Works Inspired By The Mysterious Island
- The 1967 live-action/animated film The Stolen Airship by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman is based loosely on Jules Verne's novels Two Years' Vacation and The Mysterious Island.
- The Japanese anime Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990), by Gainax, is partly inspired by the novel.
- The computer game Myst, released 1993, and several locations featured in the game were also inspired by Jules Verne's novel.
- Mysterious Island is also the name of a themed land at Tokyo DisneySea opened in 2001 and features two attractions based on other Jules Verne novels, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth.
- The 2002 novel Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius has the events of this novel based on 'real' events that occurred to the real Nemo, Andre, who gave the details of his encounters to Verne.
- The computer game Return to Mysterious Island (2004) is an adventure game sequel to the story. Its heroine, Mina, is shipwrecked alone on the uncharted island, and finds the body of the previous inhabitant, Captain Nemo (whom she buries). She finally escapes by locating the Nautilus and disabling the island's defenses. This game was followed in 2009 by Return to Mysterious Island II.
- The creator of the American television program Lost, which aired 2004 to 2010, credits The Mysterious Island as the chief inspiration of the show.
- The Mysterious Island from Saddleback's Illustrated Classics is an 2006 illustrated classroom text to teach reading skills.
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