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Nadia - Secret of Blue Water (TV)

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Related anime:
    Nadia of the Mysterious Seas (movie) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Die Macht des Zaubersteins (German)
El misterio de la piedra azul (Spanish)
Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (Japanese)
Il mistero della pietra azzurra (Italian)
Nadia et le secret de l'eau bleue (French)
Nadia of the Mysterious Seas
الماسة الزرقاء (Arabic)
ふしぎの海のナディア (Japanese)
海底兩萬哩 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: historical
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: In 1889, the world is on the pinnicle of great discoveries in technology. In mankinds grasp for the future, a sinister foe known only as Gargoyle, obsessed with restoring the former Atlantean empire to the glory it once held, 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. Based on the Novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' by Jules Verne.
User Ratings: 495 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 50 votes (sub:29, dub:14, Ita.dub:3, ?:3, Fre.dub:1)
 Excellent: 116 votes (sub:65, dub:35, Fre.dub:5, Ger.dub:3, Ita.dub:3, raw:2, Spa.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Ara.dub:1)
 Very good: 140 votes (sub:75, dub:39, Ger.dub:9, raw:4, ?:3, Ita.dub:3, Fre.dub:2, Ita.edit.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Ara.dub:1)
 Good: 92 votes (sub:58, dub:23, Ger.dub:4, Ita.dub:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1, Ara.dub:1, Ara.edit.dub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Decent: 45 votes (sub:29, dub:11, Ita.dub:3, Ger.dub:2)
 So-so: 23 votes (sub:14, dub:5, Ger.dub:2, ?:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:7, ?:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:3, Ger.dub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (dub:3, sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1082 users, rank: #563
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.642 (Very good-.35), std. dev.: 1.7078, rank: #758
Weighted mean: 7.571 (Very good-.42), rank: #736 (seen all: 7.86 / seen some: 7.07 / won't finish: 4.62)
Bayesian estimate: 7.570 (Very good-.43), rank: #546
Number of episodes: 39
Episode titles: We have 39
Vintage:
1989-04-15 to 1990-03-16 (Japan NHK TV Broadcast)
1990-04-13 to 1991-04-12
1991-09-09 (France)
Releases: We have 2
Opening Theme:
#1: "Blue Water" by Miho Morikawa
Ending Theme:
#1: "Yes! I will..." by Miho Morikawa
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 10
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Related reviews:
    Nadia DVD 10
    Nadia: Secret of Blue Water DVD 5
    Nadia DVD 6
    Nadia DVD 4
    Nadia DVD 3
    Nadia: Secret of Blue Water DVD 2
    Nadia: Secret of Blue Water DVD 1

Related releases:
    Nadia - Perfect Collection (Tin) (DVD) 2007-11-27
    Nadia - Secret of the Blue Water TV Series Collection 1 (DVD) 2008-11-11 (from $14.99)
    Nadia - Collection 2 (DVD) 2008-12-16 (from $14.99)
    Nadia - The Adventure Begins (DVD 1) 2001-06-12 (from $18.36)
    Nadia - The Dark Kingdom (DVD 2) 2001-08-14 (from $16.99)
    Nadia - Aboard the Nautilus (DVD 3) 2001-09-25 (from $16.99)
    Nadia - Battleground (DVD 4) 2001-11-06 (from $17.63)
    Nadia - Nemo's Fortress (DVD 5) 2001-12-18 (from $18.36)
    Nadia - The Deep Blue Sea (DVD 6) 2002-01-29 (from $18.36)
    Nadia - Nadia's Island (DVD 7) 2002-03-12 (from $17.63)
    Nadia - The Secret Cave (DVD 8) 2002-04-23 (from $23.98)
    Nadia - Nadia In Love (DVD 9) 2002-06-04 (from $21.29)
    Nadia - The Prophecy Fulfilled (DVD 10) 2002-07-16 (from $18.36)
    Nadia - Secret of Blue Water DVD Collection 1 + Audio CDs (DVD 1-5) 2004-05-18
    Nadia - Secret of Blue Water DVD Collection 2 + Audio CDs (DVD 5-10) 2004-07-06 (from $19.99)
    Nadia - The Adventure Begins (Dub.VHS 1) 2001-06-12
    Nadia - The Dark Kingdom (Dub.VHS 2) 2001-08-14
    Nadia - Battleground (Dub.VHS 4) 2001-11-06
    Nadia - Nemo's Fortress (Dub.VHS 5) 2001-12-18
    Nadia - The Deep Blue Sea (Dub.VHS 6) 2002-01-29
    Nadia - The Secret Cave (Dub.VHS 8) 2002-04-23
    Nadia - Nadia In Love (Dub.VHS 9) 2002-06-04
    Nadia - The Prophecy Fulfilled (Dub.VHS 10) 2002-07-16

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Hideaki Anno
Shinji Higuchi (eps 23-39)

Scenario: Kaoru Umeno

Storyboard:
Hideaki Anno
Masa Yuki
Takeshi Mori
Yuuji Kawara

Music: Shiro Sagisu

Original Concept: Hayao Miyazaki

Character Design:
Shunji Suzuki
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Art director:
Hiromasa Ogura
Hiroshi Sasaki
Masanori Kikuchi

Animation director:
Masahiko Ohta
Nobuaki Nagano
Shunji Suzuki
Tadashi Hiramatsu

Mecha design:
Hideaki Anno
Shoichi Masuo

Sound director: Katsunori Shimizu

Executive producer:
Hideki Higuchi
Shinji Ichimura
Yukichi Ohashi

Producer:
Hiroshi Kubata
Kenichi Maruyama
Kenjiro Kawato
Yasushi Yoritsune

Animation:
Shukou Murase
Takahiro Kishida

Color Coordination: Otome Nanahoshi

Editing:
Harutoshi Ogata
Masashi Furukawa

Key Animation:
Hiroki Kanno
Hiroyuki Okuno (eps 11, 15)
Isamu Imagake
Kazuya Kuroda
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Keiji Gotoh (eps 17, 19, 25)
Takehiro Nakayama
Takeshi Honda
Tomohiro Hirata
Toshihiro Kawamoto (ep 3)
Yasuhito Kikuchi
Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Yuji Takahashi

Planning: Hiroshi Kubota

Series Organization: Shigeru Morikawa

Sound Effects: Toru Noguchi

Theme Song Performance: Miho Morikawa

 

Noriko Hidaka as Jean

Yoshino Takamori as Nadia

Akio Ohtsuka as Captain Nemo

Kenyuu Horiuchi as Sanson

Kikuko Inoue as Electra

Kumiko Takizawa as Grandis

Motomu Kiyokawa as Gargoyle

Toshiharu Sakurai as
Hanson
King

Yuko Mizutani as Marie

Chafurin as Man under Giger

Chikao Ohtsuka as Giger

Hiroshi Masuoka as Jean's Uncle

Kenichi Ogata as President of Newspaper Agency

Kouji Tsujitani as Ayrton

Masashi Ebara as Science Pressman

Masayuki Kato as Deutsch Admiral

Nobuyuki Furuta as Pressman

Ryuji Nakagi as Man under Giger

Shinya Ohtaki as General

Shuuichi Ikeda as Fly

Tamio Ohki as Doctor Woolar

Teiji Oomiya as Captain Mayville

Tesshô Genda as Chief Editor of Newspaper

Toshihiko Seki as Fejto

Tsukasa Itou as Fuzzy

Yasunori Matsumoto as Crew of Nautilus

Yukari Takayama as Man under Giger

Yutaka Shimaka as Crew of Nautilus

Japanese companies 

Animation Cooperation:
GAINAX
Group TAC

Animation Production:
KORAD
TOHO

Broadcaster: NHK

Development: Imagica

Production: GAINAX

Production Cooperation:
NHK Enterprises
Sogo Vision

Recording Studio: Seion Studio

Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production

Sound Production: Zack Promotion

English cast 
English staff 

Director: Charles Campbell

Art director:
Andy Orjuela
Ruby Halipoto

ADR Script:
Don Foreman
Lowell B. Bartholomee

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Sharon Papa

Producer:
Charles Campbell
Lowell B. Bartholomee

ADR Engineer: Charles Campbell

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Graphics: Hiroko Fukumori

DVD Producer:
David Williams
Sharon Papa

Editing:
Charles Campbell
David Grundy
Jay Charean
Joey Goubeaud
Robbie Stevens

Logo Design: Hiroko Fukumori

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Akiko Yoshii
Andrew Kent
Carl Wormley
Maki Nagano
Masami Takahashi
Miyuki Kamiya

Production Coordination: Janice Williams

Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol

Promotion: Rod Peters

Sound Design: Paul Killam

Subtitle Script & Timing: William McBee

Meg Bauman as Nadia

Nathan Parsons as Jean

Corey M. Gagne as Hanson

David Jones as Gargoyle

Ev Lunning Jr. as Captain Nemo

Jennifer Stuart as Electra

Martin Blacker as Sanson

Sarah Richardson as Grandis

Shawn Sides as King

Afi Komen as Battleship Announcer

Amie Elyn as Nautilus Nurse

Beau Paul as Tolaro

Ben Wolfe as Soldier

Billy F. Harden as Nautilus Chief Engineer

Boon Sheridan as Soldier

Brandon Crow as Lookout

Brian Yanish as Nautilus Pilot

Britt Baker as Nautilus Sailor

Carl Domaski as Field Soldier

Carlos Neulander as Nautilus Status Chief

Charles Campbell as Soldier

Christa Kimlicko Jones as Older Marie

Christopher Loveless as Jones

Clay Towery as
Gargoyle’s Cabinet
Gargoyle’s Follower
Gargoyle’s Henchmen
Tavern Sailor

Corey M. Gagne as Neo’s Servant

Cory Cruser as Hamahama

Craig Kanne as Red Noah Voice

Dan Bisbee as
Exposition Guard
Nautilus Pilot

Dan Dietz as Emperor Neo

David DuBose as Threadgill

Don Toner as Tower of Babel Technician

Douglas Taylor as
Gargoyle’s Cabinet
Gargoyle’s Follower
Gargoyle’s Henchmen
Nautilus Cook
Tavern Sailor

Edwin Neal as Uncle

Ellen Kolstö as Gonzalez’s Moll

Ellie McBride as Nadia’s Mother

Eric Abbott as Tower of Babel Technician

Eric Henshaw as Captain Melville

Frank Baum as Competition Announcer

Gilbert Austin as
Gargoyle’s Cabinet
Gargoyle’s Henchmen
Nautilus Scientist

Greg Gondek as Nautilus Sonar Officer

Guy Roberts as Field Soldier

Huck Huckaby as Holland

J. Richard Smith as
Lord Arkwright
Nautilus Co-Pilot

James Arnold as Red Noah Voice

James Arnold Taylor as Red Noah voice

Jason B. Phelps as Ayerton

Jason P. Stingley as Soldier

Joe Valdez as Gargoyle’s Follower

Judson L. Jones as
Gargoyle’s Henchmen
Red Noah Voice
Tribe Chief

Kara Bliss as Gargoyle’s Henchmen

Karen Kuykendall as Narrator

Kelly M. McDaniel as Tower of Babel Technician

Ken Webster as
Commander
Gonzalez

Lana Dietrich as Auntie

Lana Lesley as
Countdown Announcer
Gargoyle’s First Officer
Red Noah Voice

Lowell B. Bartholomee as Gargoyle’s Cabinet

Marc Hairston as Gargoyle’s Cabinet

Margaret Cassidy as Marie

Mark A. Vassberg as
Battalion Chief
Soldier

Markell Pool as Land Ship Sailor

Maurice Moore as Ensign Fait

Melissa Livingston as Gonzalez’s Moll

Michael Stuart as Prime Soldier

Michael J. Banvard as Soldier

Michael T. Mergen as Prison Soldier

Mick D'Arcy as Nautilus Navigator

Nanker Phelge as Field Soldier

Randy Wyatt as Tower of Babel Technician

Raphael Ruiz as Soldier

Robert Kaufman as
Soldier
Tower of Babel Technician

Robert Pierson as Science Chief

Robert Rudie as Irion

Robert J. Lawrence as Tavern Sailor

Russ Roten as Red Noah

Scott Schroeder as
Circus Clown
Webster

Skip Bandy as Field Chief

Talbot McKitt as New Nautilus Radio Voice

Titos Menchaca as Ringmaster

Travis Dean as Overseer

W.T. Bryant as
Gargoyle’s Cabinet
Gargoyle’s Henchmen

Weldon Phillips as Tribe Chief

Werner Lang as Nautilus Doctor

Adam Pearson

Andrew Fafoutakis

Carie Esquenazi

Mandy Heinhold

Noah Passavoy

Rebecca Robinson

Samantha Inoue-Harte

Shane Breaux

Shelly Lange

English companies 

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

Recording Studio: Monster Island

Soundtrack: ADV Music

French staff 
French cast 

Theme Song Performance: Francine Chantereau

 

Valérie Siclay as Nadia

Virginie Ogouz as Gladys

Herve Rey as Jean

Joëlle Fossier as Electra

Marc François as
Caïus
Empereur Néo

Michel Vigné as
Némo
Titus

Philippe Ariotti as
Argon
Ayrton
Gargoyle

Virginie Ogouz as
Grandine
Marie

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Game one (2000)
La 5 (1991)
Mangas
NT1 (2005)

Distributor: AB distribution


Spanish staff 

Theme Song Lyrics: Tony Seven (Spain dub)

Theme Song Performance: Sol Pilas (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Club Super 3 (Spain dub)
Telecinco (Spain)

Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Script:
Cristina Robustelli
Fiamma Molinari (new dubbing)
Sergio Romanò

Translation:
Luisella Sgammeglia
Marina Mocetti Spagnuolo

Director Of Dubbing:
Dania Cericola (new dubbing)
Lidia Costanzo

Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena (TV edition)

 

Debora Magnaghi as Nadia (new dubbing)

Nadia Biondini as Nadia

Daniela Fava as Marie Lowenbrau (new dubbing)

Massimiliano Lotti as Capitano Nemo (new dubbing)

Claudio Moneta as Gargoyle (new dubbing)

Dania Cericola as Grandis (new dubbing)

Davide Garbolino as Jean

Diego Sabre as Sansone

Federico Danti as Imperatore Neo

Giorgio Bonino as Eco (new dubbing)

Giovanni Battezzato as Capitano Nemo

Marco Balzarotti as Conte Ayrton

Mariagrazia Errigo as Rebecca

Marina Massironi as Marie Lowenbrau

Massimo Di Benedetto as King (new dubbing)

Maurizio Scattorin as Argo

Natale Ciravolo as Narrator #1 (new dubbing)

Paola Della Pasqua as
Electra (new dubbing)
Narrator #2 (new dubbing)

Paola Messina as Electra

Patrizio Prata as Imperatore Neo (new dubbing)

Sergio Romanò as Hanson

Stefano Albertini as Hanson (new dubbing)

Italian companies 

Broadcaster:
Italia 1
Italia Teen Television

Distributor:
DENEB Film
Yamato Video (Italy)

Dubbing:
DENEB Film
Raflesia srl (new dubbing)

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Beate Pfeiffer as Nadia

Aleksandra Ludwig as Electra

Hubertus von Lerchenfeld as Jean

Martina Dunker as Grandis Granva

Nicole Grupe as Marie

Oliver Mink as Sanson

Reinhard Brock as Captain Nemo

Tobias Lelle

German companies 

Broadcaster: RTL2

Distributor:
ACOG (uncut)
OVA Films

Dubbing: FFA Gruppe München


Arabic staff 
(none)
Arabic cast 

Anji Al Yousif as Alaa (Jean)

Buthaina Mi'mari as Rola (Nadia)

Anji Al Yousif as Lama (Electra)

Buthaina Mi'mari as Rama (Marie)

Fatima Sa'ad as Lamees (Grandis)

Arabic companies 

Broadcaster: Spacetoon

Distributor: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)

Dubbing: Al Zahra Centre - VENUS

Production: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Aya Bejer as Electra

Filipina Pamintuan as Jean

Yvette Tagura as Nadia

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: ABS-CBN

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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