Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
North American Blu-ray box cover, featuring Nadia (left) and Jean (right)
ふしぎの海のナディア
(Fushigi no Umi no Nadia)
GenreAdventure, steampunk[1]
Created by
Anime television series
Directed by
Produced by
  • Hiroshi Kubota
  • Kenichi Maruyama (1–26)
  • Keiichirō Yoshida (27–39)
Written by
  • Story:
  • Hayao Miyazaki (concept, not credited)
  • Hideaki Anno
  • Screenplay:
  • Hisao Ōkawa
  • Yasuo Tanami
Music byShirō Sagisu
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkNHK General TV
English network
Original run April 13, 1990 April 12, 1991
Episodes39 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Directed byShō Aono
Produced by
  • Yūkichi Ōhashi
  • Hideki Higuchi
  • Shinji Ichimura
Written by
  • Story:
  • Yū Kō
  • Screenplay:
  • Yasuo Tanami
Music byShirō Sagisu
Studio
Licensed by
ReleasedJune 29, 1991 (1991-06-29)
Runtime87 minutes

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (ふしぎの海のナディア, Fushigi no Umi no Nadia, lit.'Nadia of the Mysterious Seas') is a Japanese anime television series created by NHK, Toho, and Korad, from a concept of Hayao Miyazaki, and directed by Hideaki Anno of Gainax. Inspired by the works of Jules Verne, particularly Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and the exploits of Captain Nemo, the series follows young inventor Jean and former circus performer Nadia, who are led off to adventure by a secret in Nadia's pendant.

The original Japanese broadcast of the series aired from 1990 to 1991 for 39 episodes. Streamline Pictures released eight episodes in the United States on VHS from 1992 to 1993. The full series was distributed in the United States from 2001 to 2002 by ADV Films on DVD and VHS, with an American broadcast airing on ADV's Anime Network. Following the 2009 closure of ADV, Sentai Filmworks re-licensed the series and re-released it to Blu-ray and DVD in March 2014. GKIDS acquired the license in 2022 and released a new 4K restoration the same year.[2]

  1. ^ Osmond, Andrew (March 4, 2015). "Animatsu Acquires Secret of Blue Water for Blu-ray and DVD". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020. 1990s steampunk adventure series by Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno
  2. ^ Mateo, Alex (April 20, 2022). "GKIDS to Release Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water TV Anime With 4K Restoration". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.