Trivia / Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture

• B-Team Sequel: Group TAC took over from Gainax for the film (see What Could Have Been for more details). Composer Shiro Sagisu was the only major Gainiax creative talent who remained part of the final project.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The Movie's not been reissued in the United States since ADV's original release during the early 2000s. Both Sentai Film Works and GKIDS excluded it from their Blu-Ray re-releases of Nadia in 2014 and 2022.
• What Could Have Been: The film was going to be directed by Hideaki Anno, but he was unable to commit due to all the burnout caused by his work in the series. Even then, the project was going to be produced by Gainax anyway, but they ran out of budget in midst of creating the story and character designs. So the studio was forced to opt out and delegate everything on Group TAC. This is the reason why the movie re-uses so much footage and feels so out of touch with the series' plot and character development.