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Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (TV)

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Alternative title:
Cavern King
El Conde de Monte Cristo (Spanish)
Il Conte di Montecristo (Italian)
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (French)
Montecristo (Spanish)
O Conde de Monte Cristo (Portuguese)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Zemsta hrabiego Monte Cristo; Gankutsuou: hrabia Monte Christo (Polish)
巌窟王 (Japanese)
몬테 크리스토 (Korean)
암굴왕 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense
Copyright notice: ©2004 Mahiro Maeda • GONZO / MEDIA FACTORY • GDH.
Plot Summary: Trying to escape his uneventful life, Albert, the son of a renowned general from Paris, makes a journey with his friend Franz. During his travels, he meets an immensely wealthy nobleman named The Count of Monte Cristo. Living in luxurious hotels, surrounded by beautiful women and strong bodyguards, the charming but enigmatic count fascinates Albert. Albert invites the count to join the high society of Paris. However, unknown to Albert, his father had once framed the count and took the Count's fiancee as his own.
User Ratings: 2602 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 942 votes (sub:714, dub:198, ?:3, raw:2, others:25
11 Spanish subtitled
4 Spanish dubbed
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 French subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Excellent: 733 votes (sub:542, dub:159, ?:4, raw:4, edit.dub:1, others:23
11 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Very good: 456 votes (sub:320, dub:117, raw:4, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:12
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese dubbed
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 203 votes (sub:154, dub:43, ?:2, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 84 votes (sub:64, dub:16, raw:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 65 votes (sub:42, dub:19, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:12, dub:6, raw:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 32 votes (sub:22, dub:8, ?:2)
 Bad: 16 votes (sub:7, dub:5, raw:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 19 votes (sub:13, dub:3, edit.dub:2, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 31 votes (sub:27, dub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 4293 users, rank: #164 (of 5579)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.511 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.918, rank: #159 (of 5568)
Weighted mean: 8.528 (Excellent−), rank: #134 (of 5568) (seen all: 8.76 / seen some: 7.34 / won't finish: 3.99)
Bayesian estimate: 8.524 (Excellent−), rank: #57 (of 4248)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2004-10-05 to 2005-03-29
2006-07-19 to 2006-09-08 (Singapore, Arts Central Broadcast)
2007-01-30 to 2007-07-10 (USA, ImaginAsian TV - Anime EnerG)
2007-05-01 (Animax Latin America)
2008-11-03 to 2009-05-04 (Malaysia, Animax Mobile)
Opening Theme:
"We Were Lovers" by Jean-Jacques Burnel (eps 1-22,24)
Ending Theme:
#1: "You Won't see me coming" by Jean-Jacques Burnel (eps 1-23)
#2: "We Were Lovers" by Jean-Jacques Burnel (ep 24)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 8
Comment:
Based on the novel 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas
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DVD (Region 1)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - DVD Box Set (DVD) 2007-10-16
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - The Complete Series (DVD) 2009-04-28 (from $16.25)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD 1) 2005-10-25 (from $2.39)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-10-25 (from $32.00)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD 2) 2006-01-10 (from $9.74)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD 3) 2006-03-14 (from $8.69)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD 4) 2006-05-09 (from $4.50)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD 5) 2006-07-11 (from $36.24)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD 6) 2006-09-12 (from $2.39)
Universal Media Disc
    Gankutsuou - The Count of Monte Christo (UMD 1) 2005-10-25 (from $3.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mahiro Maeda
Storyboard:
Atsushi Wakabayashi (eps 8-9)
Hidenori Matsubara (OP)
Katsuichi Nakayama (ep 21)
Mahiro Maeda (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 12-13, 17-18, 23-24
)

Michio Fukuda (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 11, 16, 22
)

Toshiyuki Kato (eps 5, 14, 19)
Toshiyuki Kubooka (4 episodes
eps 3, 10, 15, 20
)

Episode Director:
Hirokazu Yamada (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 22
)

Katsuichi Nakayama (eps 2, 12, 21)
Mahiro Maeda (ep 24)
Mitsuhiro Karato (eps 4, 10, 19)
Takaaki Wada (eps 6, 13, 23)
Toshiyuki Kato (ep 19)
Yoshimasa Hiraike (ep 3)
Yukio Okazaki (eps 8, 16)
Yuu Kou (ep 1)
Unit Director:
Hidenori Matsubara (OP)
Yasufumi Soejima (ED)
Original Work: Alexandre Dumas
Original Character Design: Mahiro Maeda
Character Design: Hidenori Matsubara
Animation Director:
Hidenori Matsubara (OP; eps 1, 17)
Takaaki Wada (eps 6, 13, 23)
Takashi Kumazen (eps 7, 20)
Translation: Ilan Nguyen
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Takeo Ogiwara

2nd Key Animation: Shin Tosaka (Studio B2; ep 20)
Animation Supervisor: Hidenori Matsubara (eps 3-4)
Assistant Animation Director: Hidenori Matsubara (ep 20)
Assistant Layout Animation Director: Hidenori Matsubara (ep 22)
Assistant producer:
Hanako Nagira
Keigo Tanabe
Assistant Production Manager:
Kim Bo Yeon
Lee Chang Kim
Takako Fujikawa
Assistant Sound Engineer: Soushi Shiihara
Background Art: Masanori Kikuchi
Character Design Supervision: Mahiro Maeda 
Color design: Eriko Murata
Companion Design: Makoto Kobayashi
Digital Color:
Jeong A Lim (eps 8-9, 12, 23)
Mi Yeun Lee (5, 18)
Sung Hee Seo (6 episodes
eps 8, 12-13, 17, 19, 23
)

Digital Director: Yasufumi Soejima
Digital Production Manager: Motoko Fujikuro
Effects Animator: Masaya Suzuki
In-Between Animation: Akira Amemiya (ep 23)
Key Animation:
Asami Watanabe (Bee Train)
Haruka Tanaka
Hidenori Matsubara (OP, ED; 13 episodes
eps 5, 8-11, 14-17, 21-24
)

Kumiko Katou (Bee Train)
Mahiro Maeda (OP, ED; 9 episodes
eps 1, 9-11, 15-16, 22-24
)

Misao Abe
Mutsumi Sasaki (Bee Train)
Noriko Goto
Shunji Suzuki
Takashi Kumazen (eps 1, 24)
Takashi Mukouda (ep 15)
Takeshi Honda (OP)
Toshiyuki Inoue (eps 2, 12)
Layout Supervision: Hidenori Matsubara (ep 24)
Music producer: Junji Fujita
Production Design Coordinator: Tetsuo Ichimura
Production manager: Koji Kajita
Publicity: Nina Kato (TV ASAHI)
Series Scenario: Shuuichi Kouyama
Sound Design: Hiroshi Kasamatsu
Sound Effects: Yoshiki Matsunaga
Sound Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special 3DCGI Animator: Akira Suzuki
Special Effects: Shin Inoie
Textile Converter: Sayuri Okada
Textile Design: Yasufumi Soejima
Textile Design Manager: Yuichi Furuichi
Theme Song Performance: Jean-Jacques Burnel
Jouji Nakata as The Count of Monte Cristo/Edmond Dantès
Jun Fukuyama as Albert de Morcerf

Akiko Yajima as Haydée
Chie Nakamura as Claire-Marie-Eugénie de Danglars
Daisuke Hirakawa as Franz d'Epinay
Juurouta Kosugi as Fernand de Morcerf
Kikuko Inoue as Mercédès de Morcerf
Mai Nakahara as Peppo

Aya Endo as Albert de Morcerf (young)
Eri Oono as Franz's Mother
Haruka Kimura as Crowd (ep 1)
Hiroki Hibino as Man A (ep 15)
Hirosumi Higuchi as Crowd (ep 1)
Hirotake Nagata as Noirlier
Jin Domon as Lucien Debray
Jiro Saito as Criminal 1 (ep 1)
Junko Miura as Valentine de Villefort
Kazunari Tanaka as Bandit Underling (ep 2)
Keiko Konno as Maid 1 (ep 4)
Keisuke Fujii as Reporter
Kouji Ishii as Giovanni Bertuccio
Kousuke Kobayashi as Crowd (ep 1)
Kumiko Watanabe as Héloïse de Villefort
Mahiru Kondou as Crowd (ep 1)
MIKI as Raoul de Château-Renaud
Naoko Matsui as Victoria de Danglars
Naoko Shirakami as Teresa
Nobuo Tobita as
Baptistin
Gaspard Caderousse
Noriko Kitou as Edouard de Villefort
Rio Natsuki as Marchioness G
Ryou Sugisaki as Crowd
Seiji Sasaki as Marquis X
Shinpachi Tsuji as Baron Danglars
Tadahisa Saizen as Criminal 2 (ep 1)
Takanori Hoshino as Executioner (ep 1)
Tamio Sobami as Luigi Vampa
Tarusuke Shingaki as Frontman (ep 2)
Tetsu Inada as Maximilien Morrel
Tetsu Shiratori as Beauchamp
Tomoe Hanba as Franz d'Epinay (Young)
Tomokazu Seki as Andrea Cavalcanti
Tomoya Kawai as Aide (ep 15)
Tomoyuki Shimura as General d'Epinay (Franz's Father)
Toshiko Sawada as Maid 2 (ep 4)
Tsuyoshi Koyama as Peppino
Yoshinari Torii as
Gankutsuou (22-23 eps)
Narrator (ep 4)
Yousuke Akimoto as Gérard de Villefort
Yui Kobayashi as Crowd (ep 1)
Yukari Nozawa as Vasiliki (ep 15)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Dr. Movie
Fanout
Studio B2
Animation: Gonzo
Co-Production: Media Factory
Digital Coloring: Studio Ghibli (eps 20, 23-24)
Digital Paint: Dr. Movie
Key Animation:
Bee Train
Dr. Movie
Music Production: Future Vision Music
Music Production Support: Victor Entertainment
Online Editing: Q-Tec
Pattern Switcher: Celsys
Production: Gonzo
Recording Studio: Studio Gong
Sound Effects Production: Rakuonsha
English staff
English cast
Translation: David Fleming
ADR Engineer: Kevin Patzelt
ADR Writer: Tony Oliver
Assistant producer: Mami Okada
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Engineering Assistant: Kevin Patzelt
Production Coordination: Megumi Kunisada
Re-Recording Engineer:
Deb Munini
Sean Thomas Foye
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Rozett
Recording engineer: Marco Bustos
Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman
Voice Direction: Tony Oliver
Jameison Price as The Count of Monte Cristo/Gankutsuou/Edm 
Jamieson Price as The Count of Monte Cristo/Gankutsuou/Edm (as Taylor Henry)
Johnny Yong Bosch as Albert (as Kevin Hatcher)
Kevin Hatcher as Albert
Russell Wait as The Count of Morte Cristo (Animax)
Taylor Henry as Le Comte de Monte Cristo

Ethan Murray as Franz
Francis C. Cole as Fernand
John Daniels as Bertuccio
Karen Thompson as Michelle
Mia Bradly as Mercedes
Michelle Ruff as Edouard
Sean Roberts as
Baptistan
Calderousse

Abe Lasser as Vilefort
Carrie Savage as Peppo
Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Valentine
Doug Erholtz as Debray
Doug Stone as Danglars
Henry Joseph as Noirlier
Jack Bauer as Beauchamp
Jane Alan as Victoria
Jessica Gee as Maid
John Smallberries as Peppino (eps 1-2)
Julie Ann Taylor as Heloise
Karen Thompson as Teresa (ep 2)
Liam O'Brien as Cavalcant
Melodee M. Spevack as
Librarian (ep 13)
Vasiliki (ep 15)
Michelle Ruff as Eugenie
Patrick Seitz as Boville (eps 9-10)
Richard Epcar as Faria
Sean Roberts as Valois (ep 9)
Tina Dixon as Marquise G
Tony Oliver as Maximilien
Wendee Lee as Young Albert
Yuri Lowenthal as Chateau-Renaud

English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia (PHILIPPINES: JULY 04)
Animax India
FUNimation Channel
iaTV
Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD
DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC
Korean cast
Korean staff
(none)
Hong Siho as The Count of Monte Cristo/Edmond Dantès
Il Kim as Albert de Morcerf

Eun-Suk Jang as
Edouard de Villefort
Haydée
Ho-Han Yu as Giovanni Bertuccio
Hye-Ju Kim as Claire-Marie-Eugénie de Danglars
Myeong-Hwa Cha as Mercédès de Morcerf
O Inseong as
Franz d'Epinay
Gaspard Calderousse
Seok-Jeong Yang as
Fernand de Morcerf
Luigi Vampa
Seon-Hui Mun as Peppo

Eun-Suk Jang as Valentine de Villefort
Hong Jinuk as
Baron Danglars
Beauchamp
Noirtier de Villefort
Hye-Ju Kim as Marquise G
Im Chaeheon as
Andrea Cavalcanti
Maximilien Morrel
Myeong-Hwa Cha as Héloïse de Villefort
Seok-Jeong Yang as
Gérard de Villefort
Lucien Debray
Seon-Hui Mun as Victoria de Danglars
Sewung Yun as
Baptistan
Raoul de Château-Renaud
Korean companies
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
French staff
French cast
Adaptation: Frédéric Roques
Agnès Manoury as
Haydee
Heloise de Villefort
Antoine Tome as
Count of Monte Cristo/Edmond Dantes
Peppino
Catherine Collomb as Mercedes De Morcerf
Colette Noel as Teresa
Emmanuel Gradi as
Fernand De Morcerf
Giovanni Bertuccio
Fabrice Billoud as Renaud
Fabrice Lelyon as Maximillen Morrel
Fabrice Nemo as Franz d'Epinay
François Creton as Albert de Morcerf
Francoise Escobar as Eugenie Danglars
Frédéric Cerdal as Villefort
Frederic Popovic as Andrea Cavalcanti
Frédéric Souterelle as
Baron Danglars
Luigi Vampa
Isabelle Volpe as
Beppo
Valentine de Villefort
Marie-Madeleine Le Doze-Burguet as Victoria de Danglars
Patrick Noerie as Baptistin
Patrick Pellegrin as Beauchamp

French companies
Broadcaster:
Ciné Cinema Famiz (from September 2005)
France 4
IDF1 (from May 2009)
MCE (from October 2009)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation: Noemí Cuevas Rebollo (Spain dub)
Jordi Naro as Albert de Morcerf (Spain dub)
Jordi Navarro as Albert (Spain dub)
Manuel Bastos as Montecristo (Latin America)
Oscar Redondo as Conde de Montecristo (Spain dub)
Rolman Bastidas as Albert (Latin America)

Carmen Calvell as Mercedes (Spain dub)
Esperanza Doménech as Peppo (Spain dub)
Tasio Alonso as Fernand (Spain dub)
Valeria Castillo as Mercedes (Latin America)

Angel del Río as Debray (Spain dub)
Carlos Vitale as Narrador/Espíritu de Gankutsuou
Héctor Indriago as Franz d'Epinay
J. Ignacio Latorre as Maximilien (Spain dub)
Pilar Morales as Marquesa G (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as Baptistin (Spain dub)
Rebeca Aponte as Heloise
Ruben Leon as Baptistin (Latin America)
Víctor Díaz as Andrea Cavalcanti

Aura Caamaño (Latin America)
Spanish companies
Dubbing:
Cristal Media (Barcelona ; Spain dub)
Estudios Lain (Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Aldo Stella

Raffaele Farina as Il Conte Di Montecristo / Edmond Dantes

Davide Perino as Albert De Morcerf
Ivo De Palma as Fernand De Morcerf
Massimo Di Benedetto as Franz D'epinay
Sonia Mazza as Eugenie Danglars

Alessandro D'Errico as Giovanni Bertuccio
Antonio Paiola as Gerard De Villefort
Benedetta Ponticelli as Valentine De Villefort
Dania Cericola as Mercedes De Morcerf
Donatella Fanfani as Madame Villefort
Elda Olivieri as Marchesa G
Gabriele Calindri as Andrea Cavalcanti
Gianluca Iacono as Baptistin
Jolanda Granato as Edouard De Villefort
Lorenzo Scattorin as Beauchamp
Luca Semeraro as Maximilien Morrel
Luigi Rosa as Lucien Debray
Mario Scarabelli as Gaspard Caderousse
Renato Novara as Raoul De Chateau
Sergio Romano' as Barone Danglars
Valeria Falcinelli as Madame Danglars
Italian companies
Distributor: Yamato Video
Dubbing: Raflesia srl (Milan)
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
(none)
Marwan Farahat as The Count of Monte Cristo
Ziad Al Rifai as Albert de Morcerf

Fatima Sa'ad as Mercédès de Morcerf

Amal Saad Eddin as Baroness Victoria Danglars
Angie Yousuf as Haydee
Fatima Sa'ad as Lucien's Mother
Glory Zaza as Peppo
Hazar Ahark as Eugenie Danglars
Lena Dhawan as Valentine De Villefort
Ma'amoon Al Rufaee as Fernand De Morcerf
Mamoon al-Fark as Maximilien
Mohammad Khair Abu Hassoun as Baron Danglars
Mohammed Krmacho as Gérard Villefort
Rafat Paso as Franz D'epinay
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: space power
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Louie Paraboles as Albert de Morcerf
Montreal Repuyan as Count of Monte Cristo/Edmond Dantes

Hazel Hernan as Peppo
Rowena Benavidez as Mercédès de Morcerf
Rowena Raganit as Eugenie Danglars
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: Hero
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Fábio Lucindo
Márcio Araújo as Albert de Morcerf
Paulo Celestino as Conde de Monte Cristo

Antônio Moreno as Barão Danglars
Patrícia Scalvi as Mércèdes De Morcerf
Priscila Concépcion as Claire-Marie-Eugénie de Danglars
Sérgio Corsetti as Franz d'Epinay
Sérgio Moreno as Fernand de Morcerf

Angelica Santos as Michelle
César Marchetti as Baptistin
Cláudia Carli as Héloïse de Villefort
Fábio Moura as Marquis X
Fernanda Bock as Eduardo de Villefort
Gileno Santoro as Gaspard Caderousse
Guilherme Lopes as Luigi Vampa
Jorge Cerruti as Barker
Marcelo Campos as Andrea Cavalcanti
Matheus Ferreira as Albert Criança
Matheus Pereira as Albert criança
Pedro Alcântara as Franz criança
Renato Soares as Beauchamp
Rodrigo Andreatto as Lucien Debray
Rosa Maria as Victoria de Danglars
Sidney Lilla as Giovanni Bertuccio
Vagner Fagundes as Maximillien Morrel
Yuri Chesman as Renauld
Portuguese companies
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
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