Nadia: The Secret of Blue WaterIn mankind's grasp for the future, a sinister foe known only as Gargoyle begins his plans to take over the world. Nadia, with the help of a young inventor, Jean Ratlique, and Captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus, must fight to save the world from Gargoyle and Neo-Atlantis.
DirectorHideaki Anno
WritersHisao Ohkawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Hideaki Anno, Etsuko Kisugi, Miho Morikawa, Jules Verne
Girl at the Eiffel Tower
Apr 13, 1990
Jean, a 14-year-old orphan, sailing into Paris to help his uncle design an airplane for the Paris Exposition's flight competition meets a pretty young girl named Nadia and her pet lion cub, King. He ends up rescuing her from a woman named Grandis who is trying to get Nadia's jewel, the Blue Water. Nadia leaves the only home she ever knew - a circus - as Jean has offered to help her search for her place of origin, starting with the random choice of Africa...
The Little Fugitive
Apr 20, 1990
With Grandis and her two accomplices, Sanson and Hanson, in pursuit, Jean takes Nadia back to his home in LeHarve. His grumpy aunt refuses to take Nadia in, but Jean lets Nadia stay at his own house. The following day, Jean and Nadia set off for Africa in one of his aeroplanes. They do not get far, however, when Jean's invention fails and falls into the sea....
The Riddle of the Giant Sea Monsters
Apr 27, 1990
Jean, Nadia, and King are rescued by an American battleship in pursuit of sea monsters, who have apparently been responsible for sinking ships. That night, the battleship is attacked, and Jean, Nadia, and King are thrown overboard....
Nautilus, The Fantastic Submarine
May 4, 1990
Jean, Nadia, and King are rescued by another vessel--an impressive and mysterious submarine known as the Nautilus (and yes, the captain's name is Nemo). Here, they learn from Nemo's pretty first officer, a young woman named Electra, that the vessel is in pursuit of a sinister enemy. After an unsuccessful attack against the deadly submarine Garfish, the Nautilus repairs Jean's sea plane, and the children take off for another adventure.
Marie's Island
May 11, 1990
Jean, Nadia, and King are shot down over a strange island where they find themselves outrunning a squadron of sinister masked soldiers. In their struggle to survive, they find an orphan girl, Marie, who lost her parents to the soldiers.
Infiltration of the Secret Base
May 18, 1990
Marie and King are captured by the soldiers, so Jean and Nadia set off to a forbidding looking area to save them. Their rescue mission leads the pair to the base of the soldiers, who call themselves Neo-Atlantis, and their evil commander, Gargoyle, wants Nadia and her Blue Water at all costs.
The Tower of Babel
May 25, 1990
Imprisoned by the wicked Gargoyle, Nadia is forced to admit that she gave her Blue Water to Jean before turning herself in (to save Marie and King from a horrible fate). As the search for Jean is on, the boy desperately tries to find her. Simultaneously, Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson, who have also been imprisoned by the soldiers, break out of their prison cell and attempt to escape. While Gargoyle tours Nadia around his base, he showcases Neo-Atlantis's secret weapon, a tower known as Babel with the power to obliterate an entire island!
Mission to Rescue Nadia
Jun 1, 1990
In a surprising turn of events, Grandis and her boys join forces with Jean to save Nadia, Marie, and King from Gargoyle. Their escape attempt nearly backfires, until the Nautilus shows up to save them....
Nemo's Secret
Jun 8, 1990
Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King are taken aboard the Nautilus with their new enemies-turned allies, Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson. Technophiles Jean and Hanson are thrilled to be aboard the Nautilus. Grandis becomes dangerously smitten with Captain Nemo, much to Sanson's consternation. Nadia, meanwhile, is very suspicious about the submarine and its crew, particularly Nemo, who reacts with surprise upon seeing her for the first time....
A Crowning Performance by the Gratan
Jun 15, 1990
In pursuit of Gargoyle, the Nautilus becomes trapped in a dangerous underwater mine field. Sanson and Hanson jump aboard the Gratan to clear the mines before they detonate. Jean sneaks on to help the two men....
New Recruits for the Nautilus
Jun 22, 1990
Nemo and Electra appoint Jean, Nadia, and the others to new positions on the Nautilus. Jean is permitted access to Electra's library of books so that he can learn how to use the knowledge for mankind's benefit; simultaneously, he, Sanson, and Hanson are given a tour of the Nautilus. Marie and King, meanwhile, are reduced to schooling from Electra, much to their dismay. Grandis and Nadia are assigned to cook in the kitchen. An intense rivalry is ignited between Electra and Grandis as they compete over Nemo's love. Finally, Jean discovers the source of the Nautilus's power, and is quite disturbed when Nemo tells him that the vessel is a killing machine....
Grandis and Her First Love
Jul 6, 1990
When the Nautilus docks on an island to reestablish supplies, Nadia bonds with Grandis when the latter tells her how the first man she fell in love with turned out to be a treacherous cad.
Run, Marie, Run!
Jul 13, 1990
Marie and King run off to explore the island, when they find themselves both lost and pursued by Gargoyle's soldiers. Sanson comes to their rescue.
The Valley of Dinicthys
Jul 20, 1990
Marie and Nadia become sick from a dangerously fatal tropical fever. To save them from death, Nemo charts course for an underground reef, where he takes Jean, Sanson, and Hanson on a quest to find the cure. Coming back, however, they have to deal with a territorial, eel-like Dinicthys....
The Nautilus Faces Its Biggest Crisis
Jul 27, 1990
Captain Nemo's vessel falls into yet another deadly trap set by Gargoyle--one which involves the Garfish and a surprise attack from American battleships. The subsequent damage costs the lives of several sailors--including a friendly young engineer named Ensign Fait. Jean, who had become friends with Fait, is horrified and devastated to witness someone being killed by the technology he had so strongly idealized with.
The Mystery of the Lost Continent
Aug 24, 1990
The victims of Gargoyle's latest attack are taken to the long-forgotten underworld of Atlantis to be buried. While there, Jean discovers that his father's ship was sunk by the Garfish. Nadia also learns that she must keep the Blue Water at all costs, no matter what pain or damage it may cause.
Jean's New Invention
Aug 31, 1990
Jean is tired of being treated like a child by the Nautilus crew. Hoping to cheer him up, Nadia suggests Jean to build another aircraft. Inspired, he sets off to do just that. At first he is determined to construct the new helicopter by himself, but then realizes he still needs the support of some grown-ups. With Hanson's help, Jean completes the craft and takes Nadia on a very delightful test flight. While airborne, Jean promises that he will one day take Nadia to Africa....
Nautilus vs. Nautilus
Sep 7, 1990
En route to Captain Nemo's home base of Antarctica, the Nautilus finds itself attacked by a territorial Nautilus shellfish.
Nemo's Best Friend
Sep 14, 1990
Nemo takes Jean and Nadia on a tour of his secret base, where he introduces the children to his closest friend, a talking whale named Irion, who hints at Nadia's responsibility to hold the Blue Water.
Jean Makes a Mistake
Sep 21, 1990
Jean's latest invention goes disastrously wrong and accidentally alerts the Garfish to attention. Nadia's detestation of Nemo and jealousy of Jean's friendship with Electra dangerously intensifies--until she finally learns that the Nautilus is merely fighting to destroy Gargoyle and that Electra poses no threat to Nadia's relationship with Jean. During all this, Gargoyle is informed of the Nautilus's prescence and devises to set yet another deadly trap....
Farewell Nautilus
Oct 26, 1990
The Nautilus is ensnared by Gargoyle's super powerful SeaNet magnet. In the fight that follows, Grandis, Sanson and Hanson escape on the Gratan (to help free Nemo and the others from Gargoyle's battleship). The battle culminates with the badly damaged Nautilus plummeting into the sea....
Electra the Traitor
Nov 2, 1990
After relocating Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King to his personal quarters (which he will later jettison from the doomed Nautilus), Nemo finds Electra holding a gun on him. In an extended flashback sequence, Electra reveals her tormented past, her complicated feelings for the captain... and a horrifying connection between Nadia and Nemo.
Young Drifters
Nov 9, 1990
Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King are shipwrecked on a deserted island. They decide to make it their home for a while.
Lincoln Island
Nov 16, 1990
Now that they are settled into their new island home (which they dub "Lincoln Island", Jean uses his knowledge and technology to bring a little civilization. Nadia, on the other hand, wants to live with nature... only to discover that doing so is a lot harder than she ever dreamed of.
The First Kiss
Nov 30, 1990
As a result of Nadia's foolishness, the children only have meat for food. This infuriates Nadia so much that she declares to starve... until she becomes desperate to eat a can of rotten spinach, getting sick. Jean sets off to find a cure, only to become intoxicated by hallucinogetic mushrooms(!). Overwhelmingly grateful, and stupidly unaware that Jean is not himself, she gives him his first real kiss....
King, the Lonely Lion
Dec 7, 1990
King gets jealous of Jean and Nadia becoming more intimate and runs away. Jean sets off to find him... but not before Nadia goes ballastic upon realizing that he does not remember the kiss she gave him (he had been stoned from the hallucinogetic mushrooms).
The Island of the Witch
Dec 14, 1990
After surviving a typhoon, Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King discover another island drifting mysteriously toward them. Exploring it, the children find Ayerton, a flaky scientist who they met on the battleship in Episode 3.
The Floating Island
Dec 21, 1990
Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King are reunited with Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson. Together they all decide to live as a family on the new island, which Jean theorizes is moving.
King vs. King
Jan 11, 1991
A violent row between Sanson and Hanson turns into a race between two mechanical lions resembling King(!).
Labyrinth in the Earth
Jan 25, 1991
Four months afterward, the Gratan is nearly repaired, and soon our pals will set off for Africa. But first Jean and Nadia go off on a hike which leads them to a mysterious underground cavern that turns out to be more than they suspected. The exploration culminates when Nadia falls into a trance and vanishes behind a wall, leaving her clothes in Jean's arms! During all this, Ayerton tries to make his move on Grandis.
Farewell, Red Noah
Feb 1, 1991
Trapped inside a mysterious chamber, Nadia learns from a disembodied voice that their island home is actually a space satellite, Red Noah--and that she is the heir to the throne of Atlantis as well as not human! Tremors engulf the island as Grandis and the others prepare to set off, but Jean returns to save Nadia.
Nadia's Love
Feb 8, 1991
Having escaped their former island home, our pals crash-land into an African tribal village, where they are instantly captured... until one of its citizens recognizes Nadia.
King's Rescue
Feb 15, 1991
When King gets captured by Grandis' ex-fiancee, our pals set off to save him.
My Darling Nadia
Feb 22, 1991
Jean writes a song for Nadia. Actually, our pals burst out into song while various clips from the show play out.
The Secret of Blue Water
Mar 1, 1991
Finally, our pals arrive at Nadia's real homeland--Tartessos. As they tour through its long forgotten ruins, our heroine finally reveals her darkest secrets... including who she is. How will all this affect her relationships with everyone, especially Jean?
The New Nautilus
Mar 8, 1991
Gargoyle's battleships appear over Tartessos. To save Jean and the others, Nadia surrenders herself... but not before Jean swears to save her. Forced to flee from Gargoyle's battleships, our pals run into Captain Nemo and his crew, who have survived... and now operate a superpowerful battleship called the New Nautilus.
Emperor Neo
Mar 29, 1991
Gargoyle takes Nadia before the puppet leader of Neo-Atlantis, Emperor Neo, who reveals that he has a strong connection with both Nadia and Nemo. Eight time zones away, Nemo and the others plan to fight Gargoyle in a final duel. Throughout, both Jean and Nadia learn about the origins of the Atlanteans.
To the Sky
Apr 5, 1991
The New Nautilus and Gargoyle, now aboard Red Noah, face off in a spectacular duel of pyrotechnics, lasers, and, ultimately, wills. Midway through, both crafts head into outer space. After finally breaking in, Nemo, Jean, and Electra confront Gargoyle, who now has Nadia under his control.
Successor to the Stars
Apr 12, 1991
All the pieces fall into place for the final stage of Jean and Nadia's journey around the world, Nemo and Gargoyle's long-standing feud, and the secret behind Nadia's Blue Water pendant. I won't tell you how it ends....
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Finished October 1th 2022 I can’t wait to see how fans of this show try to rationalize how many times lion balls appear on screen. I always had a slight interest in this series whenever I first heard about it in the Nostalgia Critic covering Atlantis: The Lost Empire (I only care for the actual critic parts of the videos) and how it has so many similarities to this show even though movie makers say that they didn’t even know this show existed. I love Atlantis and I wanted to check out the series for myself, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. It was out of print and really expensive, but luckily GKIDS came in and made a rerelease of the dub and I got it and here we are now. The show was overall great, but there were definitely bumps in the road. I think the series strongest aspect is the characters. I mean Jean is fine standard protagonist, Marie was really cute, and Naida… we’ll get to her later, but dude, the Grandis Gang might be my favorite part of the show. I thought they were a really fun trio to hang out with. For the first few episodes, I figured that they would have the same dynamic as Team Rocket from Pokémon by how a trio of of kooky baddies trying to get their hands on one of the character’s prized possessions. But over the series, they turned out to be a lot more fleshed out and compassionate characters then Team Rocket. I mean I don’t think James and Meowth would would knock out Jessie just because they would rather sacrifice themselves than seeing Jessie in a life or death situation. Also I loved seeing them bond with the kids and it was really cute and loved their character interactions. Also Gargoyle was such a great and threatening villain, I mean I don’t get what was the point of going on a random killing spree whenever Marie was introduced and it’s never explained what we’re the motives behind that, but that’s a pretty minor nitpick. Where my dislikes start in a show called “Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water” is, well… Nadia herself. She is so horendiously unlikable and completely unreasonable. I get that she wants to protect nature and all and I get why she freaked out when the crew brought a baby deer to eat, but she blows up every time someone eats meat to survive or when someone kills another person in self defense and calls them murderers for that reason alone. Nadia rightfully gets called out for this THREE TIMES by Grantis, Captain Nemo, AND FREAKIN’ MARIE! There’s only so many times where a character learns the same lesson before it starts to feel really disingenuous. I guess the last time she acted really that selfish was when she learned that Nemo was her father and got separated from him. So I guess she just resorted to what she knows best by begin once again a selfish brat who thinks she’s in the right by denying basic survival skills which would honestly benefit her more than hurt nature, if at all. But no, she’s way too idiotically prideful in “protecting life” to even consider the implications of living on a deserted island and burns into a fit of rage when Jean actually uses proper brain functions to help them survives. But the 30% of the time that she’s actually tolerable, she’s a pretty alright female lead. I think Episode 24 was just the breaking point for me for this character. But I think even the show agrees with me because the recap in Episode 25, the narrator says outright talks about her selfish ways and Jean finally starts to get a backbone when Nadia won’t eat meat. Also in the same episode, Nadia finally comes around to Jean when he gets high on mushrooms and not the other multiple times he risk his life for her like the time when the Grandis Gang first captured her or the time he rescued her from Neo Atlantis. And it kinda sucks that such a pivotal point in Jean and Nadia’s relationship happens in such a lame episode. Episode 26 was pretty cute and it had pretty neat animated parts, but I wish the story was tweaked so the kiss happened in that episode and dedicated Episode 25 solely to Nadia’s backstory which should of probably happened way earlier in the series. Also the Island part of the show I didn’t really like a whole lot at first because that’s when I realized that the Grantis Gang added so much to the dynamic of the cast and I didn’t like when the show stripped the cast of characters down to just Nadia, Jean, and Marie. And that’s when Nadia REALLY started to get on my nerves because there wasn’t anything else to balance it out and that’s what ultimately brings the show down for me. We finally get the Grantis Gang back and their still as entertaining as ever, but even though their enjoyable, nothing in the island episodes really progressed the story in any way which is shocking. Every episode up until then furthered along the plot in a very natural way on top of being very entertaining. In these Island episodes, however, it just feels like we’re just meandering around until we get to the actually interesting plot lines. If it had started as a episodic series from the get-go and only occasionally had a story driven episode every once in awhile and not trying to have a laser focused narrative, then it wouldn’t be so painful to see this show fall off the high pedestal that series created for itself. Like would it have been SO hard to have at least ONE scene with Gargoyle trying to find the Blue Water and getting frustrated for going 4 MONTHS without a trace of it? I’m sorry, but these Island episodes are just FFFFFIIILLLLLEEERRRR!!!!! Plus this is where the series’s animation starts to get really inconsistent. Like we get an episode where it’s animation is as detailed and fluent as ever, but the next episode’s animation is all rigged and clunky. My personal theory is that the show runners split up the most talented animators to work on the more important and visually demanding episodes while they chopped the budget in half for the rest of the underpaid animators for less visually demanding episodes. Also Gargoyle is such a non factor in these later episodes that it’s hysterical. Like why do you set up a good and threatening villain only to forget about him until the plot starts again. I get if they wanted to take a breather in between major serious plot focused episodes, but can the breather make sense? Also when the gang gets to Africa, Nadia meets this new hot guy that’s takes attention from Jean in Episode 32 of this 39 episode series. That’s why too late to introduce a plot line like that because Jean and Nadia’s relationship has grown too much for that to work. Maybe if that kind of plot line was introduced in one of the first 15 episodes, then it would make more sense and not make Nadia look like an ungrateful brat. Also I don’t think Episode 33 should of brought back Gonzalez, Grantis’s ex, because I think he could represent any greedy person if you’re not careful enough and I think he should of only appeared in Grantis’s flashback instead of making him a forgettable, boring, and generic one-off antagonist for a pretty standard episode all things considered. Also this episode also made me realize that Nadia didn’t learn anything from her relationship growth on the island deeming those island episodes entirely pointless. Episode 34 was honestly kinda decent actually. It’s a musical which I wasn’t expecting. The part where Nadia gets more and more mad when Jean is singing his horrible love song was actually kinda funny. I wished Grantis had a song along Hanson and Sanson, Marie, Jean, and Nadia. I mean Jean was in three songs. Two solos and a duo with Nadia. Also I wished they didn’t just reuse random clips from the previous episodes for the visual for the songs, but hey what can you do, the last five episodes are in sight. Okay I looked up and the Island episodes were actual filler and the original creator had no control over them. That explains a lot. Also the Nautilus crew returns for the last few episodes without any buildup and they don’t even try to explain how they survived the last time they met or even reference the events of “Electra the Traitor” , the second best episode in the whole show and they brush it under the rug in favor of Evangelion set pieces which are so far removed from the rest of the series that it’s astounding. I was really to give this show a 7/10, but the last two episodes were pretty great. But also do you ever have a perfectly great last episode and just ruin it in the last 5 minutes? Yeah that’s this one. It’s revealed that Captain Nemo and Electra had a baby together which is so out of left field and unearned. So I guess plotting against and shooting your captain point blank and actively wanted the demise of his daughter doesn’t mean anything in the slightest and Electra just keeps her current position and the captain doesn’t even think of her differently and acts like that never happened. Also Captain Nemo openly says that he considers himself as a father figure to her and seeing how the rest of the show tries to forget “Electra the Traitor” ever exist, they completely ignore what Nemo said and impregnates the woman who sees him as a father figure. And don’t get even me started with Marie and Sanson. Let me tell you that I liked the pairing of Marie and Sanson, I liked seeing this usually self absorbed guy taking himself down a peg to this toddler and there interactions were really cute. I can tell you without a single doubt that I ABSOLUTELY DID NOT see this 28 year old guy and this 4 year old girl as a ROMANTIC pairing! In the ending when 12 years pass it’s revealed that they got married and Marie is pregnant all while she is still 17… SEVENTEEN!!!!!! Even ignoring the gargantuan elephant in the room, there was absolutely no setup to this they basically just pulled it out of their @$$ just because they wanted a “sent off” without even thinking about the fact the let this scoundrel in 40s in impregnates IN UNDERAGED GIRL!!!! This is probably on the same level of sickening as the Voltron: Legendary Defender sent off by that being disgusting Queer bait and this being outright pedophilia. WOW, that got me heated. But it was still a good show overall. The only things I outright despise in this show is Nadia and some moments that straight up feel like their fan servicing minors, but at least it’s wasn’t the focus. Also I more so feel disappointed in the Island filler episodes than activity hating them. I still really like the show overall even despite the major problems I have with it. Maybe down the line I’ll give this show a lower rating as maybe the bad stuff might sink in more overtime. But I am glad I finally watch it. Also “The Mystery of the Lost Continent” might be one of the best episodes of television I’ve ever seen, so it still has that going for it
