Internet Review

Powersheep's Mysterious Cities of Gold Page

EW's GRADE
A

One of the great lost children's-anime series of the '80s, the French import The Mysterious Cities of Gold weaves together elements of the legend of El Dorado with young hero Esteban's quest to find his father. The usual info is on Powersheep's Mysterious Cities of Gold Page (www.citiesofgold.co.uk) in spades, but the site's real gold nuggets are its links to videos of entire episodes. Consider it a worthy alternative to the animated feature-film mess The Road to El Dorado (and to Elton John's ridiculous musical numbers — Gold 's air-puffed theme song is eminently more hummable). A

Originally posted Nov 10, 2000 Published in issue #568 Nov 10, 2000 Order article reprints

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