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Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (TV)

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©2004 Mahiro Maeda • GONZO / MEDIA FACTORY • GDH.



 
Related anime:
    Gankutsuou (manga) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
Cavern King
El Conde de Monte Cristo (Spanish)
Il Conte di Montecristo (Italian)
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (French)
Montecristo (Spanish)
O Conde de Monte Cristo (Portuguese)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Zemsta hrabiego Monte Cristo (Polish)
巌窟王 (Japanese)
몬테 크리스토 (Korean)
암굴왕 (Korean)
Themes: Deception, Mecha, Revenge
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
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 fiancee as his own.
User Ratings: 1834 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 700 votes (sub:558, dub:114, Spa.sub:10, raw:4, Spa.dub:4, Por.sub:3, ?:3, Rus.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Por.dub:1, edit.dub:0)
 Excellent: 481 votes (sub:386, dub:72, Spa.sub:9, Fre.sub:3, Spa.dub:3, Por.sub:2, ?:2, raw:1, Rus.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Rus.edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 282 votes (sub:213, dub:59, raw:2, Por.dub:2, Fre.sub:2, Spa.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, ?:1)
 Good: 130 votes (sub:103, dub:23, ?:2, raw:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 43 votes (sub:39, raw:2, ?:1, dub:1)
 So-so: 47 votes (sub:32, dub:11, Spa.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Por.dub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:3, raw:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Weak: 23 votes (sub:16, dub:5, ?:2)
 Bad: 11 votes (sub:5, Fre.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1, raw:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 36 votes (sub:12, dub:5, Spa.sub:5, Fre.sub:4, Por.sub:4, raw:3, edit.dub:2, Ita.sub:1)
 Worst ever: 66 votes (sub:25, dub:9, Spa.sub:8, raw:6, Por.sub:5, edit.dub:3, Fre.sub:2, Ita.sub:2, Ita.dub:1, Por.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2921 users, rank: #162
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.531 (Excellent-.46), std. dev.: 2.0768, rank: #129
Weighted mean: 8.5844 (Excellent-.41), rank: #94
Bayesian estimate: 8.57856 (Excellent-.42), rank: #41
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2004-10-05 to 2005-03-29
2006-07-19 to 2006-09-08 (Singapore, Arts Central Broadcast)
2007-01-30 to 2007-07-10 (USA, ImaginAsian TV - Anime EnerG)
2007-05-01 (Animax Latin America)
2008-11-03 to 2009-05-04 (Malaysia, Animax Mobile TV)
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)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 7
Comment:
Based on the novel 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas
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    Gankutsuou: The Count. . . DVD 6
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    Gankutsuou DVD 1

Related releases:
    Gankutsuou - The Count of Monte Christo (DVD 1) 2005-10-25 (from $5.00)
    Gankutsuou - The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD 2) 2006-01-10 (from $5.00)
    Gankutsuou -The Count of Monte Christo DVD 1 + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-10-25
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - DVD Box Set (DVD) 2007-10-16 (from $32.00)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - The Complete Series (DVD) 2009-04-28 (from $39.18)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - Chapter 3 (DVD 3) 2006-03-14 (from $5.00)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD 4) 2006-05-09 (from $5.00)
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD 5) 2006-07-11
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD 6) 2006-09-12 (from $5.00)
    Gankutsuou - The Count of Monte Christo (UMD 1) 2005-10-25 (from $3.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Mahiro Maeda

Scenario:
Natsuko Takahashi
Tomohiro Yamashita

Script:
Natsuko Takahashi
Tomohiro Yamashita

Storyboard: Michio Fukuda (ep 4)

Episode Director:
Mitsuhiro Karato (ep 4)
Takaaki Wada (eps 6, 13, 23)

Music:
Jean Jacques Burnel
Koji Kasamatsu
Reiji Kitazato

Original Work: Alexandre Dumas

Character Design: Hidenori Matsubara

Art director:
You Sasaki
Yusuke Takeda

Animation director: Takaaki Wada (eps 6, 13, 23)

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

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

Production Design Coordinator: Tetsuo Ichimura

Production manager: Koji Kajita

Series Scenario: Shuuichi Kouyama

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 Dantès

Jun Fukuyama as Albert de Morcerf

Akiko Yajima as Haydée

Chie Nakamura as Claire-Marie-Eugénie de Danglars

Daisuke Hirakawa as Franz d'Epinay

Juurouta Kosugi as Fernand de Morcerf

Kikuko Inoue as Mercédès de Morcerf

Mai Nakahara as Peppo

Aya Endo as Albert de Morcerf (young)

Eri Oono as Franz's Mother

Haruka Kimura as Crowd (Ep. 1)

Hiroki Hibino as Man A (Ep. 15)

Hirotake Nagata as Noirlier

Hirozumi Higuchi as Crowd (Ep. 1)

Jin Domon as Lucien Debray

Jiro Saito as Criminal 1 (Ep. 1)

Junko Miura as Valentine de Villefort

Kazunari Tanaka as Bandit Underling (Ep. 2)

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 Héloïse de Villefort

Mahiru Kondou as Crowd (Ep. 1)

MIKI as Raoul de Château-Renaud

Naoko Matsui as Victoria de Danglars

Naoko Shirakami as Teresa

Nobuo Tobita as
Baptistin
Gaspard Caderousse

Noriko Kitou as Edouard de Villefort

Rio Natsuki as Marchioness G

Ryou Sugisaki as Crowd

Seiji Sasaki as Marquis X

Shinpachi Tsuji as Baron Danglars

Tadahisa Saizen as Criminal 2 (Ep. 1)

Takanori Hoshino as Executioner (Ep. 1)

Tamio Sobami as Luigi Vampa

Tarusuke Shingaki as Frontman (Ep. 2)

Tetsu Inada as Maximilien Morrel

Tetsu Shiratori as Beauchamp

Tomoe Hanba as Franz d'Epinay (Young)

Tomokazu Seki as Andrea Cavalcanti

Tomoya Kawai as Aide (Ep. 15)

Tomoyuki Shimura as General d'Epinay (Franz's Father)

Toshiko Sawada as Maid 2 (ep 4)

Tsuyoshi Koyama as Peppino

Yoshinari Torii as
Gankutsuou (22-23 eps)
Narrator (ep 4)

Yousuke Akimoto as Gérard de Villefort

Yui Kobayashi as Crowd (Ep. 1)

Yukari Nozawa as Vasiliki (Ep. 15)

Japanese companies 

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

English staff 

Translation: David Fleming

Executive producer:
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Katsuhiko Tsurumoto

Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Kaeko Sakamoto
Sawako Furuya

ADR Engineer: Kevin Patzelt

ADR Writer: Tony Oliver

Assistant Engineer: Kevin Patzelt

Assistant producer: Mami Okada

Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto

Dialogue Editing:
Deb Munini
Kevin Patzelt
Marco Bustos
Sean Thomas Foye

Post-Production Assistant:
Brent Findley
Brian Becker
Kevin Patzelt
Nick Michaud
Tara Navarro

Production Assistant:
Amy Hirschman
Charles Ohta
Jessica Allen
Ken Ito
Mark Fujita
Masami Akiba
Masashi Akiba
Megumi Kunisada

Production Coordination: Megumi Kunisada

Re-Recording Engineer:
Deb Munini
Sean Thomas Foye

Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Rozett

Recording engineer: Marco Bustos

Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman

Voice Direction: Tony Oliver

English cast 

Kevin Hatcher as Albert

Russell Wait as The Count of Morte Cristo (Animax)

Taylor Henry as Le Comte de Monte Cristo

Ethan Murray as Franz

Francis C. Cole as Fernand

Jennifer Sekiguchi as Haidee

John Daniels as Bertuccio

Karen Thompson as Michelle

Mia Bradly as Mercedes

Michelle Ruff as Edouard

Sean Roberts as
Baptistan
Calderousse

William Frederick Knight as Luigi Vampa

Abe Lasser as Vilefort

Carrie Savage as Peppo

Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Valentine

Doug Erholtz as Debray

Doug Stone as Danglars

Henry Joseph as Noirlier

Jack Bauer as Beauchamp

Jane Alan as Victoria

Jessica Gee as Maid

John Smallberries as Peppino (Ep. 1-2)

Julie Ann Taylor as Heloise

Karen Thompson as Teresa (Ep. 2)

Liam O'Brien as Cavalcant

Melodee M. Spevack as
Librarian (Ep. 13)
Vasiliki (Ep. 15)

Michelle Ruff as Eugenie

Patrick Seitz as Boville (Ep. 9-10)

Richard Epcar as Faria

Sean Roberts as Valois (Ep. 9)

Tina Dixon as Marquise G

Tony Oliver as Maximilien

Wendee Lee as Young Albert

Yuri Lowenthal as Chateau-Renaud

Joey Camen

Joey Capps

Julie Ann Taylor

Karen Thompson

Sean Roberts

English companies 

ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia (PHILIPPINES: JULY 04)
iaTV

Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)

DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD

DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC

Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Korean staff 
Korean companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Animax Korea

Korean cast 
(none)

French cast 
French staff 

Adaptation: Frédéric Roques

Agnès Manoury as Haydee

Antoine Tome as Count of Monte Cristo/Edmond Dantes

Catherine Collomb as Mercedes De Morcerf

Emmanuel Gradi as Fernand De Morcerf

Fabrice Lelyon as Maximillen Morrel

Fabrice Nemo as Franz d'Epinay

François Creton as Albert de Morcerf

Francoise Escobar as Eugenie Danglars

Frédéric Cerdal as Villefort

Frederic Popovic as Andrea Cavalcanti

Frédéric Souterelle as Baron Danglars

Isabelle Volpe as Beppo

French companies 

ADR Production: Les studios de Saint Maur

Broadcaster: France 4

Distributor: Rouge Citron Production

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Translation: Noemí Cuevas Rebollo (Spain dub)

 

Jordi Navarro as Albert (Spain dub)

Manuel Bastos as Montecristo (Latin America)

Oscar Redondo as Conde de Montecristo (Spain dub)

Rolman Bastidas as Albert (Latin America)

Carmen Calvell as Mercedes (Spain dub)

Esperanza Doménech as Peppo (Spain dub)

Tasio Alonso as Fernand (Spain dub)

Valeria Castillo as Mercedes (Latin America)

Angel del Río as Debray (Spain dub)

Carlos Vitale as Narrador/Espíritu de Gankutsuou

Héctor Indriago as Franz d'Epinay

J. Ignacio Latorre as Maximilien (Spain dub)

Pilar Morales as Marquesa G (Spain dub)

Ramón Rocabayera as Baptistin (Spain dub)

Rebeca Aponte as Heloise

Ruben Leon as Baptistin (Latin America)

Víctor Díaz as Andrea Cavalcanti

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax España
Animax Latin America
Buzz Channel (Spain)

Dubbing:
Cristal Media (Barcelona ; Spain dub)
Estudios Lain (Latin America)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Aldo Stella

Dialogues: Vittoria Ponticelli

 

Raffaele Farina as Il Conte Di Montecristo / Edmond Dantes

Davide Perino as Albert De Morcerf

Ivo De Palma as Fernand De Morcerf

Massimo Di Benedetto as Franz D'epinay

Sonia Mazza as Eugenie Danglars

Alessandro D'Errico as Giovanni Bertuccio

Antonio Paiola as Gerard De Villefort

Benedetta Ponticelli as Valentine De Villefort

Dania Cericola as Mercedes De Morcerf

Donatella Fanfani as Madame Villefort

Elda Olivieri as Marchesa G

Elisabetta Spinelli as Haydee

Gabriele Calindri as Andrea Cavalcanti

Gianluca Iacono as Baptistin

Jolanda Granato as Edouard De Villefort

Lorenzo Scattorin as Beauchamp

Luca Semeraro as Maximilien Morrel

Luigi Rosa as Lucien Debray

Mario Scarabelli as Gaspard Caderousse

Patrizia Mottola as Beppo

Renato Novara as Raoul De Chateau

Sergio Romano' as Barone Danglars

Valeria Falcinelli as Madame Danglars

Italian companies 

Distributor: Yamato Video

Dubbing: Raflesia srl (Milan)

Arabic staff 
Arabic cast 
(none)
 

Marwan Farahat as The Count of Monte Cristo

Ziad Al Rifai as Albert de Morcerf

Fatima Sa'ad as Mercédès de Morcerf

Fatima Sa'ad as Lucien's Mother

Ma'amoon Al Rufaee as Fernand De Morcerf

Mamoon al-Fark as Maximilien

Arabic companies 

Broadcaster: space power

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Louie Paraboles as Albert de Morcerf

Montreal Repuyan as Count of Monte Cristo/Edmond Dantes

Hazel Hernan as Peppo

Rowena Benavidez as Mercédès de Morcerf

Rowena Raganit as Eugenie Danglars

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: Hero

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Dubbing Director: Fábio Lucindo

 

Márcio Araújo as Albert de Morcerf

Paulo Celestino as Conde de Monte Cristo

Antônio Moreno as Barão Danglars

Melissa Garcia as Puppo

Patrícia Scalvi as Mércèdes De Morcerf

Priscila Concépcion as Claire-Marie-Eugénie de Danglars

Sérgio Corsetti as Franz d'Epinay

Sérgio Moreno as Fernand de Morcerf

Tatiane Keplermaier as Haydée

Angelica Santos as Michelle

Cecília Lemes as Julie

César Marchetti as Baptistin

Cláudia Carli as Héloïse de Villefort

Emerson Caperbat as Butler

Fábio Moura as Marquis X

Fernanda Bock as Eduardo de Villefort

Gileno Santoro as Gaspard Caderousse

Guilherme Lopes as Luigi Vampa

Jorge Cerruti as Barker

Marcelo Campos as Andrea Cavalcanti

Matheus Pereira as Albert criança

Pedro Alcântara as Franz criança

Renato Soares as Beauchamp

Rodrigo Andreatto as Lucien Debray

Rosa Maria as Victoria de Danglars

Sidney Lilla as Giovanni Bertuccio

Vagner Fagundes as Maximillien Morrel

Yuri Chesman as Renauld

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax (Brasil)
Animax Portugal

Dubbing Studio: Álamo

 
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