Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
English title: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
Japanese title: ふしぎの海のナディア
Type: TV
Source: Original
Episodes: 39
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 13, 1990 to Apr 12, 1991
Broadcast: Fridays at 19:30 (JST)
Duration: 25 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Gainax, Group TAC, Dongwoo A&E
Producers: NHK, Sogo Vision, TOHO, NHK Enterprises
Licensors: ADV Films, Sentai Filmworks, GKIDS, Streamline Pictures
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Themes: Historical

In 1889, the world is on the pinnacle of great discoveries in technology. In mankind's 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 Roque Lartigue, 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.

(Source: ANN)

The series won the 1990 Animage's Anime Grand Prix Award.