But what about the plot? Surely the plot is different, and thats what counts, right? Nadia:

The Secret of Blue Water Atlantis:

The Lost Empire The story begins in France, 1889 America, 1914 Where our hero, who is A sandy-haired boy with round, oversized eyeglasses and a red bow tie A sandy-haired man with round, oversized eyeglasses and a red bow tie Runs into A beautiful, hot-blooded mercenary named Grandis A beautiful, cold-blooded mercenary named Helga They wind up together On board a high-tech submarine with an international crew On board a high-tech submarine with an international crew Engaged in battle with Scary, otherworldly villains A scary, otherworldly giant lobster After many adventures1 they find An underwater crevasse An underwater crevasse Which leads to A chamber filled with strange bones A chamber filled with strange carvings From which the crew Heads for open space, then holds a memorial for those who died along the way Holds a memorial for those who died along the way, then heads for open space They end up in Atlantis Atlantis Which is A dead civilization A living civilization At the center of which lies A massive crystalline structure A massive crystalline structure Which is linked to A small blue jewel worn as a pendant A small blue jewel worn as a pendant Around the neck of The heroine, who doesnt fully understand what its for The heroine, who doesnt fully understand what its for Because as a child, she Lost her family Lost her mother But she discovers that These crystals are the power source for Atlantis These crystals are the power source for Atlantis Which explains why The bad guys are so interested in Atlantis The bad guys are so interested in Atlantis So they can Capture and use the power source Capture and sell the power source While the rest of the world Plunges headlong into war with a secret society Plunges headlong into war with Germany But the heroine stops them by Using her pendant to merge with and control the power source Using her pendant to merge with and control the power source And when its all over They fall in love and live happily ever after They fall in love and live happily ever after 1 Keep in mind that were comparing a 39-episode television series with a 90-minute movie. Adapted from the Anime News Network. Check out the accompanying article. Well, they draw from the same sources so a few similarities are inevitable! Indeed, both productions are a hybrid of the steampunk adventure fiction written by Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and the modern Atlantis mythology popularized by Edgar Cayce (On Atlantis). As such, similarities are inevitable  similar sources, similar plots, similar scenes, similar characters, similar designs. Uh-huh. You want equal time? Go read Disneys Atlantis and Nadia by Marc Hairston. But before you go, please take with you this parting thought Send comments and suggestions to mhayden@silverhammer.org. In particular, I could use a good pic of Milo and Kida together 2001.05.29 Mirrors / More Recently Updated Material: http://www.oldcrows.net/Atlantis/

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