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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013023257696
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Geneon [Pioneer]
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Geneon [Pioneer]
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 93250
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Gankutsuou, designer-director Mahiro Maeda's adaptation of Alexander Dumas's novel of revenge, shifts the action to a sci-fi future of easy space travel. The series opens with the carnival on the moon (instead of Rome), where Albert de Morcerf and Franz d'Epinay meet the title Count, whom Maeda has reimagined as a cross between a Byronic hero and a Yoshitaka Amano-esque vampire. The designers put elaborate patterns on the characters' hair and clothes, but the patterns don't move with the characters. As a result, Albert, Franz, and the Count often look like disembodied heads floating over a patterned background. The overly detailed settings and cheesy 3-D CG effects add more discordant visual notes. But the overripe imagery can't disguise the limits of the animation or the ineffectual storytelling. The Count of Monte Cristo has been filmed at least five times previously, but Maeda's is the first version to make Dumas's characters uninteresting. (Rated 16 and older: violence, brief nudity, sexual innuendo, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon
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This is a visual feast. You will eat every scene with your eyes. Holy crap! I love the Count Of Monte Cristo story line. This one has a cool science fiction twist though. Worth every dollar spent! So very yummy! Please sir, may I have some more?
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I saw one person review this anime negatively after seeing the first (2) volumes of Gankutsuou. I believe this is not a fair review, especially for a revenge story, when the sweet climax is at the end of the series, from Volume 4,5,6. Volumes 1,2,3 create the suspense needed for the climax, and without these initial volumes, the climax wouldn't be as sweet.
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Gankutsuou is based off of the classic "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas. In this beautifully drawn and portrayed version of the timeless classic, we see the exciting tale of the Count unfold with a futuristic twist. Set in the distant future, the Count returns once again to seek his revenge.
What really sets this anime apart from others is the way the plot is exposed. It's so thick and twisted that you can't help but be sucked into it. Also, though the anime stays true to the ... Read More
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After having watched all of the episodes I can say that I am very glad I stuck past the first few episodes. The story becomes really interesting once the revenge sets in, you get a much better feel of all of the characters. There are only a few people who I could hate or love all the way through, they do a good job of showing everyone as human, with their own feelings and reason. One thing I like (which is a problem in some titles) is that the story never feels rushed, it really works well and ends ... Read More
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First, let me say that the unusual style of the series is at first a little off-putting. Once you fall into the story, however, you don't notice that style as much, and that's really how it SHOULD be - unusual style can't hold my attention for long.
It's Count of Monte Cristo in space, (mostly) from Albert's perspective. We get to experience the Count's revenge through Albert, which adds a bit more suspense, I think. I'd never read the book, but was, like most people, familiar with the ... Read More
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