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Finding information on Thundersub/Blue Noah has proved to be very hard do to the simple fact that no official source exist, but I do have a VHS, this is the only official source for my info and you can read about it below.

Info from/on my VHS

It is dubbed in English (subbed in Finnish) and uses the name Thundersub, it's 90 minutes long.

I found the following on the net:

"The first four episodes were not broadcast in their original form. They were re-edited and combined into a feature-length "TV special" to open the series." Source

My VHS is without a doubt this "TV special".

The opening and ending theme is the same as the one that I have on the site as 'JP-opening-music.mp3' and 'JP-ending-music.mp3' the only difference is that the ending theme on the VHS is non-vocal.

In the beginning a logo and the name WESTERN-WORLD TELEVISION appears.

The ending credits:

Produced By
WEST CAPE CORPORATION

Production Supervisor
YOSHINOBU NISHIZAKI

Producer
TAKASHI IIJIMA

Writers
SEIJI MATSUOKA
HIDEAKI YAMAMOTO

Directors
TOMOHARU KATSUMATA
KAZUNORI TANAHASHI

Animation Director
KENZOH KOIZUMI

Music
MASAAKI HIRAO
MOTOKI FUNAYAMA
HIROSHI MIYAKAWA

Art Director
HAGESHI KAISUMATA

© Copyright 1986

Info that I have found/recived on/trough the Internet

As the name suggest all of the below is from the Internet, none is from any official sources.

Most of the sites I find while searching on the net is either in Italian or Spanish, from that I can conclude that it was fairly popular in those two countries. Furthermore by looking at the mail I have been getting it would also seem that Thundersub/Blue Noah was a big hit in countries in the Middle east.

Titles:

Japanese: Uchu Kubo Blue Noah and 宇宙空母ブルーノア
English / Alt.: Spacecraft Carrier Blue Noah, Blue Noah and Thundersub
Italian: Blue Noah mare spaziale
Arabic: الغواصة الزرقاء
Swedish: Åskbåten (Thunderboat)
Russian: Ураган (Hurricane)

Other:

Originally Released: 1979
Dates: October 13, 1979-March 30, 1980 (Japanese TV air dates)
Number of episodes: 27
Production Company: Office Academy
Broadcaster: Yomiuri-TV (Nippon TV)
Design: Akinobu Hane
Directed: Kazunori Takahashi, Tomoharo Katsumata, Masahiro Sasaki, Kunihiko Okazaki, Shiro Murata, Teppei Matsuura
Produced: Yoshinobu Nishizaki
Written: Hideaki Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Matsuoka, Takashi Yamada, Kazuhiko Udagawa
Music: Masaaki Hirao, Hiroshi Miyagawa

Storyboard: Takeshi Shirato, Kenzo Koizumi, Tomoharu Katsumata

I also found this:

"BLUE NOAH is an obscure attempt by Office Academy (later West Cape
and today Voyager) to replicate the success of YAMATO. It was known in
North America as THUNDER SUB."

Voyager is the company that distributes Yamato in North America and after some searching I found this:

Re-release of Thundersub?

jpophelp.com (a couple of titles from the top) It says "Release Date: 5/24/2002" and "DVD-BOX" so this must be a
re-release.

amazon.co.jp also sells a "DVD-BOX" (you might recognize the image from the gallery) for 31,500 ￥(yen) thats about 300$ (US dollars), again the date 5/24/2002 appears.

The fact that the date in both cases are the same must be more than a coincidence, I assume that Thundersub/Blue Noah was re-released in Japan 5/24/2002.

Other

For a WWII era submarine it's huge and it even carried aircraft's, it is quite possible that the creators of Thundersub/Blue Noah knew of this and drew their inspiration from this massive Sen Toku class submarine. Thanks to Patrick for this info.

Contributors

I would like to thank the following individuals for various contributions to Thundersub HQ:



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	Finding information on Thundersub/Blue Noah has proved to be very hard do to the simple fact that no official source exist, but I do have a VHS, this is the only official source for my info and you can read about it below. Info from/on my VHS It is dubbed in English (subbed in Finnish) and uses the name Thundersub, it's 90 minutes long. I found the following on the net: "The first four episodes were not broadcast in their original form. They were re-edited and combined into a feature-length "TV special" to open the series." Source My VHS is without a doubt this "TV special". The opening and ending theme is the same as the one that I have on the site as 'JP-opening-music.mp3' and 'JP-ending-music.mp3' the only difference is that the ending theme on the VHS is non-vocal. In the beginning a logo and the name WESTERN-WORLD TELEVISION appears. The ending credits: Produced By WEST CAPE CORPORATION Production Supervisor YOSHINOBU NISHIZAKI Producer TAKASHI IIJIMA Writers SEIJI MATSUOKA HIDEAKI YAMAMOTO Directors TOMOHARU KATSUMATA KAZUNORI TANAHASHI Animation Director KENZOH KOIZUMI Music MASAAKI HIRAO MOTOKI FUNAYAMA HIROSHI MIYAKAWA Art Director HAGESHI KAISUMATA © Copyright 1986 Info that I have found/recived on/trough the Internet As the name suggest all of the below is from the Internet, none is from any official sources. Most of the sites I find while searching on the net is either in Italian or Spanish, from that I can conclude that it was fairly popular in those two countries. Furthermore by looking at the mail I have been getting it would also seem that Thundersub/Blue Noah was a big hit in countries in the Middle east. Titles: Japanese: Uchu Kubo Blue Noah and 宇宙空母ブルーノア English / Alt.: Spacecraft Carrier Blue Noah, Blue Noah and Thundersub Italian: Blue Noah mare spaziale Arabic: الغواصة الزرقاء Swedish: Åskbåten (Thunderboat) Russian: Ураган (Hurricane) Other: Originally Released: 1979 Dates: October 13, 1979-March 30, 1980 (Japanese TV air dates) Number of episodes: 27 Production Company: Office Academy Broadcaster: Yomiuri-TV (Nippon TV) Design: Akinobu Hane Directed: Kazunori Takahashi, Tomoharo Katsumata, Masahiro Sasaki, Kunihiko Okazaki, Shiro Murata, Teppei Matsuura Produced: Yoshinobu Nishizaki Written: Hideaki Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Matsuoka, Takashi Yamada, Kazuhiko Udagawa Music: Masaaki Hirao, Hiroshi Miyagawa Storyboard: Takeshi Shirato, Kenzo Koizumi, Tomoharu Katsumata I also found this: "BLUE NOAH is an obscure attempt by Office Academy (later West Cape and today Voyager) to replicate the success of YAMATO. It was known in North America as THUNDER SUB." Voyager is the company that distributes Yamato in North America and after some searching I found this: http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=100 Re-release of Thundersub? jpophelp.com (a couple of titles from the top) It says "Release Date: 5/24/2002" and "DVD-BOX" so this must be a re-release. amazon.co.jp also sells a "DVD-BOX" (you might recognize the image from the gallery) for 31,500 ￥(yen) thats about 300$ (US dollars), again the date 5/24/2002 appears. The fact that the date in both cases are the same must be more than a coincidence, I assume that Thundersub/Blue Noah was re-released in Japan 5/24/2002. More places that sell Thundersub/Blue Noah can be found in this thread. Other The "real" Blue Noah ? For a WWII era submarine it's huge and it even carried aircraft's, it is quite possible that the creators of Thundersub/Blue Noah knew of this and drew their inspiration from this massive Sen Toku class submarine. Thanks to Patrick for this info. Contributors I would like to thank the following individuals for various contributions to Thundersub HQ: Ahmad Beredimas EneNL Patrick Sarah Svinokiller Thomas Wisam




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