Mysterious Cities of Gold End Credits

[FaytLinegod]

I hope the sequel series lives up to the original.

[psychogrox]

its an anime how about that ( gotta love the classics I hate most modern anime

[savage6200]

What I loved about this cartoon was after every episode, it would tell a short facts about each expedition. MISS the 80's and 90's cartoons! I would watch this every saturday mornings eating Count Chocula, haha!

[CrazyNative4]

damn, i love this!

[Kaleid7]

I bought the entire DVD boxset of this. I've watched it together with my 9 year old nephew, who absolutely loves it - he says the theme song is his favorite ever.

Good to introduce fantastic shows to the younger generation. It's not just teary-eyed nostalgia - kids TV genuinely was THAT good in the 80s/90s. Damn - as a 20-something, the theme song still gets me today!

[darkangel2347]

The three main child actors (Esteban, Zia, Tao) in the English dub were voiced by real pre-teen children. an exmaple of a "peanuts dub". named after the TV show "peanuts" and its constant use of child voice actors. All other voices were done by Americans or Canadians. Dubbed at Intedub, Imternational in Monteral in late 1982. 

[Khaos969]

Wow im so glad I was born in the 80s and got to watch cartoons like this.... think I wouldve grown up into a stuttering retard with the crap kids have to watch today :)

[Xerock]

0:07 - why am I not surprised to see Saban's name attached to this?

[Ainar86]

3 people had no childhood

[soberek]

And I thought Interstella 5555 was the unique, purely original contribution between French and Japanese artists. Jeez how ignorant I was. I never thought of this series, because at It's time It didn't fell much like a Japanese anime. It felt very western/european. All and all, seeing this was closest to jumping into a time machine than anything. Here I am, 8 or 9 years old again, like it was yesterday. Huge thnxxx

[Xerock]

I used to crush heavily on the girl from this cartoon

[DoomlordProductions]

@Xerock  I always wanted to hump the sorceress from He-Man! How bad is that?!

[Simwillb]

@DoomlordProductions Cheetara from thundercats was a babe, but being a kid i always had a crush on Kitt. :) didnt hold a score to Zia though....'humph' the days of my youth were wasted fanticising on fictional chicks, mind that carried over to teenage years with final fantasy 7. I hate reality...lol

[1dave82]

@Xerock hands off, she was mine!

[1dave82]

@Xerock hands off, she was mine!



[theonewhocomments]

Is this an anime? :O

[CocodelaRoche]

Un dessin animé français !

VIVE LA FRANCE

[tennistennis1984]

@CocodelaRoche Et OUi cocorico ( bon y a un peu de japonais ds tout ça mais chuuut! lol les idées c'est nous ^^)

[elintra]

This cartoon was full of adventure taking you to unforgettable moments while they voyaged in search of the lost Cities of Gold. This really kept you in focused so you were always captivated into the storyline.The cartoon is too epic and the felling of nostalgia is just too strong, to describe it’s just brings so many emotion.

[Simwillb]

@elintra Like a strong urge to reject the reality of adulthood. Tell the boss to stick his job and go look for a lost city, but thanks to Google-Earth the adventure of the world has been lost to technology and the greed of corperate business. So many expectations lost in time makes me feel sad.

[elintra]

@Simwillb I did make that comment a while ago. Thinking about your comment we are really captivated by are work, work, and more work; we are essentially prisoners to our own self’s losing a connection with reality? Now we have reached a stage where, what we are exploring is material gain, much than anything else which is sad to say. This I am afraid will enhance hardly anything for us nothing, but what we need to do explore is new understandings and be with nature more.

[elintra]

@Simwillb I did make that comment a while ago. Thinking about your comment we are really captivated by are work, work, and more work we are essentially prisoners to our own self’s losing a connection with reality? Now we have reached a stage where, what we are exploring is material gain, much than anything else which is sad to say. This I am afraid will enhance hardly anything for us nothing, but what we need to do explore is new understandings and be with nature more.

[Simwillb]

@elintra I'm all for the self-exploration behind why we wake up at Stupid'Oclock to get stuck in the same traffic jam to go and work for a company that has no realistic potential to inspire, create or achieve. Education is a joke, has been for 100's years. Politician's speak, we listen. Politicains LIE, we expect it! The world has only got better at one thing and thats turning a blind eye now, so we can read it in tomorrows 'News'. I just see a comment an start typing, regardless of date,lol.

[tomwaterwitch]

I still have on cassette tape where I sung to this song when I was 10 years old.

[hmlovedj]

The best way to flash back your childhood....:((

[rayzmadman]

i would love to watch this from begininng to end again, so epic!,,,,does anyone remember the aliens at the end of the whole series!! wtf was that about!?!?! so good...does anyone know where you can buy this or watch it?

[wojtxnh69]

@rayzmadman those aliens where Olmecs, there are a couple of episodes on videogoogle and here on youtube copypaste Tajemnicze złote miasta (polish title but english language)

[tongPoh]

OMG!! too wicked!! You are right... the kids singing their "aaaahh ah ah ah ah" hits the spot!

[jason12901]

Will forever remember this cartoon from my early childhood as a military brat growing up in England, where I was also born, and the states until being back in the states permanently from 87 on. The Mysterious Cities of Gold tops my favorite animated cartoons of all time. Then there's Thomas I have grown up with since it first came out in Britain in '84...but that's another story.

[Ninettezinha]

Hearing this song tears come to my eyes, these were the times!

wish cartoons nowadays were as wonderful as in past.

[bradheemma]

oh the old days it was really fun believe it or not i named my first doughter zia just because i loved this show. thank's for posting.

[stareffort]

omg this brings back all the memories of wen i was still a kid!!!! this song brought A TEAR TO MY EYE. loved this show!!!

[blackrhapsodies]

@stareffort me too, i feel like such a pussy

[88fredmcfred]

Where can you buy on DVD?

[LaminaDieWills]

I can guarantee kids of today would still love them as we did.Songs that remain with you for the rest of your life,flashes of memories sitting in front of the tv after school just waiting for your faves to come on,My future children will definitely sit & watch these....mainly because i'll be hogging the tv with them hahaha. Precious memories. So innocent. Can i ask people. Did this put a warm smile on your face and make you forget the crap around you? It did with me. Im finding my faves now lol

[damieandark]

@LaminaDieWills Exactly this was the best time for kids ever imo the time of running home to watch Cities of gold or count duckula is long gone which is a damn shame.

[AzzureSky]

@LaminaDieWills

Definitely they would like it! Look how Avatar: The Last Airbender was popular and formula of ATLA is really similar to City of Gold.

[xlnc78]

one of the best cartoons i have ever seen. I loved it as a kid, those were more innocent times unlike today.

[Lazaro5000]

I know.... I'm not sure I even want to buy the DVD's now.... mostly because I doubt I'd enjoy this NEARLY as much as I once did. Damn let down, ya know?

[wrednakozka]

thank to that I was the only one in school who knew on the history what was script of May's :) I was sooooo proud

[neildKoR]

Hmm, Esteban's got a bit of a Lupin thing going on at 0:21 there...

[mooody12]

Whilst walking the Inca trail through the Andes, I had this playing over and over in my head for the 5days...Grrrr

[SugarofChocolate]

the version in french is way better! this version in english sound wierd...=S it's sounds like...spanish...=S

[Antilluminati]

That means the voice-actors did well.

[escelante]

Yeah, wouldn't want a show about a Spaniard in Mexico to sound too Spanish, now would we?

[Neoguest]

Because it take place in Spain.

[SugarofChocolate]

it's not what I meant...I mean that this english sounds like spanish sometimes =S

[dazzyboy74]

im so sad i could still remember the first name on the end titles after about 20 years - Jean Chalopin!! how freaky is that!

[SuperKokuJin916]

I fondly remember this show on Nickelodeon as a kid. I had no idea Studio Pierrot animated this. Now looking at the character designs, I see a little Urusei Yatsura and Seijushi Bismarck in there. This show was released between those two. They went on to animate classics such as YuYu Hakusho and Naruto. Such a great show.

Question: Did Pierrot animate Adv. Of the Little Koala (aka Koala Boy Kocky) or was it Toei?

[january301973]

Like most cartoons broadcast during the 80's, The French company (DIC) translated it into French and then it was translated into English. The Japanese (MK) company were the original animators.

[DrLove0378]

*sigh* They don't make 'em like they used to. Now it's all done on computers... UGH.

[indrajeet]

Yes veeery true!!!, Memories are jos great!! Those wonderful days!!

[Xinaji]

@DrLove0378 I know what you mean. I've never seen a Shrek movie because I found the CGI in the trailers so revolting. I nearly bolted from the theater during the first Toy Story, too. Now they crank out CGI like Little Debbie shitcakes, with generic Hollywood Golden Boys and Princess Girls doing the voice acting and some irritating standup comic voicing the obligatory small companion animal/comic relief. And it is relief, because it shits all over you and pisses in both ears.

[PedroAlonsoLopez]

Thank you!

[abseiduk]

brings back memories, is it me or does the mans voice sound like Charlton Heston???

[mooody12]

I always wondered if that muppet of a toon got the girl in the end, I suspect so.

[SolaceInShadow]

LOL Muppet of a toon. That's great :) I don't remember the end either. Damn those toon muppets and their shenanigans!

[Cubsrcool26]

Toon muppets? I'm confused. What do you mean by that?

[voon100]

I fancy the girl, she is soo cute.

[Jounevel]

I liked that she was tough, too. I guess it inspired me to be the strong woman I am today.

[marawchro]

verry nice beginning

[cobaltbovine]

1987 all over again!! lol........Loved this show as a kid.

[eric28du56]

'musique Haim Saban' it's the guy from Saban Entertainement you knew in USA, he started his career in France ^^ and he became famous in USA

[graham6419]

Haim Saban, Shuki Levy...GO GO POWER RANGERS!!!

And also Shuki did the theme tune to Inspector Gadget...weird.

[SerenaBlackCat]

OK. I knew there was another verse to the song that had the words destiny and secret in it.

[SolaceInShadow]

I was so bad - I used to know both the opening and closing versions by heart. I drew entire episodes out on paper. I had too much free time as a child...

[Hilaveli]

Actually, I think you were brilliant as a child to be able to draw out entire episodes.

[ConanCnutKicker]

dont mean to intrude, but is it just me or does the aah ay ay ay ah bring a tear to the eye..???

[SerenaBlackCat]

yeah I almost cried when I saw it again..I was really obsessed and then after being obsessed I was kind of living it down and hadn't seen it for 20 years!

[PirateOfLoserville]

Yep 20 years it is....hopefully tomorrow I have all 6 disks containing 39 episodes to watch. Ohh man I'm so excited so you would't belive, l've adored this show as a kid and bring back so many wonderfull memories.

[thuaners]

its not just you. i love the song... LOVE it! :)

[NeoArashi]

@ConanCnutKicker It does. It's very awesome. Now we always get themes with very little emotion in them. Why can't show have the epicness of the 80's?

[blackrhapsodies]

@ConanCnutKicker yes

[Kainlarsen]

@ConanCnutKicker No, it's not just you. Something about that whole song just makes your spirit soar.^_^

[Haludek]

@ConanCnutKicker

Soooooooo much! T______T

[sacrificialtotem]

@ConanCnutKicker

because there is no city of gold... its a fable we chase

[CarolinePar]

@ConanCnutKicker - not just you and the three birds at the end -- I hoped they found peace

[Simwillb]

@ConanCnutKicker Like onions...everytime. :')

[oberron1701]

@ConanCnutKicker  Amen!

[SerenaBlackCat]

that's nice though, I used to draw a lot of Incas and Native Americans b/c this show got me interested in all these cultures. And most kids don't have free time anymore, just a bunch of structured activities from sunrise to sunset.

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[TriXuan]

I think it was called Captain Bucky! Bucky o hare or something.

[badbijou]

Does anyone out there remember a show that also came on nickelodeon with a rabbit that wore headphones? I think the main characters were koalas, but I can't really remember. I was born in 1978 so it must have been the early 80's. If I could only remember the name...

[Solunatic02]

It's "The Adventures of Little Koala".

[GERSON25]

just kiding............

;)

[disremembrance]

Funny - on the credits of the English version that I've seen, the bit from 0:39 to 0:44 seconds is cut! Why is it in this clip?

[Simmocat008]

This series was a masterpiece plus pretty heavy topics in places especially for kids. World wars, human sacrifice. Anyone else think Zia could have been a Japanese prototype or inspiration for Sailor Mars / Hino Rei?

[RoyStantz]

Yes, definately.

[Demcik]

Or for ChiChi Goku's wife;)

[kgb051]

I never realized the similarity before. I agree that they have some common characteristics.

[Rebness]

It made me cry to hear it. Not sure why... but I adore it.

[dxnation]

They did in France, no ones sure who owns the rights to the show in other places, or even what the master copies are like.. Hopefully they'll release it though! I missed it so much..

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

I heard that the UK was getting it, soon. Stateside, it may take a while.

[acidheadx]

I just got it last week here in the uk i hope you get it

[volkiller]

that's right. it is closing animation and song. but the song of intro was different in my country. i couldn't find it in youtube. i remember all of lyrics. i'm sure there was another song of intro. may be you have got it?

[Kenouki]

Hello! I have seen this serie here in my country (Chile) a lot of years ago, when I was a little kid.

Is an amazing story! Makes me hallucinate.

If you have this ending video in a format like AVI or MPG or something with better quality, can you send it to me? Please answer my request. I'll be glad. See!

[mononokehime316uk]

they never did English credits when they showed the credits on cbbc they were in French no im not kidding

[CorpralWasian]

It was originally aired in Japan on "NHK" in 1982 and in 1983 on the French channel "Antenne 2". It was also later show on "CBBC" in the UK and on "Nickelodeon" in the states.

[Soussmeboules]

We have wikipedia too! ;)

[sandrabrasil29]

is writen in french cause this was a french cartoon,i nevr watched it the english version only french

[CorpralWasian]

It was produced by a collaboration between the French and the Japanese. It was animated by the Japanese company "Studio Pierrot". The show was written by Jean Chalopin and Bernard Deyries and was loosely based on Scott O'Dell's book "The King's Fifth".

[mtlguy112]

the credits are written in French O_O