The Mysterious Cities of Gold. The Mysterious Cities of Gold. Cover of Region 2 English DVD release, released in March 2. Taiy no ko EsutebanGenre. Historical, fantasy. Anime television series. Download 19851986 Cartoon ScoreboardsThe Mysterious Cities of Gold, Taiy no ko Esuteban, Esteban, Child of the Sun French Les Mystrieuses Cits dor, is a French. Mizuno t zoid pro 2 specs. Mizuno Pro 2 TZoid Irons in Sporting Goods, Golf, Clubs eBay Mizuno TZoid Pro Forged Irons. The year indicated is the. Directed by. Bernard Deyris, Hisayuki Toriumi. Produced by. Atsumi Yajima NHKWritten by. Jean Chalopin, Mitsuru Kaneko, Mitsuru Majima, Sji Yoshikawa. Music by. Shuki Levy, Haim Saban, Ryuji Sasai. Studio. Licensed by. Fabulous Films. Original network. NHKEnglish network. Original run. June 2. March 2. 2, 1. 98. Episodes. 39 List of episodesAnime and Manga portal. The Mysterious Cities of Gold,Taiy no ko Esuteban, Esteban, Child of the Sun French Les Mystrieuses Cits dor, is a French Japaneseanimated series co produced by DIC Entertainment and Studio Pierrot. Set in 1. 53. 2, the series follows the adventures of a young Spanish boy named Esteban who joins a voyage to the New World in search of the lost Cities of Gold and his father. The series was originally broadcast in Japan and the French version, edited to have different characterization and music, was subsequently redubbed and distributed in many different countries throughout the world. It is currently licensed for English language home video release in the United Kingdom, Australia, and North America by Fabulous Films. Opening narrationeditIt is the 1. From all over Europe, great ships sail west to conquer the New World, the Americas. The men, eager to seek their fortune, to find new adventures in new lands. They long to cross uncharted seas and discover unknown countries, to find secret gold on a mountain trail high in the Andes. They dream of following the path of the setting sun that leads to El Dorado and the Mysterious Cities of Gold. In 1. 53. 2 a Spanish orphan named Esteban joins Mendoza, a navigator, and his associates Sancho and Pedro, in their search for one of The Seven Cities of Gold in the New World, hoping to find his father. They are joined on their quest by Zia, an Incan girl who was kidnapped by Gomez, Gaspard, Perez and Mendoza, and Tao, the last descendant of the sunken empire of Mu Hiva in the English dub. The series is a mix of ancient South American history, archaeology, and science fiction. The travellers encounter the Maya, Inca, and Olmecs during their journey. They discover many lost technological wonders of the Mu Empire, including a solar powered ship the Solaris and The Golden Condor, a huge solar powered ornithopter mechanical bird, capable of traveling considerable distances under the suns power alone. They are constantly pursued by antagonists Gomez and Gaspard, who are also in search of the Cities of Gold. The Seven Cities of Gold were built by the Emperor of Hiva over fear of a global war which would destroy all civilization. Such a war did break out, destroying the Empires of Mu and Atlantis when they used the Weapons of the Sun. The Seven Cities of Gold hold copies of books in their Universal Libraries as well as powerful artifacts, including the Great Legacy, a portable fusion reactor. Other elements of this technology turn up in unexpected places, like the Solaris in Taos home island, Esteban and Zias medallions as keys to the Cities, or Taos jar as an important piece of the Great Legacy. Reminiscences of this ancient story are present in Inca legends written on golden quipu, which only Zia can read. This triggers an obsessive quest for the Cities of Gold on the part of the Spaniards Mendoza, Gomez, Gaspard and Francisco Pizarro. Esteban seeks his long lost father and is tied to Mendoza, who rescued Esteban from a sinking ship when he was a baby. Esteban seems to have a magical ability to make the Sun appear, which proves to be an invaluable asset throughout the series. Zia also seeks her father, from whom she was taken when she was seven and brought to Spain as a gift to the princess. She has a medallion just like the one Esteban carries. Tao seeks signs of his ancestors. He possesses an encyclopedia about their lost technology and a mysterious jar which according to the legend, only the high Priest of the City of Gold can open and proves to be the Great Legacys cooling or control rod system. Mendoza, Sancho and Pedro are motivated by their search for gold, though Mendoza appears to be genuinely fond of the three children. The Olmecs are the descendants of survivors of the global war who hid under their mountain. Only their elite were able to survive, suspended in cryogenic hibernation. The Olmecs do not appear to be human or if they were once Human, it is implied that they have horribly mutated from the fallout of the nuclear war that destroyed their ancestors. They are short, thin and have pointed ears and enlarged frontal bones. They are highly intelligent but devious and selfish. Led by their king, Menator, the Olmecs seek an artifact called the Great Legacy in order to power their cryogenic systems, as well as samples of healthy cells from the children in order to combat their mutations and their sterility. Their technology is generally inferior to that of the modern age, and they use weapons such as spears and swords. They maintain some elements of their advanced technological heritage, such as the stasis and medical technology used to keep the elite of the Olmecs in suspended animation until an opportunity arises when they can be revived, powered by what appears to be a geothermal power system. This power system is destroyed in an escape by the children and Mendoza, starting a frantic search by the Olmecs for the fusion reactor core the Great Treasure hidden in the City of Gold. They also have a single flying machine that appears to use very similar technology to that of the Golden Condor. It is armed with some kind of particle beam or focused heat weapon of great power. Eventually the Olmecs succeed, at great cost, in taking control of the Great Legacy. It begins to melt down without the moderation provided by Taos jar. The resulting earthquakes and volcanism destroy the City of Gold. A world threatening meltdown is avoided by the personal sacrifice of Estebans father who, acting as the High Priest of the Cities is presumed to be dead after replacing the jar. At the end of the series Mendoza, Sancho, and Pedro, having salvaged some gold before the Citys destruction, return to Spain while Esteban and his friends set out across the Pacific on the golden condor in search of the remaining Cities. CharacterseditThe main cast of the series dubbed into American English includes Esteban voiced by Shiraz Adam An orphan who was rescued at sea as a baby twelve years ago by the Spanish navigator Mendoza. He wears one of the two sun medallions. He dreams of adventure and is extremely impulsive. Esteban has a fear of heights which is confounded by the people of Barcelona who believe that he is the Child of the Sun and hoist him up high at the port to call out the sun to aid the departing ships. He joins the Spaniards in their search for one of The Seven Cities of Gold in the New World, hoping to find his father. Zia voiced by Janice Chaikelson The daughter of an Inca high priest. She was kidnapped from Peru five years ago, when she was seven, by the Spanish invaders and given as a present to the Queen of Spain for her daughter, Princess Margarita. She met Esteban when she was kidnapped by Mendoza for Governor Pizarro who wanted her to read the golden quipu. Zia wears a sun medallion like Estebans, with an interlocking sun and moon disc. Tao voiced by Adrian Knight The last living descendant of the sunken empire of Mu Hiva in the English dub. He lived alone on the Galpagos Islands following the death of his father. Order All Creatures Big And Small Cartoon more. Initially he is evasive of the others company when they wash up on his island, but when the ship Solaris was revealed he joined them on their journey. Mendoza voiced by Howard Ryshpan A Spaniard, navigator for the Spanish fleet. He rescued a young Esteban from a shipwreck during one of his voyages.