The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Esteban is a young boy who was rescued from a shipwreck near the New World in the 16th Century. Determined to discover the secrets of his origins he persuades Mendoza, the navigator on a Spanish expedition to South America, to take him along. On the voyage he meets Zia, a young Incan girl abducted by the Spanish because they believe she knows the location of the legendary Cities of Gold (she also has a gold medallion similar to one Esteban has had since he was a baby) - and Tao, a boy who claims to be the last survivor of a lost, advanced race. Together with Mendoza and his assistants Sancho and Pedro, they search across the New World for the Cities of Gold.
Language: English dub / Japanese / French
Country of Origin: Japan / France
Alternate Titles: Mystérieuses cités d'or (France), Taiyô no ko Esteban (Japan)
| Jean-Claude Ballard | ... Mendoza |
| Jackie Berger | ... Esteban |
| Jacques Ferrière | ... Pedro |
| Isabelle Ganz | ... Zia |
| Pierre Garin | ... Gaspard |
| Pierre Hatet | ... Gomez |
| Francis Lax | ... Sancho |
| Hubert Noël | ... Pichu |
| William Sabatier | ... Pizarro |
| Odile Schmitt | ... Tao |
| Jean Topart | ... Documentaries narrator |
| Tomoko Ai | ... Lana |
| Masako Nozawa | ... Esteban |
| Rei Sakuma | ... Zia |
| Motoko Kumai | ... Tao |
| Naoya Uchida | ... Mendoza |
| Ôki Nakamura | ... Pedro |
| Toshiharu Sakurai | ... Sancho |
| Sachiko Saitô | ... Gwynn |
| Tesshô Genda | ... Gomez |
| Rokurô Naya | ... Gaspard |
| Mahito Tsujimura | ... Metnard |
| Katsunosuke Hori | ... Narrator |
| Hideyuki Umezu | ... Carmec |
| Adrian Knight | ... Esteban |
| Janice Chaikelson Steinberg | ... Zia |
| Matt Berman | ... Gomez |
| Anick Faris | ... Lana/Morca/Myeena |
| Walter Massey | ... The Doctor |
| Simon Prescott | ... Captain Perez |
| Kelly Ricard | ... Narrator |
| Howard Ryshpan | ... Pedro |
| Vlasta Vrana | ... Documentaries narrator |
The first (primarily) French animation series to break through into the English speaking market. It was followed a few years later by another French directed series, 'Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea'.
Those who can play Region 2 DVDs can buy a pretty in-depth copy of the complete - English - series from HMV store and its website. The boxset is complete with all 39 live-action documentaries that originally ran with the series. The set is set for a Region 1/NTSC release in the near future.
| Bernhard's Mysterious Cities of Gold -- Fansite with episode guide, images, character bios, etc | |
| Mysterious Cities of Gold Homepage -- Fansite with character bios, information, message board | |
| Tim Skutt's Page -- Buy an excellent fan created DVD set of the entire series! |
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