HIDIVE Will Release Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery in 2027
HIDIVE announced on Tuesday that it will distribute Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery, the first film in a new Made in Abyss anime film series, in 2027.
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Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner, OtakuKart Anime.
Why it matters
HIDIVE president John Ledford framed the pickup as a decade-long run with the franchise, which began as one of the service's inaugural simulcasts when it launched in July 2017.
Key Facts
- HIDIVE will release Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery in 2027.
- The North American premiere of Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery is set for December 5 at Anime Frontier in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery opened in Japan on October 23.
- Masayuki Kojima directs Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery at Kinema Citrus, with Hideyuki Kurata on scripts.
- A second film in the new Made in Abyss film series has been greenlit.
The company also set the film's North American premiere for December 5 at Anime Frontier in Fort Worth, Texas, and streamed an English-subtitled trailer. The film opened in Japan on October 23. Masayuki Kojima returns to direct at Kinema Citrus, with Hideyuki Kurata on scripts and Kazuchika Kise and Yuka Kuroda on character design. Mariya Ise, Miyu Tomita, Shiori Izawa and Misaki Kuno return as Reg, Riko, Nanachi and Faputa. New cast includes Sumire Morohoshi as Tepaste, Takanori Hoshino as Cravagli, Nana Mizuki as Srajo, Akeno Watanabe as Nishagora, Shunsuke Takeuchi as Yataramar, Nao Toyama as Sherumi and Yume Miyamoto as Menae. Kevin Penkin feat. Mori Calliope perform the theme song "Chain of the Abyss." A second film has been greenlit.
The Japanese run of Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery began on October 23, and the North American premiere at Anime Frontier follows on December 5. HIDIVE has not set a date for the 2027 release beyond the year. The film continues the story after Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun, the second television season, which premiered in July 2022 and ended with a one-hour finale that September. Awakening Mystery follows Riko, Reg, Nanachi and Faputa deeper into the sixth layer of the Abyss, with Riko still searching for her mother, the White Whistle Lyza.
Akihito Tsukushi's manga runs on Takesho's Web Comic Gamma and has more than 22 million circulating copies across 15 volumes. The previous film, Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul, opened in Japan in January 2020 and ranked ninth in its opening weekend with 102,284,000 yen (about US$929,300) over its first three days. Sentai Filmworks handled North American theatrical screenings for that film and for the two compilation films before it.
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Sources
- Anime News Network HIDIVE to Release Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery Film in 2027 With N. American Premiere Screening at Anime Frontier on December 5
- Anime Corner Exclusive: Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery Heads to HIDIVE in 2027, North American Premiere Set for December 5
- OtakuKart Anime Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery Heads to HIDIVE in 2027, North American Premiere Set for December 5