Wow.. I'm so impressed. ..at last I found it. Gosh it took me so damn long and none of from my yard couldn't recall that song or either cartoon while I tried to cast their mind back. It's all of mine that time when I was 10 or so. Thanks to ya'll peers. Pozdrawiam..
@Alexis3b I do remember being a show difficult to follow yet there were somehow you wanted to see how it all ended. I Think even my mom was intrigued by it and watched! In retrospect, the fact that such an intellectual cartoon managed to succeed and remain in the collective subconscious of many people is a triumph. Of course, the killer theme tune helps...
I found it! I bloody found it after so many years. One of the first cartoons I remember. I am still listening to it with my whole childhood in front of my eyes.
French kids discovered the original version of this cartoon entitled 'Les mondes engloutis' in 1985. As a French boy I always though it was too 'intellectual' and a bit boring with too many philosophical references. At the time, the drawings seemed also a bit crappy.
Yet the original song composed by Vladimir Cosma and interpreted by the 'Mini-star' band is very pleasant and this english cover version appear more mature and therefore better than the French one for once.
I remember watching this and Mysterious Cities of Gold on Nickelodeon as a kid, but I could never follow the plot of Spartakus as I think I kept watching the episodes out of order.
I have had this song at the back of my mind for years, and all I could remember it was from a cartoon, but no idea which one. So I had a long search of cartoon themes on You Tube and couldn't find it. Just now I see recommendations from YT and there it is. Sometimes things come to you when you aren't looking. Now to see if I can download the theme.
Man I was so little when I watched this very strange show, all I remember was a part of the theme song (sun and beneath the sea) couple google searches and bam!... Always thought it was an anime... no idea it was french.
wow, everyone keeps having strange "reunions" with this XD today, a random girl at university was whistling this melody, and half an hour long I was like "why is it so familiar, hoe do I know this tune, by the way, this note is supposed to be a bit higher, but how do i know it at all?!" :) and all of a sudden it hit me where it was from, but i got here from wikipedia's disambiguaion too because i had no idea about the title anymore :P
Shine, like the sun that lies beneath the sea Devine is the one we call Terra Far from the world we knew so long ago Mine, is the land Arcadia We vast on the strata in our magic ship We're strong, for our hearts now beat as one Matt and Rebecca believe Arcana Brave, while the sun still burns Go, follow Spartacus To the sun beneath the sea We're so near to the universe Which has long disappeared Rainbow dawn of Arcadia Shining sun beneath the sea
There is a 26 (of 52) episode "fan" DVD set if the English dub of this series. It also has the end episode in it. Look of it on the intermet. Fabulous Films are working on an official DVD set but don't expect it to be out (if it ever does) before September 2012.
It was more than 15 years ago when this show aired in my country. Very early in the morning on Cartoon Network, I used to set my alarm clock for it. Best cartoon song ever!
I remember waking up every morning at some ungodly hour to catch this show on Nickelodeon. It's been more than 20 years, and I still haven't gotten this song out of my head.
@VerizonEclipse LOL I know. I did the same thing. Who the hell voluntarily gets up early just to watch a show??? Only kids do stupid crap like that, hahaha!
Same here! I've been trying to find this show for years but couldn't even remember what it was called. I was searching Wikipedia for the tv show Spartacus: Blood and Sand and saw this under the disambiguation. Turns out EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD has been looking for this, too.
Congrats, you have found it. I am another one. I went looking a few years ago, and I never made it this far, and was surprised how little info I could find. Living in the US, it was on 'Nickelodeon' in the morning.
This is sooo weird, I thought it was just me who thought this show didnt excist, I live in the uk, I remember watching this on "The Childrens Channel" when sky tv first came out, It took me ages to find this because no one had any idea what i was on about, Its wasnt until i started singing the theme tune in my head that i found it by typing into "Kids show with sun beneathe the sea in theme tune", if i didnt vaguely remember the theme tune i would of never of found this.
This is sooo weird, I thought it was just me who thought this show didnt excist, I live in the uk, I remember watching this on "The Childrens Channel" when sky tv first came out in the 80s, It took me ages to find this because no one had any idea what i was on about, Its wasnt until i started singing the theme tune in my head that i found it by typing into "Kids show with sun beneathe the sea in theme tune", if i didnt vaguely remember the theme tune i would of never of found this.
This is sooo weird, I thought it was just me who thought this show didnt excist, I live in the uk, I remember watching this on "The Childrens Channel" when sky tv first came out in the 80s, It took me ages to find this because no one had any idea what i was on about, Its wasnt until i started singing the theme tune in my head that i found it by typing into "Kids show with sun beneathe the sea in theme tune", if i didnt vaguely remember the theme tune i would of never of found this.
This is sooo weird, I thought it was just me who thought this show didnt excist, I live in the uk, I remember watching this on "The Childrens Channel" when sky tv first came out in the 80s, It took me ages to find this because no one had any idea what i was on about, Its wasnt until i started singing the theme tune in my head that i found it by typing into "Kids show with sun beneathe the sea in theme tune", if i didnt vaguely remember the theme tune i would of never of found this.
This is bizarre - there are SO MANY of us that have had the same experience with this show - obviously we all loved it to remember it over the years, but so many of us had been faced with blank stares when talking to others about this show. Yet, here we are now thanks to YouTube all saying how we thought we IMAGINED this show for so many years!! This is equally bizarre and fascinating!!
I agree with everyone who says that they think they imagined this one. I kept saying to friends, "there was this cartoon with a white lady, and the word Arcadia, and a really moving theme song, I know there was!". I'm so frigging thankful for youtube!
@misstinwhistle1 Maybe because it had a story and a progression towards an end rather than the general randomness where the bad guys escape in each episode, even though the good guys win.
I used to whistle the theme to this show not knowing where it came from in my past. And I kept having flashbacks of it and thinking "Was this real? Or am I imagining it?". And FINALLY I found a link to it on the MCOG wiki page and found this you tube video and the first comments I see are: "FOUND IT AT LAST IM NOT CRAZY" and "I KNEW THIS WAS REAL"
Man so many people had the same experience with this as I did. Creep.y
@SaltySutek believe me my friend for years i m singing this tune.. i m describing to everyone things i remembered and noone remembered evereything.. and i was so sure it was real and not something i imagined. and yesterday my love found it for me after almost 15 years that i m trying to find it.
i really got moved. and playing it again and again , but the french version that was played here in greeece
@SaltySutek believe me my friend for years i m singing this tune.. i m describing to everyone things i remembered and noone remembered anything.. and i was so sure it was real and not something i imagined. and yesterday my love found it for me after almost 15 years that i m trying to find it.
i really got moved. and playing it again and again , but the french version that was played here in greeece
@SaltySutek Strange how so few remembered this show, I certainly do and enjoyed it. When I brought it up among friends, no one save for one remembered. It was a long time ago, I don't think it got much air play on Nickelodian back in the day. No, you're not crazy!
@SaltySutek I've had the same thing for twenty years!! for the longest time i thought it was part of the Mysterious cities of Gold as it had the same style as it and Ulysess 31.
Still, the question of my sanity is stil in debate but now i know i really didn't hallucinate it ^_^
@SaltySutek This is what I exactly had been thinking. Because whenever I whistle this melody to people and ask if they remember this cartoon, all weird looks what I recieved back lol I found a video of it finally and showing to all friends now :)) It's just a magical mystique part of my childhood. (But of course we had the French version which is way more stunning.)
My brother thought that he was crazy seeing two anteaters dancing around in his head. He was so relieved when I found this last year. After 20 years, he was starting to believe that he was crazy.
I remember watching this show once or twice and thinking it was kinda weird, but the music was great... guess it would have to be to stick with ya for 20 years
@guilhemestournes Unfortunate. Was this show popular in France during it's prime? Because over here in the states, you can hardly find anyone who remembers it. It's a damn shame, too. I loved this show.
@thesam00 I don't know if it was popular in France, but, I'm French-Canadian (born in Montreal, Quebec), and I remember the song in French "Les Mondes Engloutis", but, like someone else said before, I thought I imagined that song in my head, not remembering where I heard it before...was popular in Quebec!
I thoght it was a great show. The second season was a little hokey when they had the pirates in it but I enjoyed the show. I tried to describe this show to people but they dont know what i was talking about.
@Saemaey a great cataclysm occurs and arkana's peole end up beneath planetary surface, powered by a subteranean sun, but when that begins to weaken, the youngsters go into the archives in hopes of finding some glimmer of hope for their ppl. They end up travelling outside their city and having lots of adventures. I don't recall an ending to the series tho.
I am 29 now and this was one of my favorite cartoons. I couldn't see how this ends and probably never will. Nobody remembers this show, but it was for sure one of the best. Wish my kids could see this someday :P
Fabulous Films do want to relase the English language series of this show on DVD. They are in the long and painful process of getting this done. But it will take time. Check their website current details.
It's comforting to read know that I didn't make this up and other people went through the same pain that I did. I'd tell people about this show but nobody ever remembered it. The first time I saw the cartoon I remember just sitting there shocked and not saying anything. I'm now 25 and sat in my office at work and after playing that.. I still don't know what to say about it. I feel like going to sleep and waking up in the 80's! I never ever forgot the music. This was a REAL cartoon! None of this
@intermission You are SO NOT alone! :) 33-year old here, loved this show. I also loved Mysterious Cities of Gold, that was my favorite. This show, Spartakus had so much! Science Fiction, Family, danger, joy, sadness, death, and life.
@Tigerman1138 Mysterious Cities of Gold, I grew up watching that in French, growing up in Montreal, Quebec! lol, search "Les Mysterieuses Cites D'or" :)
Yes, I said "nay", yet without offense (hence I'm coming forth too). My main gripe with it is no animation (which is the stuff I loved) and no intro. Every episode came with the intro about the "children of Arcadia". So if you claim to have the "full opening theme" then add this too. You did NOT give us the opening theme, this is the /closing/ theme. Hence my "nay" even though I truthfully appreciate the effort because well.. This animation was dated yet awesome (and so was the soundtrack!).
I've seen it 2 minutes ago on tv :D (on Minimax, i am also from Romania) this show has always been one of my favorites. i remember watching it everyday when i was little <3 and trying to sing along to this, although i couldn't understand the lyrics that time.
@privatepinkbits I HEAR YOU!! For years I've tried to find this show and could never get the name. Everyone I talked to had no idea what it was! I'm not insane! Woohoo!
Goddamnit, France. Release the full 2 season English dub on DVD. You have my word we'll never give you shit about anything ever again. Ever. For reals. I promise.
I used to watch this in the mornings before kindergarten. Until the proliferation of youtube it was just a faint memory sitting in my brain next to BananaMan and that episode of G. I. Joe where Lady Jay ends up losing her pants.
you're the best..thanks for the song......I was searching it for a long long long time and didn't even know the name of the cartoon....thanks again....
Thank you so much for this! I never knew there was a full version in English (just like the original French). I thought the English version was only one verse. You have made my day!
My brother was wondering why he kept flashing back to a couple of anteaters dancing about in his head. He thought he was nuts till I found these songs.The music of this show is AWESOME!
My brother was wondering why he kept flashing back to a couple of anteaters dancing about in his head. He thought he was nuts till I found these songs.The music of this show is AWESOME!
My brother was wondering why he kept flashing back to a couple of anteaters dancing about in his head. He thought he was nuts till I found these songs.The music of this show is AWESOME!
My brother was wondering why he kept flashing back to a couple of platupi dacing about. He thought he was nuts till I found these songs.The music of this show is AWESOME!
@triggerxp lol! I thought I was the only one, right down to the weird feeling in the stomach and everything. What's weird is despite the weird feeling, I would watch it anyway, and I really didn't care for it one way or another. Strange show indeed.
a point in time i will never forget i loved this cartoon with all of my heart i lost contact with it before i ever saw its finale and was heart broken for years and wondered for years if the Terra was every restored. But it was........tears have flowed for this knowledge and completion. thank u for this video sir
you can say that again! I am sooo excited I thought this cartoon had been a figment of my imagination (which would have been pretty awesome actually)....lol. Thank you...
@andresaimar2010 ahah, same here! Used to watch it in French, always felt confused and weirded out by it, but, was drawned to it, especially the theme song, search "Les Mondes Engloutis"
I remember this quite well, none of my friends do!! I remembered the song and story line and tried to explain it to them and no one remembered it. Thank you for posting this as now I can show them and prove I'm not gone crazy... Love it.
@privatepinkbits I knew what you mean as until I found this or other Spartakus related vids on here I used to think I was NUTS too, had dreamed the entire thing up:)
@lomeinie this song danced around in my head since i was in highschool im 33 now and like everyone here thought i imagined it, i thank youtube for curing my insanity my mental health wasnt going to last much longer
@privatepinkbits It's BIZZARE isn't it - roughly the same age as you. I can't believe so many of us have had the same experience. Others just not remembering this show while we clearly did!!
@privatepinkbits Exactly how I feel. I thought for years I had maybe dreamed this up. My 10 year old self loved the chorus to this song. The 30 something version loves it still.
@zandder i feel the same way. I thought i dreamed this show and this song in my head also lol. I remember the cities of gold cartoon more than this show though.
@privatepinkbits i know what you mean by "i'm not crazy"...it's so frustrating when you know everything about the show and can't remember the name of it, ask everyone with a description and they have no clue what ye talkin bout and you just start doubting yourself haha
Wow.. I'm so impressed. ..at last I found it. Gosh it took me so damn long and none of from my yard couldn't recall that song or either cartoon while I tried to cast their mind back. It's all of mine that time when I was 10 or so. Thanks to ya'll peers. Pozdrawiam..
Maciohihi 20 hours ago
@Alexis3b I do remember being a show difficult to follow yet there were somehow you wanted to see how it all ended. I Think even my mom was intrigued by it and watched! In retrospect, the fact that such an intellectual cartoon managed to succeed and remain in the collective subconscious of many people is a triumph. Of course, the killer theme tune helps...
JosCR66 2 weeks ago
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@JosCR66 You guys were actually watching the American adaptation of a cartoon from France
lyneacc 1 day ago
All based on a true story
chrycollins 2 weeks ago
Fucking ACTA will prevent us to listen to songs like these. The guy that uploaded it, would be sent to jail for 5 years. Screw the humanity.
RoyalNightwish 3 weeks ago 3
I would love to have seen this song performed live.
dragonheadthing 4 weeks ago
This show was better off without Menudo.
TheRealThreeP 1 month ago
@TheRealThreeP Hey, I liked the Menudo opening.
GoGojiraGo 1 week ago
@GoGojiraGo Everybody's entitled to their opinion. I was merely voicing mine, and no one's twisting your arm to share it.
TheRealThreeP 1 week ago
I found it! I bloody found it after so many years. One of the first cartoons I remember. I am still listening to it with my whole childhood in front of my eyes.
proochster 1 month ago
I could listen to this song 10 times in a row.....in fact I just did ! Now for the next 10
julia393n 1 month ago
French kids discovered the original version of this cartoon entitled 'Les mondes engloutis' in 1985. As a French boy I always though it was too 'intellectual' and a bit boring with too many philosophical references. At the time, the drawings seemed also a bit crappy.
Yet the original song composed by Vladimir Cosma and interpreted by the 'Mini-star' band is very pleasant and this english cover version appear more mature and therefore better than the French one for once.
alexis3b 1 month ago
@alexis3b Sérieusement ?! Les Mini star sont bien meilleurs !! Tu fais juste de la lèche aux yankies honte à toi.
75lauranna 1 month ago
remember watching this everyday after school...Dem days!!!
madzogo1 2 months ago
@madzogo1 Same here. I want a time machine, dammit!
EleBrit96 1 month ago
Always liked the theme of this. Never cared much for Nickelodeons shows save for their intros.
Earych 2 months ago
I remember watching this on SKY ONE channel on 1991 year in POLAND :)
planszecista29 2 months ago
I remember watching this and Mysterious Cities of Gold on Nickelodeon as a kid, but I could never follow the plot of Spartakus as I think I kept watching the episodes out of order.
TlalocW 2 months ago
I had exactly the same situation!!!!!
DanySkroce 2 months ago
This is the first time that I've heard this theme. 10th time I've replayed it... love it.
dragonheadthing 2 months ago
I have had this song at the back of my mind for years, and all I could remember it was from a cartoon, but no idea which one. So I had a long search of cartoon themes on You Tube and couldn't find it. Just now I see recommendations from YT and there it is. Sometimes things come to you when you aren't looking. Now to see if I can download the theme.
julia393n 2 months ago
Man I was so little when I watched this very strange show, all I remember was a part of the theme song (sun and beneath the sea) couple google searches and bam!... Always thought it was an anime... no idea it was french.
namdarcs 2 months ago
wow, everyone keeps having strange "reunions" with this XD today, a random girl at university was whistling this melody, and half an hour long I was like "why is it so familiar, hoe do I know this tune, by the way, this note is supposed to be a bit higher, but how do i know it at all?!" :) and all of a sudden it hit me where it was from, but i got here from wikipedia's disambiguaion too because i had no idea about the title anymore :P
LunissaMoon 2 months ago
To be honest, I've never heard of this one, but the theme song's pretty cool.
Vercalos 2 months ago
I love it!!! I always watch this cartoon with my best friend's brother (he is 6 years old).
shamkand 3 months ago
I salute you my friend. My dearest memories live on.
Florin123k 3 months ago
thank God 4 youtube....now childhood memories can live on
umagnus77 3 months ago 15
french version was the best :)
nohare45 3 months ago 2
@nohare45 indeed.
syft3land 3 months ago
@nohare45 no, try hungarian " Elsüllyedt világok " :)
tacsypeti 2 months ago
Wow. This gives me goosebumps just to hear it again, thanks!
sylvLeeds 3 months ago 4
very cool!! I forgot about this - having such awesome memories now!! Kristy :)
KRJC4eva 3 months ago
This ans The city of gold opening songs are some of the best from my childhood!
oberron1701 3 months ago
this is hipper than ariel pink
isitlive 3 months ago
Possibly the best 80s string instrument cartoon theme, second only to Thundercats.
700gsteak 4 months ago
Who is the actual singer?
callumnen 4 months ago
Thank you.
Jupp I´m also one that have searched a long time and gotten blank faces staring back at me :D
BolinFoto 4 months ago
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kingnor2 4 months ago
Thanks for uploading the US version.
equatorhot95 4 months ago
There is a 26 (of 52) episode "fan" DVD set if the English dub of this series. It also has the end episode in it. Look of it on the intermet. Fabulous Films are working on an official DVD set but don't expect it to be out (if it ever does) before September 2012.
darkangel2347 4 months ago
My bad, SaltySutek, I accidentaly hit the dislike button, instead of the like one. Sorry. D:
breky234 4 months ago
Memories
MrIFEELNOTHING 4 months ago
It was more than 15 years ago when this show aired in my country. Very early in the morning on Cartoon Network, I used to set my alarm clock for it. Best cartoon song ever!
sjoerdwennekes 4 months ago
I remember waking up every morning at some ungodly hour to catch this show on Nickelodeon. It's been more than 20 years, and I still haven't gotten this song out of my head.
VerizonEclipse 4 months ago
@VerizonEclipse LOL I know. I did the same thing. Who the hell voluntarily gets up early just to watch a show??? Only kids do stupid crap like that, hahaha!
cadge31 4 months ago
Same here! I've been trying to find this show for years but couldn't even remember what it was called. I was searching Wikipedia for the tv show Spartacus: Blood and Sand and saw this under the disambiguation. Turns out EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD has been looking for this, too.
emskwrd 4 months ago
Congrats, you have found it. I am another one. I went looking a few years ago, and I never made it this far, and was surprised how little info I could find. Living in the US, it was on 'Nickelodeon' in the morning.
HughWalenski 4 months ago
This is sooo weird, I thought it was just me who thought this show didnt excist, I live in the uk, I remember watching this on "The Childrens Channel" when sky tv first came out, It took me ages to find this because no one had any idea what i was on about, Its wasnt until i started singing the theme tune in my head that i found it by typing into "Kids show with sun beneathe the sea in theme tune", if i didnt vaguely remember the theme tune i would of never of found this.
markymisfit 5 months ago
This is sooo weird, I thought it was just me who thought this show didnt excist, I live in the uk, I remember watching this on "The Childrens Channel" when sky tv first came out in the 80s, It took me ages to find this because no one had any idea what i was on about, Its wasnt until i started singing the theme tune in my head that i found it by typing into "Kids show with sun beneathe the sea in theme tune", if i didnt vaguely remember the theme tune i would of never of found this.
markymisfit 5 months ago
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This is sooo weird, I thought it was just me who thought this show didnt excist, I live in the uk, I remember watching this on "The Childrens Channel" when sky tv first came out in the 80s, It took me ages to find this because no one had any idea what i was on about, Its wasnt until i started singing the theme tune in my head that i found it by typing into "Kids show with sun beneathe the sea in theme tune", if i didnt vaguely remember the theme tune i would of never of found this.
markymisfit 5 months ago
This is sooo weird, I thought it was just me who thought this show didnt excist, I live in the uk, I remember watching this on "The Childrens Channel" when sky tv first came out in the 80s, It took me ages to find this because no one had any idea what i was on about, Its wasnt until i started singing the theme tune in my head that i found it by typing into "Kids show with sun beneathe the sea in theme tune", if i didnt vaguely remember the theme tune i would of never of found this.
markymisfit 5 months ago
This is bizarre - there are SO MANY of us that have had the same experience with this show - obviously we all loved it to remember it over the years, but so many of us had been faced with blank stares when talking to others about this show. Yet, here we are now thanks to YouTube all saying how we thought we IMAGINED this show for so many years!! This is equally bizarre and fascinating!!
Tanru2000 5 months ago
I agree with everyone who says that they think they imagined this one. I kept saying to friends, "there was this cartoon with a white lady, and the word Arcadia, and a really moving theme song, I know there was!". I'm so frigging thankful for youtube!
cjoelad 5 months ago
i can't believe i actually cried when i found this cartoon here! and as @saltySutek said, creepy!
rockand6eeran 5 months ago
Damn this was so long ago! I remember this was great but strange. Definitely different from the standard american cartoons.
misstinwhistle1 5 months ago
@misstinwhistle1 Maybe because it had a story and a progression towards an end rather than the general randomness where the bad guys escape in each episode, even though the good guys win.
SSJMegla 5 months ago
a metal version of this would be awesome!! LOL!!!!!
Venturi01 5 months ago
I used to whistle the theme to this show not knowing where it came from in my past. And I kept having flashbacks of it and thinking "Was this real? Or am I imagining it?". And FINALLY I found a link to it on the MCOG wiki page and found this you tube video and the first comments I see are: "FOUND IT AT LAST IM NOT CRAZY" and "I KNEW THIS WAS REAL"
Man so many people had the same experience with this as I did. Creep.y
SaltySutek 5 months ago 47
@SaltySutek believe me my friend for years i m singing this tune.. i m describing to everyone things i remembered and noone remembered evereything.. and i was so sure it was real and not something i imagined. and yesterday my love found it for me after almost 15 years that i m trying to find it.
i really got moved. and playing it again and again , but the french version that was played here in greeece
WE R NOT CRAZY!! ITS REAL!
ubu29 4 months ago
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@SaltySutek believe me my friend for years i m singing this tune.. i m describing to everyone things i remembered and noone remembered anything.. and i was so sure it was real and not something i imagined. and yesterday my love found it for me after almost 15 years that i m trying to find it.
i really got moved. and playing it again and again , but the french version that was played here in greeece
WE R NOT CRAZY!! ITS REAL!
ubu29 4 months ago
@SaltySutek Strange how so few remembered this show, I certainly do and enjoyed it. When I brought it up among friends, no one save for one remembered. It was a long time ago, I don't think it got much air play on Nickelodian back in the day. No, you're not crazy!
BluTrilobite 3 months ago 2
@SaltySutek I've had the same thing for twenty years!! for the longest time i thought it was part of the Mysterious cities of Gold as it had the same style as it and Ulysess 31.
Still, the question of my sanity is stil in debate but now i know i really didn't hallucinate it ^_^
smeghead0 3 months ago
@SaltySutek This is what I exactly had been thinking. Because whenever I whistle this melody to people and ask if they remember this cartoon, all weird looks what I recieved back lol I found a video of it finally and showing to all friends now :)) It's just a magical mystique part of my childhood. (But of course we had the French version which is way more stunning.)
bbbseyma 3 months ago
you can search as "Les Mondes Engloutis"
bbbseyma 3 months ago
@SaltySutek Same Story Here
ali17chin 1 month ago
@SaltySutek OMG ME TOO! I GOT TINGLY JUST BY READING THAT!
pabyizzy 1 month ago
@SaltySutek EXACTLY! Ditto. fucking DITTO!
kim3000 1 month ago
@SaltySutek same here hahahaha I AM NOT CRAZY!!!! amazing cartoons! i was so little when this aired but i loved it!! the storyline was amazing!
apolloblueboy 2 weeks ago
@SaltySutek You guys were actually watching the American adaptation of a cartoon from France
lyneacc 1 day ago
@SaltySutek Original version was sang by "Mini-Star", kids10-12yrs old at the time (early '80s
lyneacc 1 day ago
@SaltySutek Search on Youtube "Les mondes engloutis" for the original French version theme song of this show :)
lyneacc 1 day ago
i miss these shows
ricksears98 5 months ago
@ricksears98 Everyone does. EVERYONE. Those were the days.
EleBrit96 5 months ago
@EleBrit96 yep it was easy to not know how the world worked then
ricksears98 5 months ago
@ricksears98 So true. Back when everything was so easy. Ah, how time flies.
EleBrit96 5 months ago
@EleBrit96 hence why i watch old anime when im in my room lol that and no access to cable
ricksears98 5 months ago
i didn't know this was translated in English, Nice song though. The only French anime I truly love.
annnanas1991 5 months ago
was not even aware of a full version thanks heaps
curzon79 5 months ago
I KNEW THIS SHOW WAS REAL!!!
VernHayes 5 months ago 6
I used to love this show. Great memories! :)
cyanhb32 5 months ago
I remember this show! :D
hypnodance 5 months ago
wow cuanto tiempo... ya tengo hijos y todo y aun recuerdo estos muñequitos. que recuerdos...........
fngrkm 6 months ago
My brother thought that he was crazy seeing two anteaters dancing around in his head. He was so relieved when I found this last year. After 20 years, he was starting to believe that he was crazy.
Targetme13666 6 months ago 3
Thank you so much for uploading this masterpiece... ah the nostalgia is so hard... dose anyone else fells my pain ?
ConradProteus 6 months ago
@ConradProteus this song reminds me when i was stil a kid.....i feel my tears comin out ryt now
elvzish 6 months ago
@elvzish .... i miss bein a kid
ConradProteus 6 months ago
been looking for this for ages and here it is..i hate the show but i love this song.
Can i get this in acapella? i wanna make summin with it
izoe01 6 months ago
I remember watching this show once or twice and thinking it was kinda weird, but the music was great... guess it would have to be to stick with ya for 20 years
devospud 6 months ago
Never, ever heard of this show before this minute, but I'm mightily intrigued....
TheCowardlyLion04 6 months ago
OMG i haven't seen this show since 1989. I don't remember some of the eps but i remember this song like it was yesterday. Thanks for uploading this.
syokusanagi 6 months ago
am african n i watched this show 15 years ago!!!! loved the theme song,and the cartoon :)
89ngima 6 months ago
love it
zonemax 6 months ago
@guilhemestournes Unfortunate. Was this show popular in France during it's prime? Because over here in the states, you can hardly find anyone who remembers it. It's a damn shame, too. I loved this show.
thesam00 7 months ago
@thesam00 I don't know if it was popular in France, but, I'm French-Canadian (born in Montreal, Quebec), and I remember the song in French "Les Mondes Engloutis", but, like someone else said before, I thought I imagined that song in my head, not remembering where I heard it before...was popular in Quebec!
lyneacc 1 day ago
You can with BananaMan,DangerMouse, & Count Duckula is the orignal nicktoon. What countery did this come form.
GCRams2 7 months ago
I thoght it was a great show. The second season was a little hokey when they had the pirates in it but I enjoyed the show. I tried to describe this show to people but they dont know what i was talking about.
heifish 7 months ago
squeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
I really do wish they would put this on DVD. It was one of my favorite series when I was 8 years old.
cennarian 7 months ago
I rememer this series from my childhood but I can't remember what the story is? Anyways good memories
Saemaey 7 months ago
@Saemaey a great cataclysm occurs and arkana's peole end up beneath planetary surface, powered by a subteranean sun, but when that begins to weaken, the youngsters go into the archives in hopes of finding some glimmer of hope for their ppl. They end up travelling outside their city and having lots of adventures. I don't recall an ending to the series tho.
midgard83 7 months ago
AHHH finally found it! Seriously everyone in my family was starting to think i was crazy! hahaha i found it!
anjo3008 7 months ago 2
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75lauranna 7 months ago
@75lauranna yeah its ace aint it, french made great cartoons this and uliseeeeeeeesssss :) heh heh love it :)
fairandjustified 7 months ago
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75lauranna 7 months ago
I am 29 now and this was one of my favorite cartoons. I couldn't see how this ends and probably never will. Nobody remembers this show, but it was for sure one of the best. Wish my kids could see this someday :P
phillibot 8 months ago
Fabulous Films do want to relase the English language series of this show on DVD. They are in the long and painful process of getting this done. But it will take time. Check their website current details.
darkangel2347 8 months ago
damn this song has a insane bassline! applause to the black man playing this!
NoriakiKasa1 8 months ago 20
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NoriakiKasa1 8 months ago
It's comforting to read know that I didn't make this up and other people went through the same pain that I did. I'd tell people about this show but nobody ever remembered it. The first time I saw the cartoon I remember just sitting there shocked and not saying anything. I'm now 25 and sat in my office at work and after playing that.. I still don't know what to say about it. I feel like going to sleep and waking up in the 80's! I never ever forgot the music. This was a REAL cartoon! None of this
intermission 8 months ago 3
@intermission You are SO NOT alone! :) 33-year old here, loved this show. I also loved Mysterious Cities of Gold, that was my favorite. This show, Spartakus had so much! Science Fiction, Family, danger, joy, sadness, death, and life.
Tigerman1138 8 months ago
@Tigerman1138 I'm 32 years years old and i remember watching this show when i was a kid. Brings back memories
syokusanagi 6 months ago
@Tigerman1138 Mysterious Cities of Gold, I grew up watching that in French, growing up in Montreal, Quebec! lol, search "Les Mysterieuses Cites D'or" :)
lyneacc 1 day ago
Yes, I said "nay", yet without offense (hence I'm coming forth too). My main gripe with it is no animation (which is the stuff I loved) and no intro. Every episode came with the intro about the "children of Arcadia". So if you claim to have the "full opening theme" then add this too. You did NOT give us the opening theme, this is the /closing/ theme. Hence my "nay" even though I truthfully appreciate the effort because well.. This animation was dated yet awesome (and so was the soundtrack!).
ShelLuser 8 months ago
Oh, :) :O :O :O I soooo lurved this program. No one I ask remembers it though. How sad for them hey. :)
feniura 9 months ago
Haven't seen this show since the late 80s, yet this theme song is exactly as I remembered!
Lexx2 9 months ago
I was 8-10 years old when the cartoon first showed on TV. Sad... Getting old.
TorwaK 9 months ago
@TorwaK Same here - not sad, it's great cause we're the generation who enjoyed awesome shows like this. Nothing like that on TV anymore!!
Tanru2000 8 months ago
I've seen it 2 minutes ago on tv :D (on Minimax, i am also from Romania) this show has always been one of my favorites. i remember watching it everyday when i was little <3 and trying to sing along to this, although i couldn't understand the lyrics that time.
PlnkCow 9 months ago
@privatepinkbits I HEAR YOU!! For years I've tried to find this show and could never get the name. Everyone I talked to had no idea what it was! I'm not insane! Woohoo!
jarablue 9 months ago 2
HOLYFRAG!!
I haven't seen this show in years and I still remember all the lyrics!
That's how awesomely memorable it was!
VansenandWellsCo 9 months ago
Goddamnit, France. Release the full 2 season English dub on DVD. You have my word we'll never give you shit about anything ever again. Ever. For reals. I promise.
thesam00 9 months ago 4
The great song has tricked me into thinking this show wasn't so boring I wanted to die.
rocketgal 9 months ago 2
I used to watch this in the mornings before kindergarten. Until the proliferation of youtube it was just a faint memory sitting in my brain next to BananaMan and that episode of G. I. Joe where Lady Jay ends up losing her pants.
sevenbegore 10 months ago
I finally found it :-) I always remebered this intro, but couldn't remember the name of the series. Thanks!!
Gilmourish1 10 months ago
why does the animation from lets say 40's is super nice and from the 70's 80's it starts to suck?
majinleoking 10 months ago
2 people 's childhood has "long disappeared"....
tyruskam 10 months ago
i remember this =)
TomJayable 10 months ago
I never really got into the show, but the theme is beautiful! Was this one of the many cartoon themes written by Haim Saban and Shuki Levi?
AresCassell 10 months ago
I suppose... no one has the English-dubbed version of this TV show @ *true*/*genuine* DVD quality, right? :-(
StarryMan82 11 months ago
you're the best..thanks for the song......I was searching it for a long long long time and didn't even know the name of the cartoon....thanks again....
SamuraiSpiritYuuka 11 months ago
Tears
frucklon 11 months ago
Thank you so much for this! I never knew there was a full version in English (just like the original French). I thought the English version was only one verse. You have made my day!
TriviaDude77 11 months ago
My brother was wondering why he kept flashing back to a couple of anteaters dancing about in his head. He thought he was nuts till I found these songs.The music of this show is AWESOME!
Targetme13666 11 months ago 2
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My brother was wondering why he kept flashing back to a couple of anteaters dancing about in his head. He thought he was nuts till I found these songs.The music of this show is AWESOME!
Targetme13666 11 months ago
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My brother was wondering why he kept flashing back to a couple of anteaters dancing about in his head. He thought he was nuts till I found these songs.The music of this show is AWESOME!
Targetme13666 11 months ago
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My brother was wondering why he kept flashing back to a couple of platupi dacing about. He thought he was nuts till I found these songs.The music of this show is AWESOME!
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Targetme13666 11 months ago
I dunno why but when I was a child I loved the show but gave me the creeps, a weird feeling in my stomach ... thumbs up if it happened to you
triggerxp 11 months ago 2
@triggerxp lol! I thought I was the only one, right down to the weird feeling in the stomach and everything. What's weird is despite the weird feeling, I would watch it anyway, and I really didn't care for it one way or another. Strange show indeed.
ForceFagerstorm 9 months ago
@triggerxp Ditto! lol
lyneacc 1 day ago
a point in time i will never forget i loved this cartoon with all of my heart i lost contact with it before i ever saw its finale and was heart broken for years and wondered for years if the Terra was every restored. But it was........tears have flowed for this knowledge and completion. thank u for this video sir
archvedek 11 months ago
a point in time i will never forget
archvedek 11 months ago
you can say that again! I am sooo excited I thought this cartoon had been a figment of my imagination (which would have been pretty awesome actually)....lol. Thank you...
kwagich 11 months ago
I loved this show as a child... wow, its been about 22-23 years!!! One of the best!!!
BlaqBruh 11 months ago
LOL @privatepinkbits.. I felt the same way for YEARS until I found the song on the web.
dustpicc 1 year ago
this shows was so ...different...i was uneasy..yet couldnt stop myself from watching it...
andresaimar2010 1 year ago
@andresaimar2010
Yeah, I remember it making me uneasy too for some reason, but I loved it anyway. Maybe that's why I loved it.
faunlyn 1 year ago
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@andresaimar2010
Yeah, I remember it making me uneasy too for some reason, but I loved it anyway. Maybe that's why I loved it.
faunlyn 1 year ago
@andresaimar2010 ahah, same here! Used to watch it in French, always felt confused and weirded out by it, but, was drawned to it, especially the theme song, search "Les Mondes Engloutis"
lyneacc 1 day ago
thanks panzerfaust!
spoukas 1 year ago
the original version in french flows better
kazpmk 1 year ago
Wow, nostalgia. Great cartoon!
DeadlyDreamerX 1 year ago
I remember this quite well, none of my friends do!! I remembered the song and story line and tried to explain it to them and no one remembered it. Thank you for posting this as now I can show them and prove I'm not gone crazy... Love it.
anubissammie 1 year ago
beautiful song...
bluenis 1 year ago 2
Its not the same without the narration at the beginning of this song in the TV series.
BassX0 1 year ago 4
Go Follow Spartakus! Awesome song. Its like an stream of conciousness from the far future.
SardaukarPrime 1 year ago
i love this :D x
xruyandakix 1 year ago
:(( I FOUND IT I FOUND IT AT LAST IM NOT CRAZY
privatepinkbits 1 year ago 87
@privatepinkbits I knew what you mean as until I found this or other Spartakus related vids on here I used to think I was NUTS too, had dreamed the entire thing up:)
lomeinie 10 months ago
@lomeinie this song danced around in my head since i was in highschool im 33 now and like everyone here thought i imagined it, i thank youtube for curing my insanity my mental health wasnt going to last much longer
privatepinkbits 9 months ago
@privatepinkbits It's BIZZARE isn't it - roughly the same age as you. I can't believe so many of us have had the same experience. Others just not remembering this show while we clearly did!!
Tanru2000 8 months ago
@privatepinkbits Exactly how I feel. I thought for years I had maybe dreamed this up. My 10 year old self loved the chorus to this song. The 30 something version loves it still.
zandder 8 months ago 3
@zandder i feel the same way. I thought i dreamed this show and this song in my head also lol. I remember the cities of gold cartoon more than this show though.
syokusanagi 6 months ago
@privatepinkbits you have no idea how long i had that same thought in my head
INCSlayer 8 months ago
@privatepinkbits i know what you mean by "i'm not crazy"...it's so frustrating when you know everything about the show and can't remember the name of it, ask everyone with a description and they have no clue what ye talkin bout and you just start doubting yourself haha
QueenRopagrim 6 months ago
@privatepinkbits
Ha haa mee too !!!
TheMasenko 5 months ago
I liked this version MUCH more than the Menudo version...
minceyfresh 1 year ago
beautiful theme song!! I love it
Marmalade000000 1 year ago
@KiddJetix Yes it for real, go to Lion Gate Entertainment to find more details.
Harlemlate 1 year ago
i was looking for this theme song...it has been ringing in my head for years.............the quality is wonderful...am all teary :-)
mukuhiDM 1 year ago