located in the town of Orth on an island in the sea of Beoluska. The town surrounds a strange, giant hole going deep into the earth, which is commonly called the Abyss. The Abyss harbors artifacts and remnants of a civilization long gone, and is therefore the popular hunting spot for so-called Cave Raiders, who undertake arduous and dangerous descents into the mist-filled pit to recover whatever relics they can find. Returning from the Abyss, however, can be dangerous, as "the Curse of the Abyss," a mysterious and potentially fatal malady, manifests upon ascension. The deeper one goes, the more acute the effects of the curse; few who have descended into the lower regions have returned to tell of their experiences. Some legendary Cave Raiders earn the title of White Whistle, one of them being Riko's mother, Lyza.
Riko's goal is to follow in her mother's footsteps and solve the mysteries of the Abyss. One day she explores the caves and discovers a robot, whom she names Reg, who resembles a human boy whom she and her friends befriend. Some time later, Riko is informed that some items sent by Lyza were recovered, including a message to her, telling her to meet in the bottom of the Abyss. Riko then bids farewell to her friends and departs to the Abyss with Reg in search for her mother, despite knowing of the risks and the fact that due to the Curse of the Abyss, she will never be able to return.
Characters
Main
- Riko (リコ)
- Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[3] (Japanese); Brittany Lauda[4] (English)
- Riko is a trouble-prone 12-year-old girl who wants to emulate her late mother, a legendary Cave Raider named Lyza the Annihilator who disappeared in the Abyss ten years ago. Riko is currently a Cave Raider-in-training at the Belchero Orphanage, and as a rookie bears the rank of Red Whistle. She has secretly taken possession of one of her finds, the Star Compass, which she hopes to use in her exploration of the Abyss. Her poor eyesight stems from the Curse of the Abyss, which she caught when her mother gave birth to her during a mission in the Abyss.
- Reg (レグ, Regu)
- Voiced by: Mariya Ise[3] (Japanese); Luci Christian[4] (English)
- An amnesic robot in the shape of a human boy. Having no memory of his own name, he was given the name Reg after a dog Riko used to own. Surprisingly, he can consume organic food despite being classified as a machine. His mechanical arms are extensible, and can also fire a deadly energy beam capable of melting even stone, which Riko dubs the "Incinerator".
- Nanachi (ナナチ)
- Voiced by: Shiori Izawa[5] (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski[4] (English)
- Nanachi is a Hollow, with somewhat rabbit-like features. As a human child, Nanachi and a young girl named Mitty were sent down to the sixth layer in one of Bondrewd's experiments. On their return, Nanachi became partially inhuman, while Mitty lost all of her humanity and became a grotesque, immortal assortment of flesh and misshapen limbs. Nanachi escaped with Mitty from Bondrewd's laboratory to spare her the pain of his cruel experiments, cared for her until after her death, and then agreed to join Riko and Reg on their travels to the lower layers. Nanachi uses gender-neutral pronouns, and the writer has left Nanachi's gender intentionally ambiguous.[a]
- Mitty (ミーティ, Mīti)
- Voiced by: Eri Kitamura[7] (Japanese); Monica Rial[4] (English)
- A strange, amorphous creature that lives with Nanachi on the 4th Layer of The Abyss. In the past, Mitty was a normal human girl (with red hair and dark skin) who lived with Nanachi and a large group of other orphan children in a mechanical, cave-like area. Because of the gruesome experiments performed by Bondrewd that she had to endure in the past, her appearance resembles that of a misshapen cat with a large mouth, one eye, and the personality of a friendly dog. Her condition also made her "immortal", where a stab wound or other injuries cannot affect her in any way; after a while, in order to avoid leaving Mitty all alone, Nanachi (who was originally against the decision) ultimately decides to have Reg shoot and kill Mitty with his Incinerator so she could finally be at peace.
Belchero Orphanage
- Jiruo (ジルオ) / Leader (リーダー, Rīdā)
- Voiced by: Taishi Murata[5] (Japanese); Daniel Regojo[4] (English)
- A young assistant instructor ("Moon Whistle") at the Belchero Orphanage, who used to be a student of Lyza, caring for Riko after she was born. While he is stern, he is also extremely perceptive and keen-minded, and behind his seemingly uncaring facade he is a compassionate and honest soul. He is commonly called "Leader" by his students. He is currently in his 20s.
- Nat (ナット, Natto)
- Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura[5] (Japanese); Shannon Emerick[4] (English)
- Nat is one of Riko's friends at the Orphanage. It is hinted that he has feelings for her, as he was the one most firmly against her descent into the Abyss.
- Shiggy (シギー, Shigī)
- Voiced by: Manami Numakura[5] (Japanese); Terri Doty[4] (English)
- Shiggy is another of Riko's friends at the Orphanage. He helped Riko hide Reg's true nature from the adults and just like Nat, he knew of Riko's plans to search for her mother in the Abyss.
- Kiyui (キユイ)
- Voiced by: Manami Hanawa[5] (Japanese); Kalin Coates[4] (English)
- The youngest orphan at Belchero, and one of Riko's friends.
Cave Raiders
- Ozen (オーゼン, Ōzen)
- Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara[5] (Japanese); Christine Auten[4] (English)
- A White Whistle known as "Ozen the Immovable", in charge of the seeker camp on the second layer. She was Lyza's teacher and helped her bring Riko back to the surface after she was born.
- Marulk (マルルク, Maruruku)
- Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki[5] (Japanese); Kelley Peters[4] (English)
- A Blue Whistle and Ozen's assistant, who befriends Riko and Reg during their stay at the camp.
- Lyza (ライザ, Raiza)
- Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto[5] (Japanese); Shelley Calene-Black[4] (English)
- Riko's mother. She is one of the few Cave Raiders to obtain the rank of White Whistle, with the title of "Lyza the Annihilator".
- Bondrewd (ボンドルド, Bondorudo)
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa[8] (Japanese); David Harbold[4] (English)
- A White Whistle of ill repute, "Bondrewd the Novel" is in charge of Idofront, the Cave Raiders' forward Operating Base in the fifth layer. He is the one responsible for several unethical experiments on children, including the one which transformed Nanachi and Mitty into Hollows. His lab is located in a converted ritual site called Idofront, around the gateway of the sixth layer of the Abyss.
Media
Manga
Akihito Tsukushi began serializing the manga on Takeshobo's Web Comic Gamma website in 2012.[9] Since then, the series has been compiled into seven tankōbon volumes. Seven Seas Entertainment announced during their panel at Anime Expo 2017 that they had licensed the manga.[10]
A manga anthology, titled Meido in Abisu Kōshiki Ansorojī: Doshigataki Sagu-tachi (メイドインアビス公式アンソロジー 度し難き探窟家たち), was released on July 29, 2017 (ISBN 9784801960121).[11]
Volume list
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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1 | July 31, 2013[12] | 978-4-81-248380-0 | January 23, 2018[13] | 978-1-626927-73-5 | ||
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2 | June 30, 2014[14] | 978-4-81-248716-7 | April 24, 2018[15] | 978-1-626927-74-2 | ||
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3 | June 20, 2015[16] | 978-4-80-195274-4 | July 31, 2018[17] | 978-1-626928-27-5 | ||
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4 | April 30, 2016[18] | 978-4-80-195516-5 | October 23, 2018[19] | 978-1-626929-19-7 | ||
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5 | December 26, 2016[20] | 978-4-80-195720-6 | February 26, 2019[21] | 978-1-626929-92-0 | ||
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6 | July 29, 2017[22] | 978-4-80-196011-4 | June 4, 2019[23] | 978-1-642750-94-2 | ||
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7 | July 27, 2018[24] | 978-4-80-196339-9 | — | — | ||
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
The following chapters have been published on the Web Comic Gamma website, but have not yet been collected into a tankōbon volume:
- Subete no Hajimari (全ての始まり)
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in December 2016.[9] The 13-episode series aired from July 7 to September 29, 2017 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, SUN, KBS Kyoto, TVQ, Saga TV, and BS11.[25][26][27] The final episode was a 1-hour long special.[27] The series was directed by Masayuki Kojima and written by Hideyuki Kurata, with animation by Kinema Citrus and character designs by Kazuchika Kise.[9] Australian artist Kevin Penkin composed the soundtrack for the anime.[28][27] Miyu Tomita and Mariya Ise (the actresses for Riko and Reg, respectively) performed both the opening theme "Deep in Abyss" and the ending theme "Tabi no Hidarite, Saihate no Migite", the latter in collaboration with Shiori Izawa (Nanachi).[5] Two compilation films, titled Made in Abyss: Tabidachi no Yoake (メイドインアビス 旅立ちの夜明け, "Journey's Dawn") and Made in Abyss: Hōrō Suru Tasogare (メイドインアビス 放浪する黄昏, "Wandering Twilight"), will be released in January 4, 2019 and January 18, 2019, respectively.[29] A sequel was announced at an event in November 2017.[30]
Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series, and streamed it on Amazon's Anime Strike service in the U.S. and on HIDIVE outside of the U.S.[31][32] Sentai will release the series on home video with an English dub.[33] MVM Films has licensed the series in the UK.[34] Madman Entertainment listed the series for release in Australia and New Zealand.[35]
Episode list
No. | Title[b] | Director | Writer | Original air date | Ref. |
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English adaptation
The translator of the anime for Sentai Filmworks, Jake Jung,[36] also adapted the manga for Seven Seas.[37] Regarding his involvement in the English version of both mediums, he stated, "Made in Abyss is chock-full of terminology, so I hope fans of both mediums are able to enjoy a seamless experience."[38] In addition, he has confirmed his intention to use gender-neutral pronouns for both Nanachi and Marulk.[39]
Reception
The manga was nominated for the 11th Manga Taishō awards and received a total of 40 points, coming in at eighth place.[40] Made in Abyss has been met with critical acclaim and widely considered to be one of the best anime series of 2017. Nick Creamer of Anime News Network praised the anime for being adventure-focused, as well as its efficiency in establishing its premise. Creamer also praises it for its artwork and music that highlights the beauty and terror of the Abyss.[41] Julian Malerman of THEM Anime Reviews praises the show for being a well-executed emotional drama saying "The manner in which the show approaches this conclusion is often brutal and alienating, but the final answer is simple and pure. It sings."[42]
The series was awarded Anime of the Year and Best Score at Crunchyroll's 2017 Anime Awards.[43]
Notes
- ^ In a Tweet, Tsukushi wrote: "Thank you! The gender of Nanachi is unknown. When Nanachi was a human being, there was a gender, but it has not been revealed. Imagine it :)".[6]
- ^ All English titles are taken from Anime Strike.
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External links
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- Anime Strike
- Dark fantasy anime and manga
- Hideyuki Kurata
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- Science fiction anime and manga
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