Actually 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea came first.

I'm not sure, but the movie's pretty awful anyway so if you haven't seen it you aren't missing much.

I'm pretty sure Disney's Atlantis ripped more off from Stargate then Nadia ;).

Nope NADIA based round 20,000 leagues under the sea novel with character like captain nemo in it. Plus it came out before Disney film

Oh right

I must be thinking of the wrong series then as I distinctly remember Disney being in some type of suit against an anime studio for ripping off their movie.

Yea maybe. Like other stated Nadia fame out in 1990-1991

Also Sentai filmwork did not license the spin off anime/manga from hayata the combat buttler but funimation did due.to cameo from the main manga do appear so does that means new English voice when the time comes for.dub or will high pull through higher same va for it.

It was the reverse. Atlantis was accused of ripping off Nadia and Disney denied it. It was never a full lawsuit though.

Dancouga Nova episode 1:

It was ok. The animation was alright for the time. his episode had quite a few pacing issues, it just crammed so much into one episode, and I barely know anything about these characters so far, as they all got very little screentime. Another thing that bothered me was that when they were all teleported in to pilot Dancouga...none of them really questioned any of it. If I were just going about my business, only to then be knocked out, then to wake up on an island I don't recognize with people I don't know...I'd be pretty freaked out, but no. These guys kinda just accepted the situation initially, and didn't ask questions or raise any eyebrows until they got to the command center. Those are really my only issues with the first episode. Also...I don't know...this whole deal seems too good to be true. You get to pilot a Super Robot, you get paid ten times more than the character who's a race car driver, and despite being brought there against your will, you're allowed to go on about your life as normal, except when you get called to battle. I'm rather suspicious of those guys. I mean, the concept of a Super Robot who always helps the losing side of a battle to prevent large scale wars is an interesting one, but aside from that...it didn't really grip me. At least it's only 12 episodes long, so I think I can get through this pretty quickly.