Story 10/10: The author of this Manga said he draws a lot of his inspiration from Lovecraftian style horror and especially Dark Souls, and it's incredibly obvious here that the best aspects of both were merged to create this beautifully grotesque abomination. Perfection might not exist, maybe it's only in the pursuit of it that we can briefly peek in on it. However, the setting in Made in Abyss, the setting is perfect, if not the next closest thing a creator can achieve to such a momentous milestone.
The story itself is pretty straight forward, our main trio is on a quest to dive deeper into the abyss, conquer the fifth layer, and pass the absolute boundary. Ends on a tiny bit of a cliffhanger, with some intentionally unanswered questions to keep an air of mystery about the setting and some of the characters, but is all around a phenomenal story.
Art 10/10: Just type Made in Abyss wallpapers into google and go to images, you'll see what I mean. This movie completely hits it out of the park in the visuals department, especially towards the end of the film, and really does justice to adapting the manga panels insane level of artistic detail. A big chunk of the movie is spent in the 5th layer, the Sea of Corpses, which is pretty dark, drab, and gloomy. I preferred the 4th layers vast array of color overload but the art is still expertly done and deserve all of the visual awards a show could ever get.
Sound 10/10: Fits the movie perfectly, literally nothing to complain about here. It's moving, it's beautiful, and it's breathtakingly gorgeous.
Character 9/10: The only category that I wouldn't give a 10, I feel like no one would take this review seriously if that's all I handed out anyways.
Riko, Reg, and Nanachi do fine as a main cast, they aren't outstanding by means, but I like them and think the way they are is a necessity to tell the story the way the author is trying to tell it. Riko is a bit of a Mary Sue, Reg has to do everything for everyone because everyone else in his party is incompetent, and Nanachi has some major daddy issues with Bondrewd she has to work out with him.
The movie adds two important characters to the mix, Bondrewd and his adopted daughter Prushka. Without spoiling anything big, Prushka's role in the story felt a tiny bit rushed and a little all over the place with her character arc although still pretty satisfying, but Bondrewd, holy shit Bondrewd was so amazing.
I really REALLY don't want to spoil anything, just know that Bonedrewd's role is nearly perfect to the story in every way possible.
Enjoyment 10/10: I can't think of any error in this film so egregious that it would hamper anyone's enjoyment. Definitely peaks right before the finale in a grandiose action sequence that can only be described as animation creative mode. I felt like if I blinked I was going to miss hundreds of hours of animation, and I couldn't have any detail of this masterpiece go unviewed.
Overall 10/10: The definition of a masterpiece, the most convicted I've ever felt in giving out a true 10 out of 10
