

Manga/Anime/Both: Anime series, 24 episodes, ran from October 5th, 2004 to March 29th, 2005 in Japan, licenced by Geneon, with six of six volumes released. If you liked the movie, the experience of all the details it had to exclude will only increase your feelings for it - youll have a richer understanding of and appreciation for all the things you liked about the film version. Title: Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo. Dashing young sailor Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is a guileless and honest young man whose peaceful life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk) are abruptly shattered when his best friend Fernand (Guy Pearce), who wants Mercedes for himself, deceives him. 51 YOUR RATING Rate Drama Dan is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned, but eventually escapes and gains wealth and power. I remember it being very different from the book. The classic story of an innocent man wrongly, but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy for revenge against those who betrayed him. 1h 43m IMDb RATING 6.9 /10 5.
