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The Best Episodes of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

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The Best Episodes of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

In mankind's grasp for the future, a sinister foe known only as Gargoyle begins his plans to take over the world. Nadia, with the help...

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  1. 8.3/10(72 votes)

    #1 - Electra the Traitor

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    S1:E22

    After relocating Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King to his personal quarters (which he will later jettison from the doomed Nautilus), Nemo finds Electra holding a gun on him. In an extended flashback sequence, Electra reveals her tormented past, her complicated feelings for the captain... and a horrifying connection between Nadia and Nemo.

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  2. 8.3/10(76 votes)

    #2 - Successor to the Stars

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    S1:E39

    All the pieces fall into place for the final stage of Jean and Nadia's journey around the world, Nemo and Gargoyle's long-standing feud, and the secret behind Nadia's Blue Water pendant. I won't tell you how it ends....

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  3. 8.1/10(67 votes)

    #3 - Farewell Nautilus

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    S1:E21

    The Nautilus is ensnared by Gargoyle's super powerful SeaNet magnet. In the fight that follows, Grandis, Sanson and Hanson escape on the Gratan (to help free Nemo and the others from Gargoyle's battleship). The battle culminates with the badly damaged Nautilus plummeting into the sea....

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  4. 8.1/10(64 votes)

    #4 - To the Sky

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    S1:E38

    The New Nautilus and Gargoyle, now aboard Red Noah, face off in a spectacular duel of pyrotechnics, lasers, and, ultimately, wills. Midway through, both crafts head into outer space. After finally breaking in, Nemo, Jean, and Electra confront Gargoyle, who now has Nadia under his control.

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  5. 7.9/10(66 votes)

    #5 - The Nautilus Faces Its Biggest Crisis

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    S1:E15

    Captain Nemo's vessel falls into yet another deadly trap set by Gargoyle--one which involves the Garfish and a surprise attack from American battleships. The subsequent damage costs the lives of several sailors--including a friendly young engineer named Ensign Fait. Jean, who had become friends with Fait, is horrified and devastated to witness someone being killed by the technology he had so strongly idealized with.

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    Director:Yukio Suzuki
  6. 7.9/10(70 votes)

    #6 - The Mystery of the Lost Continent

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    S1:E16

    The victims of Gargoyle's latest attack are taken to the long-forgotten underworld of Atlantis to be buried. While there, Jean discovers that his father's ship was sunk by the Garfish. Nadia also learns that she must keep the Blue Water at all costs, no matter what pain or damage it may cause.

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    Director:Takeshi Mori
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  8. 7.9/10(65 votes)

    #7 - The Secret of Blue Water

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    S1:E35

    Finally, our pals arrive at Nadia's real homeland--Tartessos. As they tour through its long forgotten ruins, our heroine finally reveals her darkest secrets... including who she is. How will all this affect her relationships with everyone, especially Jean?

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  9. 7.9/10(62 votes)

    #8 - The New Nautilus

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    S1:E36

    Gargoyle's battleships appear over Tartessos. To save Jean and the others, Nadia surrenders herself... but not before Jean swears to save her. Forced to flee from Gargoyle's battleships, our pals run into Captain Nemo and his crew, who have survived... and now operate a superpowerful battleship called the New Nautilus.

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  10. 7.9/10(61 votes)

    #9 - Emperor Neo

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    S1:E37

    Gargoyle takes Nadia before the puppet leader of Neo-Atlantis, Emperor Neo, who reveals that he has a strong connection with both Nadia and Nemo. Eight time zones away, Nemo and the others plan to fight Gargoyle in a final duel. Throughout, both Jean and Nadia learn about the origins of the Atlanteans.

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  11. 7.8/10(66 votes)

    #10 - The Tower of Babel

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    S1:E7

    Imprisoned by the wicked Gargoyle, Nadia is forced to admit that she gave her Blue Water to Jean before turning herself in (to save Marie and King from a horrible fate). As the search for Jean is on, the boy desperately tries to find her. Simultaneously, Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson, who have also been imprisoned by the soldiers, break out of their prison cell and attempt to escape. While Gargoyle tours Nadia around his base, he showcases Neo-Atlantis's secret weapon, a tower known as Babel with the power to obliterate an entire island!

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  12. 7.8/10(70 votes)

    #11 - Mission to Rescue Nadia

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    S1:E8

    In a surprising turn of events, Grandis and her boys join forces with Jean to save Nadia, Marie, and King from Gargoyle. Their escape attempt nearly backfires, until the Nautilus shows up to save them....

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    Director:Takeshi Mori
  13. 7.7/10(70 votes)

    #12 - Nautilus, The Fantastic Submarine

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    S1:E4

    Jean, Nadia, and King are rescued by another vessel--an impressive and mysterious submarine known as the Nautilus (and yes, the captain's name is Nemo). Here, they learn from Nemo's pretty first officer, a young woman named Electra, that the vessel is in pursuit of a sinister enemy. After an unsuccessful attack against the deadly submarine Garfish, the Nautilus repairs Jean's sea plane, and the children take off for another adventure.

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  14. 7.7/10(70 votes)

    #13 - A Crowning Performance by the Gratan

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    S1:E10

    In pursuit of Gargoyle, the Nautilus becomes trapped in a dangerous underwater mine field. Sanson and Hanson jump aboard the Gratan to clear the mines before they detonate. Jean sneaks on to help the two men....

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    Director:Jun Kamiya
  15. 7.6/10(67 votes)

    #14 - Marie's Island

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    S1:E5

    Jean, Nadia, and King are shot down over a strange island where they find themselves outrunning a squadron of sinister masked soldiers. In their struggle to survive, they find an orphan girl, Marie, who lost her parents to the soldiers.

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  16. 7.6/10(66 votes)

    #15 - Infiltration of the Secret Base

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    S1:E6

    Marie and King are captured by the soldiers, so Jean and Nadia set off to a forbidding looking area to save them. Their rescue mission leads the pair to the base of the soldiers, who call themselves Neo-Atlantis, and their evil commander, Gargoyle, wants Nadia and her Blue Water at all costs.

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    Director:Takeshi Mori
  17. 7.5/10(62 votes)

    #16 - Nemo's Best Friend

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    S1:E19

    Nemo takes Jean and Nadia on a tour of his secret base, where he introduces the children to his closest friend, a talking whale named Irion, who hints at Nadia's responsibility to hold the Blue Water.

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  18. 7.4/10(70 votes)

    #17 - The Riddle of the Giant Sea Monsters

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    S1:E3

    Jean, Nadia, and King are rescued by an American battleship in pursuit of sea monsters, who have apparently been responsible for sinking ships. That night, the battleship is attacked, and Jean, Nadia, and King are thrown overboard....

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    Director:Masayuki
  19. 7.4/10(67 votes)

    #18 - Nautilus vs. Nautilus

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    S1:E18

    En route to Captain Nemo's home base of Antarctica, the Nautilus finds itself attacked by a territorial Nautilus shellfish.

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  20. 7.4/10(57 votes)

    #19 - Farewell, Red Noah

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    S1:E31

    Trapped inside a mysterious chamber, Nadia learns from a disembodied voice that their island home is actually a space satellite, Red Noah--and that she is the heir to the throne of Atlantis as well as not human! Tremors engulf the island as Grandis and the others prepare to set off, but Jean returns to save Nadia.

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  21. 7.3/10(92 votes)

    #20 - Girl at the Eiffel Tower

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    Jean, a 14-year-old orphan, sailing into Paris to help his uncle design an airplane for the Paris Exposition's flight competition meets a pretty young girl named Nadia and her pet lion cub, King. He ends up rescuing her from a woman named Grandis who is trying to get Nadia's jewel, the Blue Water. Nadia leaves the only home she ever knew - a circus - as Jean has offered to help her search for her place of origin, starting with the random choice of Africa...

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    Director:Yuu Kou
  22. 7.3/10(66 votes)

    #21 - Nemo's Secret

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    S1:E9

    Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King are taken aboard the Nautilus with their new enemies-turned allies, Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson. Technophiles Jean and Hanson are thrilled to be aboard the Nautilus. Grandis becomes dangerously smitten with Captain Nemo, much to Sanson's consternation. Nadia, meanwhile, is very suspicious about the submarine and its crew, particularly Nemo, who reacts with surprise upon seeing her for the first time....

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    Director:Yukio Suzuki
  23. 7.3/10(64 votes)

    #22 - The Valley of Dinicthys

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    S1:E14

    Marie and Nadia become sick from a dangerously fatal tropical fever. To save them from death, Nemo charts course for an underground reef, where he takes Jean, Sanson, and Hanson on a quest to find the cure. Coming back, however, they have to deal with a territorial, eel-like Dinicthys....

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    Director:Yukio Suzuki
  24. 7.2/10(64 votes)

    #23 - New Recruits for the Nautilus

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    S1:E11

    Nemo and Electra appoint Jean, Nadia, and the others to new positions on the Nautilus. Jean is permitted access to Electra's library of books so that he can learn how to use the knowledge for mankind's benefit; simultaneously, he, Sanson, and Hanson are given a tour of the Nautilus. Marie and King, meanwhile, are reduced to schooling from Electra, much to their dismay. Grandis and Nadia are assigned to cook in the kitchen. An intense rivalry is ignited between Electra and Grandis as they compete over Nemo's love. Finally, Jean discovers the source of the Nautilus's power, and is quite disturbed when Nemo tells him that the vessel is a killing machine....

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  25. 7.2/10(63 votes)

    #24 - Grandis and Her First Love

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    S1:E12

    When the Nautilus docks on an island to reestablish supplies, Nadia bonds with Grandis when the latter tells her how the first man she fell in love with turned out to be a treacherous cad.

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  26. 7.2/10(65 votes)

    #25 - Jean's New Invention

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    S1:E17

    Jean is tired of being treated like a child by the Nautilus crew. Hoping to cheer him up, Nadia suggests Jean to build another aircraft. Inspired, he sets off to do just that. At first he is determined to construct the new helicopter by himself, but then realizes he still needs the support of some grown-ups. With Hanson's help, Jean completes the craft and takes Nadia on a very delightful test flight. While airborne, Jean promises that he will one day take Nadia to Africa....

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    Director:Takeshi Mori

Best Episodes Summary

"Electra the Traitor" is the best rated episode of "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water". It scored 8.3/10 based on 72 votes. Directed by Yuu Kou and written by Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami, it aired on 11/2/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Successor to the Stars".