Based on the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, Gankutsuou offers a refreshing take on one of literature’s classic novels dealing with friendship, betrayal, and revenge.
Though the artistic presentation of almost statically patterened clothes against a much more realistic background may be annoying to some, the series does a really good job of taking Monte Cristo and converting it into a futuristic world with quite a few twists in the plot of its own. Instead of the novel’s perspective from an adult point of view and beginning with the past, the series deals with the second generation following two childhood friends named Albert and Franz. Albert is eventually drawn towards the Count’s charisma, despite being warned several times by Franz that the man is not to be trusted. Ignoring his friend’s advice, Albert begins the cyclic process of love, revenge, and innocence lost.
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