Story - 10
From the first episode I was intrigued on how the Abyss works in the series. Main plot is our character needs to venture to the depth of the Abyss to meet her mother. It is simple and doesn't drag out the entire purpose of the journey. The entire show brings out that charm of going on an adventure with your trusted friend for an important purpose. I adore all 13 episodes with joy, sadness and excitement!
Art - 10
FUCK YES! The series has great animation! From little mannerism of a kid who twiddle their fingers when anxious to reacting at a shocking moment, its all feels natural. The animation is very fluid, you can tell the animators care very much down to small details like leaves and water to move like it does in nature. Speaking of leaves and water, the background art is outstanding... You can take any moment in the series as a singular painting and it still puts a smile on my face. This is in my opinion, great art style and animation working together in harmony. If you are interested pick up the manga too! I can't recommend enough to get both the manga and anime-blu-ray(when it release)!
Sound - 10
I usually watch with an open back headphones, so sound stage is pretty important to me. That being said the sound effect, is as close to perfect as you can. The rustling noise of plants when being stepped on and so on is very detailed. I appreciate all the attention it gets when it comes to sound effect. The OST is memorable as well, you can distinguish Made in Abyss sound track easily and it fits very well with the series. Overall not invasive in a scene and accompany it very well. The voices of the main characters are great too.
Characters - 10
With exception of a few characters the motivation and development is fantastic. I honestly put this next to My Hero Academia for how much emotional investment I have for almost all of the characters to do well. The author of the web manga did an amazing work overall on the characters.
Overall - 10
You can not miss this anime if you care about top quality story telling, animation, art style, sound. I highly recommend this to all anime fans from all level. This kind of anime doesn't come very often, that is why it is important we recognize and support them to continue producing amazing anime such as this right here.
