Search - Nadia, The Secret of Blue Water - Nadia in Love (Vol. 9) on DVD

Not the Best of the Series

T. Hooper | Osaka, Japan | 07/28/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Nadia is my favorite anime series, but this volume has a few weak episodes. Of the four episodes on this disc, 2 are weak and 2 are great. The first one is the final episode of the African adventure. The African adventure is a substory that doesn't add much to the overall plot of the series. In other words, it's a forgetable episode. The next episode is a song episode. Each character gets a song and the songs are played over a montage of scenes from previous episodes. I imagine this episode was made to cut down on production costs. Again, it's a forgetable episode.

The third episode , however, is a key episode in the series. In this episode, Nadia learns who she really is. This discovery is key in underdanding the superb ending of this series. In the forth episode, we see the heroic return of a lost character who was thought to be dead. This episode explodes with action and suspense.

Even though two of the episodes are weak, I recommend that fans of the series pick it up. You'll need this one to understand the last episode of the series which, in my opinion, has one of the best endings in all of anime."