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Introduction * Illustration of the similarities * But what about the plot?
You might have heard comparisons between Atlantis - The Lost Empire and a 1991 Japanese series called Nadia - The secret of blue water.
This page, created by mhayden@silverhammer.org,
highlights the similarities between these two projects. Quite amazing!
“Never heard of Nadia till
it was mentioned in this NG.
Long after we’d finished
production, I might add.”
— Kirk Wise, the director of Atlantis:
The Lost Empire
ILLUSTRATION
OF THE SIMILARITIES
Nadia: The Secret of Blue WaterProduced by Gainax, released in 1990 |
Atlantis: The Lost EmpireProduced by Disney, released in 2001 |
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Our hero, Jean, a nerdy yet sweet inventor who gets caught up in a quest to find Atlantis. Along the way he falls in love with a girl unlike anyone he’s ever met before. Accessories: big round glasses, red bow tie, assorted charts and scientific equipment. | Our hero, Milo, a nerdy yet sweet scholar who gets caught up in a quest to find Atlantis. Along the way he falls in love with a girl unlike anyone he’s ever met before. Accessories: big round glasses, red bow tie, assorted charts and scientific equipment. |
The heroine, Nadia, an exotic young woman who turns out to be a princess of the lost kingdom of Atlantis. To save her kingdom from invaders, she must unleash her hidden power. Accessories: blue crystal pendant, skimpy bikini 'n' sarong costume, gold armband and hoop earings. | The heroine, Kida, an exotic young woman who turns out to be a princess of the lost kingdom of Atlantis. To save her kingdom from invaders, she must unleash her hidden power. Accessories: blue crystal pendant, skimpy bikini 'n' sarong costume, gold armband and hoop earings. |
Nadia’s pendant |
Kida’s pendant |
The Nautilus, a high-tech submarine with an international crew. |
The Ulysses, a high-tech submarine with an international crew. |
The first officer |
The first officer |
The ship’s doctor |
The ship’s doctor |
The gunnery sergeant / helmsman |
The gunnery sergeant / helmsman |
An underwater battle! |
An underwater battle! |
A mysterious crystal power source |
A mysterious crystal power source |
To save Atlantis, the heroine activates her pendant… |
To save Atlantis, the heroine activates her pendant… |
…and merges with the power source! |
…and merges with the power source! |
Surely the plot is different, and that’s what counts, right?
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water |
Atlantis: The Lost Empire |
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France, 1889 | America, 1914 | |
A sandy-haired boy with round, oversized eyeglasses and a red bow tie | A sandy-haired man with round, oversized eyeglasses and a red bow tie | |
A beautiful, hot-blooded mercenary named Grandis | A beautiful, cold-blooded mercenary named Helga | |
On board a high-tech submarine with an international crew | On board a high-tech submarine with an international crew | |
Scary, otherworldly villains | A scary, otherworldly giant lobster | |
An underwater crevasse | An underwater crevasse | |
A chamber filled with strange bones | A chamber filled with strange carvings | |
Heads for open space, then holds a memorial for those who died along the way | Holds a memorial for those who died along the way, then heads for open space | |
Atlantis | Atlantis | |
A dead civilization | A living civilization | |
A massive crystalline structure | A massive crystalline structure | |
A small blue jewel worn as a pendant | A small blue jewel worn as a pendant | |
The heroine, who doesn’t fully understand what it’s for | The heroine, who doesn’t fully understand what it’s for | |
Lost her family | Lost her mother | |
These crystals are the power source for Atlantis | These crystals are the power source for Atlantis | |
The bad guys are so interested in Atlantis | The bad guys are so interested in Atlantis | |
Capture and use the power source | Capture and sell the power source | |
Plunges headlong into war with a secret society | Plunges headlong into war with Germany | |
Using her pendant to merge with and control the power source | Using her pendant to merge with and control the power source | |
They fall in love and live happily ever after | They fall in love and live happily ever after |
1Keep
in mind that we’re comparing a 39-episode television series with a 90-minute
movie.