Gankutsuou: The Count Of Monte Cristo

Synopsis

In the twelvemonth 5053, French aristocrats Viscount Albert de Morcerf and Baron Franz d’Epinay attend the festival of Carnival on the moon city of Moon. While Franz is merely looking to have fun, Albert is seeking something more than to fill up his life—merely he finds more than than he bargained for inward The Count of Monte Cristo, a mysterious as well as charming self-made nobleman who meets his gaze during an opera performance.

Through a few twists too turns, Albert befriends the Count in addition to introduces him into French society. The Count, still, has more than on his heed than simply friendship; he plots to lastly unleash his vengeance on those who wronged him years earlier. Gankutsuou follows Albert and the Count’sec intertwined destinies as well as the ultimate cost paid for enacting revenge.

Information

English language: Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Synonyms: The King of the Cavern
Japanese: 巌窟王

Information
Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct vi, 2004 to Mar xxx, 2005
Premiered: Fall 2004
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 02:12 (JST)
Producers: GDH, TV Asahi, Media Factory, Sotsu Music Publishing
Licensors: Funimation, Geneon Entertainment United States of America
Studios: Gonzo
Source: Novel
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, Thriller
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R – 17+ (violence & profanity)