Intent on saving her home planet, that is threatened by a rapidly receding water level, the young alien astronaut Neptuna sets off on an investigative mission to the "Blue Water Planet", our Earth. But her space ship "Hydronica", which also has the pedantic on-board computer OBO and which doubles as a submarine, runs into trouble : Neptuna is forced to undertake an emergency landing in the Baltic Sea.
She meets up with Balty, the seal and Ponto, the sea-gull, who very quickly decide to accompany her on this mission - to explore the magnificent marine life of our planet. Whether it is a crew member, who has to be rescued from a drifting ghost net, snails that cause near-havoc after being brought aboard, or a hammerhead shark that proves his detecting abilities via his remarkable sixth sense, in all the stories our three adventurers embark on an ocean odyssey, discovering life underwater and gaining knowledge about our ecological environment, its problems and possible solutions.
With the support of the Federal Foundation for the Environment and Kinderkanal, that together awarded this concept the Golden Grass Lion 2001, this project was produced in co-operation with Millimages, Epidem Zot, Finland. For the international version Gédeon Programmes contributed spectacular footage, with which each episode ends - to make a unique combination of animation and factual documentary extracts.
THE HYDRONAUTS
Created by:
Eckart Fingberg, Michael Maedel
Based on an idea by:
Mikael Wahlforss
A co-production with:
Kinderkanal, NDR, Millimages, France 5
International Distribution:
Millimages
Made with the support of:
Filmfoerderung Hamburg, CNC, Millefin, Federal Foundation for the Environment (DBU), Germany, Ministry for the Environment, Finland
Documentary Footage:
Gédeon Programmes
