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:
2603 ratings have been given [details]
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)
Official website:
Gankutsu Ou Official Website (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 8
Comment:
Based on the novel 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas
Reviews:
Gankutsuou: The Count. . . DVD 6 (Oct 7, 2006)
Gankutsuou: Monte Cristo DVD 4 (Jun 9, 2006)
Gankutsuou DVD 2 (Jan 18, 2006)
Gankutsuou DVD 1 (Sep 17, 2005)
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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) |
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 (ep 4) (4 episodeseps 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 (ep 4) (eps 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) Animation Director: Hidenori Matsubara (OP; eps 1, 17) Takaaki Wada (eps 6, 13, 23) Takashi Kumazen (eps 7, 20) 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 ) 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) | ||||
Production Assistant: Amy Hirschman Charles Ohta Jessica Allen Ken Ito Mark Fujita Masami Akiba Masashi Akiba Megumi Kunisada | ||||
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Broadcaster: Ciné Cinema Famiz (from September 2005) France 4 IDF1 (from May 2009) MCE (from October 2009) | ||||
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