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The Mysterious Cities of Gold (TV)

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Alternative title:
De Mystiska Guldstäderna (Swedish)
De steden van goud (Dutch)
Die Geheimnisvollen Städte des Goldes (German)
Esteban (Italian)
Esteban, a Boy from the Sun
Las Misteriosas Ciudades de Oro (Spanish)
Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or (French)
Taiyo no Ko Esteban (Japanese)
Tajemnicze Złote Miasta (Polish)
ערי הזהב הנסתרות
الأحلام الذهبية (Arabic)
太陽の子エステバン (Japanese)
Themes: historical
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: 1532. Esteban (12) is a foundling from Barcelona, with a mysterious power of ordering the Sun to appear, for which he is called "Child of the Sun". Upon the death of his adoptive father, Esteban learns that he was rescued as a baby from a sinking ship in the ocean. The mysterious medallion that Esteban wears since ever has a trace somewhere in the New World, probably coming from the Mysterious Cities of Gold. Esteban leaves Spain to find his parents and find out who he is. On the way he meets Zia, an Inca girl who was kidnapped from her people years back and has exactly the same medallion as him. Later on they are joined by Tao, a young Galapagos robinson, the last descendant of the Empire of Heva, an Empire said to have built the Cities of Gold. Following Coyolite, the shining star represented on their medallions, the three children travel through the unexplored New World, searching for the Cities of Gold, believing that this way is leading them to their lost parents.
Video:
User Ratings: 128 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 21 votes (Fre.dub:9, sub:6, dub:4, Ara.dub:1, ?:1)
 Excellent: 33 votes (dub:17, sub:5, Fre.dub:3, Ara.dub:3, ?:2, edit.dub:2, Ara.edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 23 votes (sub:7, dub:7, Fre.dub:6, edit.dub:2, ?:1)
 Good: 30 votes (dub:11, sub:8, Fre.dub:5, edit.dub:2, ?:1, Ara.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:6, dub:6, Fre.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
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 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 259 users, rank: #1552
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.906 (Very good-.09), std. dev.: 1.6223, rank: #536
Weighted mean: 7.827 (Very good-.17), rank: #509 (seen all: 8.05 / seen some: 7.27 / won't finish: 6.36)
Bayesian estimate: 7.804 (Very good-.19), rank: #350
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 39
Episode titles: We have 39
Vintage: 1982-06-29 to 1983-06-07
Releases: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"冒険者たち (boukensha-tachi)" by PARU
Ending Theme:
"いつかどこかであなたに会った (itsuka doko de anata ni atta)" by PARU
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Related releases:
    Mysterious Cities of Gold - Complete Series (Dub.DVD) 2009-04-07 (from $34.99)
    Mysterious Cities of Gold - Complete Series Deluxe Edition (Dub.DVD) 2009-04-07 (from $48.89)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Script:
Bernard Deyries
Jean Chalopin
Mitsuru Kaneko

Episode Director:
Bernard Deyries
Edouard David
Hisayuki Toriumi
Katsuhiko Fujita
Kenichi Maruyama 
Kenichi Murakami 
Mizuho Nishikubo
Ryo Tachiba

Music:
Haim Saban
Ryuji Sasai
Shuki Levy

Original creator: Scott O'Dell

Character Design: Toshiyasu Okada

Art director: Mitsuki Nakamura

Animation:
Hisatoshi Motoki
Hisayuki Toriyumi 
Mitsuki Nakamura
Tanemoto Takemi
Toshiyasu Okada
Yoshiteru Kobayashi

Animation producer: Tadami Watanabe

Editing: Tetsuo Matsumoto

Music Composition: Nobuyoshi Koshibe (Japanese version)

Music Editing: Claudio Ventura

Production manager: Yuji Nunokawa (Studio Pierrot)

Sound Effects:
Masao Tanaka
Ryuchi Wakui

Supervisor In Chief: Hisayuki Toriumi

 

Masako Nozawa as Esteban

Isao Sasaki as Mendosa

Junko Hori as Tao

Mami Koyama as Shia

Goro Naya as Gomez

Haruna Ikezawa as Wyna

Hideyuki Umezu as Carmec

Kaneta Kimotsuki as Pedro

Katsunosuke Hori as
Narrator
Pizarro

Mahito Tsujimura as Metnard

Masako Uetake as Gwynn

Rei Sakuma as Zia

Shunsuke Shima as Doctor

Takeshi Aono as Sancho

Yuji Fujishiro as Lucas

Japanese companies 

Backgrounds: Design office MECHAMAN

Broadcaster: NHK

Development: Tokyo Laboratory

Editing: Morita Editing Room

Photography: Studio Gallop

Production:
DiC [France]
MK
Studio Pierrot

English cast 
English staff 

Animation: Takao Yamazaki

Theme Song Performance: Noam

Adrian Knight as Esteban 

Janice Chaikelson as Zia

Shiraz Adam as Esteban

Adrian Knight as Tao

Howard Ryshpan as Pedro

Kelly Ricard as Narrator

Matt Berman as Gomez

Anick Faris as
Lana
Morca
Myeena

Janice Steinberg as Zia 

Simon Prescott as Captain Perez

Walter Massey as The Doctor

English companies 

Broadcaster:
BBC (UK)
Nickelodeon

Distributor:
Fabulous Films Ltd. (UK)
Umbrella Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)

Dubbing: Multidub International

Licensed by: Virgil Films

Production: DiC Entertainment

French staff 
French cast 

Theme Song Performance:
Apollo
Jacques Cardona

 

Jackie Berger as Esteban

Odile Schmitt as Tao

Anne Rochant as Marinché (3ème voix)

Annie Balestra as Yacuma

Bernard Woringer as Sabal

Celine Monsarrat as Lana

Denis Boileau as Waina

Evelyne Selena as Narratrice

Francis Lax as Sancho

Georges Atlas as
Alvarez
Chiholtorum
Kuruga

Henri Labussière as
Mayucca
Papacamayo

Hervé Joly as Calmèque

Hubert Noël as Pichu

Isabelle Ganz as Zia

Jacques Ferrière as Pedro

Jean Berger as le père Rodriguez

Jean Topart as
Narrateur
Voix-off documentaires

Jean-claude Balard as Mendoza

Jean-Pierre Delage as Dr Laguerra (1ère voix)

Jean-Pierre Moulin as Apo

Jocelyne Darche as Reine des Amazones (Saba)

Jose Luccioni as Viracocha

Lita Recio as Omuro

Marie-Françoise Sillière as Loka

Marion Loran as Marinché (2ème voix)

Martine Messager as Paula

Michel Gudin as Dr Laguerra (2ème voix)

Michel Paulin as
Ketcha
Voix off générique

Nelly Vignon as Mariche

Pierre Garin as Gaspar

Pierre Hatet as Gomez (1st voice)

Régine Blaess as Marinché (1ère voix)

René Bériard as Ménator

Robert Party as
Prophète voyageur/Père d'Esteban
Yupanqui

Roger Carel as Professeur Himada (documentaire)

Roger Lumont as
Kraka
Perez

Saddy Rebbot as Gomez

Sady Rebbot as Gomez (substitutional voice)

Séverine Morisot as
Maina
Morka

Teddy Billis as Pacha

William Sabatier as Pizzaro

Yves Marie Maurin as Tohaka

Gilles Laurent

Jacques Brunet

Jane Val

Jean-Pierre Leroux

Marc François

Patrick Poivey

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Antenne 2 France
France 2
France 5

Dubbing Studio: S.T.A.R.T.

Soundtrack: Saban Records


Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Canal 13 UC TV (Chile)

Distributor: DiC Entertainment

Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dialogues: Sergio Patou Patucchi

Director Of Dubbing: Willy Moser

 

Massimiliano Manfredi as Esteban

Fabrizio Manfredi as Tao

Franco Fortunato as Mendoza

Rossella Acerbo as Lia

Sandro Pellegrini as Sancho

Sergio Gibello as Pedro

Italian companies 

Distributor: MOPS Film

Dubbing: MOPS Film

German staff 
German companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: MDR

Distributor: Anime-Virtual (dub only)

German cast 
(none)
Dutch staff 
Dutch companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: BRT (1991)

Dutch cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: TVP2

Polish cast 
(none)

Swedish cast 
Swedish staff 
(none)

Staffan Hallerstam as Esteban

Gunnar Ernblad as
Captain Calmec
Mendoza
Narrator

Lena Ericksson as Zia

Swedish companies 
(none)
 
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