History Trivia / NadiaTheSecretofBlueWater

* CreatorsPest: Anno wrote Nadia's personality wanting to show the worst side of a teenage in love, so he used his own bad experiences in his youth' love live and included some elements of his own young self on her to spice it up. His desire turned out GoneHorriblyRight, as reportedly the rest of the Gainax staff hated the character of Nadia.

** The movie was going to be directed by Anno, but he refused due to all the burnout by his work in the series. Even then, the project was going to be produced by Gainax anyway, but they ran out of budget in midst of creating the story and character designs, so the studio was forced to opt out and delegate ''everything'' on Group TAC. This is the reason why the movie re-uses so much footage and feels so out of touch with the series' plot and character development.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: ''Anime/SecretOfCeruleanSand''

* CreatorsPest: Anno wrote Nadia's personality wanting to show the worst side of a teenage in love, also including some elements of his own young self on her. His desire turned out GoneHorriblyRight, as reportedly the rest of the Gainax staff hated the character.

** When NHK offered Gainax the project, Anno liked the story, but considered the script to be "terrible" and rewrote it almost completely. He and the other Gainax heads added several other ideas that weren't in Miyazaki's story, like the space battleships and the Red Noah.
** According to director Higuchi, King was originally conceived as an alien animal disguised as an Earthly lion, which was the reason behind all his intelligence and weird behavior. He was supposed to show his true form at the end of the series, but the idea was abandoned by then.

** The movie was going to be directed by Anno, but he refused due to all the burnout by his work in the series. Still, the project was going to be produced by Gainax anyway, but they ran out of budget in midst of creating the story and character designs, and had to delegate everything on Group TAC.

* CreatorsPest: Anno wrote Nadia's personality wanting to show the worst side of a girl in love. His desire turned out GoneHorriblyRight, as reportedly, the rest of the Gainax staff hated the character.

** When the series went out of schedule, Anno wanted to put it on a long hiatus and return later with all the work finished. However, the producers insisted they could not stop the broadcast, forcing him to resort to {{Filler}}, put Higuchi on command while he was working on the next part, and subcontract Korean animated companies to help with the animation. The result were the much maligned Island arc 13 episodes, which were an extra pain for Anno due to their low quality. (Ironically, they would be forced to put the show on several hiatuses anyway, including an entire month after episode 20.)
** The movie was going to be directed by Anno, but he refused due to how burned out he was by his work in the series. Still, the project was going to be produced by Gainax anyway, but they ran out of budget in midst of creating the story and character designs, and had to delegate everything on Group TAC.
** ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' was initially conceived as a sort of StealthSequel to ''Nadia'', but NHK held the rights of the latter and all the connections between the two stories had to be severed. Some of this remains in the 1993 ''Good Luck Nadia'' CD drama, in which Nadia's granddaughter Nadia Ito meets a woman named Ritsuko in Tokyo-2.

** The series was actually conceived by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki back in TheEighties, and it would be a sequel to ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'' potentially titled ''Future Boy Conan 2: Around the Underwater World'' (''Mirai Shonen Konan 2: Kaitei Sekai Isshu''). However, Toho rejected his pitch, so Miyazaki went to recycle its script in his movie ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', which can still be noted in its premise and aesthetics: blue skies, ancient civilizations, flying machines, a brave boy and his more mystic female friend from said civilization who carries a blue magic gemstone, a small clan of thieves led by a woman who eventually become allies, and a paramilitary order of villains whose leader is also related to it. One wonders what Miyazaki's version would have been like had anything come of it while he was more directly involved, as he is famous for an approach much LighterAndSofter compared to Anno.

* The series makes its debut in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' as part of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX''.
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** Back in TheSeventies, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki wrote the outline that would later serve as the basis for this series, which can still be noted in its premise and aesthetics: blue skies, ancient mysteries, flying machines, a brave boy and his more mystic female friend, villains connected to the mystery... essentially the sea version of ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', down to the girl's blue crystal amulet. One wonders what Miyazaki's version would have been like had anything come of it while he was more directly involved, as he is famous for an approach much LighterAndSofter compared to Anno.

* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Ayerton Grenavan was voiced in episodes 3 and 15 by Creator/KoichiYamadera but for some reason was replaced by the late Creator/KoujiTsujitani when he joins the group towards the end of the series. His voice in the ADV dub stayed Jason B. Phelps all the way through.

* RecycledScript: The series was originally conceived by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki and it shows a lot, as it is basically the plot and cast of ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' mixed with ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''.

* TroubledProduction: Aside from the unexpected decision to extend the show to 39 episodes (hence the Korean-animated filler arc), there were other problems plaguing the show's production progress. Anno reportedly disliked the original script for the show and decided to rewrite it from scratch. Furthermore, any "suggestions" from NHK on how to "improve" the show were instantly disregarded, hence the DarkerAndEdgier tone for most of the canonical episodes. Because of Anno's demand for perfectionism, many episodes ran late, with Anno spending more than ''eighteen hours'' per day on the show! At one point, after episode 20 was broadcast, it took an entire month for audiences to see the subsequent one. The budget for the show also caused Gainax to lose more than ¥800 million (half a million dollars!) in finances. They were also denied any of the rights. Perhaps because of this, neither Gainax nor NHK worked together on another show, while Anno fell into [[CreatorBreakdown the heavy bout of depression]] that led to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

** Creator/HayaoMiyazaki wrote the outline that would later serve as the basis for this series, which can still be noted in its premise and aesthetics: blue skies, ancient mysteries, flying machines, a brave boy and his more mystic female friend, villains connected to the mystery... essentially the sea version of ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', down to the girl's blue crystal amulet. One wonders what Miyazaki's version would have been like had anything come of it while he was more directly involved, as he is famous for an approach much LighterAndSofter compared to Anno.

** Adelaide-born Nathan Parsons was tasked with voicing Jean Rocque Raltique with a French accent at the age of 12. [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Understandably, his accent falters at times, although he does improve on it as the show progresses]].

** Ev Lunning Jr., also an American-born actor, voices Nemo with an Indian accent. (This is intended to tie Nemo's characters close to his origins from Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island".)

** Creator/HayaoMiyazaki wrote the outline that would later serve as the basis for this series. One wonders what Miyazaki's version would have been like had anything come of it while he was more directly involved.

* PopStarComposer: Yukihiro Takahashi, from Music/SadisticMikaBand and Music/YellowMagicOrchestra, was one of the composers for the show's songs.
* RecycledSoundtrack: The most epic battle scores in ''Nadia'' would be later used in the score of ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 3.0]]''; both animations were directed by Hideaki Anno and scored by Shiro Sagisu, who added a full orchestral arrangement, electric guitars and chorus lines in English to the originals. Case in point, "[[https://youtu.be/1IPC62ugiSI Almighty Battleship New Nautilus]]" from ''Nadia'', to "[[https://youtu.be/SkMMPNa0RuE The Anthem]]" from ''3.0''

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/HayaoMiyazaki wrote the outline that would later serve as the basis for this series. One wonders what Miyazaki's version would have been like had anything come of it while he was more directly involved.

* PopStarComposer: Yukihiro Takahashi, from Music/SadisticMikaBand and Music/YellowMagicOrchestra, was one of the composers for the show.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: While Nadia's antisocial attitude does sometimes paint her in a negative light, her English voice actress is actually sociable and genial in real life. In fact, she and Jean's English VA were both good friends in real life, which is fitting considering the friendship between their onscreen characters.

* TroubledProduction: Aside from the unexpected decision to extend the show to 39 episodes (hence the Korean-animated filler arc), there were other problems plaguing the show's production progress. Anno reportedly disliked the original script for the show, and decided to rewrite it from scratch. Furthermore, any "suggestions" from NHK on how to "improve" the show were instantly disregarded, hence the DarkerAndEdgier tone for most of the canonical episodes. Because of Anno's demand for perfectionism, many episodes ran late, with Anno spending more than ''eighteen hours'' per day on the show! At one point, after episode 20 was broadcast, it took an entire month for audiences to see the subsequent one. The budget for the show also caused Gainax to lose more than ¥800 million (half a million dollars!) in finances. They were also denied any of the rights. Perhaps because of this, neither Gainax nor NHK worked together on another show, while Anno fell into [[CreatorBreakdown the heavy bout of depression]] that led to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

* The series makes its debut in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' as part of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars X''.

* The series makes its debut in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' as part of ''Super Robot Wars X''.

* FakeNationality:

** Adelaide-born Nathan Parsons was tasked with voicing Jean Rocque Raltique with a French accent in ADV's English dub at the age of 12. [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Understandably, his accent falters at times, although he does improve on it as the show progresses]].
** Also from the ADV dub, Ev Lunning Jr. voices Nemo with an Indian accent. (This is intended to tie Nemo's characters close to his origins from Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island".)

* FakeBrit: In ADV's English dub, American Jennifer Stuart voices the British Electra. Sarah Richardson and Martin Blacker also voice Grandis and Sanson, respectively, with British accents.

** Adelaide-born Nathan Parsons was tasked with voicing Jean Rocque Raltique with a French accent in ADV's English dub. [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Understandably, his accent falters at times, although he does improve on it as the show progresses]].

** Adelaide-born Nathan Parsons tries to sound like a Frenchman when voicing Jean Rocque Raltique in ADV's English dub, but his accent slips sometimes.

** Adelaide-born Nathan Parsons voices the Frenchman Jean Rocque Raltique in ADV's English dub.

** Australian-born Nathan Parsons voices the Frenchman Jean Rocque Raltique in ADV's English dub.

* FakeBrit: In ADV's English dub, American Jennifer Stuart voices the British Electra. Sarah Richardson and Martin Blacker also voice Grandis and SaNon, respectively, with British accents.

* FakeBrit: In ADV's English dub, Americans Jennifer Stuart voices the British Electra. Sarah Richardson and Corey Gagne also voice Grandis and Samson, respectively, with British accents.

** Also from the ADV dub, Ev Lunning Jr. voices Nemo with an Indian accent.

* FakeBrit: In ADV's English dub, American Jennifer Stuart voices the British Electra.
* FakeNationality: Australian-born Nathan Parsons voices the Frenchman Jean Rocque Raltique in ADV's English dub.