The summer 2017 anime series has Made in Abyss has had its home video release schedule setup and Kadokawa is working a box set design for it. With the first volume coming up in just under a month we now have the first preorder TV/web spot for the show that reminds fans that they need to get their orders in. The show is being released in separate DVD and Blu-ray editions where the DVDs at 16,000 yen per set and the Blu-ray’s at 18,000 per set beginning on October 25th, 2017. Check the schedule out below for what we know about them.
The show is being directed by Masayuki Kojima based on the series composition by Hideyuki Kurata. Character designs are being handled by Kazuchika Kise with Kinema Citrus on board for the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Miyu Tomita as Riku, Mariya Ise as Regu, Shiori Izawa as Nanachi, Mutsumi Tamura as Natto, Manami Numakura as Shigi, Manami Hanawa as Kiui, Taishi Murata as Jiruo, and Maaya Sakamoto as Raiza.
The opening song is “Deep in Abyss” as performed by Miyu Tomita and Mariya Ise while the ending theme song is “Tabi no Hitarite, Saihate no Migite” by Miyu Tomita and Shiori Izawa.
The original work is by Akihito Tsukushi which began in 2012 and has five volumes out as of the end of 2016 as serialized in Web Comic Gamma.
Plot Concept: The enormous cave system, known as the Abyss, is the only unexplored place in the world. Nobody knows how deep down this titanic pit goes. It is inhabited by strange and wondrous creatures and full of mysterious ancient relics whose purposes are unknown to modern man. Generations of bold adventurers have been drawn by the cryptic depths of the Abyss. Over the course of time, those bold enough to explore the dangerous pit came to be known as “cave raiders.”
In Oosu, the town at the edge of the Abyss, there lives a little orphan named Rico, who dreams of becoming a cave raider as great as her mother was and solving the great mystery of the pit. One day while exploring the murky depths, she stumbles upon a little boy, who turns out to be a robot…
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10/25/17 | 40p Booklet, 200p Kojima Book, Endcard Portraits, Making of Made in Abyss, Screening Event Digest |
| 2 | 12/22/17 | 40p Booklet, 200p Kojima Book, Endcard Portraits, Making of Made in Abyss, Clean Opening, Clean Closing, Promos, Commercials |
[Source: Made in Abyss]
