History Anime / AshitaNoNadja

* AnachronisticClue: Played for laughs in one episode. Leader is in a tent about to buy many things from a wandering peddler, like the binoculars that Columbus used to see land, only to be told that binoculars didn't exist then. And a real engraved samurai sword, only to be pointed out as well that Japanese swords usually aren't engraved [[CriticalResearchFailure in the Latin alphabet]]. He ended chasing the peddler with his very sword.

However, one day her guardian Miss Applefield presents Nadja with a trunk filled with several luxurious things including a PimpedOutDress, a diary and a anonymous letter. The author of the letter reveals Nadja's [[MissingMom deceased mother]] is actually ''alive'', and that Nadja was (unwillingly) placed into the care of Applefield House when the mother's life was threatened by a [[IllGirl serious illness]].

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Stephan, [[spoiler: Abel's crippled and long-lost son.]]

* {{Expy}}: Black Rose is one for [[Manga/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]].

* AdultFear: [[spoiler: Collette Preminger]] experiences a terrible dose of this when she [[spoiler: wakes up from an illness-induced coma]], only to be told [[spoiler: by her retainers]] that [[spoiler: her baby daughter Nadja had died of the same sickness that almost killed Colette herself. (Complete with a heartbreaking scene where Colette rushes to Nadja's wooden crib and finds it empty, collapsing in tears). In reality, Nadja had been sent away to an English orphanage to trick Colette into coming back home to her clan. And both mother and daughter only learn of the whole deal ''thirteen years later''.]]

* SadClown: Abel Geiger is a more or less normal one with great wisdom and knowledge, but his backstory is [[TearJerker maybe the saddest]] in the whole series.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Of ''course'' this one would happen.

* SmugSnake: Hermann Preminger.

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

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Rosso and Bianco.

* ConspicuousCG: Nadja's music box is ''clearly'' CG.

* {{Dropped a Bridge on H|im}}er: [[spoiler: Miss Applefield got a shelf dropped on her. It happened pretty much off-screen, save a flashback, and only to have the OrphanageOfLove disbanded and give Nadja ''yet another'' reason to angst.]]

* IntrepidReporter: Harvey Livingston

* HelloNurse: Sylvie

* NostalgicMusicBox: Nadja has one, [[spoiler: and unbeknownst to her, it contains ''very'' important info about her past]]

* {{Dropped a Bridge on H|im}}er: [[spoiler: Though she doesn't die, Rosemary's calm departure from the Mansion once she loses to Nadja quite feels like this.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: Miss Applefield got a shelf dropped on her. It happened pretty much off-screen, save a flashback, and only to have the OrphanageOfLove disbanded and give Nadja ''yet another'' reason to angst.]]

* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: Rosemary is [[ChekhovsGunman in the background]] during the first two episodes, but is only introduced as a close friend of Nadja's from the orphanage ''way'' later.

* {{Jerkass}}: Fernando, Hermann, Duke Preminger and [[spoiler: Rosemary]].

** [[spoiler:Rosemary's whole world revolves around her [[ChangelingFantasy dream of being lost royalty]], and will not tolerate any threat to it. While she was already slipping into mental instability at the time, when Rosemary sees Nadja dolled up at a ball instead of playing the role of an ultimately insignificant side character, (as if Nadja would have control over such a thing,) she deems this a betrayal so heartless that it drives her over the edge and into villainy.]]

* SmugSnake: Hermann.

* VillainousBreakdown: Hermann has one at the end.

Stuffing all her belongings and newfound dress into her new trunk, Nadja sets off on a journey across Europe with the aid of an travelling circus to discover the secret of her medallion and hopefully reunite with her birth mother.

* RagsToRoyalty: Nadja is [[spoiler:the direct heiress to an Austrian clan]].
** [[spoiler: RebelliousPrincess and SpiritedYoungLady - In the very end, as she refuses to fully take over the clan per her grandpa's orders and, with Collette's approval, returns with the Dandelion Troupe.]]

-->[[spoiler: Colette]]: [[CrowningmomentOfAwesome I don't care about royalty or honor, Father!]] I just want [[spoiler: to see my true daughter!]]"

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

* [[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.]]

* DudeMagnet: Nadja gets a lot of romantic attention from many male characters.

* {{Expy}}: Black Rose is one for [[Manga/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]]

* IllBoy: Stephan, [[spoiler: Abel's crippled and long-lost son.]]

* TheOjou: Marianne, Julietta, Colette. The trope itself is discussed and explored.

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Oliver, for Nadja. Marianne, for Francis. [[spoiler: Count Waltmuller used to be this, but he became Colette's VictoriousChildhoodFriend]]

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Colette's kind second husband and Nadja's stepfather, Count Gerhard Waltmueller. Doubles as SecondLove.]]

* [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepfather]]: While Hermann's stepson Oscar isn't the main victim of his wickedness (aside from how Hermann treats Oscar's mother Hilda), it doesn't change the fact Hermann ''is'' somebody's stepfather and a wicked person. While Hermann occasionally pressures Oscar [[GoldDigger 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.

''Ashita no Nadja'' (明日のナージャ, Ashita no Nāja, lit. "Tomorrow's Nadja") is an AnimeFirst series produced by ToeiAnimation in 2003, airing right after the [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi end of one]] CashCowFranchise, and before the [[Anime/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. Was aired once in a while in Latin America Creator/CartoonNetwork and is occasionally seen in local Latin American cable stations. It also had a manga adaptation, serialized by Kodansha in the manga magazine Nakayoshi and collected in two bound volumes.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Episode 26]] but also [[spoiler: Episode 30]] to a certain degree. These two episodes form Part A and Part B of a revelation that completely changes what Nadja (and the ''audience'') had come to believe was true. Although the outcome of this reveal is more positive than negative, things aren't quite the same anymore after these two episodes.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Episode 26]] and [[spoiler: Episode 30]]. These two episodes form Part A and Part B of a revelation that completely changes what Nadja (and the ''audience'') believed was true. Although the outcome of this reveal is more positive than negative, things aren't quite the same anymore after these two episodes.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Episode 26]] and [[spoiler: Episode 30]]. These two episodes form Part A and Part B of a revelation that completely changes what Nadja (and the ''audience'') believed was true. Although the outcome of this reveal is more positive than negative, [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore things aren't quite the same anymore]] after these two episodes.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Episode 26]] and [[spoiler: Episode 30]]. These two episodes form Part A and Part B of a revelation that completely changes what Nadja (and the audience) believed was true. Although the outcome of this reveal is more positive than negative, [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore things aren't quite the same anymore]] after these two episodes.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Episode 26]] and [[spoiler: Episode 30]]. These two episodes form Part A and Part B of a revelation that completely changes what Nadja (and the audience) believed was true. Although the outcome of this reveal is more positive than negative, NothingIsTheSameAnymore after these two episodes.

A long time ago in western Europe, a young twelve-year-old orphan named Nadja Applefield lived a peaceful and humble life under the care of Applefield House, a British orphanage. She's the local CoolBigSis, a keen dancer, and is steeling herself for her thirteenth birthday, at which age she will be forced to leave her home and make her way in the world.

However, one day her guardian Miss Applefield presents Nadja with a trunk filled with several luxurious things including a PimpedOutDress, a diary and a anonymous letter. The author of the letter reveals that Nadja's [[MissingMom deceased mother]] is actually ''alive'', and that Nadja was (unwillingly) placed into the care of Applefield House when the mother's life was threatened by a [[IllGirl serious illness]].

A long time ago in western Europe, a young twelve-year-old orphan named Nadja Applefield lived a peaceful life under the care of Applefield House, a British orphanage. She's the local CoolBigSis, a keen dancer, and is steeling herself for her thirteenth birthday, at which age she will be forced to leave her home and make her way in the world.

Stuffing her belongings and newfound dress into a trunk, Nadja sets off on a journey across Europe with the aid of an travelling circus to discover the secret of her medallion and hopefully reunite with her birth mother.