Anime like Kaitei Daisensou: Ai no 20,000 Miles

Juugo Shounen Hyouryuuki

Also known as Adrift in the Pacific.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

Fifteen young students embark on the boat that should lead them to their families on the coasts of New Zealand. Unfortunately the boat loses its anchor and heads to the open sea in the middle of the night without sailors on it. In the morning, a violent storm prevents the children from sailing back to the harbor. A few days later boat grounds on a deserted island in the Pacific ocean. During 20 months the fifteen children will be left alone and will have to get organized in order to survive. they manage to store up food for the cold winter that will be soon there. Briant, Doniphan, and Gordon lead the group of children who find out that a sailor has lived and died on the island 20 years before.



Tags: Survival , Foreign , Bullying , Classic Literature , Guns

Anime 80-nichikan Sekai Isshuu

Also known as Around the World with Willy Fog.

Studio: Nippon Animation , BRB Internacional
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Romance

Willy Fogg accepts a bet from members of the Reform Club that he can make it around the world in 80 days. His plan however does not include being stopped by unknown enemies. Based on the Jules Verne novel.



Tags: Classic Literature , Kids , Historical , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Travel , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual , Ships , Anthropomorphism

Hitomi no Naka no Shounen: Juugo Shounen Hyouryuuki

Also known as The Story of Fifteen Boys.

Studio: Nippon Animation , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

A two-week summer vacation has turned out to be a long struggle for survival.

“The Story of 15 Boys” is based on "Deux Ans de Vacances", a unique masterpiece and the only novel that Jules Verne wrote especially for children. Now this story has been animated through the use of leading-edge techniques.

A drifting sailboat carrying 15 boys is overtaken by a storm and cast ashore on a desert island, where the fifteen boys begin their struggle. Their tough days-full of danger, thrills and fear-drive the boys to distress at times, but also shape them into strong independent people.

The boys' extraordinary experiences on the island will bring to all young viewers the excitement that they always dream of experiencing themselves.



Tags: Historical , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast

Fushigi no Umi no Nadia

Also known as Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water.

Studio: Gainax , NHK , Sogo Vision , Sei Young Animation , Sentai Filmworks , Animatsu Entertainment , KORAD , Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi

In 1889, the world is on the pinnacle of great discoveries in technology. In mankind's grasp for the future, a sinister foe known only as Gargoyle, obsessed with restoring the former Atlantean empire to the glory it once held, begins his plans to take over the world. Nadia, with the help of a young inventor, Jean Raltique, and the mysterious captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus, must fight to save the world from Gargoyle and Neo-Atlantis. Based on the Novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' by Jules Verne.



Tags: Historical , Ships , Steampunk , Coming of Age , Foreign , Cult , Conspiracy , Exiled , Classic Literature , Orphan , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Lost Civilization , Mythology , Aliens , Robots , Male Protagonist , Tanned Skin , Aviation , Estranged Family , Revenge , Animals , Royal Affairs , Circus , Tragedy , Religion , Environmental , Found Family , Space , Guns , Wilderness , Love Triangle , Cyborg