Re: Does anyone remember this anime movie?

Charles wrote:
> The first Anime I saw that wasn't Voltron or Robotech related was a
> movie that came on just after the premier of the Defenders of the
> Earth cartoon.  It was primetime on one of the UHF stations in Dallas,
> TX.  My Dad had taped Defenders for me and this anime movie was on
> right after it so we had it on tape for a short while.  This puts the
> year at no later than 1987 but probably late 85 or early 86.
>
> My memory is a bit hazy so I might have some details wrong but here is
> the plot as I remember it:
>
> The movie is about a submarine that is rebeling against an oppresive
> dictator who rules the land so their only escape is at sea.  The
> captain of the ship picks up a smaller ship in distress.  One of the
> survivors of this ship is the main character.  I know there is a
> bigger plot but I can't remember it.  What I do remember is that the
> captain of the ship was once a high official in the dictatorship and
> even killed his own wife to show his loyalty to the dictator.  In the
> end, the submarine is destoryed but the main character and the
> captain's daughter escape in the main character's ship which is now
> fixed.
>
> Does anyone know what movie this is?

This sounds *way* too much like Nadia The Secret of Blue Water.  I'd 
advise you to get the TV series though, as this sounds like a movie 
scraped together from the TV episodes.

If it *isn't* Nadia, watch Nadia anyway.  It's well worth the time.

Charlie