Gankutsuou (2004)
Gankutsuou (2004)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Gankutsuou is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Funimation Now, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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Cast & Crew.
Jouji Nakata
Count of Monte Cristo
Johnny Yong Bosch
Albert
Yasushi Uchida
Executive Producer
Beau Billingslea
Bertuccio
Yoshiki Matsunaga
Sound Effects
Karen Strassman
Actress
Eriko Murata
Color Designer
Liam O'Brien
Andrea Cavalcanti
Taichi Hashimoto
Producer
Tomokazu Seki
Major Andrea Cavalcanti
Katsuharu Nagata
Executive Producer
Jun Fukuyama
Albert de Morcerf
Jean-Jacques Burnel
Original Music Composer
Daisuke Hirakawa
Franz d'Epinay
Alexandre Dumas
Novel
Koji Ishii
Bertuccio
Shouji Murahama
Executive Producer
Mai Nakahara
Peppo
Kengo Shigemura
Editor
Mahiro Maeda
Executive Producer / Series Director / Original Story / Storyboard Artist / Director / Series Director / Key Animation
Hiroshi Sasaki
Art Direction
Reiji Kitasato
Additional Music
Takeo Ogiwara
Director of Photography
Shuuichi Kouyama
Series Composition / Series Composition / Writer
Yusuke Takeda
Art Direction
Hiroyuki Inada
Producer
Yota Tsuruoka
Sound Director
Hidenori Matsubara
Character Designer / Animation Supervisor / Key Animation / Animation Director / Character Designer / Layout Supervisor
Koji Kasamatsu
Additional Music
Minako Doi
Producer
Shinichiro Ishikawa
Producer
Naomi Nishiguchi
Producer
Yasufumi Soejima
CGI Director
Michio Fukuda
Storyboard Artist / Key Animation
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Toshiyuki Kato
Storyboard Artist / Director
Atsushi Wakabayashi
Storyboard Artist
Katsuichi Nakayama
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Yoshikazu Miyao
Storyboard Artist
Yūki Ukai
Storyboard Artist / Director
Anna Sui
Costume Design
Hirokazu Yamada
Director
Takaaki Wada
Director / Animation Director / Key Animation
Mitsuhiro Karato
Director
Yukio Okazaki
Director
Yoshimasa Hiraike
Director
Yasuhiro Seo
Director / Animation Director / Key Animation
Hidekazu Sato
Director
Hiroyuki Kambe
Director / Key Animation
Tetsuo Ichimura
Director
Yuu Kou
Director
Shunji Suzuki
Animation Director / Key Animation
Kayoko Suzuki
Key Animation
Misao Abe
Key Animation
Itsuko Takeda
Key Animation
Lee Jong-hyun
Animation Director / Key Animation
Shuujirou Hamakawa
Animation Director / Key Animation
Yoshitaka Sato
Key Animation
Akiko Asaki
Key Animation
Yasuko Miyazaki
Key Animation
Tsurugi Katou
Key Animation
Takeshi Kusaka
Key Animation
Kim Dong-joon
Key Animation / Animation Director
Hideyuki Hamada
Key Animation
Hiroshi Konno
Key Animation
Hideo Maru
Key Animation
Takashi Kumazen
Animation Director / Key Animation
Koichi Usami
Key Animation / Animation Director
Noriko Gotô
Key Animation
Hiroko Shigekuni
Key Animation
Erkin Kawabata
Key Animation
Kōtetsu Emana
Key Animation
Koji Yabuno
Key Animation
Noriko Kitazawa
Key Animation
Kim Dong-sik
Key Animation
Shinya Nishizawa
Key Animation
Masahiro Emoto
Key Animation
Keiichi Honda
Key Animation
Fumiko Yoshida
Key Animation
Hiroki Harada
Key Animation
Takuya Matsumoto
Key Animation / Animation Director
Hisashi Kagawa
Key Animation
Yuji Takahashi
Key Animation
Masahiro Kurio
Key Animation
Satoru Fujimoto
Key Animation
Hiroya Iijima
Key Animation
Mayumi Oda
Key Animation
Minoru Okabe
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Kenji Yokoyama
Key Animation
Yuri Inoguchi
Key Animation
Takayuki Gorai
Key Animation
Takumi Furuyama
Key Animation
Haruka Tanaka
Key Animation
Iku Ozawa
Key Animation
Keiko Ichihara
Key Animation
Masaki Tanaka
Key Animation
Hideto Komori
Key Animation
Mitsunori Murata
Key Animation
Nobutoshi Ogura
Key Animation
Fumitoshi Oizaki
Key Animation
Kiyoshi Matsushita
Key Animation
Yuu Kato
Key Animation
Sachiko Mori
Key Animation
Rie Fujiwara
Key Animation
Mariko Aoki
Key Animation
Yasuko Higuchi
Key Animation
Hiroshi Mimata
Key Animation
Heo Hye Joung
Key Animation
Ayako Suzuki
Key Animation
Kim Seong-beom
Key Animation
Atsushi Yamagata
Key Animation
Kumiko Matsushita
Key Animation
Tatsuya Abe
Key Animation
Kim Dong-jun
Key Animation
Hong Kyoung Pyo
Key Animation
Wataru Hirasawa
Key Animation
Yukari Yonemoto
Key Animation
Shigenori Taniguchi
Key Animation
Tomoaki Chidori
Key Animation
Takao Ozone
Key Animation
Asami Endo
Key Animation
Kazuo Sakai
Key Animation
Yasunori Matsumura
Key Animation
Kim Jong-yong
Key Animation
Yoo Se-jin
Key Animation
Hiromi Muranaka
Key Animation
Kunihiko Inoue
Key Animation
Tatsuya Shiraishi
Key Animation
Masahiro Yamanaka
Key Animation
Ken Sakuma
Key Animation
Kim Sang-yeop
Key Animation
Yuriko Chiba
Key Animation
Yoshihiro Taniguchi
Key Animation
Masashi Koizuka
Key Animation
Sho Sugai
Key Animation
Eiichi Kuboyama
Key Animation
Ayami Watanabe
Key Animation
Eiji Uemura
Key Animation
Shimada Kenji
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Okuno
Key Animation
Jang Hee-kyu
Key Animation
Sachiko Okumura
Key Animation
Yasuyuki Ebara
Key Animation
Tomoko Tanaka
Key Animation
Tatsuya Tomaru
Key Animation
Masaru Yamada
Key Animation
Kensuke Ishikawa
Key Animation
Eiji Ishimoto
Animation Director
Makoto Furuta
Key Animation
Asami Watanabe
Key Animation
Yukihiro Kobayashi
Key Animation
Hideaki Matsuoka
Key Animation
Nam Mi-sun
Key Animation
Jun Jong-Min
Key Animation
Hitoshi Kamata
Key Animation
Hideki Takahashi
Key Animation
Keiichi Morita
Key Animation
Tadakatsu Yoshida
Key Animation
Naoki Hisatsune
Key Animation
Chie Nishifuji
Key Animation
Kazufumi Takano
Key Animation
Yasuzo Iino
Key Animation
Park Jae-seok
Key Animation
Oku Yukihide
Key Animation
Kazuhiko Shibuya
Key Animation
Minoru Yamazawa
Key Animation
Munenori Nawa
Key Animation
Ryu Ki Hyun
Key Animation
Norinori Murata
Key Animation
Mutsumi Sasaki
Key Animation
Mitsuko Baba
Key Animation
Tatsuya Oka
Key Animation
Yoshiko Okuda
Key Animation
Yuuko Danki
Key Animation
Keiji Maeda
Key Animation
Naoyuki Onda
Animation Director
Kim Chang-soo
Key Animation
Kim Ji-yeon
Key Animation
Yoko Miyazaki
Key Animation
Kumiko Katou
Key Animation
Shinichi Nozaki
Key Animation
Konomi Sakurai
Key Animation
Makoto Ito
Key Animation
Hiroko Dangi
Key Animation
Kyoko Kotani
Key Animation
Kim Yu-mi
Key Animation
Takashi Mukouda
Key Animation
On Masaoka
Key Animation
Lee Jae Hwan
Key Animation
Seo Keum-soon
Key Animation
Eun Kyung Kwon
Animation Director
Kanji Wakabayashi
Key Animation
Katsumi Hiroe
Key Animation
Yoo Jae Myoung
Key Animation
Yura Ariwara
Writer
Tomohiro Yamashita
Writer
Natsuko Takahashi
Writer
Nobuo Tobita
Baptistin (voice)
Akiko Yajima
Haydee (voice)
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 6, 2004
Original Name巌窟王
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes24
Running Time25m
Content RatingTV-MA
Genres
Wiki.
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo is a Japanese anime television series produced by Gonzo. An adaptation of the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas; the 24-episode series aired on Japanese television between October 2004 and March 2005. It was licensed for a Western release first by Geneon Entertainment and later by Funimation. The series was adapted into a CD drama, a trilogy of novels by screenwriter Shuichi Kouyama, and a manga series written and drawn by series creator Mahiro Maeda, with additional story elements written by Yura Ariwara which ran from 2005 to 2008.
Set in the year 5053, the series focuses on the impact of the titular Count: formerly a sailor named Edmund Dantes, he was betrayed by his friends and imprisoned on false charges. Aided by a mysterious force dubbed "Gankutsuou", Dantes escaped and refashioned himself as the Count, determined to exact vengeance on those who wronged him. The series is mainly told from the perspective of Viscount Albert de Morcerf, the teenage son of one of the Count's enemies. While the series adapts much of the original storyline and carries over its theme of revenge, the plot and characters feature multiple differences.
Originally intended as an adaptation of The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, the copyright holders' refusal to allow an adaptation led Maeda to instead use Dumas's novel, which had parallel themes to Bester's story. Maeda created the story and characters, collaborating on the former with Kouyama and the latter's designs with artist Hidenori Matsubara. The anime's artstyle blended Western Impressionism and Japanese Ukiyo-e styles. Fashion designer Anna Sui collaborated on costume designs. Original music was co-composed by Jean-Jacques Burnel of British band The Stranglers, who also composed and sang the main themes. The series was praised by critics and received multiple accolades.