History Anime / AshitaNoNadja

* AnimationBump: Episode 26 is more serious and contains higher quality animation than other episodes, this is due to the fact that it is directed by MamoruHosoda

Cute little Nadja Applefield lives in a British orphanage, the Applefield house. She's the local CoolBigSis, dances around to distract herself and wonders how is her mother doing in Heaven, while steeling herself for ther 13th birthday when she'll have to leave her home and start building her own life away from the orphanage.

* BrokenBird: Sylvie, to a degree. Rosemary as well by the end, even admitting it to [[spoiler: Nadja]] during a talk, [[spoiler: though her final scene shows her [[PluckyGirl still moving foreward]] ]].

* FreudianExcuse: Hermann never had a chance to make friends during his childhood because his father kept him too busy with the training to succed him and now resents Nadja for being chosen over him despite this.

''Ashita no Nadja'' (明日のナージャ, Ashita no Nāja, lit. "Tomorrow's Nadja") also had a manga adaption started after the anime run started and before the anime run ended. It was serialized by Kodansha in the manga magazine Nakayoshi and collected in two bound volumes. The anime series was produced by Toei Animation right after the [[OjamajoDoremi end of one]] CashCowFranchise, and before the [[PrettyCure beginning of another.]] It premiered in Japan on the anime satellite television network Animax and the terrestrial TV Asahi network, as well as several local cable channels. The series is available on DVD (in Japanese) containing two to three episodes each.

* HotShounenMom: Colette, Hilda, Marie, Francis's MissingMom. Emma Queensbury is a ParentalSubstitute version.

* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: [[spoiler: Though she doesn't die, Rosemary's calm departure from the Mansion once she loses to Nadja quite feels like this.]]

* TheMessiah: Nadja

'''Ashita no Nadja has examples of:'''

* AmiKoshimizu: Nadja was one of her first roles.

Little cute Nadja Applefield lives in a British orphanage, the Applefield house. She's the local CoolBigSis, dances around to distract herself and wonders how is her mother doing in Heaven, while steeling herself for ther 13th birthday when she'll have to leave her home and start building her own life away from the orphanage.

* DancesAndBalls: Six of them, where Nadia is always in [[SheCleansUpNicely a nice dress.]] [[spoiler: Except, in a subversion, at the last one, intended for her.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: Rosemary, voiced by RumiShishido [[OjamajoDoremi (Onpu)]]. In fact, Ashita no Nadja aired after Ojamajo Doremi series in Japan, sharing the same time slot.
** There's also Youta Mochizuki as Thierry, Fuuko Misaki as Marianne and Kouji Yamamoto as Raphael, whereas Shishido played Sakurako... ''HanaYoriDango'' reunion, indeed.
** Also, Nadja is voiced by AmiKoshimizu. IIRC, it was Koshimizu's first famous role.

* IdiotBall: Nadja's attitude towards the brooch is nearly incomprehensible. She had it for ''thirteen years'', it being the only memento of her family, obviously incredibly expensive, and she had never ''tried to open it''. Then, once she learns it's important and that it has a ring inside, she not only never inspects the ring or brooch, she also ''keeps using both in plain sight''. She should have locked it away the moment she found out someone was trying to steal it or, at least, separated ring and brooch to keep at least one safe. Not to mention [[spoiler:she almost lost it twice, and she still never took precautions to keep it safe. No wonder it got stolen.]]

* TenchiSolution: [[spoiler:Nadja keeps wavering between Francis and Keith. By the end of the series, the three meet up and reach a common agreement so they leave it there for a while, until they're more mature. Still, it's hinted that Keith is more than willing to pull an IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy if needed...]]

* IdiotBall/TooDumbToLive: Nadja's attitude towards the brooch is nearly incomprehensible. She had it for ''thirteen years'', it being the only memento of her family, obviously incredibly expensive, and she had never ''tried to open it''. Then, once she learns it's important and that it has a ring inside, she not only never inspects the ring or brooch, she also ''keeps using both in plain sight''. She should have locked it away the moment she found out someone was trying to steal it or, at least, separated ring and brooch to keep at least one safe. Not to mention [[spoiler:she almost lost it twice, and she still never took precautions to keep it safe. No wonder it got stolen.]]

* BodyDouble: [[spoiler: Since both she and Nadja are sweet-faced, blue-eyed, blonde pre-girls, Rosemary plays this role and impersonates Nadja ''real'' well.]]

* BrokenBird: Sylvie, to a degree. Rosemary as well by the end, [[spoiler: though her final scene shows her [[PluckyGirl still moving foreward]] ]].

* ChekhovsGunman: Rosemary is just a face in the crowd in the first two episodes, but by the end is one of the most important characters.

* DeconstructedTrope: For such an idealistic series, it brings a ''massive'' deconstruction of tropes like ShelteredAristocrat, PrincelyYoungMan and WideEyedIdealist through Nadja's love interest Francis Harcourt.[[spoiler: Because when he sees that his philanthropy is ''not'' enough to make the world better, his [[MartyrWithoutACause huge]] [[StepfordSmiler hidden]] [[HeroicSelfDeprecation problems]] [[HiddenDepths come to the surface]], and not only he gets called out for his naivete and lack of self-worth, but at the end of the series he almost crosses the DespairEventHorizon.]]

* GentlemanThief: Black Rose [[spoiler:aka Keith Harcourt]] also [[spoiler:Francis is the Black Rose Thief in the manga.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: Rosemary, voiced by [[OjamajoDoremi Rumi Shishido (Onpu)]]. In fact, Ashita no Nadja aired after Ojamajo Doremi series in Japan, sharing the same time slot.

* MissingMom: Nadja's mother, [[spoiler: Colette]] Also, Francis's mother. [[spoiler: Who is also Keith's MissingMom, of course]]
* MoralMyopia: [[spoiler: When Keith finds out about Nadja choosing Francis, he berates brother his twin for "wanting to keep a free spirit like Nadja in a GildedCage" in his opinion. Well, Keith... who are ''you'' to single-handedly decide that Nadja will undoubtly be unhappy with the guy she has chosen - ''[[GreenEyedMonster a guy who is not you]]''? At least ''ask'' Nadja about it instead of treating her like your property.]]

* TheOjou: Marianne, Julietta, Colette.

* ParasolOfPain: Sylvie

* RichBitch: Fernando's aunt, oh so much. Subverted with Marianne, who is [[BrutalHonesty blunt and selfish]] but doesn't use her riches to make self look better than she is.

* [[spoiler: TwinSwitch: When Francis is mistaken as Black Rose, he refuses to discard his identity and fully intends to pay for Keith's acts as a GentlemanThief. Keith himself is ''very'' distressed by the prospect.]]

* [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepfather]]: While Hermann's stepson isn't the main victim of his wickedness (aside from how Hermann treats Oscar's mother), it doesn't change the fact Hermann ''is'' somebody's stepfather and a wicked person. While Hermann occasionally pressures Oscar into marrying some wealthy woman, it's unlikely it'd be any different if they were related by blood. In fact, the only relevance Oscar not being Hermann's biological son has to the plot is that it's the main (or only) reason Duke Preminger doesn't consider making Oscar his heir.
** [[spoiler: Count Waltmuller]] averts this trope by [[spoiler:allowing Nadja to live with him. She decided to return to the Dandelion Troupe, anyway]].

* AdultChild: Leonardo and Thierry

* DeconstructedTrope: For such an idealistic series, it brings a ''massive'' deconstruction of tropes like ShelteredAristocrat, PrincelyYoungMan and WideEyedIdealist through Nadja's love interest Francis Harcourt. Because when he sees that his philanthropy is ''not'' enough to make the world better, his [[MartyrWithoutACause huge]] [[StepfordSmiler hidden]] [[HeroicSelfDeprecation problems]] [[HiddenDepths come to the surface]], and not only he gets called out for his naivete and lack of self-worth, but at the end of the series he almost crosses the DespairEventHorizon.

* DiscussedTrope: Several RichProple and PrincessTropes, but specially TheOjou.

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Sabine is a 10-years-old {{Bifauxnen}} from Switzerland who unsettles Kennosuke, Nadja ''and'' Rita.

** Also, Nadja is voiced by Ami Koshimizu. IIRC, it was Koshimizu's first famous role.

* GentlemanThief: Black Rose [[spoiler:aka Keith Harcourt]]

* BrokenBird: Sylvie, to a degree. Rosemary as well by the end.

* SpoiledSweet: Francis, Colette, Count Waltmuller, Oscar, Hilda.

* MartyrWithoutACause: [[spoiler: Francis, as time goes on and his WhitePrince archetype is deconstructed more and more.]]

* TheWhitePrince: Cruelly deconstructed with poor Francis.

* LesYay: Nadja and Rosemary are a textbook exampel of RomanticTwoGirlFriendship, [[spoiler: until the latter snaps and becomes sworn enemy to the former.]]

* [[DroppedABridgetOnHim Dropped A Bridget On Them]]: Sabine is a 10-years-old {{Bifauxnen}} from Switzerland who drops a Bridget on Kennosuke, Nadja ''and'' Rita.

* {{Nakama}}: The Dandelion Troupe.