"While visiting the festival on Luna, Viscount Albert de Morcerf and Baron Franz d' Epinay make the acquaintance of the Count of Monte Cristo, a self-made nobleman. When they part, the Count promises to visit Albert in Paris. After he arrives, he insinuates himself into the most powerful families in France (the Morcerfs, the Danglars, and the Villeforts).
The plot of Gankutsuou, while broadly the same, changes many aspects of the source material. The story of "The Count of Monte Cristo" is focused heavily on the Count, whereas Gankutsuou's narrative places more importance on the character of Albert. In the novel, the events in the Count's life proceed chronologically; in the anime, the story begins with Albert and Franz meeting the Count on Luna (which occurs many hundreds of pages into the book), and the back story is pieced together throughout the series. The plot changes include supernatural elements, different fates for some characters, the disposal of several side-plots, and an altogether different ending.
These changes result in a different tone; the Count's quest for revenge in the novel is seen very sympathetically, but various plot elements in the anime lead the viewer's sympathy towards Albert, making the Count a far more antagonizing figure. Gankutsuou's plot could largely be classified as a coming-of-age story for Albert, catalyzed by the discovery of the dark history of the Count."
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 Color of Darkness
10. A Letter from Edmond
11. Engagement, Broken
12. Encore
13. Haidee
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, Eugénie
21. The True Identity of the Nobleman
22. Counterattack
23. Edmond Dantès
24. By the Seashore
Opening Song: "We Were Lovers" by Jean-Jacques Burnel
Ending Song: "You Won't See Me Coming" by Jean-Jacques Burnel
source: Wikipedia
My sister randomly found it on YouTube and I thought it's style was interesting so I decided to watch it. I thought it was a good series and nice to watch a different style other than something typical like in Honey & Clover, Fruits Basket, Bleach, etc ^^
Here's the trailer on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjY_j5tcsWc
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