La corona mágica

It's a shame the series were rejected even by the Spanish television (TVE) which produced it. It is almost impossible for people outside Spain to watch it, which I think is sad because this is one of the few local productions that can really be exported.

Many young people enjoyed it back in the late 80s, despite the lack of technical effects. In fact, the show had its own merchandising, including figures for every major character, which constitutes is a proof of the support it enjoyed. It's not easy to understand how something like this could be disregarded and lost in oblivion.

The storyline, displaying both modern military armies and procedures and magic from the dark ages, was full of strong characters, specially the evil ones, whose plots were very well developed and almost real.

I've been in love with these series since I was a kid. It's one of these very rare accidents when a perfect animation design meets a deep and involving storyline. At the time I was reading the works of J.R.R.Tolkien, and could only compare this series to "Hobbit/LOTR in Space", and trust me, the comparison is well deserved.

It's beyond me why the Spanish television and producers have not made attempts to popularize this jewel. If you ask me, it doesn't get any better than this. My only regret now is that it's so difficult to find translations or at least original transcript. But I still hope the fan base of "The Magic Crown" ("La corona mágica") will eventually prevail, and we will see some day a remastered DVD or Blu-ray edition published, with subtitles and everything.

The quality of the original production definitely deserves more adequate attention.