Nadia of the Seas of Wonder
1990 Animated TV Series, 39 Episodes
(Originally broadcast 1990.04.13 to 1991.04.12 by NHK Sogovision)
(‚b)NHK/SOGOVISION/TOHO
In the year A.D. 1889, in the midst of reports of a series of mysterious shipwrecks said to be caused by a sea monster, the Paris World's Fair, that hallmark of scientific achievement, was taking place.
It was there that Jean, a boy with a passion for inventions, first met the girl named Nadia, possessor of the mysterious gemstone known as Blue Water.
The mysterious organization Neo-Atlantis wants Blue Water very much. And it is none other than the almighty submarine Nautilus, and her commander Captain Nemo, which rescues Jean and Nadia from their pursuers!
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Art thou an adventurer?
One who will penetrate the waterfall
known as danger
and seek out the truth
of the legends beyond it?
If so, then seek me out...
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This was GAINAX's first animated TV production. It is a seafaring adventure story, based on the seminal science-fiction classic, Jules Verne's _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_.
The mechanical designs have all been completely updated, and an individual interpretation added to the setting and storyline. The result is a modern science-fiction anime spectacle, told on a much larger scale than the original.
The war between the Nautilus and Neo-Atlantis spreads across all the Seven Seas, and finally into outer space, in all its glory!
This work of entertainment looks at the romantic period of the 19th Century from a 20th-Century perspective.
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Staff
Based on _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne |
| Series Director | Anno Hideaki |
| Director (eps. 23 - 39) | Higuchi Shinji |
| Character Designs | Sadamoto Yoshiyuki |
| Layouts | Maeda Masahiro |
| Art Directors | Kikuchi Masanori/Sasaki Hiroshi/Ogura Hiromasa |
| Music | Sagisu Shiro |
| Animation Producers | Murahama Shoji/Kawahito Kenjiro |
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Cast
| Nadia | Takamori Yoshino |
| Jean | Hidaka Noriko |
| Marie | Mizutani Yuuko |
| Grandis | Takizawa Kumiko |
| Sanson | Horiuchi Kenyuu |
| Hanson | Sakurai Toshiharu |
| Nemo | Ootsuki Akio |
| Electra | Inoue Kikuko |
| Gargoyle | Kiyokawa Gemmu |
| Emperor Neo | Shiozawa Kaneto |
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Available Merchandise
| VHS | ‚m‚g‚jEnterprises | BES-1485 - 1494 | Complete in 10 Volumes | Price: 4800Yen each (plus tax) |
| LD | KSS | JSLA-12141 - 12150 | Complete in 10 Volumes | Price: 5631Yen each (plus tax) |
| Video-CD | GAINAX | Scheduled for release Winter 1997 | Complete in 10 Volumes | Price: 5800Yen each (plus tax) |
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