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The Best Episodes of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

Every episode of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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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Best Episodes Summary

"Successor to the Stars" is the best rated episode of "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water". It scored 8.3/10 based on 72 votes. Directed by Takeshi Mori and written by Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami, it aired on 4/12/1991. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Electra the Traitor".

  • Successor to the Stars
    8.3/1072 votes
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    #1 - Successor to the Stars

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 4/12/1991

    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....

    Director: Takeshi Mori

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

  • Electra the Traitor
    8.2/1066 votes
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    #2 - Electra the Traitor

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/2/1990

    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.

    Director: Yuu Kou

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

  • Farewell Nautilus
    8.1/1063 votes
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    #3 - Farewell Nautilus

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/26/1990

    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....

    Director: Fumihiko Takayama

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

  • To the Sky
    8.1/1060 votes
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    #4 - To the Sky

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 4/5/1991

    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.

    Director: Masayuki

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

  • The New Nautilus
    8.0/1058 votes
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    #5 - The New Nautilus

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 3/8/1991

    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.

    Director: Hiromitsu Hoshino

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

  • The Nautilus Faces Its Biggest Crisis
    7.9/1061 votes
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    #6 - The Nautilus Faces Its Biggest Crisis

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/27/1990

    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.

    Director: Yukio Suzuki

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • The Mystery of the Lost Continent
    7.9/1064 votes
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    #7 - The Mystery of the Lost Continent

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 8/24/1990

    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.

    Director: Takeshi Mori

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • The Secret of Blue Water
    7.9/1061 votes
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    #8 - The Secret of Blue Water

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 3/1/1991

    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?

    Director: Hiromitsu Hoshino, Mahiro Maeda

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

  • Emperor Neo
    7.9/1057 votes
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    #9 - Emperor Neo

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 3/29/1991

    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.

    Director: Shigeto Makino

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

  • Mission to Rescue Nadia
    7.8/1065 votes
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    #10 - Mission to Rescue Nadia

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/1/1990

    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....

    Director: Takeshi Mori

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • Nautilus, The Fantastic Submarine
    7.7/1066 votes
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    #11 - Nautilus, The Fantastic Submarine

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/1990

    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.

    Director: Yoshitomo Yonetani

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • The Tower of Babel
    7.7/1061 votes
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    #12 - The Tower of Babel

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/25/1990

    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!

    Director: Hiroyuki Sasaki

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • A Crowning Performance by the Gratan
    7.7/1065 votes
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    #13 - A Crowning Performance by the Gratan

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/15/1990

    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....

    Director: Jun Kamiya

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • Marie's Island
    7.6/1062 votes
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    #14 - Marie's Island

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/11/1990

    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.

    Director: Koji Masunari

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • Infiltration of the Secret Base
    7.6/1061 votes
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    #15 - Infiltration of the Secret Base

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/1990

    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.

    Director: Takeshi Mori

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • Nemo's Best Friend
    7.5/1057 votes
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    #16 - Nemo's Best Friend

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/14/1990

    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.

    Director: Renji Kawabata

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

  • The Riddle of the Giant Sea Monsters
    7.4/1066 votes
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    #17 - The Riddle of the Giant Sea Monsters

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/1990

    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....

    Director: Masayuki

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • Nautilus vs. Nautilus
    7.4/1062 votes
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    #18 - Nautilus vs. Nautilus

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/7/1990

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

    Director: Shigeto Makino

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

  • Farewell, Red Noah
    7.4/1053 votes
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    #19 - Farewell, Red Noah

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 2/1/1991

    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.

    Director: Hiromitsu Hoshino

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

  • Girl at the Eiffel Tower
    7.3/1087 votes
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    #20 - Girl at the Eiffel Tower

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/13/1990

    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...

    Director: Yuu Kou

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • Nemo's Secret
    7.3/1061 votes
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    #21 - Nemo's Secret

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/8/1990

    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....

    Director: Yukio Suzuki

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • New Recruits for the Nautilus
    7.3/1060 votes
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    #22 - New Recruits for the Nautilus

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/22/1990

    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....

    Director: Hiroyuki Sasaki

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • The Valley of Dinicthys
    7.3/1059 votes
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    #23 - The Valley of Dinicthys

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/20/1990

    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....

    Director: Yukio Suzuki

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • Grandis and Her First Love
    7.2/1059 votes
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    #24 - Grandis and Her First Love

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/6/1990

    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.

    Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa

  • Jean's New Invention
    7.2/1059 votes
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    #25 - Jean's New Invention

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/31/1990

    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....

    Director: Takeshi Mori

    Writer: Hisao Ohkawa