Gankutsuou -The Count of Monte Cristo (Chapter 1)
by Mahiro Maeda
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Actor: Chie Nakamura, Daisuke Hiragawa, J?ji Nakata, J?r?ta Kosugi, Naoko MatsuiDirector: Mahiro Maeda
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Movie Reviews of Gankutsuou -The Count of Monte Cristo (Chapter 1)
Movie Review: Like Most Revenge Stories, the Anime's Best Parts Are at The End.
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Summary of Gankutsuou -The Count of Monte Cristo (Chapter 1)
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 SolomonAnime & Manga DVD Video
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