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jennariaNADIA - SECRET OF BLUE WATER
Genre: Historical and Alternate History
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What it's about: it claims that it's based on Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea." One episode in, however, there's been a notable lack of Nemo or his submarine. We've had steampunk aplenty, but it's come from the hero (a young inventor who's trying to win a flying competition - this is set in 1889, to give you some idea of what sort of flying machines we're talking), or the villains (a woman with Vast Cleavage, and her two henchmen, which have a flying machine of their own that runs on punch-cards).
The main character, however, is the titular Nadia, a young woman of color with a pet lion and a blue stone that's apparently important, since that's what the villains want. The anime doesn't seem quite sure whether she's the sort of girl who can Take Care Of Herself (as on the first encounter with the villains, when the hero just sort of flails about uselessly and it's left to Nadia to escape on her own), or whether she is Helpless Before A Greater Force (as when the villains kidnap her from the circus later in the episode). Jean (the hero) of course manages to rescue her, with a little help from his own flying machine, despite the fact that he's out of turn for the flying competition. This means that he and his uncle don't win the considerable cash prize, but for some reason his uncle doesn't object. We probably shouldn't speculate as to why. And there the first episode ends: the only thing we know is that Nadia's necklace is a Macguffin.
Overall opinion: I am slightly intrigued, but not that much. It doesn't help that B reports that the first disc is good and then the series goes rapidly downhill. I don't know his opinion of Jules Verne, though, which might help me weigh his advice properly.
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24 hours, 49 posts, for the benefit of the Nature Conservancy, sponsored by XamJapan. Although I might change my mind on that if Kay keeps leaning over the table and staring at me to try to startle me into typos. More typos. Whatever.
Genre: Historical and Alternate History
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What it's about: it claims that it's based on Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea." One episode in, however, there's been a notable lack of Nemo or his submarine. We've had steampunk aplenty, but it's come from the hero (a young inventor who's trying to win a flying competition - this is set in 1889, to give you some idea of what sort of flying machines we're talking), or the villains (a woman with Vast Cleavage, and her two henchmen, which have a flying machine of their own that runs on punch-cards).
The main character, however, is the titular Nadia, a young woman of color with a pet lion and a blue stone that's apparently important, since that's what the villains want. The anime doesn't seem quite sure whether she's the sort of girl who can Take Care Of Herself (as on the first encounter with the villains, when the hero just sort of flails about uselessly and it's left to Nadia to escape on her own), or whether she is Helpless Before A Greater Force (as when the villains kidnap her from the circus later in the episode). Jean (the hero) of course manages to rescue her, with a little help from his own flying machine, despite the fact that he's out of turn for the flying competition. This means that he and his uncle don't win the considerable cash prize, but for some reason his uncle doesn't object. We probably shouldn't speculate as to why. And there the first episode ends: the only thing we know is that Nadia's necklace is a Macguffin.
Overall opinion: I am slightly intrigued, but not that much. It doesn't help that B reports that the first disc is good and then the series goes rapidly downhill. I don't know his opinion of Jules Verne, though, which might help me weigh his advice properly.
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24 hours, 49 posts, for the benefit of the Nature Conservancy, sponsored by XamJapan. Although I might change my mind on that if Kay keeps leaning over the table and staring at me to try to startle me into typos. More typos. Whatever.