Mysterious Cities of Gold on DVD in 2008

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Mysterious Cities of Gold - Classic Nickelodeon-aired Series Announced For USA DVD Release in 2008

Classic '80s animation gets another shot in the DVD arm in 2008 with the announcement yesterday
that a British company, Fabulous Films, is preparing DVD sets in the UK, Australia and USA for the
Nickelodeon-aired series Mysterious Cities of Gold! The notification about the American release was
formally made yesterday at Fabulous Film's USA site, two weeks after details about the U.K. release
were revealed at a European fan site. Our thanks to reader Tyler Schug for tipping us off to that info.
We then checked with the studio, including USA branch CEO and Managing Director Robert Starks, and after
doing so we exclusively have the below company statement for you compiling all the vital information:


Mysterious Cites of Gold
Coming to DVD in 2008

Los Angeles, CA; October 1, 2007 - Fabulous Films is pleased to announce that it has concluded the license
to release the long-awaited and much-anticipated "Mysterious Cities of Gold". The series is due to be
released for the first time ever on DVD next February 2008.

Plans begin in the U.K. where the unedited full 39 episodes will be released on 3 double-DVD sets with
13 episodes each (1-13, 14-26 and 27-39). They will be in a standard DVD case with a card outer wrap,
a booklet inside with episode details and possibly a poster. The show will then be released on DVD in the
USA later in 2008, and also in Australia. Fabulous Films is about to begin picture and sound restoration
in London, and also plans to interview episode writer Jean Chalopin for this release and compile
other extras as well.


The Mysterious Cities of Gold (often abbreviated as MCoG) is an animated television series which
originally aired in Japan on NHK (the national public broadcaster) in 1982, and in France and Belgium
in 1983 on Antenne 2. It aired in the United States for years on the Nickelodeon cable network in
the latter part of the 1980s, in Australia on the public broadcaster ABC at about the same time
(considered a Classic ABC program), and twice in the United Kingdom on Children's BBC, in 1986/87 and 1989.
It also was shown on TV2 in New Zealand and several other countries.

In the year 1532, a Spanish orphan named Esteban joins a party of Spaniards in their search for one of
The Seven Cities of Gold in the New World, hoping to find his father. He is joined on his quest by Zia,
an Incan girl, and Tao, the last descendant of the sunken empire of Mu ("Hiva" in the English dub).

The series is a mix of ancient South American history, archaeology, and science fiction. The characters
discover many lost technological wonders of the Mayans, Inca, and Olmecs, including a solar powered ship
(the Solaris) and The Golden Condor, a huge solar-powered airship, capable of traveling considerable distances
under the sun's power alone. They are constantly pursued by antagonists Gomez and Gaspard, who are also in
search of the Cities of Gold.

The Cities of Gold, of which there are seven, were built by the Emperor of Mu out of fear of a global
war which would destroy civilization. Such a war indeed broke out, destroying the empires of Mu and
Atlantis when they used the "weapons of the sun" (implied to be thermonuclear weapons). The Seven Cities
of Gold hold copies of books in their "Universal Libraries" as well as powerful artifacts, including the
"Great Legacy", a portable fusion reactor. Other elements of this technology turn up in unexpected places,
like the Solaris in Tao's home island, Esteban's and Zia's medallions as keys to the Cities, or Tao's jar
as an important piece of the Great Legacy.


Fabulous Films Inc. is the content and DVD production division of Fabulous Rights Ltd., a U.K. TV, games,
and production company. Its world headquarters are loc

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Release date is now confirmed - 23rd June 2008. price is £43.99 - http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/33371...ml?source=9316