This will perhaps be the shortest section of the review, simply because the sound played no part in my heightened or lessened enjoyment of the show. It is clear that Gankutsuou, if not at least meeting your expectations, it will blow them away and leave you speechless. Being able to make your heart break one moment and your blood boil the next, able to leave you breathless in your seat with your heart pounding in your chest, these are proof that you’re watching something amazing. Story is everything for an anime such as this, if you lack it you’ll produce a piss-poor adaptation of a great piece of literature. As the story continues the happiness of our hero is bombarded by the darkness and despair brought about by circumstances that might have been prevented. He continues to pursue his friendship with The Count despite the nagging of the, obviously smarter, Franz Epinay, Albert’s best friend. With his charming words, devilish smile and warm eyes he quickly wins his way into our naïve Albert’s heart and becomes an important figure in the boys life. The story begins with a meeting of destiny between our protagonist Albert and someone I can’t quite call an antagonist, The Count. But although The Count is what the story revolves around it is told from the perspective of the naïve, and often downright foolish, Albert Morcerf. Coming in to that there are many expectations that must be lived up to in order for this story to truly hold it’s own and it lives up to them beautifully.Īs I stated the drive of the story is revenge, everything else within it are simply unfortunate souls that get caught up in the bloody, sadistic revenge of the man known as the Count of Monte Cristo. The anime is a loose adaptation of, what is called by some, the greatest story of revenge ever told. Now for the proverbial meat of it all, story. Some of the characters I found to be too plain in certain situations, however it was a miniscule thought, it did not detract from the visual experience of the show in the least. While the art itself is beautiful there are some places it lacks, although the rest more than makes up for it. The art simply leaps off the screen and at first it may seem a little jarring but eventually you’ll ever wonder why you questioned the design of it all. I watched it and was captivated by it, at times I even had to rewind because I had missed several lines of text because I couldn’t tear myself away from it all. But after the first few episodes the art was something else altogether, it seemed to take a new life. The art itself was disorientating to me at first, I looked at it and found it hard to concentrate too long on the screen, things blended together so well that at times I found it hard to believe the entire scenery wasn’t part of the character I was watching. In most reviews I’d start with perhaps the characters or the story, but now I must truly start with the art. look at the anime Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo It was like a drug that I needed to continue pumping into my system, and even now that it is over I crave for more. I eventually picked it up and began watching it and at the end of the first episode I was hooked on it. When I first browsed through my friends shelf of anime I didn’t pay Gankutsuou much mind, he had told me how good it was and that I would like it but I thought I had better things to do than watch it.
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