Every version of Vingt mille lieues sous les mers — the books, films & series, compared across media.
Jules Verne's Vingt mille lieues sous les mers gave the world an electric submarine, the Nautilus, and the eccentric captain who commands it — a nineteenth-century science-fiction vision of undersea exploration that anticipated much of the following century. That premise runs through every version here: the original novel, a Hollywood adventure film, and a Japanese animated series, each finding its own way into Verne's deep-sea world.
Yes. Vingt mille lieues sous les mers is a nineteenth-century science fiction novel that introduced the electric submarine Nautilus and its eccentric captain. Both the 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the 1990 anime Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water draw on the same source.
Three: the original novel Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, the 1954 adventure film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and the 1990 animated series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, spanning book, film, and television.
Start with whichever medium suits you best. The novel Vingt mille lieues sous les mers is the source story; the 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a cinematic take on the same premise; Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water reimagines the world as an animated series with its own characters and plot.