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finfin loaned me his copy of Gankutsuou: the Count of Monte Cristo, and I just finished watching the first disk. I must say that I am enjoying it immensely. Lavishly illustrated, it is a faithful retelling of the Dumas classic, with two major differences:
1. The Count is a blue space vampire (nobody mentions this, because it would be impolite) and
2. The series is set ina space-travel future where Luna is a playground city like Vegas, and Marseilles is a horrible place that no one ever visits.
From what I have seen, it is altogether brilliant, and I recommend it highly to anyone interested in Japanese retellings of classic Western stories (for the same reason, I recommend Reign: the Conqueror, a fantasy-retelling of the life of Alexander the great).
1. The Count is a blue space vampire (nobody mentions this, because it would be impolite) and
2. The series is set ina space-travel future where Luna is a playground city like Vegas, and Marseilles is a horrible place that no one ever visits.
From what I have seen, it is altogether brilliant, and I recommend it highly to anyone interested in Japanese retellings of classic Western stories (for the same reason, I recommend Reign: the Conqueror, a fantasy-retelling of the life of Alexander the great).