Gankutsuou

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Name:	Gankutsuou (巌窟王) The Count of Monte Cristo
Abbreviation(s):
Creator:	Mahiro Maeda (director) Tomohiro Yamashita & Natsuko Takahashi (writers)
Date(s):	2004 - 2005 (anime) 2005 - 2008 (manga)
Medium:	manga, anime
Country of Origin:	Japan
External Links:	Official Site (Japanese) Gankutsuou on Wikipedia
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Gankutsuou (巌窟王), in English subtitled The Count of Monte Cristo, is a anime series loosely based on Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo. A manga adaptation was serialized in the seinen magazine Afternoon from 2005 to 2008.

Fandom

"Gankutsuou" is also used to refer to the Count of Monte Cristo in Fate/Grand Order. Since the character was introduced, the Pixiv tag 巌窟王 has been predominantly Fate/Grand Order content, but it's still used for the Gankutsuou series.

Shipping

The most popular pairings in the fandom are Count x Albert and Franz x Albert.

Fanworks

Doujinshi

See also: List of Gankutsuou Doujinshi and Category:Gankutsuou Doujinshi

Fanfiction

• Gankutsuou and Gankutsuou crossovers on FanFiction.net
• Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo fanworks on AO3

Fanart

• Gankutusou works on Pixiv
• Gankutsuou tag on Tegaki

Resources

• Gankutsuou on Baka-Updates Manga
• gankutsuou, a Gankutsuou LiveJournal community
• gankutsuou_esp, a Spanish Gankutsuou community
• "It's Warm, isn't it..." by lefcadio, a Franz/Albert ship manifesto

Other

• Achieving Whiteness Through Social Mobility in Gankutsuou: an essay on Anime Feminist about the coded portrayal of race and in Alexandre Dumas's original book
• A Thousand Good Excuses: LGBTQ representation in Gankutsuou vs. The Count of Monte Cristo: an essay on LGBTQ representation of Eugénie in the original book vs. Franz and Peppo in the anime