Nadia The Secret of Blue Water Complete Series [blu-ray]
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It was the summer of 2013 that I discovered “Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water” on YouTube, before the website got strict on what they allow to stream shows & films and started to charge what was popular to watch or slightly alter visual and hearing from how it was suppose to be [a close-up or high squeaky voices]. For an anime series that was made since I was about seven months old [made in 1990], it was worth watching. It may have not be as popular as Dragon Ball, Pokemon, or Gundam, but Nadia does deserve some recognition for it brilliance and excellence. For starters, its loosely based on Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”. While the series has original characters like Nadia (a young African acrobat with a mysterious past), Jean (a young French inventor who falls in love with Nadia), Marie (a little girl who joins our young protagonists after tragedy) and a trio of criminals turned allies – The Grandis Gang (former wealthy heiress Grandis Granvan, head strong sharp shooter Sanson, and the brilliant yet pudgy mechanic Hanson….these three seem like the prototype for Team Rocket’s Jesse and James), and the villainous Gargoyle and his legion of followers the Neo Atlanteans, Captain Nemo and his submarine The Nautilus are always handy in the realm of public domain, especially when this series provides science-fiction origins between the Captain and Nadia in an alternate universe of the late 19th century (some even refer this series as steampunk).
Another interesting thing about this anime series is that it WAS originally an idea that the great anime film director Hayao Miyazaki. True story. One you will have to look up on your own time. Take my word for it. Also, the animation for this show was done by the same man behind “Neon Genesis Evangelion” – Hideaki Anno.
One of my personal reasons why I like this anime series is that I find it rare to see both a woman of color to be a protagonist in an anime series AND interracial romance is also rare to see in anime as well. When you watch the show from beginning to end, in all 39 episodes, Jean and Nadia’s relationship is one of the themes of the show. Boy meets girl, boy loves girl, girl can be frustrating and boy tries to put up with it, girl eventually opens up to boy, boy and girl figure out her past, boy tries to protect girl, and eventually they have a happy ending. Its a good show if you like old school anime before 21st century anime shows. It has adventure, excitement, thrills, mecha, love, and humor. Overall, you not regret Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. It is worth watching.
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Alex Phillips
I’m not going to spoil the show for anyone but this is one of my favorite anime series I have the old Dvd box sets that came with the soundtrack and movie. This is a great show to invest your time and money into it’s 39 episodes long and while it has aged (it IS an old anime series) it is incredibly good if you have ever seen Castle in the Sky well Nadia is a bit like that movie but with some interesting twists and turns. There is fan service but it doesn’t warrant a warning sign to keep the kids away because they weren’t made to be perverted. This is TV 14 so anyone wanting to get this for little kids might want to rethink it. I’m taking one star off for the fact that they left the movie out of it. As far as extras I just want the series I could care less about packing the soundtrack in with it (I already have it) as it is pretty expensive if they added the soundtrack to it I wouldn’t be able to buy it like most of the series that comes out from Aniplex USA that are packed with a bunch of stuff I don’t want nor need. Thank you Sentai for releasing this classic I hope you release the movie sometime in the future.
– Loretta M. Evans
I wish I could give this one more than 5 stars. This is one of the oft forgotten masterpieces. The thing a true master of his craft does just before he gets famous. Hidieaki Anno is one of Japans current greatest film makers. Now being a master of both anime and live action. He made the recent 2 part Attack on Titan live action movie with Toho. He made the awesome and award winning Shin Godzilla that took Japan byu storm last year. Before that he is best known for making Neon Genesis Evangelion. The Robot Anime that changed anime the way George Lucas’s Star Wars changed Hollywood.
Nadia The Secret of Blue Water is the show that he made just before Evangelion. And it is WONDERFUL!!! It is a Victorian Industrial era tale. Based very very loosely on the works of Jules Verne. At the 1889 Paris Worlds faire a young inventor and aspiring aviator meets a mysterious dark skinned young girl. She is from the circus, and seem to be being chased by a trio of international jewel thieves. And thus begins a wild steampunk adventure into the depths of the world of Jules Verne and the mind of Hidieaki anno. Atlantis, Nemo, The Nautilus, Robar, The Master of the World, The Mysterious Island. All are referenced in unexpected ways, as our young adventurers, their clumsy thieves, are swept along with the crew of Captain Nemo to face a threat to the very world.
It is 2 seasons 39 episodes. Layered with deep complex characters and stories. The show starts off simple. You feel like you are watching a generic western cartoon. 2 kids have a jewel. A trio of goofy thieves is chasing them through various adventures to get it. But that’s just the known starting point. As soon as you re recognizing that, things get turned on their heads as both the simple characters and simple story that you thought you were watching opens up and you slowly start to get a feel for what lies ahead. The first two episodes feel like an American Afterschool cartoon from the 90’s. If you can make it through them your mind will start getting blown. And remarkably it does this without getting too dark. While the threats are grin and terifying and real, they manage to maintain a balance of upbeat character with the kids. And it is just a wonderful story. It’s the truest form of a Steampunk adventure story.
It is also a fairly accesible story, For an anime there is not a lot of fanservice, beyond Nadia’s acrobat outfit. (which plays into some character development) The show is appropriate for kids 9-10 and up with parental guidance. 11-12 and up should be fine on there own.
Like I said the show is amazing. A must watch for anime fans, It’s the show that a great director perfected his craft, and got every single thing right, before moving on to bigger things. If you are a fan of Evangelion you will like this better. Certainly you will like the voice dub better. The show is near perfection, It’s worth hunting down in any format before it disapears again. Also if you are a fan of The Last Exile, you will love this show Last Exile pulls alot from here.
This is a Grand Adventure. It is a true must see for anime fans.
– RoboGriffey
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Dubbed: English
Region: Region 1
Number of discs: 5
Rated: NR Not Rated
Studio: Unbranded
Run Time: 975.00 minutes
ASIN: B01DOQ9VPG
