Disclaimer: I don't hate Made In Abyss at all I actually kinda like it. All this is my own personal opinion and you shouldn't take my opinion too seriously. I haven't read the manga yet and these are anime only opinions, I will read the manga in the future so my opinions might change.

Spoilers ahead: Proceed with caution.

I think this movie and especially the series have a bit of a missed potential nonetheless they are pretty good anyway. The idea is honestly amazing and the visuals are quite good but my problem resides with the way the story is going and the cast.

The cast- I think that the cast is some what boring and not really lovable. Just because a character such as Nanachi has a sad back story that doesn't make me automatically like her or feel connected to her whatsoever. Reg is pretty cool and we do not really know much about him he is pretty mysterious and we will probably know more about him in the future but for me he really isn't much loveable, its hard to love or feel connected to a character we hardly know anything about. When Reg had to "kill" Bondrewd I didn't feel bad for Reg at all the connection just wasn't there. Scenes like Nanachi's flashbacks have no affect on me at all even though they are sad. They failed to make me feel any connection to the characters what so ever. Riko is just a cute girl that wants to go deeper to get answers to all her questions and that is it. Watching these kids feels kinda cringy and weird for me, maybe after we get a second season and we will know more about the characters I will start to feel way more connected to the cast but right now watching them feels kinda dull and somewhat boring.

The story- The idea and the direction are honestly amazing and im sad the cast is currently dull because Made In Abyss has so much potential. My problem with the story isn't the direction but the way we are seeing it, I would prefer seeing more of each layer, maybe later down the road each layer would take more time and would have more screen time. But right now every layer pretty much until this movie was a breeze and they hardly had trouble passing except in a couple points. I would've liked to see more and more of each layer this world seems so cool and mysterious and its a shame that all the layers up until now had hardly any significance. With such a cool idea seeing more of the creatures the landscape and more of a in depth view on each layer in the abyss.

In conclusion despite of my opinions about the cast and the direction of the story I really am enjoying Made In Abyss. It honestly has great animation and good plot twists and the series really makes you want to know more about this fascinating world.