Definition of Mysterious cities of gold

The Mysterious Cities of Gold (often abbreviated as MCoG) (Japanese: 太陽の子エステバン; Taiyō no Ko Esuteban , French: Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or, also released as Esteban and the Seven Cities of Gold) is an animated television series produced by Studio Pierrot. It was a French/Japanese co-production from episode 7 which originally aired in Japan on NHK (the national public broadcaster) in 1982, and in France 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, VRT in Flanders and several other countries.