Anime Review: Michiko and Hatchin

So, funny story about this; originally I was going to be talking about this show on the Anibros podcast, but due to other engagements, I was pulled away from the proceedings to go out of town. As such, I was left without an outlet with which to talk about this show in length and detail with others. Finding nowhere else to turn to, I remember I had a sort of anime review blog (speaking of, I'll review things NOT anime eventually, that's just what I'm focusing on at the moment), and decided I might as well spill all of my vast thoughts and feelings on this particular show in text form for all to see.

But then, something hit me. I really didn't have all that much to say to begin with.

Anime Review: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

A long time ago, a young upstart animator named Hayao Miyazaki was hired by Toho to create a television series. Being a fan of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, he came up with an outline for a show called Around the World Under the Sea. The idea was that a pair of orphaned children got caught up in a conflict against a great evil and a rebel submarine crew. The idea was shelved and never developed, but Miyazaki would later take the concept and tweak it somewhat to make Castle in the Sky.

Jump to a few years later, where a new, flourishing animation studio called Gainax, known for having created the Daicon III and IV sci-fi promos, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise and Aim for the Top! Gunbuster (and later would make such hits as Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann), was approached by Toho to make a TV show for Japan's public broadcaster, NHK. While digging around, the studio members found Miyazaki's concept and were captivated by it. Handing it off to Gunbuster director Hideaki Anno, they developed the series into one of the most popular anime of the early 90s, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water.