The Kingdom of Hades 2/3

[TheMasterNo6]

ONE of if not THE greatest anime of the 1980s to be shown on European tv...LOVED it as a kid - it was so imaginative! In the episode with 'the seat of forgetfulness' theres an alien being who walks quietly in the background behind Ulysses...Im SURE that was the ONLY appearance of The Gods in their truest form...why else would the animators have included him....its a blink and you miss moment. My fave episode was 'the eternal punishment' - mans futile struggle against fate or Gods.

[Khaos969]

wow my 5 year old mind mustve been overwhelmed by these storys and dark storys lol wouldnt change it for the world tho..80's ruled!

[3infactapples]

lol the music was so eerie and creepy and all of a sudden it changed to starsky and hutch XD

[homePicShow]

This was the spookiest episode of the series, I remember being creeped out by it but glued to the tv set and the strange ethereal synthesizer noises. I was only 5 years old when this series was on, the  dead floating people moving backwards haunted my dreams for a few years. It's a shame that kids TV doesn't these days is all a bit safe.

[MysticArksRevenge]

@homePicShow I agree. I as well as my friend will try to bring back kids TV like this in our work!

[flume7]

The part that always haunted me in this episode was the tradgedy of Eurydice & Orpheus - the way he follows her up that column of light that never-ending escalator because he can't bear not to be with her.

They look great together, but they're doomed :(

I still find it touching. This cartoon illustrated that myth so better to me than reading the Greek Classics.

[PyramidHead2000]

Ahhhh *Shudder* I love those dead citizens, they're so creepy yet fascinating, the floating backward always stayed with me

[homePicShow]

Yeah, I thought the same thing. It's real strange and dreamlike , the music really sticks in my mind the most.

[MisterMunt]

OH MY GOD!!! THIS IS IT!!! For YEARS I have had memories of this vague cartoon... and all I could ever remember was a blonde kid in blue clothes, a guy with long hair... and the scene with orpheus and his wife! AMAZING!

[michelrpg]

Watch out for cerberus!

Whats cerberus?

An interceptor sattelite with 3 heads!

I totally laughed about that one XD

[ruud76]

Why the hell don't they make proper shows for kids like this any more? It's a total travesty. This was awesome.

[nije1x]

Yeah they can animate but they can't write a decent story that could last an entire series.

[ruud76]

The soundtrack is what stayed with me most of all though...the music in this series is just downright eerie/disturbing. In a good way.

[InMeYikman]

likewise

[futureproof28]

i absolutely love this!! it's so fucking eriee!!

[circaaeon1]

The column of light, the doomed romance, the weird dead people - all sooo cool !

[KaceKlosed]

Rip ooooff! Frickn' hiding in space junk and flying through the giant closing jaws... Star Wars anyone? (unless Lucas ripped it off someone else too?)

[steveharrismetalgod]

who cares?

[steveharrismetalgod]

and I don't remember George Lucas making any references to greek histoy/mythology.this animated series is full of that!

[PyramidHead2000]

how the hell can it be a rip off? This series was unique, and I never saw any Greek legends in Star Wars

[JaguarOFcomedy]

Whats next? Voltron? :-)

The defender of the galaxy??