7.7/10 3 votes#1 - 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: Yasuo Tanami
7.7/10 3 votes#2 - 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: Yasuo Tanami
7.3/10 3 votes#3 - Jean Makes a Mistake
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/21/1990
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
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
7.3/10 3 votes#4 - 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: Yasuo Tanami
7.3/10 3 votes#5 - 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: Yasuo Tanami
7.3/10 3 votes#6 - 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: Yasuo Tanami
7.0/10 3 votes#7 - 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: Yasuo Tanami
7.0/10 3 votes#8 - Lincoln Island
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/16/1990
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.
Director: Shigeto Makino
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
7.0/10 3 votes#9 - The First Kiss
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 11/30/1990
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....
Director: Shigeki Awai
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
7.0/10 3 votes#10 - Labyrinth in the Earth
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 1/25/1991
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.
Director: Takeshi Mori
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
7.0/10 3 votes#11 - 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
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
7.0/10 3 votes#12 - 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: Yasuo Tanami
6.7/10 3 votes#13 - 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: Yasuo Tanami
6.7/10 3 votes#14 - Young Drifters
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/9/1990
Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King are shipwrecked on a deserted island. They decide to make it their home for a while.
Director: Takeshi Mori
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
6.7/10 3 votes#15 - King, the Lonely Lion
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/7/1990
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).
Director: Renji Kawabata
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
6.7/10 3 votes#16 - Nadia's Love
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 2/8/1991
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.
Director: Hiromitsu Hoshino
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
6.7/10 3 votes#17 - 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: Yasuo Tanami
6.3/10 3 votes#18 - King vs. King
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 1/11/1991
A violent row between Sanson and Hanson turns into a race between two mechanical lions resembling King(!).
Director: Shigeto Makino
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
6.3/10 3 votes#19 - King's Rescue
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 2/15/1991
When King gets captured by Grandis' ex-fiancee, our pals set off to save him.
Director: Renji Kawabata
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
6.0/10 3 votes#20 - The Floating Island
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 12/21/1990
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.
Director: Renji Kawabata
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
5.5/10 3 votes#21 - The Island of the Witch
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 12/14/1990
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.
Director: Tadayuki Uda
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
5.0/10 3 votes#22 - My Darling Nadia
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 2/22/1991
Jean writes a song for Nadia. Actually, our pals burst out into song while various clips from the show play out.
Director: Tadayuki Uda
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
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Yasuo Tanami Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Yasuo Tanami is "Farewell Nautilus", rated 7.7/10 from 3 user votes. It was "directed by Fumihiko Takayama". "Farewell Nautilus" aired on 10/26/1990 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Successor to the Stars".