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    Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 34 - My Darling Nadia
    5.0/10(74 votes)

    #1 - My Darling Nadia

    S1:E34

    Jean writes a song for Nadia. Actually, our pals burst out into song while various clips from the show play out.

    Directors:Tadayuki Uda, Akio Satsukawa, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  2. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 33 - King's Rescue
    5.3/10(71 votes)

    #2 - King's Rescue

    S1:E33

    When King gets captured by Grandis' ex-fiancee, our pals set off to save him.

    Directors:Renji Kawabata, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  3. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 32 - Nadia's Love
    5.6/10(68 votes)

    #3 - Nadia's Love

    S1:E32

    Having escaped their former island home, our pals crash-land into an African tribal village, where they are instantly captured... until one of its citizens recognizes Nadia.

    Directors:Hiromitsu Hoshino, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  4. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 29 - King vs. King
    6.0/10(65 votes)

    #4 - King vs. King

    S1:E29

    A violent row between Sanson and Hanson turns into a race between two mechanical lions resembling King(!).

    Directors:Shigeto Makino, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  5. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 26 - King, the Lonely Lion
    6.1/10(67 votes)

    #5 - King, the Lonely Lion

    S1:E26

    King gets jealous of Jean and Nadia becoming more intimate and runs away. Jean sets off to find him... but not before Nadia goes ballastic upon realizing that he does not remember the kiss she gave him (he had been stoned from the hallucinogetic mushrooms).

    Directors:Renji Kawabata, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  6. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 27 - The Island of the Witch
    6.1/10(67 votes)

    #6 - The Island of the Witch

    S1:E27

    After surviving a typhoon, Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King discover another island drifting mysteriously toward them. Exploring it, the children find Ayerton, a flaky scientist who they met on the battleship in Episode 3.

    Directors:Tadayuki Uda, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  7. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 28 - The Floating Island
    6.2/10(65 votes)

    #7 - The Floating Island

    S1:E28

    Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King are reunited with Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson. Together they all decide to live as a family on the new island, which Jean theorizes is moving.

    Directors:Renji Kawabata, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  8. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 25 - The First Kiss
    6.3/10(67 votes)

    #8 - The First Kiss

    S1:E25

    As a result of Nadia's foolishness, the children only have meat for food. This infuriates Nadia so much that she declares to starve... until she becomes desperate to eat a can of rotten spinach, getting sick. Jean sets off to find a cure, only to become intoxicated by hallucinogetic mushrooms(!). Overwhelmingly grateful, and stupidly unaware that Jean is not himself, she gives him his first real kiss....

    Directors:Shigeki Awai, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  9. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 24 - Lincoln Island
    6.5/10(68 votes)

    #9 - Lincoln Island

    S1:E24

    Now that they are settled into their new island home (which they dub "Lincoln Island", Jean uses his knowledge and technology to bring a little civilization. Nadia, on the other hand, wants to live with nature... only to discover that doing so is a lot harder than she ever dreamed of.

    Directors:Shigeto Makino, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  10. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 23 - Young Drifters
    6.8/10(68 votes)

    #10 - Young Drifters

    S1:E23

    Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King are shipwrecked on a deserted island. They decide to make it their home for a while.

    Directors:Takeshi Mori, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  11. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 30 - Labyrinth in the Earth
    6.8/10(68 votes)

    #11 - Labyrinth in the Earth

    S1:E30

    Four months afterward, the Gratan is nearly repaired, and soon our pals will set off for Africa. But first Jean and Nadia go off on a hike which leads them to a mysterious underground cavern that turns out to be more than they suspected. The exploration culminates when Nadia falls into a trance and vanishes behind a wall, leaving her clothes in Jean's arms! During all this, Ayerton tries to make his move on Grandis.

    Directors:Takeshi Mori, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  12. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 2 - The Little Fugitive
    7.0/10(97 votes)

    #12 - The Little Fugitive

    S1:E2

    With Grandis and her two accomplices, Sanson and Hanson, in pursuit, Jean takes Nadia back to his home in LeHarve. His grumpy aunt refuses to take Nadia in, but Jean lets Nadia stay at his own house. The following day, Jean and Nadia set off for Africa in one of his aeroplanes. They do not get far, however, when Jean's invention fails and falls into the sea....

    Director:Shoichi Masuo
    Writer:Hisao Ohkawa

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  13. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 13 - Run, Marie, Run!
    7.1/10(73 votes)

    #13 - Run, Marie, Run!

    S1:E13

    Marie and King run off to explore the island, when they find themselves both lost and pursued by Gargoyle's soldiers. Sanson comes to their rescue.

    Director:Takeshi Mori
    Writer:Hisao Ohkawa

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  14. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 3 - The Riddle of the Giant Sea Monsters
    7.2/10(86 votes)

    #14 - The Riddle of the Giant Sea Monsters

    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....

    Director:Masayuki
    Writer:Hisao Ohkawa

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  15. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 1 - Girl at the Eiffel Tower
    7.3/10(111 votes)

    #15 - Girl at the Eiffel Tower

    S1:E1

    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

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  16. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 11 - New Recruits for the Nautilus
    7.3/10(74 votes)

    #16 - New Recruits for the Nautilus

    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....

    Director:Hiroyuki Sasaki
    Writer:Hisao Ohkawa

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  17. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 12 - Grandis and Her First Love
    7.3/10(72 votes)

    #17 - Grandis and Her First Love

    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.

    Director:Toshiyuki Kubooka
    Writer:Hisao Ohkawa

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  18. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 17 - Jean's New Invention
    7.3/10(74 votes)

    #18 - Jean's New Invention

    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....

    Director:Takeshi Mori
    Writer:Hisao Ohkawa

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  19. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 20 - Jean Makes a Mistake
    7.3/10(71 votes)

    #19 - Jean Makes a Mistake

    S1:E20

    Jean's latest invention goes disastrously wrong and accidentally alerts the Garfish to attention. Nadia's detestation of Nemo and jealousy of Jean's friendship with Electra dangerously intensifies--until she finally learns that the Nautilus is merely fighting to destroy Gargoyle and that Electra poses no threat to Nadia's relationship with Jean. During all this, Gargoyle is informed of the Nautilus's prescence and devises to set yet another deadly trap....

    Director:Takeshi Mori
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  20. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 9 - Nemo's Secret
    7.4/10(76 votes)

    #20 - Nemo's Secret

    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....

    Director:Yukio Suzuki
    Writer:Hisao Ohkawa

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  21. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 14 - The Valley of Dinicthys
    7.4/10(73 votes)

    #21 - The Valley of Dinicthys

    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....

    Director:Yukio Suzuki
    Writer:Hisao Ohkawa

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  22. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 31 - Farewell, Red Noah
    7.4/10(67 votes)

    #22 - Farewell, Red Noah

    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.

    Directors:Hiromitsu Hoshino, Shinji Higuchi
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  23. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 18 - Nautilus vs. Nautilus
    7.5/10(77 votes)

    #23 - Nautilus vs. Nautilus

    S1:E18

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

    Director:Shigeto Makino
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  24. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 19 - Nemo's Best Friend
    7.5/10(73 votes)

    #24 - Nemo's Best Friend

    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.

    Director:Renji Kawabata
    Writers:Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami

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  25. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Season 1 Episode 5 - Marie's Island
    7.6/10(81 votes)

    #25 - Marie's Island

    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.

    Director:Koji Masunari
    Writer:Hisao Ohkawa

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Worst Episodes Summary

"My Darling Nadia" is the worst rated episode of "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water". It scored 5/10 based on 74 votes. Directed by Tadayuki Uda, Akio Satsukawa, Shinji Higuchi and written by Hisao Ohkawa, Yasuo Tanami, it aired on 2/22/1991. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "King's Rescue".