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Extremely likeable but flawed and uneven fan favorites series from Gainax. Best watched episodes 1-22, 30, 31, & 35-39.
In the mid 1970's, prior to obtaining his well-deserved status as Japan's greatest animator ever, a young Hayao Miyazaki was hired by Japanese movie giant Toho to develop ideas for TV series. One of these concepts was "Around the World Under the Sea", based on Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the…
Read full review on AniList →Nadia deserved better, but even with its faults; this is a timeless classic worthy of praise.
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Nadia The Secret of Blue Water is a show that ever since I started watching anime, filled me with curiosity, with its colorful pallet in both scene…
Read full review on AniList →In spite of its flaws, it triumps as a passionate celebration of the human race.
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Fushigi no Umi no Nadia is an anime series directed by Hideaki Anno, originally inspired by the works of Jules Verne, particularly "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". It was intended to be Hayao Miyazaki's first directed anime television series, ho…
Read full review on AniList →A truly beautiful anime tarnished by one of the worst momentum breakers of all time.
From the very beginning, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water finds ways to surprise and delight. The setting of 1889 France is unique, vibrant and entrancing, with circuses, bicycles and many, many failed attempts at manned flight. The first arc has a real Pokemon-like vibe, as plucky protagonists Jean,…
Read full review on AniList →So, about that Lost Island story arc...
Jean Raltique is a 14 year old inventor living in 1890’s France. He and his uncle are participating in the Birdman Rally, an event that wouldn’t actually be established until 1970’s England, but we’ll be gracious and ignore that fact. He falls in love at first sight with an exotic looking circus per…
Read full review on AniList →This anime has a lot of plot holes.
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water was released in 1990 and was one of those anime series were the anime was created before the manga. Nadia:The Secret of Blue Water takes place in 1889 in Paris, France during the height of technology and technological discoveries in science. It tells a completely diff…
Read full review on AniList →Despite how tumultuous the voyage ended up being, it’s still one I’d thoroughly recommend, if only with a few caveats.
Nadia is a strange and interesting series to talk about. From its reception, you’d find a show that can go from fun to nauseating and amazing to terrible at the drop of a hat after a magnificent early run. From the title and the premise, this show sounds like a wonderfully charming time. It creates…
Read full review on AniList →Deservedly a classic, but time has not been kind to poor Nadia.
I have not watched much old anime. It’s an oversight I know I need to correct; there’s plenty of great stuff to be found in anime’s long history, and I’d be doing myself a disservice if my only experience with this medium’s past came in the form of Miyazaki movies (as fantastic as those movies may b…
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