Children of the Sun
Jun. 8th, 2012 11:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrasteOMG YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This video is a TRAILER FOR SEASON TWO OF MYSTERIOUS CITIES OF GOLD.
For those coming in late, The Mysterious Cities of Gold was a French-Japanese co-production made in 1982. It was one of the shows that defined my childhood. Coming back to it as an adult after the English dub was finally released on DVD, I was delighted to find it was just as good as I remembered. AND NOW THERE IS MORE.
I'd heard vague rumours of a movie or another series in the past, but I couldn't really believe it until I saw some screen shots last week. Now there is a TRAILER!
It picks up right where the first thirty-nine episodes left off. Apparently Season Two takes the children of the sun to Asia, presumably to look for another City of Gold. By the looks of it, everything is as great as ever, only better animated.
Since I cannot speak French, the specifics of the plot elude me for now, but I can see why the kids went and rescued Mendoza. What if they need someone to wrestle a shark, or get something off a high shelf? Bringing Sancho and Pedro along was never very sensible, though, and clearly they haven't gotten any smarter. (I mean, I can see why Mendoza brought them at first - gold is heavy, and there's a limit to how much of it you can carry on your own. I'm not sure why he didn't just ditch the two of them in Spain this time, though. Unless he's having one of his attacks of sentimentality, brought on by exposure to the kids.)
I cannot believe that I actually have something to theorize about that was made after 1982. I cannot believe there is actually going to be more show! Along with Tex Murphy making his Kickstarter goals, it's like the universe is bringing back my youth one awesome pieces of entertainment at a time.
This video is a TRAILER FOR SEASON TWO OF MYSTERIOUS CITIES OF GOLD.
For those coming in late, The Mysterious Cities of Gold was a French-Japanese co-production made in 1982. It was one of the shows that defined my childhood. Coming back to it as an adult after the English dub was finally released on DVD, I was delighted to find it was just as good as I remembered. AND NOW THERE IS MORE.
I'd heard vague rumours of a movie or another series in the past, but I couldn't really believe it until I saw some screen shots last week. Now there is a TRAILER!
It picks up right where the first thirty-nine episodes left off. Apparently Season Two takes the children of the sun to Asia, presumably to look for another City of Gold. By the looks of it, everything is as great as ever, only better animated.
Since I cannot speak French, the specifics of the plot elude me for now, but I can see why the kids went and rescued Mendoza. What if they need someone to wrestle a shark, or get something off a high shelf? Bringing Sancho and Pedro along was never very sensible, though, and clearly they haven't gotten any smarter. (I mean, I can see why Mendoza brought them at first - gold is heavy, and there's a limit to how much of it you can carry on your own. I'm not sure why he didn't just ditch the two of them in Spain this time, though. Unless he's having one of his attacks of sentimentality, brought on by exposure to the kids.)
I cannot believe that I actually have something to theorize about that was made after 1982. I cannot believe there is actually going to be more show! Along with Tex Murphy making his Kickstarter goals, it's like the universe is bringing back my youth one awesome pieces of entertainment at a time.
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Date: 2012-06-08 05:14 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-06-09 03:07 am (UTC)Mendoza is half of the reason I have a thing for morally ambiguous guys in capes. (Atlas from Astro Boy is the other half.)
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Date: 2012-06-09 01:32 pm (UTC)Mendoza might be half the reason I have a thing for morally ambiguous guys. Cape's purely bonus :)
Hmm never was very fond of Astro Boy, I forgot it had anyone with a swishy cape in it.
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Date: 2012-06-08 08:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-06-09 03:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-06-08 08:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-06-09 03:11 am (UTC)trailer with english subtitle
Date: 2012-06-08 09:55 am (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly1hQrGlaoU&cc=1
Re: trailer with english subtitle
Date: 2012-06-09 03:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-06-09 12:46 am (UTC)I can't believe it, it's so beautiful! Oh, they've gone to so much trouble to match the art style to the original, and Mendoza's cloak is always love and agkh, the Condor and panda and the *kids* Eeeee! Lovelovelove when is it coming here lovelove.
(I think they just brought the guys because they were in the same cell... when running an escape, you can't be too choosy!)
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2012-06-09 03:19 am (UTC)Mendoza's cloak is so much win! As is his duelling people with a bucket. And the Condor. And the PANDA! And the kids!
As for when we'll get it here - I have high hopes that the ABC will buy the English dub version once it exists, but that could be a while. The guy who put subtitles on the trailer (linked in the comment above yours) says in the comments that he might sub the episodes as well, which would be a start. I imagine some animé subbers might pick it up once it screens in Japan?
(I think they just brought the guys because they were in the same cell... when running an escape, you can't be too choosy!)
True. And while it might be expedient to just leave them there, I think Esteban and Zia are too nice for that.
Eeeeeeeee!