Made In Abyss - Wikipedia

Made in Abyss (Japanese: メイドインアビス, Hepburn: Meido in Abisu) is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Akihito Tsukushi. It has been serialized on Takeshobo's Web Comic Gamma website since October 2012, and its chapters have been collected in 14 tankōbon volumes as of August 2025. The story follows an orphaned girl named Riko, who finds and befriends a part-robot boy named Reg, and descends with him into the titular "Abyss" that leads deep into the Earth, in hopes of exploring it and finding her mother.

Made in Abyss
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Reg (top) and Riko (bottom)
メイドインアビス(Meido in Abisu)
Genre
  • Adventure[1][2]
  • Dark fantasy[1]
  • Science fiction[2]
Manga
Written byAkihito Tsukushi
Published byTakeshobo
English publisher
  • NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
ImprintBamboo Comics
MagazineWeb Comic Gamma
Original runOctober 20, 2012 – present
Volumes14 (List of volumes)
Further information
Anime television series
Directed byMasayuki Kojima
Written byHideyuki Kurata
Music byKevin Penkin
StudioKinema Citrus
Licensed by
  • AUS: Madman Entertainment
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks
  • UK: MVM Entertainment
  • SA / SEA: Muse Communication[3]
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, TVA, SUN, KBS, TVQ, STS, BS11
English network
  • US: Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run July 7, 2017 September 29, 2017
Episodes13 (List of episodes)
Anime film series
  • Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn
  • Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
Directed byMasayuki Kojima
Written byHideyuki Kurata
Music byKevin Penkin
StudioKinema Citrus
Licensed by
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks
Released
  • January 4, 2019 (part 1)
  • January 18, 2019 (part 2)
Runtime
  • 119 minutes (part 1)
  • 108 minutes (part 2)
Anime film
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
Directed byMasayuki Kojima
Written byHideyuki Kurata
Music byKevin Penkin
StudioKinema Citrus
Licensed by
  • AUS: Madman Entertainment
  • BI/NA: Sentai Filmworks
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2020 (2020-01-17)
Runtime105 minutes
Anime television series
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Directed byMasayuki Kojima
Written byHideyuki Kurata
Music byKevin Penkin
StudioKinema Citrus
Licensed bySentai Filmworks
  • SA / SEA: Muse Communication[4]
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11, SUN, KBS, TVA, STS
English network
  • US: Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run July 6, 2022 September 28, 2022
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Video game
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness
DeveloperChime Corporation
PublisherSpike Chunsoft[a]
GenreAction role-playing
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PlayStation 4
  • Windows
Released
  • JP: September 1, 2022
  • NA/EU: September 2, 2022
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An anime television series adaptation produced by Kinema Citrus, aired from July to September 2017. A sequel film, subtitled Dawn of the Deep Soul, premiered in Japan in January 2020. A second season, subtitled The Golden City of the Scorching Sun, aired from July to September 2022. A sequel to the second season has been announced.

A Western live-action film adaptation began development in 2021, with Kevin McMullin hired to write and direct. An action role-playing game developed by Chime Corporation and published by Spike Chunsoft was released in September 2022.

By August 2025, the manga had over 22 million copies in circulation. In 2023, it won the 52nd Japan Cartoonists Association Award.

Contents

  • 1 Plot
  • 2 Media
    • 2.1 Manga
    • 2.2 Anime
    • 2.3 Video games
    • 2.4 Live-action film
  • 3 Reception
    • 3.1 Manga
    • 3.2 Anime
  • 4 Notes
  • 5 References
  • 6 External links

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