The series kicks off straight after the cliffhanger ending of series 2 with the group travelling to Japan to find the 3rd city of gold. Zares has kidnapped Esteban’s father Athanaos and promises to release him only upon the group finding the city, so time is of the essence. The children arrive at Kagoshima, a port town and try to find the city but find another relic made from orichalcum…
And so, with that the new series really kicks off at a cracking pace. It may be that the framing of images is more ciematic and sweeping or it may be that the soundtrack complements what is going on on the screen more but this series has already drawn me in much quicker than the 2nd series did.
The animation style, whilst different from the first series for obvious reasons, has grown on me and I haven’t seen the occasional weird animation glitches or odd character movements or shading that hindered parts of the second series.
This is a solid episode and I will continue to watch the series and hope to have a full series review very soon.