Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Characters
Viscount Albert de Morcerf
The main character is not The Count of Monte Cristo, instead Albert de Morcerf. He is the protagonist and this fact provides a different point of view from the typical adaptations made from the Count's mindset. Albert is the son of a renowned general from Paris. During the course of the series, he will have to face many difficult situations, suffering and learning from them, growing up from a child becoming a man.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo is a mysterious nobleman who lives in luxury. He approaches Albert in Luna (Italian name for "Moon"), where he will commence the realization of his revenge. He believes everyone is responsible for his own destiny, and he's willing to give up his soul and body becoming a cold blooded vengeful demon, in order to seek revenge against his former friends who have betrayed him in the past.
Baron Franz d' Epinay
Albert's best friend who accompanied him in the carnival in Luna. He seems to be more mature than Albert. He holds deep feelings for his best friend, he often risks his own life in order to save him, and he's also willing to sacrifice himself for Albert.
Claire Marie Eug'nie de Danglars
Albert's childhood friend and fiancee. She is the daughter of Victoria de Danglars and Baron Danglars. She is an excellent pianist, and she will also perform at the opera, despite her young age. Although she managed to enter the opera through the help of Andrea Cavalcanti, she was not aware of that fact, and her skills are undoubtedly professional. She manifests her love for Albert throughout the music, playing for him and composing a song for his sixteenth birthday.
Hayd'
The princess of Janina, sold in to slavery when her planet was sold out by a certain general, but bought and saved by the Count. She has deep feelings for him, and wishes to save him from the will of revenge that is taking over his body.
Valentine de Villefort
Villefort's daughter, by his first wife. A kind and caring person, but frail. She was initially formally engaged with Franz, but she will fall in love with Maximillian.
Maximillian Morrel
A military man in love with Valentine. His father owned the shipping company that hired Edmond Dantes. He is strong, courageous and honest.
Peppo
A mysterious person who Albert meets on Luna, while she is not a character in the original story by Alexander Dumas, she is central to the plot of the animation. The sexuality of the character is still ambiguous, although she looks very feminine, she has a masculine name and the Count reveals to Albert that Peppo is indeed a boy.
She will deceive Albert in the first episodes, seducing him. She will eventually fall in love for him, revealing her love she will help him realize his dreams.
Count Fernand de Morcerf
The father of Albert, and a lead candidate in the Presidential race. He is considered to be a hero in the past war against the empire, but in reality he is a coward who betrayed his best friend for selfishness, he also killed Hayd's father, king of Janina.
Baron Danglars
The most powerful banker in all of France, values money over his family.
Gerard de Villefort
Merc's de Morcerf
Edmond Dantes love, now mother of Albert, married Fernand de Morcerf when Edmond Dantes was mysteriously imprisoned.
Andrea Calvacanti
The bastard son of Madame Danglars and Villefort, he is cunning and crude, and replaces Albert as Eugenie's fiancee.
Edouard de Villefort
Lucien Debray
H'lo'¯se de Villefort
Episode List
1. At the End of Our Travels, We Meet
2. Until the Sun Rises on the Moon
3. 5/22, Tempest
4. Mother's Secret
5. Do You Love Your Betrothed?
6. Her Gloom, My Gloom
7. The Secret Nectar of the Flower Garden
8. A Night in Boulogne
9. I Had a Dream of the Colour of Darkness
10. A Letter from Edmond
11. Engagement, Broken
12. Encore
13. Haydee
14. Wandering Heart
15. The End of Happiness, the Beginning of Truth
16. Scandal
17. Confession
18. Duel
19. If I Had Become Unlike Myself
20. Farewell, Eug'nie
21. The True Identity of the Nobleman
22. Counterattack
23. Edmond Dant's
24. By the Seashore
Running time: 24 minutes
Number of episodes: 24
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)
Director: Mahiro Maeda
Scenario:
Natsuko Takahashi
Tomohiro Yamashita
Script:
Natsuko Takahashi
Tomohiro Yamashita
Storyboard: Michio Fukuda (ep 4)
Episode Director: Mitsuhiro Karato (ep 4)
Music:
Jean Jacques Burnel
Koji Kasamatsu
Reiji Kitazato
Original Work: Alexandre Dumas
Character Design: Hidenori Matsubara
Art director:
You Sasaki
Yusuke Takeda
Director of Photography: Takeo Ogiwara
2DCGI: Yousuke Nanjou
Assistant producer:
Hanako Nagira
Keigo Tanabe
Assistant Production Manager:
Kim Bo Yeon
Lee Chang Kim
Takako Fujikawa
Assistant Sound Engineer: Soushi Shiihara
Background: Masanori Kikuchi
Character Design Supervision: Mahiro Maeda
Color design: Eriko Murata
Companion Design: Makoto Kobayashi
Design: Hidenori Hatsuhara
Digital Director: Yasufumi Soejima
Digital Production Manager: Motoko Fujikuro
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
Effects Animator: Masaya Suzuki
French Translation: Ilan Nguyen
Music producer: Junji Fujita
Original Idea: Alexandre Dumas
Production Design Coordinator: Tetsuo Ichimura
Production manager: Koji Kajita
Series Scenario: Shuuichi Kouyama
Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka
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 Dant's
Jun Fukuyama as Albert de Morcerf
Akiko Yajima as Hayd'e
Chie Nakamura as Claire-Marie-Eug'nie de Danglars
Daisuke Hirakawa as Franz d'Epinay
Juurouta Kosugi as Fernand de Morcerf
Kikuko Inoue as Merc's de Morcerf
Mai Nakahara as Beppo
Aya Endo as Albert de Morcerf (young)
Jin Domon as Lucien Debray
Junko Miura as Valentine de Villefort
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 H'se de Villefort
MIKI as Raoul de Ch'teau-Renaud
Naoko Matsui as Victoria de Danglars
Nobuo Tobita as
Baptistin
Gaspard Caderousse
Noriko Kitou as Edouard de Villefort
Rio Natsuki as Marchioness G
Ryou Sugisaki as Crowd
Shinpachi Tsuji as Baron Danglars
Tetsu Inada as Maximilien Morrel
Tetsu Shiratori as Beauchamp
Tomokazu Seki as Andrea Cavalcanti
Toshiko Sawada as Maid 2 (ep 4)
Yoshinari Torii as Narrator (ep 4)
Yousuke Akimoto as G'rard de Villefort
Animation: Gonzo
Broadcaster:
Animax
TV Asahi
Co-Production: Media Factory
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
Translation: David Fleming
ADR Writer: Tony Oliver
Assistant producer: Mami Okada
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Post-Production Assistant:
Brian Becker
Kevin Patzelt
Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Kaeko Sakamoto
Sawako Furuya
Production Assistant:
Mark Fujita
Masami Akiba
Megumi Kunisada
Re-Recording Engineer:
Deb Munini
Sean Thomas Foye
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Rozett
Sound Editor: Kevin Patzelt
Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman
Voice Direction: Tony Oliver
Kevin Hatcher as Albert
Taylor Henry as Le Comte de Monte Cristo
Abe Lasser as Vilefort
Carrie Savage as Peppo
Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Valentine
Doug Erholtz as Debray
Doug Stone as Danglars
Ethan Murray as Franz
Francis C. Cole as Fernand
Jack Bauer as Beauchamp
Jane Alan as Victoria
Jennifer Sekiguchi as Haidee
Jessica Gee as Maid
Julie Anne Taylor as Heloise
Liam O'Brien as Cavalcant
Mia Bradly as Mercedes
Michelle Ruff as Eugenie
Richard Epcar as Faria
Tina Dixon as Marquise G
Tony Oliver as Maximilien
Wendee Lee as Young Albert
Yuri Lowenthal as Chateau-Renaud
Joey Capps
Julie Anne Taylor
Karen Thompson
Sean Roberts
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Broadcaster: Animax-asia (PHILIPPINES: JULY 04)
DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD
DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC
Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.
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 fiancée as his own.