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Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

Gankutsuou · 巌窟王

TV · Finished · Fall 2004 · 24 episodes · 24 min

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.

(Source: MAL Rewrite)

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, Thriller

Tags: Classic Literature, Urban, Male Protagonist, Heterosexual, Urban Fantasy, Foreign, Love Triangle, Space, Anachronism, Space Opera, Transgender, CGI

Studio: GONZO

Episodes

  1. Episode 1: At Journey's End, We Meet
  2. Episode 2: Until the Sun Rises Over the Moon
  3. Episode 3: 5/22, Stormy
  4. Episode 4: A Mother's Secrets
  5. Episode 5: Do You Love Your Fiancee?
  6. Episode 6: Her Melancholy, My Melancholy
  7. Episode 7: The Secret Flower Garden
  8. Episode 8: A Night in Boulogne
  9. Episode 9: I Dreamed a Dark Dream
  10. Episode 10: The Letter from Edmond
  11. Episode 11: An Engagement Broken
  12. Episode 12: Encore
  13. Episode 13: Haidee
  14. Episode 14: Lost Souls
  15. Episode 15: The End of Happiness, the Beginning of Truth
  16. Episode 16: Scandal
  17. Episode 17: Confession
  18. Episode 18: The Duel
  19. Episode 19: Even if I Should Stop Being Me
  20. Episode 20: Farewell, Eugenie
  21. Episode 21: The Golden Boy's True Identity
  22. Episode 22: Counterattack
  23. Episode 23: Edmond Dantes
  24. Episode 24: At the Shore

Reviews

An overlooked gem that when given attention shines ever so brightly.

I'll be honest, I like it more than the book.

A fascinatingly human tale about human desires.