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Episode Power Rankings

The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.

#1
S1E37 8.2
Tobira o hiraku ôgon toshi

Esteban and Zia are found by a mysterious high priest who claims that the prophecy foretold of their coming - they bear the keys to the cities. Soon, the Olmecs arrive and threaten to kill Tao if they are not permitted into the ci...

#2
S1E39 7.9
Aratanaru bôken he

Earthquakes shake the City of Gold, and the high priest warns that the Olmec reactor must be shut down or it will burn a hole straight into the Earth. To stop it, Tao's golden jar must be inserted into the device.

#3
S1E28 7.7
Himitsu no dogû no mori

On the search for the forest of statues, the adventurers fashion a raft and head down a river that ends in a waterfall. They find the forest of statues and a hidden cave behind the waterfall that leads to the third city of the Ser...

#4 Taiyô no ko Esteban S1E1 7.6
#5 Ra Mû no kyosen S1E6 7.6
#6 Dai kondoru no himitsu S1E18 7.6
#7 Nazo no Orumeka jin kichi S1E29 7.6
#8 Ôgon toshi no kiki S1E38 7.6
#9 Sekai no hate no shima S1E5 7.5
#10 Kyodai-sen no himitsu S1E7 7.5

Lowlights

#39 S1E26 Hikyô ame no kami no numa 6.7

Following the Serpent God's manuscript, the children continue their search for the cities of gold, but the evil Doctor, Marinche and their brute Tatiola are not far behind.

#38 Toketa sha hon no nazo S1E27 6.8
#37 Futatsu no pendanto S1E14 6.8
#36 Ma no umi no hyôryû S1E4 7.0
#35 Atarashî taiyô no mura S1E31 7.1

The Quality Arc

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Episode Engagement

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