The Mysterious Cities of Gold

Name: 太陽の子エステバン
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, 海外もの, Historical, 時代錯誤
Released: 1982-06-29
Cast: 野沢雅子, 小山茉美, 堀絢子, 佐々木功, 肝付兼太

太陽の子エステバン · たいようのこえすてばん

Taiyou no Ko Esteban

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TypeTV series

Aired1982-06-29 〜 1983-06-07

SeasonSummer 1982

Episodes1

Runtime22 min

StatusFinished

SourceOther

Animation studioStudio Pierrot

ProducersDiC Entertainment, NHK, エドワール・ダヒト, ベルナール・デリエス, ルクセンブルク放送会社, 矢島敦美

Score75/100

Overview

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 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. (Source: Anime News Network)

Source: AniList

Synopsis 日本語

16世紀、マゼラン隊の世界一周から10年後。スペインのバルセロナで育った少年エステバンは、10年前に彼を難破船から救った航海士メンドーサの誘いで、その時行方不明になった父の手掛かりでもある黄金都市を探しに新大陸（現・中南米）へ旅立つ。自分と同じペンダントを持つインカの少女シアやムー大陸文明の英知を受け継ぐ少年タオと出会い、共に旅を続けるが、彼らは黄金を狙って先住民を蹂躙するスペイン人や、黄金都市の真の宝であるムーの「大いなる遺産」を狙うオルメカ人の陰謀と闘うことになる。

Source: Wikipedia「太陽の子エステバン」 (CC BY-SA 4.0)