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Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water (TV)

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Related anime:
    Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water: The Motion Picture (sequel)

Alternative title:
Ang Mahiwagang Kwintas (Tagalog)
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
Надя c загадочного моря (Russian)
الماسة الزرقاء (Arabic)
ふしぎの海のナディア (Japanese)
海底兩萬哩 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: steampunk
Objectionable content: Mild
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: 677 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 76 votes (sub:46, dub:20, ?:3, edit.dub:2, others:5
3 Italian dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Excellent: 159 votes (sub:91, dub:48, raw:3, ?:2, others:15
5 French dubbed
3 Italian dubbed
3 German dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 193 votes (sub:109, dub:54, raw:5, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:22
9 German dubbed
3 Italian dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 French dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian edited dub
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French edited dub
)
 Good: 133 votes (sub:81, dub:35, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:13
4 Italian dubbed
4 German dubbed
2 French dubbed
1 Arabic edited dub
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 56 votes (sub:34, dub:15, others:7
3 Italian dubbed
2 German dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 So-so: 26 votes (sub:16, dub:6, ?:1, others:3
2 German dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:8, ?:1, dub:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:11, dub:4, others:2
1 German dubbed
1 Korean edited dub
)
 Bad: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1418 users, rank: #700 (of 5564)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.737 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6473, rank: #823 (of 5554)
Weighted mean: 7.642 (Very good−), rank: #824 (of 5554) (seen all: 7.91 / seen some: 7.12 / won't finish: 4.71)
Bayesian estimate: 7.640 (Very good−), rank: #608 (of 4226)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 39
Episode titles: We have 39
Vintage:
1990-04-13 to 1991-04-12
1991-09-09 (France)
1996-02-23 to 1996-04-17 (Germany - RTL2)
Release dates: 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
Reviews:
Nadia DVD 10 (Aug 9, 2002)
Nadia DVD 6 (Mar 7, 2002)
Nadia DVD 4 (Feb 17, 2002)
Nadia DVD 3 (Feb 15, 2002)
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Other articles: Show:
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Answerman: Debriefed (Sep 28, 2001)
Nadia vs. Atlantis? (May 15, 2001)
Answerman: Scream! (Apr 29, 2001)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Nadia - Perfect Collection (Tin) (DVD) 2007-11-27
    Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water - Collection 1 (DVD) 2008-11-11
    Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water - Collection 2 (DVD) 2008-12-16 (from $14.99)
    Nadia - Secret of Blue Water (DVD 1) 2003-11-25
    Nadia - Secret of Blue Water (DVD 2) 2003-11-25 (from $14.21)
    Nadia - Secret of the Blue Water (DVD 3) 2003-11-25 (from $14.21)
    Nadia - The Adventure Begins (DVD 1) 2001-06-12
    Nadia - The Dark Kingdom (DVD 2) 2001-08-14 (from $23.98)
    Nadia - Aboard the Nautilus (DVD 3) 2001-09-25 (from $29.99)
    Nadia - Battleground (DVD 4) 2001-11-06 (from $12.06)
    Nadia - Nemo's Fortress (DVD 5) 2001-12-18 (from $3.55)
    Nadia - The Deep Blue Sea (DVD 6) 2002-01-29 (from $23.98)
    Nadia - Nadia's Island (DVD 7) 2002-03-12 (from $2.89)
    Nadia - The Secret Cave (DVD 8) 2002-04-23 (from $23.98)
    Nadia - Nadia In Love (DVD 9) 2002-06-04 (from $23.98)
    Nadia - The Prophecy Fulfilled (DVD 10) 2002-07-16 (from $10.00)
    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
VHS
    Nadia - The Adventure Begins (Dub.VHS 1) 2001-06-12
    Nadia - The Dark Kingdom (Dub.VHS 2) 2001-08-14 (from $19.95)
    Nadia - Aboard the Nautilus (Dub.VHS 3) 2001-09-25 (from $3.99)
    Nadia - Battleground (Dub.VHS 4) 2001-11-06 (from $10.00)
    Nadia - Nemo's Fortress (Dub.VHS 5) 2001-12-18
    Nadia - The Deep Blue Sea (Dub.VHS 6) 2002-01-29
    Nadia - Nadia's Island (Dub.VHS 7) 2002-03-12 (from $1.74)
    Nadia - The Secret Cave (Dub.VHS 8) 2002-04-23 (from $18.98)
    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)
Series Composition: Shigeru Morikawa
Scenario: Kaoru Umeno
Storyboard:
Hideaki Anno
Mahiro Maeda (4 episodes
eps 10, 16, 22, 35
)

Masa Yuki 
Masayuki (7 episodes
eps 3, 13, 20, 28-29, 33, 36
)

Shinji Higuchi (6 episodes
eps 21, 25-26, 28, 30, 38
)

Takeshi Mori (used 3 different pen-names; 14 episodes
eps 5-6, 8-9, 11, 14, 17, 19, 23, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37
)

Toshiyuki Kubooka (eps 12, 31, 39)
Yuuji Kawara
Episode Director: Masa Aono (ep 36)
Original Concept: Hayao Miyazaki
Sound Director: Katsunori Shimizu
Color Coordination: Otome Nanahoshi
Ending Animation: Shinya Ohira (uncredited)
Image Boards: Tatsuyuki Tanaka (eps 19-29)
Key Animation:
Hiroki Kanno
Hiroyuki Okuno (eps 11, 15)
Isamu Imagake
Kazuchika Kise (ep 5)
Kazuya Kuroda
Kazuya Tsurumaki (12 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20-22, 30, 35, 38
)

Keiji Gotoh (eps 17, 19, 25)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (eps 11, 20)
Takehiro Nakayama
Takeshi Honda (OP; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 12, 16, 20, 22, 39 epilogue
)

Tomohiro Hirata
Toshihiro Kawamoto (ep 3)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (eps 2, 35)
Yasuhito Kikuchi
Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Yuji Takahashi
Planning: Hiroshi Kubota
Sound Effects: Toru Noguchi
Theme Song Performance: Miho Morikawa

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

Banjou Ginga as Voice of the Red Noah
Chafurin as Man under Giger
Hiroshi Masuoka as Jean's Uncle
Kaneto Shiozawa as Emperor Neo
Kappei Yamaguchi as Hamahama
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
Shigezou Sasaoka as Circus Ringmaster
Shinya Ohtaki as General
Tamio Ohki as Doctor Woolar
Teiji Oomiya as Captain Mayville
Tesshô Genda as Chief Editor of Newspaper
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
SEI YOUNG
Animation Production:
KORAD
TOHO
Broadcaster: NHK
Key Animation:
BAEK KOO (ep 28)
KAC (4 episodes
eps 27, 33-34, 37
)

Studio ArgoShip (ep 19)
Sun Planning (ep 35)
Woo Lee Production (ep 23)
Young Woo Production (ep 17)
Production:
GAINAX
Group TAC
Production Cooperation:
NHK Enterprises
Sogo Vision
Recording Studio: Seion Studio
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Sound Production: Zack Promotion
English cast
English staff
Meg Bauman as Nadia

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
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
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
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 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

English companies
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming: The Anime Network
Licensed by: ADV Films
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
Recording Studio: Monster Island
Soundtrack: ADV Music
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Lee Mija as Jean
Park Sohyeon as Nadia

Gang-San Kim as Gargoyle
Gwon Hyeoksu as Sanson
Hong Seongok as Electra
Hwang Yungeol as Hanson
Lee Byeongsik as Captain Nemo
Lee Seonho as Marie
Seong Yujin as Grandis

Gang-San Kim as Nautilus Crew Member
Gwan-Cheol Kim as Emperor Neo
Gwon Hyeoksu as Nautilus Crew Member
Han Sanghyeok as Nautilus Sonar Officer
Kim Yeonghun as Ensign Fait
Park Yeonghwa as
Ayerton
Nautilus Crew Member
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Marc François

Theme Song Performance: Francine Chantereau

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 (from 2000)
La 5 (from 9 September 1991)
Mangas
NT1 (from 20 July 2005)
Distributor: AB distribution
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Theme Song Lyrics: Tony Seven (Spain dub)
Theme Song Performance: Sol Pilas (Spain dub)
Broadcaster:
Club Super 3 (Spain dub)
Telecinco (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director:
Dania Cericola (new dubbing)
Lidia Costanzo
Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena (TV edition)
Debora Magnaghi as Nadia (new dubbing)

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)
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
Marina Massironi as Marie Lowenbrau
Massimo Di Benedetto as King (new dubbing)
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)
Tony Fuochi as Timoniere
Italian companies
Distributor:
DENEB Film
Yamato Video (Italy)
Dubbing:
DENEB Film
Raflesia srl (new dubbing)
German staff
German cast
(none)

Jan Koester as Hanson
Martina Dunker as Grandis Granva
Nicola Grupe as Marie
Nicole Grupe as Marie 
Oliver Mink as Sanson
Reinhard Brock as Captain Nemo
Tobias Lelle as Ayerton
Ulf-Jürgen Wagner as Narrator

German companies
Broadcaster: RTL2
Distributor:
ACOG (uncut)
OVA Films
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
(none)
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)
Production: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Aya Bejer as Electra
Yvette Tagura as Nadia
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: ABS-CBN
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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