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IMDb
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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020) ⭐ 8.0 | Animation, Adventure, Drama
January 17, 2020 - Riko, Reg, and their new friend, Nanachi, continue their journey down the Abyss and arrive at the 5th layer. But in order for them to continue to the 6th layer, they must encounter the haunting figure of Nanachi's past: Bondrewd the Novel.
Release date   Jan 17, 2020
Duration   01:53:00
Director   Masayuki Kojima
Rating: 8/10 ​ - ​ 7.17K votes
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Fandom
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Made in Abyss Movie 3: Dawn of the Deep Soul | Made in Abyss Wiki | Fandom
September 24, 2025 - Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (メイドインアビス 深 (ふか) き魂 (たましい) の黎明 (れいめい) , Meido in Abisu Fukaki Tamashī no Reimei)[1] is the third movie in the Made in Abyss franchise and covers the Ido Front Arc.
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MyAnimeList
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Looking for information on the ... active online anime and manga community and database. After bonding over a tragic loss, the long-suffering Nanachi joins Riko and Reg on their journey into the depths of the Abyss....
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Deep in the Abyss, the White Whistle Bondrewd welcomes Riko, Reg and Nanachi into his home, even allowing them to become fast friends with his daughter, Prushka — but these brave adventurers know things are not always as they seem in the Abyss...
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Reddit
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r/MadeInAbyss on Reddit: Dawn of The Deep Soul was not what I thought it would be
July 11, 2022 -

Let me start off by saying that season 1 was incredible for me, as it was for many other people. I didn't feel so invested into a show for a very long time. But after watching Dawn of The Deep Soul I was honestly bummed out, I felt like the story completely changed its focus.

One of my favourite scenes from season 1 was when Riko was hit by the Orb Piercer, and Reg was hopelessly trying to save her. It was a really heavy scene that showed the will of the protagonists to move forward despite the dangers of the Abyss. It was desperate and horrible, but it felt real, it was what needed to be done to survive.

In Dawn of The Deep Soul, however, I thought that all the gore and horror shown was unnecessary. Why did the cartridges need to be made with the body parts of human children? Why did the white whistle need a sacrifice to be made? Why did Bondrewd experiment on orphan children in the most horrible way possible? It honestly became kinda stupid to me.

It went from gore and horror to show what the protagonists needed to face to venture further into the abyss, and their resolve to continue pushing forward, to gore and horror for the sake of gore and horror.

And after watching the start of season 2, I feel like the show will continue going with this trend, which is a shame for me.

I am by no means trying to ruin the show to anyone else or trying to force my opinion on others, nor am I calling the show bad. I just wanted to see what others think about this, and maybe some different perspectives will help me love the show again.

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I mean at least for that arc you kinda were told time and time again in season 1 how fucked up bondrewd is, from both nanachi and ozen. And the story shifts as the new arc opens up to be a bit more Character and dynamic-oriented as opposed to setting up the world in the beginning of season 1. Bondrewd I think was meant as a means to show how convoluted someone in power can get in this world. He's doing these things pretty much completely safe from backlash. He's of the highest rank whistle, and he's also the most successful scientist of the whistles. He's achieved a lot, and was the one that got black whistles to even be allowed in the 5th layer. The cost? The loss of humanity and morality over time. He keeps producing results, and keeps getting closer and closer to completely losing his humanity. Something as simple as disregarding flavor for functionality in nutrition bars warped into sacrificing his own humanity for a whistle, which warped even further into taking advantage of and sacrificing others' humanity for scientific gain. Nanachi and crew are the only people to shift him a little bit back towards humanity I think, as seen with his last scene in the movie, having a human eye poke through the mask. And for specific questions you had : why orphans in cartridges? - they didn't have to be. It's just what he had to be honest. why did the white whistle need a sacrifice to be made? - this is explained further during the content of season 2 for a bit. Life reverberating stones do not straight up KILL the person involved in making it. why did he experiment on orphan children? - like I said earlier, at this point in his life he had been very out of touch with his sense of morality, yet still had status and power. Some way, in his mind, he needed human lives to experiment with. And he was all done experimenting with his own. So I guess a whole slew of factors end up making that decision. And no, I wouldn't say season 2 goes too much into that pointless gore and horror trope that much. Sure there's stuff like that will still happen, it IS made in abyss, but nothing like bondrewd level with experimentation and the such. The world and the abyss is just unforgiving a lot of the time. I'd be happy to talk more because dawn of the deep soul is one of my favorite anime movies and I find it to be a very emotional experience, and I guess I at least THINK I understand the motives behind the scenes and characters. But who knows! Maybe I don't! But I still like the series haha
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Im not shure how it is in the anime, but at least in the manga there's an explanation for most of the stuff that happens in mia. The cartridges for example are made from humans because only living things can be cursed by the abyss and so, to redirect it from himself, Bondrewd uses those.(children bc a)shock factor, and b) they're children, noone cares what happens to a bunch of orphan homeless children in the world of mia.
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Apple TV
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MADE IN ABYSS: Dawn of the Deep Soul - Apple TV
January 17, 2020 - In order to find Lyza, the mother of the greatest white whistle, Riko deep into the world's remaining abyss, "Abyss", with the lost memory robot Reg, encounter various mysterious creatures and dangers along the way, she even accompanied Nanachi, who was hollow.
Release date   Jan 17, 2020
Director   Masayuki Kojima
Actors   Miyu TomitaMariya IseSayaka Ohara
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep ... Soul (2020) View more photos · Synopsis · Riko, Reg and a new friend encounter the mysterious Bondrewd while venturing to the Sea of Corpses....
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The Movie Database
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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
A continuation of the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss' treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White ...
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January 17, 2020 - A continuation of the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss' treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White ...
Release date   Jan 17, 2020
Duration   01:45:00
Director   Masayuki Kojima
Rating: 79/100 ​ - ​ 372 votes
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November 28, 2020 - Dawn of the Deep Soul follows directly on from the conclusion of the 13-episode TV series with central trio Riko, Reg and Nanachi descending from the lush, danger-filled fourth layer of The Abyss to the icy, treacherous fifth layer — the invitingly titled “Sea of Corpses”. It was in this harsh, unforgiving place that Nanachi and her friend Mitty fell prey to the silver-tongued but ruthless Bondrewd, the Sovereign of Dawn.
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Wikipedia
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Made in Abyss - Wikipedia
November 1, 2025 - The story follows an orphaned girl named Riko, who finds and befriends a part-robot boy named Reg, and descends with him into the titular "Abyss" that leads deep into the Earth, in hopes of exploring it and finding her mother. An anime television series adaptation produced by Kinema Citrus, aired from July to September 2017. A sequel film, subtitled Dawn of the Deep Soul, premiered in Japan in January 2020.
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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020) | Rotten Tomatoes
“Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul” is an excellent movie, and a great sequel to a great series overall.
Director   Masayuki Kojima
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Sentai Unveils MADE IN ABYSS: DAWN OF THE DEEP SOUL North American Theatrical Premiere Date & Exclusive Extras | Anime - Animation | News
DAWN OF THE DEEP SOUL continues the epic adventures of young explorers Riko and Reg, who are joined by their new friend Nanachi as they descend into the Abyss’ treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses. There they encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle whose shadow looms over Nanachi’s troubled past.
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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020) - User reviews - IMDb
The Made in Abyss series continues to shock and awe. Detailed and graphic violence without moral limits, this is what boundless story telling looks like, it's impossible to latch this show to a specific genre, horror, thriller, fantasy, adventure etc.
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"To hell with your dawn." Virtual Cinema Screenings Start September 18.Pre-order sub: http://bit.ly/MIA3SUBPre-order dub: http://bit.ly/MIA3DUB
Published   September 4, 2020
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A review of Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul | Everything is bad for you
May 28, 2023 - So setting those first two aside, let’s rejoin Riko, Reg, and Nanachi deep in the Abyss. As usual with these kinds of posts, I won’t get into the background here that I covered in my review of the first season. Also, extreme spoilers this time, and a more serious warning since this is generally a plot-heavy series. Maybe I should just make a *SPOILERS* graphic at this point. If I had any design skill I might. The crew evaluating a threat in the field of flowers where Riko’s mother is (maybe) buried. Dawn of the Deep Soul starts exactly where season 1 of the series left off, with Riko finding the fabled field of flowers that her mother may or may not be buried in, right under her legendary pickaxe weapon stuck in the ground.