MYSTERIOUS CITIES OF GOLD Opener
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2012
- Available on DVD through www.umbrellaent.com.au
One of the best-loved anime series of all time, Mysterious Cities of Gold developed a huge cult following when airing on ABCTV in Australia, and finally come to DVD in a special 6 disc collectors edition. In the tradition of Miyazaki's Spirited Away, the series features riveting characters, fantastic animation, and a magnificent plot that starts in Barcelona in 1532, and follows a young Spanish orphan named Esteban as he treads the path of the setting sun to Eldorado in search of his father and the Mysterious Cities of Gold.
When Esteban accompanies a party of Spaniards searching for gold in the New World, he is joined on his quest by Zia, an Incan girl kidnapped from her family who is also searching for her father, and Tao, the last descendant of the sunken empire of Hiva. Aboard the magnificent Golden Condor their adventures take them through an Incan empire under Spanish attack, to the vast Amazon forest, and the land of the Mayas. Resisting attack from tyrants and traitors, their goal is not gold but a long-awaited reunion with their loved ones. This acclaimed animation classic is presented here in its entirety, all 39 digitally remastered episodes in one must-have DVD collection - Krátké a kreslené filmy
It's difficult to properly explain. But this intro holds a somewhat 'mystic' quality to it that really stood out in the 80s.
And it still has that very same pull to this day.
The exotic music, the atmosphere it conjures up, the visuals, and even the narrator's voice. All come together to transport you to another time and place. No cynicism, just pure escapist adventure.
I think it's French
I agree, but the original French version gives even more profound feelings. 👌
Made in Japan, theme tune wasn't
I agree. I used to love the intro.
I'm with you on this one. I remember this coming on when I was like 5 or 6 years old very early in the morning before school and it just seemed so...mystical. Weird how it imprints on your mind and it's there forever.
I was born in 1977 and loved this cartoon as kid. The 1980s were a great time as a kid.
1975 here, loved the 80's cartoons. This and Ulysses 31 rocked. The French stuff was awesome, and the American stuff was a half hour toy advert with adverts in, Some (Transformers) was still great though
Me too 1977
@@Abo-jawad539 same..
The 1980s was probably the best time to be a child in human history, the FREEDOM, the toys, bikes were cheep enough for the working classes, there was the promise of future technology (now concord and the space shuttle are museum pieces) and kids tv, and the Goonies.
I was born on 7 June 1979 and used to watch this as a kid in South Africa. Now I am a Russian citizen and this song rang in my head which found me here in 2024. Anyone else listening in 2024?
This used to give me chills 35 years ago, still does now. What a killa theme song.
Yeah it did that to me too as a young kid
Same here dude same here
And me!
Same here with me as well!
I'm not of your age group but i gotta agree. i used to watch it as a kid in the early 2000's its so nostalgic (my dad watched it when he was a kid and had us watch it too; same as a show he watched when he was a teenager called evangelion)
It’s soooo strange how theme songs from your childhood stays in our minds no matter how much time has passed by. I’m 46 now, but I remember being 10 and watching this on the Cartoon Network with my siblings. I don’t know what specifically it is that captures of memories. Is it the people from that time, the era, the mentality we had where a child is worry free or perhaps all the above. What a blessing. If I had a Time Machine, I’d go back to 10😊
I remember watching this back in the 80s when I was 10 or so and something about this song is definitely pure magic.
Cartoon Network didn’t come around til the 90s. :-) I think this was on Nickelodeon.
It's not really that strange. They are filled with the creative vibration, created with passion and love. These days everything is created purely for money. We can't explain it but we can surely feel it
Hi Nkza Nkza, try to watch One Piece, there is a theory where the creator got inspired by the Mysterious Cities of Gold
@@natureofnow You're absolutely correct.
Y'all don't understand how determined I was almost 40 years ago to find this place when I grew up.
I think I do. I lived for this show; I wanted to be in it; I wanted to be Esteban - how I longed to be Esteban! Happy days.
@@labradormcgraw me too!
Lol it's not to late we can still go on an expedition.
I got so emotional when I went to Peru a few years ago. Lake Titicaca moved my heart, but I was in tears when reaching Machu Picchu at the end of 1:47 the Inca trail.
I loved that anime so much that, as tired as I was on the last 2km of the trail, I put that opening (in French though..) on repeat and gave all that I left in my body. I rushed to make sure that I reached the nice viewpoint at the end of the commentary.
People thought I was crying because of the effort, then never understood how much it meant for me to be there with that song in my heart for 35years of my life..
I found it the other day. It's now known as Strensham services on the southbound M5. There's a vending machine that dispenses chewable toothbrushes and they put scented things called "P-Waves" in the mens pissers.
45 year old UK. Aaaaa aaaaa aaa a a aaaahhhh cities of gold 🎵❤️
80's and 90's kids had the best cartoon intros
We had the best cartoons
@@southlondonlad9144 definitely Thundercats,Visionaries,Transformers,He-man etc
What about the rest of those decades? You're saying there were only good intros in 1980 and 1990?
@pryingeyes1551 I'm sure they're memorable cartoon intros in the early 2000's but I can't of any them at the moment except Pokémon
.....and Monkey Magic!
When France and Japan decide to make an animated series together you know it’s going to be a banger
Maaaaaann, this was my favorite cartoon in the 80s. I would get home from school and run 2 jump on the couch 2 watch this. I was 10 when this was on Nick. Little did I know how much historically accuracy this cartoon had til I was a grown up. That makes it even More phenomenal.
me too, i really loved it
This played at 530 am before kindergarten. I devoured every episode, and I loved the little history bits at the end. I credit this show 100 percent for my love of history
Are u japanese?
Bruh how old are yall now
@@david9531 lol 40
I didn't realise there was one guy called Shuki Levy responsible for so many absolute classic anthems. I suppose most people think the era they grew up in was the best but trying to be as unbiased as possible I think my 80s/90s era of kids TV was the golden age.
I'm at the last hour of my night shift, and suddenly had this theme song pop in my head while I was charting. Had to look it up to make sure it was just something I had conjured up myself during my Acid days as a teenager.
I remember this cartoon on Nick when I was a kid in the 80's..lol
47yr old checking-in. Was doing some thoughtless work around the house and this song randomly came into my mind. I didn't quite remember where 'cities of gold' came from but did a youtube search and bam! Thank you very much for uploading this theme song!
YEP!
As it was produced in Japan, there is definitely an anime-esque nature to the characters. Ahead of its time in many ways.
1982, I was 5 years old when I saw this.. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Cartoons of this era had memorable theme songs, this, Duck Tales, Raggy Dolls, Thundercats etc.
Trap Door 😊
I'm 46 and I remember watching this show religiously. I was only interested because my name is Esteban. There wasn't anyone named that growing up in the 80's in Las Vegas. But I stayed for the content and the history of Spanish conquest in the America's. I always sided with the Natives.
That intro has a tone and melody that cuts right through my heart and brings the 7 year old out....geezuz. 😭🥰 I had tears....there is such a genuine innocence and childlike love in it....I can't explain unless you were a child and experienced it in the early 80s. It's a masterpiece of an intro.
So it's not just me
Let’s get it straight…this is the greatest animated show of all time.
Second only to thundercats 😊
@@bigmatt1994 well yeah, if there’s any other show in the argument it’s that.
Nope, that would be Ghost in the Shell but this one has a killer theme :D
YES❤and the best opening ever😍
Agrred
I watched this in England as a child. I’d forgotten what it was called but never forgot the music or characters in it. Loved this so much!
@Christopher P. Braxton I'm s.e London grew up with it too
I learnt from this cartoon that a lot of Southern and Central American countries were colonized by Spain during the 16th century.
I remember it as 'Cities of Gold'
@@GrahamPearson-oo4uyno you didn’t. When you were a child, you wouldn’t have even known what the word colonisation was or meant 🤦♂️
I remember it as Elderado
I watched this as a kid back in the early 80's because it had such a mystical calming effect on me. Here I am today, and the intro has that same effect. No other cartoon has ever done this to me.
Same. You just can't explain it to anyone who doesn't get it. It's truly unique.
im still in trauma from missing parts of this show from childhood..
om 43 now and i was 12, im closing in..
There is a DVD set out there but most of them are region 2 and won't play on a US DVD player.
@@onebladeprop i have the complete set
@@onebladeprop there are region 1 copies out there but they are not cheap
Loved the show. You can find episodes to purchase and these days you can buy all-region DVD. Most DVD players in PC can switch standards up to five times
I missed the very last episode because I had to go to the dentist...
This definitely has a special place in my heart from my childhood! I think I was 6 or 7 years old when I first saw this cartoon.
Total banger theme. I hadn't heard it in over 30 years and still remembered it.
This fills me with so much warmth! So many great childhood memories when life was less complicated
Magical times...dont need the cities of gold, just this song..
I didn't grow up with this show and have never seen it, but this theme song goes so hard.
Same here
Yep 😅
It's a sublime show. Starts off quite slow but gets great and stays great.
Never too late to watch it. Teaches plenty about the Incas too
@@tiffanyeyoung1800 Honestly, I'm totally interested in giving it a try
I've been searching for this for over 30 years... I had no idea what it was called. I just had this image in my mind of a boy in a boat.
I tried to explain to anyone that would listen about this "boy in a boat" but no-one had the slightest clue!
Then today... I randomly found it. I FINALLY FOUND IT!
You read these comments on videos and you think it'll never happen to you... but it happened to me!
Seeing these images again throw me back to my childhood instantly. What an incredible feeling!
I had the same experience years back. I was fortunate enough to remember the boys name was Esteban though. I asked a few people at work if they knew the show and one hit it right away!
I went to his place and we stayed up all night watching episodes on CZcams (back when they were all on here). It was an amazing night of nostalgia.
I also searched for it a lot and I don't know what it was called wonderful memories ❤
something like that anyway the sites were called 80s cartoons and 90s catoons.
Funny because I was born recently but my parents had me watch this all the time. It holds nostalgia for us young people too!
This show will always be very special to me. I watched it as a child; I wanted to be in it; I wanted to fly the Golden Eagle; I wanted to be Esteban! Oh, how I longed to be Esteban.
I've now got the DVDs, and I've found that everything I felt as a child never left me. That theme tune still evokes the same feelings even now. Never before nor since has TV had such a profound effect on me. Happy days.
😃
... the great Golden Condor and the mighty ship Solaris, the ancient technologies of the Lost Empire of the Hiva!
Sorry mate, but it was the “Golden Condor”...
Close my eyes and I can see myself sitting in front of the TV as a kid
Such amazing show
This intro song has always been a banger. I loved watching this on Nick way back in the day.
Also spartacus and the sun beneath the sea
My Dad showed me this, definitely a child of the 80s... still brings back the bittersweet memories of him and watching this ❤️
I am 14 and I watched this with my parents when I was little. I was so obsessed I love it so much.
Still the best kid's show theme song.
TRUE!!!
What a quality show, things were done with way more effort back in the day... I too remember racing home as fast as I could to watch this after school in the 80's.
Let's not fap ourselves to death about those decades and their shows - I couldn't love this show more for all it meant and still does, but this and all other shows from the 80s were rampant, violently sexist and racist garbage 80% (when not 95%) of the time. Today's kidsTV may be brutally dumb and commercial garbage (save for a handful genuine storytelling artworks), but our beloved childhood shows had entire plot lines that could only function as long as girls were feeble, dim crybabies prone to puppy love, and "natives" were cooky, demasculined goofballs who heartily gave away their cultural riches.
@@sodafeet Well, aren't you just a peach. 😂
@@sodafeet I take it you're a Bud Light kinda guy 🤣🤣🤣
The 80’s had the best cartoons this and Ulysses 31 were amazing 😻
Yeah Ulysses 31 had a great theme song
Oh I loved both!
@@kirstymacfarlane3815 I think Ulysses was slightly better imo
Funny you should mention those two shows in particular, Ulysses 31 and Mysterious Cities of Gold were both French/Japanese co-productions, DIC/TMS Entertainment and DIC/Studio Pierrot respectively
I can't believe I used to watch this back in the early 80s, part of CBBC with Phil Schofield.
This cartoon reminds me my age of gold, my childhood. ❤❤❤
This is bringing me back to my childhood!!! Once that music started to play I instantly remembered how it goes 35ish years later
This and Ulysses 31 were just in a league of their own
Fun fact this was one of Eichiro Oda's favorite shows and you can see the inspiration behind One Piece. The protagonist is referred to as the child son of the Sun God, one of his companions can read ancient texts and they have to discover 4 mysterious locations that lead you to the city of gold.
Don't forget the Ponyglyph in this show with the Sun pirates symbol on it!
Omg I got a 6 disc set of Cities of Gold for Christmas 🥳 absolute result! 🥰🥳🥰 I loved this show when I was a kid 🎉
How surprise I was when I saw 0:46 La Puerta del Sol! The protagonist seems to have traveled all the way to Tiahuanaco, here in Bolivia! I don't know if we missed this show with my brother when we were kids or it never made it to South America.. This is the first time I've heard about it. 😮
So happy that i could see all episodes but sad that they are gone. This song makes me cry everytime
this song definitely takes you back in a time warp, something spiritual about it.
Every day on Twitter - I give thanks that I’m an 80s kid.
And don't we all. 👍
This intro! All these years later , still gets me, so magical , so powerful!
The last 3 episodes of this cartoon are insanely good
Before Maya and The Three, before The Emperor’s New Groove, and even before The Road to El Dorado, there was… The Mysterious Cities of Gold.
Najpierw puszczają nam takie bajki a potem się dziwią, że oglądamy zielona poświatę :)))) ♥️
Holy crap I’ve been searching for this show for years and could never remember what it was! I remember as a kid looking so forward to the beginning theme song and the adventures!! This just brought me back 35 years!!
Wow I didn't think peoples of other countries than France and Japan knew about this masterpiece. It's blowing my mind
bruhhh, I remember, 2011, being sent to bed by my mum and dad at three years old, getting to watch this. It's a major stamp in my childhood, and I will never forget it ❤
Wow. Just closed my eyes and went back to being 10yrs old 😂😂😂
The cartoons from the 80-90s had amazing music in their intro. Like this one, Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea, Ulysses, Robotech, He-Man, Gummi Bears, Transformers and many many more.
I'm so glad a was a kid back then so I had the privilege to experience all of them. 😍🎵
That’s amazing!!🤙🤟🤘👍😎
Dogtanian and 80 days around the world
A major favorite of mine growing up. Especially since I love history like this. Much love Esteban, Zia, and Towl..
I remember this! I didn't didn't know it was an '80s cartoon. I watched it in the '90s. The opening is so nostalgic.
It's been more than thirty years,yet I still know every single word and music note.
damn this just brought back some great memories,they just dont make cartoons like they used to.
I don’t know why but I loved this show when I was a kid growing up
Same here! Just listening to the theme again is very nostalgic
It still holds up. Go seek it out and watch it again.
This show bored the socks off me as a kid, and yet this song takes me back like you wouldn't believe.
Me to, more into thundercats and mask as a boy
I still loved the actual show
the effort and imagination they put into 80s cartoons is simply remarkable, even the theme tune is sung with such passion … they really appreciated there craft back then… I’m sooooo glad I grew up with all this magic.. my children will watch these cartoons
I loved Esteban. I had the biggest crush on him when I was a kid
I had a crush on Zia. LoL
You too? I thought it was just me. Oh, how I used to dream about Esteban. ❤
Wooo my favorite cartoon ever
I’m from Iraq Baghdad ❤❤
I was a kid back then and i didnt even knew my mother tongue but the music and the words cities of gold were written in my mind.
I'd be surprised if many people who grew up watching this show hadn't travelled abroad, one or more times if possible, owing to brilliant shows like this!
Just figured out what childhood show started my one piece obsession
Several years ago, I had the opportunity to spend 3 weeks in Peru. Visiting many of the Inca sites, traveling trails and experiencing the culture. I owe that spark to the flame of passion to this series in helping guide me to explore the setting sun... Thank you
Ok, forget about the cities of gold. The gold flying condor would be worth an absolute fortune
It has no reason to be this good as an intro for a cartoon. But the 80s was filled with gems like this one.
Whilst typing this, I have put the video on repeat, never gets old.
Every single time this came on in my house me and my three brothers would sing the entire song. It was almost impossible to watch an episode without singing the song first
This anime is my childhood masterpiece song 🤔
When I was a little kid, I watched this at breakfast every morning before I went to school
Me too
Watching this helped my find my inner kid again... I'm 40 this year and watched this in the early 90s in South Africa. Amazing to see how far it reached, and the different the generations it touched. I loved trying to create that transforming boat/condor in lego. What a magical cartoon!
Call me a boomer (born 1985) but I think 80's and 90's had the best cartoons. Not just the animation stlye was better, but the storyline as well.
This show was aired in Hungary in the early 90's - right when I was a little kid. How I loved this cartoon on Friday afternoons... man, I miss those years.
I used to watch it religiously in the early 00's in Bulgaria. As a kid from a small rural town who never really went anywhere, it was one of the things that sparked my interest for both history and travelling.
Man, back in the day I WANTED that freaking gold condor bird-ship.
I had such a great childhood.
Loved this series way too much... ran home from school to watch it!
Same.😃
Loved this show and the theme song just warms my heart with nostalgia!
Good to see Luffy, Robin ,Shandora & more here😓
Showed this cartoon to my 26yo girlfriend two years ago. Now it's her favorite childhood memory.
I Watched this show ,MASK, and robotech everyday when I was a kid. When everyday was a magical adventure and the world still seemed like a friendly place. That theme song will forever be hardwired in my brain and soul.
My earliest introduction to anime (called japanimation back then). Classic sense of adventure with a tinge of sci-fi.
The show even gained me some impressive points in an archeology class I took, since thanks to it I knew that Quetzacoatl was a feathered serpent.
I saw this and remembered back to when it was on television I was 6.
This song just came to me while reading about ancient pyramids. It brought a lot of fond memories. The song still feels magical; I remember how I enjoyed watching the series. One of the best cartoon series of the 80's. Wonder if one can get the full episodes.
I have been searching high and low for my favorite children tv series. Kept typing children of the sun and come up empty. Finally here
Oda took this series and expanded on it x100
I was born in 2009 yet I still watched this as a kid, the theme is so nostalgic. Some of my favourite older shows include:
•banana man
•count duckula
•danger mouse (the original)
•the mysterious cities of gold
•Sabrina (the witch cartoon)
•inspector gadget
And many more, yet most of those shows came out when my parents were kids lol!
Very great selection of cartoons
@@PedroSanchez-ky4vk yea I have alot of memories watching them :)
@@PedroSanchez-ky4vk AND ASTRO-BOY!
bruhhh, samee! I remember, 2011, three years old getting sent to bed and watching this. Glad other people can share this sentimentality!
@@floren.. yea I thought this was just me cos no one else I knew watched any of these.
my faviorite show as a kid. hands down. thanks for the memories
My childhood was beautiful. I remember this cartoon fondly.
Probably one of best cartoons of the era. Intro on pair with Original Battlestar Galactica (both had Olmeks btw :) ) story about Atlantis and other civilisation wiping themselves with solar weapon.... I even recorded it on VHS and then paused and wrote down word by word.
I use to love singing and watching this cartoon as a kid wow going back
There was some cool stuff on TV as a kid this is something I remember so vividly what a trip
Anyone 2024? I am 29 now, this was one of favorite...the early 2000s.
Damn, I miss my childhood 😭
My dad watched this show with me this as a kid. Im 17 now and i dont talk to him anymore but i still remember staying up late for just one more episode each night
Why do u not talk to him anymore I mean is your dad 😢
@@leetrolling2911 i dont talk to him anymore because he was abusive. As many good memories as i have as him, i will never go back to someone who treated me that way. I know hes my dad and thats why i wish him the very best and i hope he can live a long life without me
A favorite of mine back in the 80s along with Ghostbusters, and Silver hawk.
This series is still good! I watched it again as a 40-something year old man 😅 No wonder it made such an impression on me as a kid.
Totally psychedelic, uncanny, and other worldly and I love it.