User blog comment:Anchesenamon/Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun and Amneris/@comment-4816103-20140602185931/@comment-25014978-20140602191431

The first season actually was pretty faithful to the original, but then the other 3 seasons were just thrown into season two with better special effects and a different story. I also would have loved to see KT being closer to Noa. (Joyce was never though to be the Chosen One in the original, but Nienke was considered a while - though it turned out she wasn't. In the German version Mara is actually the Chosen One, but the actress for Mara left the show in the second season and therefore the character was replaced by Noa).

Yes I also really think that seeing the original HoA storyline with a big budget would have been really awesome. I also approve of the alternate universe theory.

No worries, I had some fun digging up old information and reliving the memories. One improvement in Season 1 was actually to merge Rufus (crminal) and Zeno (archeologist) and to also merge the mystery in the house and the story of Joy's disappearance. The story of Joyce in the original was basically forgotten (and pushed aside) by the writers and it involved Joyce being a witness during a crime commited by Rufus. In season 2 that was never really explaned en Joyce just "came back".

Also I know that parts of the first season are up on youtube with subtitles (but that did not have a big budget yet). There is also subtitled versions of the movies and theatre shows if I recall correctly, but those are standalone stories dealing with:

- The Path of the 7 Sins with Medieval World, fairytales etc.

- Arghus with a Vampire in a dark castle, would call it horror for children (not real scary horror).

- Return of Sibuna about the life of the Club after the season finale and a new mystery involving the Teutonic/German Order.

Oh and a film for the spin-off named House of Anubis: The Five and the Wrath of Balor. Focussing on the Five and timetravel to the time when the celts ruled the earth and a Balor and Ward were fighting for the crown.

Did I mention that there are still SO MANY stories left to tell in the International Version. How about they just give you guys a spin-off with the characters from the Touchstone of Ra which were loosely based on the Five except for their powers?