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)
Genre	Adventure, steampunk
Created by	Hideaki Anno; Hayao Miyazaki;
Anime television series
Directed by	Hideaki Anno (chief); Shinji Higuchi (23–39);
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 by	Shirō Sagisu
Studio	Gainax; Group TAC;
Licensed by	AUS: Siren Visual; NA: GKIDS; UK: Anime Limited;
Original network	NHK General TV
English network	NA: Anime Network;
Original run	April 13, 1990 – April 12, 1991
Episodes	39
Anime film
Directed by	Shō Aono
Produced by	Yūkichi Ōhashi; Hideki Higuchi; Shinji Ichimura;
Written by	Story:; Yū Kō; Screenplay:; Yasuo Tanami;
Music by	Shirō Sagisu
Studio	Gainax; Sei Young Animation;
Licensed by	NA: ADV Films;
Released	June 29, 1991
Runtime	87 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]

^ 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
^ 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.

[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.

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