The first teaser trailer for part one of the new Made in Abyss anime film trilogy has been released, offering a better look at the upcoming movie alongside the announcement of several returning staff members ahead of its Fall 2026 release window.
Making its debut at the recent Made in Abyss film concert in Tokyo, the upcoming film, titled Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery (Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi), will serve as a direct continuation of the 2022 anime Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun, with Kinema Citrus returning as its animation studio following its involvement in previous entries in the series.
Alongside snippets of the movie, which will serve as part one of a trilogy, the trailer also revealed some returning key staff members, including director Masayuki Kojima, scriptwriter Hideyuki Kurata, and character designers Kazuchika Kise and Yuka Kuroda. Newly announced staff include design leader Takeshi Takakura, art directors Osamu Masuyama and Teru Sekiguchi, as well as music lead Kevin Penkin, who returns to score the film following his work on multiple past titles in the Made in Abyss franchise.
The Made in Abyss manga, written and illustrated by Akihito Tsukushi since 2012, follows the adventures of a girl named Riko and her robot companion Reg as the pair venture into the Abyss, a massive pit filled with precious relics and strange creatures. The manga was adapted into an anime in 2017, and spawned a second season, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun, in 2022. The franchise also received three films, the first two being the compilation films Made in Abyss: Journey’s Dawn and Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight in 2019, followed by its first fully fledged anime film, Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul, in 2020.
Alongside several returning key staff, Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery will also see the return of some familiar voice stars, including Mariya Ise as Reg, Miyu Tomita as Riko, Shiori Izawa as Nanachi, and Misaki Kuno as Faputa.
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