When I first watched Made in Abyss as it was airing, I enjoyed it for mainly a couple of reasons: the beautiful animation of the breathtaking sceneries, and the music that masterfully accompanied it...ultimately creating an anime that embraced the word adventure.
Later on, I loved the addition of Nanachi and her interactions with Reg. I was curious enough to wonder how they're gonna survive this perilous abyss, but not enough to read the manga, but enough to be excited for this anime.
What I found with this movie is just.... pure disgust. It's basically needless gore and child abuse, with little to no value to the actual story. I thought maybe the antagonist has an interesting philosophy or some sort of a redeeming quality since he has favourites of MAL that's equals to the favoruites of Reg and Riko combined... but I found none whatsoever. He's a mere sick psycho who says "Subarashii" a lot, giving a false impression of being interesting and/or deep.
And while the animation and sound were good in a vacuum, but one cannot enjoy them much when he/she wants to throw up.
Mind you, I'm not a faint-hearted fella, I watched cruelty in fiction many many times, not that I'm proud of that. However, it's usually there for a reason. But this movie makes wonder: "What in the world am I watching and why? When is the movie gonna end?"
If you're looking for an interesting adventure, don't watch the movie.
If you're looking for major plot development, don't watch the movie, you can have someone summarize the kinda important points in less than 1 minutes.
If you're looking a cool and/or deep villain, don't watch the movie.
As for me, if the story continues giving us this sort of nonsense, then I'd have to say goodbye to it.
