Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

2004 • TMDB 7.4 • 1 season • 24 episodes • Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • tv asahi

Where to Watch

As of October 29, 2026, Gankutsuou streams in the US on Crunchyroll (1 season) and the Crunchyroll Amazon Channel (1 season). It is also available to buy on Amazon Video (1 season) and the Apple TV Store (1 season). Availability checked against US listings on October 29, 2026.

Overview

In a glittering future Paris, where aristocrats travel between the Moon and the Earth and fortunes are made on reputation, a mysterious stranger arrives at a carnival and changes one young man’s life forever. Albert de Morcerf, the naive heir of a powerful family, is dazzled by the enigmatic Count of Monte Cristo — a man of impossible wealth, stranger knowledge and magnetic charm. But the Count has not come to Paris by chance. He is Edmond Dantès, once betrayed by the very men who now rule the city, and his friendship with Albert is the first move in a revenge plotted over years. Told largely through Albert’s eyes, Gankutsuou reimagines Alexandre Dumas’ classic as a baroque science-fiction tragedy, its characters dressed in swirling patterned costumes and its world rendered in a famously bold, textured art style. As the Count’s schemes tighten around Albert’s family and friends, the series asks whether revenge can ever be just — and what it costs the avenger, and the innocent caught beside him, when every debt is finally paid.

Main Cast

The main voice cast includes:

• Jun Fukuyama as Albert de Morcerf (24 episodes)
• Jouji Nakata as The Count (24 episodes)
• Daisuke Hirakawa as Franz d’Epinay (24 episodes)
• Nobuo Tobita as Baptistin
• Koji Ishii as Giovanni Bertuccio
• Akiko Yajima as Haydee
• Mai Nakahara as Peppo

Seasons Snapshot

• Season 1 — 24 episodes, premiered October 6, 2004; finale “At the Shore” (1×24) aired March 30, 2005.

The complete story is told in a single season, following Albert from his first meeting with the Count to the final reckoning in Paris.

Why Watch Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo?

• A bold reimagining of Dumas’ revenge classic, set in a decadent sci-fi future Paris.
• The Count himself: charming, terrifying and impossible to look away from.
• Albert’s coming-of-age at the center of the tragedy gives the revenge real emotional stakes.
• A famously distinctive visual style — patterned costumes and textured worlds unlike any other anime.
• A complete, self-contained 24-episode story with a proper ending.

Trailer

Watch the official trailer on YouTube: The Count of Monte Cristo: Gankutsuou – Box Set Trailer (Crunchyroll Dubs)