Product Description
The World's Fair, Paris, 1889: a young inventor crosses paths with an enigmatic girl and her pet lion. Suddenly they find themselves pursued by a villainous trio intent upon stealing the magical Blue Water. Thus begins an epic adventure inspired by Jules Verne's masterpiece "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." Join Nadia and Jean as they travel the high seas in search of Nadia's homeland and her past, their only clue the mysterious jewel Nadia wears. Can they unravel the Secret of the Blue Water before it is too late?
Product Details
- #126111 in DVD
- Released on: 2001-06-19
- Rating: Unrated
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Formats: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
- Original language:
English, Japanese
- Subtitled in:
English
- Running time: 100 minutes
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
These first four episodes introduce a long, involving anime series that should provide a wonderful stepping stone for youngsters being weaned from Pokémon. Based partially on Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water begins as Jean, a young French boy who builds airplanes, teams with his uncle to enter a flying competition at the 1899 World's Fair in Paris. It's there that the preteen Jean meets and immediately falls for the exotic Nadia, who leads an unhappy life as a circus performer. Jean turns protector when Nadia is chased by a trio of bumbling villains who are after the mysterious "blue water" in Nadia's necklace. Their pursuit leads to the open sea, where Jean and Nadia board an American battleship searching for a vengeful sea monster, ultimately revealed as Captain Nemo's submarine, Nautilus. This first series from Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion) has some of the charm and rich detail of the films of Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke) but features cardboard villains that could be distant cousins of Pokémon's Team Rocket. Nadia, Secret of Blue Water stepped into the limelight in 2001, 12 years after its original production, thanks to myriad similarities to Disney's ambitious animated feature Atlantis: The Lost Empire, including period setting, design, characters, story, and a mystical blue necklace. Nadia has the added benefit of its scope, 39 episodes spanning 16 hours, affording fans many more adventures ahead. Rated 12 and up for violence, but suitable for ages 7 to teens. --Doug Thomas
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Disappointed Nadia fan
I thought when AD Vision picked up Nadia it would be a good thing because I would finally get to see the entire series restored and remastered where Streamline Pictures left us hanging. The problem is, they REMOVED the original English dub to replace it with their own TERRIBLE voice acting script. It's totally unwatchable except in original Japanese language with English subtitles (how I watch my Anime anyway, but Streamline's voice actors actually fit the characters and did an excellent job!!). There are no extras added to the DVD either...C'mon ADV, do a good job!! It's a classic anime.
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Nadia Kicks Butt
Nadia, Secret Of the Blue Water is a classic anime dealing with an adventure in the 1800's which seems to be largely inspired by a famous Jules Verne novel. From the maker of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nadia is much more light hearted but nonetheless an extremely entertaining anime. If you like anime and adventure you can't go wrong with Nadia....
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Disney has ripped another Anime classic!!!
Stay with the Original "Atlantis Story" Nadia, Secret of the Blue Water. Disney has stolen the idea of a good anime series and made it into a movie yet again. The new movie that was just released, Atlantis, has TOO MANY similarities it's unbelieveable. Firstly there's the Nadia rip-off and her blue water. The girl from Atlantis has dark skin and a glowing blue crystal around her neck as well. The male counterpart also has the same type of glasses that the young frech scientist has. The submarine, the intrigue, it all was stolen from the Nadia series and made into a Disney movie. Just like Kimba turned into the Lion King. Please stay with the originals. The so-called Disney "New" releases are but cheap copies of the Originals like Nadia and Kimba. It's a shame to see disney sink so low.
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cool
If you see disneys 'Atlantis' mumbo jumbo you will see everything was copied from this show.
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A flawed, but very, very good anime series
I love the Beatles White Album, but I only love about half the songs on it. Beatles manager George Martin always said he thought it should have been done as a single album, taking the best from both records, and it would be the best rock album ever. This is basically how I feel about "Nadia." Director Hideaki Anno chose to make the series 39 episodes long rather than the usual 26; I feel that if he condensed the series to 26 episodes long, he would have a killer show on his hands.
Nadia was Anno's first series, and essentially spins halfway between his work under anime legend Hiyao Miyazake (Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa) and his own landmark series Neon Genesis: Evangelion. The best elements of Nadia feature remnants of Miyazaki's spellbinding magical qualities, and Evangelion's scorching and unsettling vision of looming apocalypse. Our heroine Nadia finds herself exploring a vast and strange lost underwater kingdom, while coming to terms with her own tortured family life and the frightening proto-Nazi organization that her Atlantean kingdom has turned into. Anno doesn't fail to dazzle us with a glimpse at a haunting and magical world, but he pulls no punches either.
Tragically, both of these aspects are rather damaged by Anno's handling of comedy in the series. The mixing of comedy and serious material within Nadia is nothing extraordinary; the Japanese have a knack for handling this brilliantly (see Cowboy Bebop, Slayers: Try, and even the incredible Irresponsible Captain Tylor). Anno himself handles this masterfully - albeit with a vicious streak - in Evangelion, where he lures the viewers in with lighter-hearted fare before dumping unspeakable horror on them. But in Nadia, there is simply too much comic relief; the gag characters don't know when to shut up. When the Hitleresque Gargoyle is nearly destroying Nadia with a horrific battalion of organic spaceships, silly jokes are still being cracked. It just spoils the purity of the moment.
Likewise, the comic sequences stretch on too long at times. Nadia and Jean's stay on the island, for example, lasts at least six or seven episodes, with most of the plot taken up with Jean's comic swipes at Nadia's obsessive vegetarianism. By the time they get off, you nearly forget that the plot that landed them there.
This is not to say this a bad series by any means; it's simply a warning. Don't expect THE most incredible series ever; truth told, it is probably not as solid a show as Anno's Evangelion is. But it remains his close second, and one of the best anime series in recent memory. If you've seen Evangelion, Nadia has some of the same feel, but in much gentler way... Nadia takes you by the hand where Evangelion stomps on your face with a metal boot.
So definitely check out Nadia. You'll get the bonus of seeing where Disney stole their newest movie from, too...
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Looking for the best TV anime series ? Buy that !
The first time I saw this show I was really excited because it deals with adventure, love, and secret (as it is sais in the title). Let me tell ya, you've been looking for a great japanese anime you found it. Really better than everything Gainax has done, I mean, Eva, Fulikuli etc... Besides, everything is incredible in this anime : character design, music, characters'psychology... Thank you gainax. Buy it buy it ! WONDERFUL.
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nadia
i love nadia anyway nadia is an very old cartoon since my childhood it came on arabic television i live in the middle east though where i live they dub old japanese cartoons nadia is so old i have very little memory of it....
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ABSOLUTE GREATEST ANIME SERIES EVER MADE
great story, lots of action, good comedy, and the ending doesn't .....
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Make room for Nadia!
I am a 13 year old girl and I love everything Japanese. This video is as good as other Japanese anime like Sailor Moon and Tenchi Muyo. I would really like to see more of this series. The two other Nadia videos Amazon sells are both on this video. There are a total of 4 stories on this video, so it is worth paying a few extra dollars for it. These stories are perfect for kids my age.
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Industrial (and Anime) Revolution
Studio Gainax's Hideaki Anno directed this NHK produced tv series which aired in the early nineties. This enigmatic and thoroughly entertaining series is the whimsical dexter to Evangelion's sinister. Ironically, both works feature biblical icons and cautionary moral tales. This story is loosely based on Jules Vernes 20,000 leagues under the sea, but features a cast of characters mirroring a greek tragedy. The first few episodes are action packed, and set this powerful story in motion. I believe that the properly subtitled complete version will place this work with Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind, Honneamis and Evangelion. I hope to see a DVD collector's version.
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