![poster of Gankutsuou](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eAatnAycra30LroeMmVSGgrum73.jpg)
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7.3/10 by 34 users
Haidee
Attorney General Villefort demands the arrest of the Count of Monte Cristo, but Heloise takes steps to prevent it from happening.
Writing:
Release Date:
Wed, Oct 06, 2004
Country: JP
Language: Ja
Runtime: 25
Country: JP
Language: Ja
Runtime: 25
Jun Fukuyama
Albert de Morcerf (voice)
Jouji Nakata
The Count (voice)
Daisuke Hirakawa
Franz d'Epinay
Season 1:
![At Journey's End, We Meet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lr5iRl0dCoXR0MzomTQtvgKicN0.jpg)
Young aristocrat Albert visits the city of Luna on the surface of the moon. He quickly falls under the spell of an enigmatic gentleman - the Count of Monte Cristo.
![Until the Sun Rises over the Moon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jSZ6t7cpDKo3Xac9quqiRl8qC6A.jpg)
Albert is kidnapped! Franz's frantic attempt to collect the ransom money comes up short, so he warily seeks the assistance of the Count of Monte Cristo.
![5/22, Stormy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yQTujTwx4k1QUP71tK5jROG0Wm4.jpg)
Back in Paris, Albert's sheltered friends grow suspicious upon the arrival of the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo.
![A Mother's Secrets](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jEQE9p9qd5ywJZYdJfJ4O5lNDme.jpg)
The questions surrounding the Count multiply when Albert visits the man's lavish mansion in Champs Elysees, which is filled with complicated tricks and gold ornaments.
![Do You Love Your Fiancee?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/e1zCpDkzrPhFxe5PsxAUCLzI2Zg.jpg)
During a pleasure cruise arranged by the Count, a disagreement leads to a duel between Albert and Maximilien. Albert's raw emotions allow his host to grasp even more sway over his destiny.
![Her Melancholy, My Melancholy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/71OZAAp40CH8hNaL3nS0tCwkgA1.jpg)
The Count of Monte Cristo positions himself deeper into the lives of those around Albert after meeting a banker and his frustrated wife.
![The Secret Flower Garden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3u47MwYE3nr2rhqCash4LWbcGby.jpg)
The lives of Albert's aristocratic friends are full of secrets - and the Count is among those prone to whispering in the ears of ladies known to be spoken for.
![A Night in Boulogne](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/t01aseonyB1aJbZZgNNbnlMLCG5.jpg)
At a party thrown by the Count, the guests play a game. They search for a secret room in the villa where a curse is sealed away. Albert has already discovered one secret kept between the Count and Heloise.
![I Dreamed a Dark Dream](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
The charms of the Count are fading for some, as mysteries and suspicions multiply. The controversy surrounding the mysterious man can only grow when a hidden poisoner begins to ply their trade.
![The Letter from Edmond](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Villefort, Danglars, and Morcerf are invited to a funeral. Albert suspects something is wrong and follows them to an old church, where the lid of the casket is about to be opened.
![An Engagement Broken](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Three aristocratic households are growing aware that they are caught in a conspiracy. Franz immediately suspects the Count, but Albert won't hear of it.
![Encore](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Albert's engagement is in jeopardy; Baron Dangler prefers his daughter to marry into wealth. Albert rushes to the opera house to find Eugenie - but the curtain may have already closed on his love.
![Haidee](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Attorney General Villefort demands the arrest of the Count of Monte Cristo, but Heloise takes steps to prevent it from happening.
![Lost Souls](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
After the announcement of Eugenie and Andrea's engagement leaves Albert feeling betrayed, the Count appears and invites him on a journey deep into the universe.
![The End of Happiness, the Beginning of Truth](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Aboard his spaceship, the Count of Monte Cristo tells Albert about an old friend who was betrayed and imprisoned. Back home, Franz is close to learning an important secret.
![Scandal](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Closing in on the secret of the Gankutsuou, Franz learns of a sailor named Edmond Dantes who had strange connections to many of the families in Parisian high society.
![Confession](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
After the Count reveals a shocking truth, Albert is left shattered when Franz explains a horrible and twisted story of revenge.
![The Duel](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Mercedes enters the misty woods to meet the Count - but only a scene of violence is waiting for her.
![Even If I Should Stop Being Me](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
The Count escalates his plan for revenge, launching a bitter blow at his next target, the Danglars Bank. The impact will be felt by many - including Albert.
![Farewell, Euganie](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Being rescued from danger by Chateau-Renaud, Albert learns about Eugenie's marriage and rushes over to the Danglars' home.
![The Golden Boy's True Identity](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
An abominable memory, consigned to the darkness of the past, has been resurrected by the hands of the Count and his plan of revenge enters its final stage.
![Counterattack](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
The final target of the Count's rage returns to Earth and the bombardment of Paris begins!
![Edmond Dantes](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Albert and Mercedes are seriously wounded as Fernand prepares for his final showdown with the Count of Monte Cristo.
![At the Shore](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Five years later, Albert returns to Paris to visit the relics of his former life and the grave of a dear friend.