Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Also known as Gankutsuou
巌窟王
In the year 5053, French aristocrats Viscount Albert de Morcerf and Baron Franz d'Epinay attend the festival of Carnival on the moon city of Luna. While Franz is just looking to have fun, Albert is seeking something more to fill his life—but he finds more than he bargained for in The Count of Monte Cristo, a mysterious and charming self-made nobleman who meets his gaze during an opera performance.
Through a few twists and turns, Albert befriends the Count and introduces him into French society. The Count, however, has more on his mind than just friendship; he plots to finally unleash his vengeance on those who wronged him years earlier. Gankutsuou follows Albert and the Count's intertwined destinies and the ultimate price paid for enacting revenge.
TV anime, 24 episodes, Fall 2004, GONZO. Episode guide with the official trailer and links to licensed services. Studio GONZO. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Supernatural. Season: Fall 2004.
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Characters and voice cast
- Albert de Morcerf (アルベール・ド・モルセール子爵) - main character, voiced by Jun Fukuyama (福山潤); English dub: Johnny Yong Bosch
- Monte-Cristo Hakushaku (モンテ・クリスト伯爵) - main character, voiced by Jouji Nakata (中田譲治); English dub: Jamieson Price
- Franz d'Epinay (フランツ・デピネー男爵) - main character, voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa (平川大輔); English dub: Ezra Weisz
- Eugénie Danglars (ユージェニー) - main character, voiced by Chie Nakamura (中村千絵); English dub: Michelle Ruff
- Haydée Tebelin (エデ・テベリン) - supporting character, voiced by Akiko Yajima (矢島晶子); English dub: Stephanie Sheh
- Giovanni Bertuccio (ベルッチオ) - supporting character, voiced by Kouji Ishii (石井康嗣); English dub: Beau Billingslea
- Baptistin (バティスタン) - supporting character, voiced by Nobuo Tobita (飛田展男); English dub: Kirk Thornton
- Ali (アリ) - supporting character
- Fernand Morcerf (モルセール将軍) - supporting character, voiced by Juurouta Kosugi (小杉十郎太); English dub: Paul St. Peter
- Mercédès Morcerf (メルセデス) - supporting character, voiced by Kikuko Inoue (井上喜久子); English dub: Karen Strassman
- Victoria Danglars (ビクトリア) - supporting character, voiced by Naoko Matsui (松井菜桜子); English dub: Mari Devon
- Jullian Danglars (ダングラール男爵) - supporting character, voiced by Shinpachi Tsuji (辻親八); English dub: Doug Stone
- Gerard de Villefort (ジェラール・ド・ヴィルフォール) - supporting character, voiced by Yousuke Akimoto (秋元羊介); English dub: Tom Wyner
- Valentine Villefort (ヴァランティーヌ) - supporting character, voiced by Junko Miura (純子 三浦); English dub: Dorothy Elias-Fahn
- Héloïse Villefort (エロイーズ) - supporting character, voiced by Kumiko Watanabe (渡辺久美子); English dub: Julie Ann Taylor
- Maximilien Morrel (マクシミリアン・モレル) - supporting character, voiced by Tetsu Inada (稲田徹); English dub: Tony Oliver
- Lucien Debray (リュシアン・ドプレー) - supporting character, voiced by Jin Domon (土門仁); English dub: Doug Erholtz
- Robert Beauchamp (ボーシャン) - supporting character, voiced by Tetsu Shiratori (白鳥哲); English dub: Erik Davies
Staff
- Original Creator: Alexandre Dumas (Alexandre Dumas)
- Original Character Design: Mahiro Maeda (前田真宏)
- Director: Mahiro Maeda (前田真宏)
- Character Design: Hidenori Matsubara (松原秀典)
- Art Director: Hiroshi Sasaki (佐々木洋)
- Art Director: Yuusuke Takeda (竹田悠介)
- Color Design: Eriko Murata (村田恵里子)
- Director of Photography: Takeo Ogiwara (荻原猛夫)
- Editing: Kengo Shigemura (重村建吾)
- Sound Director: Youta Tsuruoka (鶴岡陽太)
- Sound Effects: Yoshiki Matsunaga (松長芳樹)
- Music: Jean-Jacques Burnel
- Key Animation: Mahiro Maeda (前田真宏)
- Planning: Katsuharu Nagata (永田勝治)
Production: GONZO (animation), NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, GDH, Funimation, Media Factory.
Rankings on AniList: #430 highest rated all time, #8 highest rated 2004, #8 most popular 2004, #4 highest rated fall 2004.
AniList members score Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo 79/100. On their lists: 2,465 watching, 16,798 completed, 37,297 planning to watch, 1,530 dropped; 1,515 favourites.
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Episodes
- Episode 1: At Journey's End, We Meet
- Episode 2: Until the Sun Rises Over the Moon
- Episode 3: 5/22, Stormy
- Episode 4: A Mother's Secrets
- Episode 5: Do You Love Your Fiancee?
- Episode 6: Her Melancholy, My Melancholy
- Episode 7: The Secret Flower Garden
- Episode 8: A Night in Boulogne
- Episode 9: I Dreamed a Dark Dream
- Episode 10: The Letter from Edmond
- Episode 11: An Engagement Broken
- Episode 12: Encore
- Episode 13: Haidee
- Episode 14: Lost Souls
- Episode 15: The End of Happiness, the Beginning of Truth
- Episode 16: Scandal
- Episode 17: Confession
- Episode 18: The Duel
- Episode 19: Even if I Should Stop Being Me
- Episode 20: Farewell, Eugenie
- Episode 21: The Golden Boy's True Identity
- Episode 22: Counterattack
- Episode 23: Edmond Dantes
- Episode 24: At the Shore