Is a French animated TV series loosely inspired by two children's historical adventure books called respectively 'The King's Fifth', and 'Island of the Blue Dolphins'. The animated series follows the adventures of three children called Esteban, Tao, and Zia; and is set in the 16th Century as Spanish Conquistadors invade and plunder the New World (The North and South Americas) in search of gold and glory. In particular they are after the fabled Seven Cities of Gold (also known as the Seven Cities of Cibola and based on a real legend). It is these seven cities that the TV series is centered around and a lot of history and culture is mixed with the science fiction technology of the cities in a very exciting and adventurous way.
The TV series was first broadcast in 1982 and concluded with only one of the cities discovered but exactly thirty years later in 2012 the series was not rebooted but was actually continued and ran for another two seasons until 2020. The quality and story of the first TV series was carried over perfectly and the TV series concluded in truly epic fashion with the discovery of the final city. I would highly recommend this TV series to anybody who likes adventure and history with a science fiction twist and anyone who is interested in different cultures as the story takes place all over the globe after season one!
Here's a link to the complete first TV series on Amazon where you can buy it. And here's a link to Blue Spirit production's website.
No way! I remember this series from when I was a kid! I loved it! They came back and finished it off? I can't believe it! I'm definitely checking it out! :)
ReplyDeleteThis series was quite literally my childhood, I can still sing the theme tune, and in act in my teenage years I read the two books it was based on, very different but equally enjoyed!
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