French Lit and manga in French
13. 24 episodes of Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (巌窟王, Gankutsuō, literally The Ruler of the Cave). Quote: "Bide your time, and hold out hope."
Continuing from RightStuf sale stash.
from Wiki
from IMBd
from Rotten Tomatoes
from Anime News Network
Some points:
- I read nothing but good reviews about this series. I've read the book a long time ago and liked the story. So when RightStuf had it on sale, I got all of them and figure if I don't like it, it's not such a big investment after all.
- I took me the first 2 episodes to get to the art - it's kind of too avant-garde for me. I like the pretty anime. I'm not sure what I think about the design of the count's character, but I like other characters just fine.
- There are some changes in the story, but I have no complaints about them - since this is an adaptation anyway.
- Watching this makes me to reread the story again. Happy sigh.
- The ages of the characters and time lapse don't seem to add up correctly - but I let it go and not splitting hair. Like Haidee - and Albert, Franz, and Eugenie are only 16?
Bottom line, it's a great series, and I'll rewatch it sometime :)
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59. 3 volumes of Princesse Saphire Princess Knight (リボンの騎士, Ribbon no Kishi).
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Written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka
from Soleil Manga website:
A sa naissance, la princesse Saphire, victime d’un ange taquin, n’a de féminin que le corps... Éduquée comme un garçon, elle devra accomplir sa destinée : assurer la succession de la couronne. Mais saura-t-elle déjouer les pièges que lui tendront le duc Duralmine et son sbire afin de la démasquer et ainsi asseoir Plastic, le fils du duc, sur le trône ?
Some points:
- very cute story, it's not licenced in English yet, so I got it from France bdnet.com. I found out that I can read it without problem (much easier than XIII) phew!
Bottom line, reread stack definitely.
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